trump, if and when he defames heard client again. we re gonna spend a lot of time talking about that case tonight. conservative attorney george conway is standing by here in washington. he s the person who introduced carroll and caplan, and he s got the emails to prove it. plus, legendary democratic strategist james carville is coming up in just a minute to talk about how the looming general election is anything but normal. and the dangers associated with talking about it in normal terms. i do want to start tonight with something that e. jean carroll said, just this morning, that really stuck with me all day. what was it like being in the courtroom with donald trump? well, terrifying, until i got there. the weeks leading up to it, no sleep, couldn t eat, couldn t do and then, i sat down, robbie said, good morning miss carroll, can you please spell your name for the court. i spelled my name. i looked out, and it was like, he was, like, nothing, like an emperor without cl
with something that e. jean carroll said, just this morning, that really stuck with me all day. what was it like being in the courtroom with donald trump? well, terrifying, until i got there. the weeks leading up to it, no sleep, couldn t eat, couldn t do and then, i sat down, robbie said, good morning ms. carroll, can you please spell your name for the court. i spelled my name. i looked out, and it was like, he was, like, nothing, like an emperor without clothes. all my terror leading up to it, and then he s just something in a suit. he was like nothing, as she just said, like an emperor with no clothes. she was scared. she admitted that. but when she saw him in that courtroom, she realized he was nothing. e. jean carroll is not a political strategist. don t go down that road, she never has been. she s not giving advice to the biden campaign. but what s she said there may actually offer some wisdom about donald trump. she revealed something here that is important to
menendez. as we begin this hour, action in the face of distraction. the bluster and bombast of donald trump s new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, not the fury. also this hour, departed to pardon trump or not. a new witness tests in the republican quest for the nomination. we ve pardoned a president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we are going to ask historian, michael beschloss. and my sit down with actress eva longoria, making her flamin hot directorial debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we ve heard these excuses before. trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt, to stopped stop his political witch hunt. on his knockoff version of twitter, calling special counsel jack smith, quote deranged, saying the indictment is fake.
to turn the justice department into a true, authoritarian event. then, does jacks mitt have a backup plan to a florida delay in the great garden state? the activity took place in bedminster. in new jersey which i love new jersey. plus, what the ongoing flurry of activity at the january 6th grand jury means for a potential third indictment. breaking polling news, inside of the cratering support for candidate desantis. i am not a candidate, so we will see if and when that changes. all in, starting right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the front runner for the republican nomination for president in 2024, running on a platform of retribution, on a platform of ending american democratic rule, as we know it. essentially, and this is been clear for a while, but it is gotten clear in the last few days. donald trump wants to finish what he started on january 6th. now, his frequent promise on the campaign trail is that he will prosecute his political ene
numbers after gaining it early and quite major endorsements of the nation s most powerful unions, including the american federation of teachers and the american federation of state, county, and municipal employees. 13 million new jobs since i became president. that s more jobs and a little over two years than any president has created in a four-year term. the unemployment term i ve seen record lows for black employments and hispanic unemployment as well. we have created 800,000 manufacturing jobs. president biden also touted his actions on climate, on health care, and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. it was a pitch to the american people for why he should be elected again. president biden did not do is give a single ounce of attention to his recently indicted predecessor. this nbc s mike reports, the president and his administration will maintain that, focusing solely on the issues. the president is saying it s not him that s accomplished all of this, and un