in an ever apropos joint statement, the grandma said this. when our grandson asked if he could make a film about us, we thought he was crazy! we said, who would want to watch a movie about us? and now, the fact that the film has brought joy to so many, it is happiness we could have never imagined. we feel so scene and loved. now, we have to find something to wear. well, congratulations to nai nai and wài pó. i absolutely cannot wait to see what these two ladies wear on the red carpet. i am sure designers are battling to dress them. if they haven t yet, they better start now. and on that note, i wish you a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see what the end of tomorrow. i m in charleston, south carolina, where i spent some time with the governor of california, gavin newsom, getting a sense of the state of play as he sees it in the potential general election matchup between biden and trump,
it was a big win for the climate movement. not just for the movement, but the world. it is a good policy, thank you, hunter walker and hunter the truce, wherever you get your books. it s a good one. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now with alex and south carolina and my friend in new york. take it away, to you first, alex. three msnbc host for the price of one. this is history right here, thank you, chris. as you say, i am in charleston, south carolina where it s been time with the governor of california, gavin newsom, getting a sense of the state of play as he sees it in the potentially general election matchup between biden and trump, we are going to have some clips of that interview to play for you momentarily. first, i will send it up to new york, ayman, so take it away, my friend. thank you very much. we will be talking later on throughout the show because you will give us a big preview and the very latest on the 2024 presi
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
general election matchup between biden and trump, and we re going to have some clips of that interview to play for you momentarily, but first i m going to send it up to you in new york, ayman. it to away, my friend. you re going to give us a big preview and the latest on the 2024 presidential race and the sper spective down there in south carolina. we do want to start with the front-runner in new york. the republican primary was once again in a new york courtroom. this afternoon trump took the stand in the damages case brought by writer e. jean carroll. the former president has already been found liable of sexual abuse and defamation by a civil jury. trump today testified for only three minutes, but in those three minutes, believe it or not, the judge had to tell the jury multiple times to disregard trump s out of order testimony. at the same time trump was taking the stand, there was a split screen, a jarring split screen. president biden was hitting the campaign trail at
ron desantis dropped out a couple hours after last week s program after canceling interviews with me and other sunday shows. and then pundits pressing nikki haley why she was still running in new hampshire? look at the media saying oh, this is donald trump s to have. look at the political class all coalescing saying everybody needs to get out. howard: if they wanted the republican race over this minute. msnbc looking at exit polls kept talking up haley s chances. fantastic news for nikki haley s campaign in terms of her chances that night. howard: it took 13 minutes after the polls closed for fox and nbc followed by cnn to declare donald trump the winner. on iowa caucus night rachel maddow boasted msnbc would not air one word of a trump s victory speech because there was cost to us as news organization for unairing true things. msnbc flopped after critics like me called this blatant censorship. we ll see how it goes. this is decision one we consider to be open-ended liv