for donald trump. we ll get into that. plus, some of the week s other top stories. take a look. in the city, jerry finding donald trump liable for a sexual abuse and defamation. the unanimous decision was handed down after less than three hours of deliberation. trump now must pay $5 million in damages to rider e. jean carroll. and e. jean carroll joins us now along with her attorney roberta kaplan. good morning to you both. how are you feeling this morning? on top of the world. yesterday was the happiest day of my life. was it? how come? [laughter] what was the feeling? because the former president had smeared me so badly and so evenly, and was such malice and such despite that it wasn t until yesterday that i got back on my feet. and so, my name is back, and robbie kaplan got it back for me. there are a lot of people who wondered why you would bring this case, not just because of the time, but because you know, you are from new york. you understand who donald tru
of legislation names after him. no politics is not known for setting proper expectations. but we can. if republicans win the house, but not the senate, that s the end of the biden legislative agenda, whatever ideas exist on the left will not become law, because they will never see the floor of the house, the majority controls the floor, if republicans win the house and the senate, it gets more interesting because then you will see the contrast that used to inform politics, then republican majorities could pass bills and present them to president biden and he would veto those bills but at least you would see the contrast between what is and what could be. that contrast would serve you well heading to another presidential race in 2024. realistic expectation does not include any republican ideas actually becoming law, it does mean democrat ideas will not becam law it means the end of what many consider to be bad ideas, and stopping bad ideas has merit it isn t exciting or great
capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, also with us, frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi. he is also an msnbc national security analyst. ryan, what do we know and not know about the attack at this hour? reporter: well, the biggest open question right now, jose, is motive. there doesn t appear to be a lot of clear answers right now as to why paul pelosi was targeted inside his san francisco home early this morning. we do know that the attack was violent, and it was enough for him to be rushed to the hospital. he is in the hospital now and the spokesperson for pelosi s office says that he is receiving excellent care and is expected to make a full recovery. the speaker herself, though, was not in san francisco at the time. and of course, jose, this comes against the backdrop of an increasing number of threats directed at members of congress and their families. capitol police put out a report over the summer that said there s bee
hitting the airwaves just last night. speak of the most dangerous thing facing georgia is four more years of brian kemp. my record has been attacked because miss abrams doesn t want to talk about her own record. talked to a police officer and they will tell you they are terrified of doing the job senator leahy has been doing this thing with a pocket constitution for the last couple of years. it is not a prop. carley: with a jam-packed night, jackie ibanez has more from all the candidates. by the end of this week early voting will have kicked off in 25 states. 17 states have officially opened their polls with iowa, nevada, tennessee set to join them later this week. early voting underway in georgia were republican governor brian kemp and democratic challenger stacey abrams went head-to-head in an intense debate last night. the incumbent pushing abrams on her past and i police rhetoric. listen. how many sher sheriff sherifs have i think you believe it s the truth.
coming. a detective knows how to sniff out clues. you are familiar with that face? i don t know. my memory ain t so great. oh, yeah? maybe this will refresh your memory. i don t know. still kind of hazy. how about this. i remember him. i used to see him around why do you want to know. i can t tell that you. maybe this will help. i really don t think i should. you still don t think so? all right. his name is north ridge a cop jesus. jesse: over the weekend i noticed major, major signs. these signs told me november is going to be a blowout. i cracked open the new york times on sunday it said republicans are running away with it. making huge gains with hispanics, blacks and independent women. independent women are falling for republicans like they are in love. a 32 point swing in a month. i love me some independent women. want another sign? barack obama is on tour calling democrats a bunch of buzz kills. there were times where i would get sound like