little time this evening. and iran minder that a man airs weekend nights at seven pm. now is the time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. word with lawrence good even. alex katie porter is gonna join us and she hasn t been here for a while. she always takes us in on a direction i don t see coming. i ll be watching. have a good show. thanks, alex. federal judge louis kaplan reached the point of exasperations with donald trump s lawyer today when the lawyer was trying to ask a question that any real trial lawyer knows how to ask. it got to the point where the judge said to trump attorney alina habba, it s evidence wonowon. alina habba maintained her front runner status as most incompetent trump trial lawyer to appear in court so far again today, in the case of e. jean carroll versus donald trump. because as a civil case in which e. jean carroll is seeking massive financial damages from donald trump, there are a lot of financial questions
to bed. wow! one of the most famous whistleblowers in u.s. history, daniel elsberg. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. racist and unconstitutional policing in minneapolis. the lead starts right now. u.s. attorney general merrick garland has a rebuke of the minneapolis police department. the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. a multi-year investigation finds systemic abuses and zrem nation by police and we ll break down what it said about the eek qual justice in the united states. and then guilty on all counts for the man behind the deadly assault on jews. a federal attorney debated whether the tree of life shooter will get the death penalty for taking 11 innocent lives. plus only on cnn, relentless fights in the streets of sudan. terrorism turns to genocide as we report on the disturbing connection between the mercenary group waging war in ukraine. welcome to the lead, i m alex marquardt in today fo
industry for you. no. the bbc has spoken to somebody since your arrest who says exactly those things that with you, it s all manipulation. there s an ulterior motive to everything. is this sophie? 0h, sophie. the fake name. no face. i was so intent on wanting to please him and wanting him to be happy that i was just kind of, yeah, 0k, do whatever you want.” has she accused me of a crime, this imaginary sophie? she s making the point that there. has she accused me of a crime? ..emotional or psychological manipulation. i ve asked you a question. and i allowed you into my house. i m asking you a question. correct. but you re not the boss here because i ve allowed you into my house. i m asking you the questions. correctly, and i m telling you. you get to decide the answers. no, we are equal here. i ve allowed you into my house. you don t come here with a position of authority. i m doing you the favour as legacy media, giving you relevance by speaking to you. and i m telli
news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, bulls eye, the direct hit to retail giant target. it stopped on a downward slide following the pride merchandise controversy. and rescue plan, the demolition is now on pause as the search continues for two people possibly left inside that iowa apartment building after the horrific partial collapse. we ve got a live report on the ground in davenport. also, quote, i expected to die. the powerful words from a rabbi during the pittsburgh tree of life synagogue shooting trial. we ll bring you the latest from that second day of testimony. plus, in just the last few minutes, the house officially took up the fiscal responsibility act, also known as the debt ceiling bill with the first round of votes expected in the next 90 minutes. where things stand on the hill right now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and i want to begin ri
announcement. the twitter meltdown during ron desantis much-anticipated run for president. and on day one, the florida governor attacks donald trump. i don t know what happened to donald trump, but he has a different guy today than when he was running in 2015. norah: the shocking story of an 11-year-old boy shot bylit wrist officers officers are tied to a domestic call at his home. hisast words were, why did they shoot me? what did i do? norah: traveling for the holiday weekend? we will have the weather and travel forecast. 3.3 million people are expected to fly, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. it is a 13-foot great white shark. they are thriving off east coast right now, and we will explain why. norah: and we go person to person with olympian mikaela shiffrin. how she turns struggles into success. to be here, now, it s pretty surreal. norah: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. we begin tonight wi