sexually abused a woman and publicly defamed her even after he was ordered by a court of law to stop. now, another jury is deciding not just how much he should be held liable for the damage his words have done, but how much he should be punished for those words as well. in other words, how much money he should pay e. jean carroll in punitive damages, just like yesterday, the courtroom was wild again today, judge kaplan, again, admonished alina habba for arguing with his rulings, this time telling her, quote, you are on the verge of spending some time in lockdown. now sit down. then after the jury was brought in and e. jean carroll s lawyer was in the middle of her closing statements, donald trump abruptly stood up and walked out of the court according to our reporters in the room. that s when the judge said, quote, the record will reflect that mr. trump rose and walked out of the courtroom, said the judge. what did carroll s lawyers say that got under his skin and how will th
laura: let s start as ar staff shake-up. you hear the other networks, the usual suspects going wow, all this tumult, disclosures depare administration. they are trying to create this appearance, sean, of complete chaos in the white house where the president is untethered. it s ridiculous. what he s doing is what he should be doing. namely getting the people in place 13 months into this who are going to support his agenda of course they are going to question when that s appropriate. support his of the agenda, advance at them especially going into these midterm waters, which would be very choppy for the republicans. that means someone like a bolt in, though he s probably more of a neoconservative than i am, more interventionist than i am. bolton is someone who is aggressive. sean: he ll serve the president and his agenda. laura: absolutely. the idea that the president will take orders from john bolton is