do to you. jurors, if you could hear us, we are curious but we do not need to know who you are. also, probably a lot happier for the people who do not know about it. like, hats off to you. you new yorkers. all right buddy, see you, thanks as always. thank you at-home for joining us this hour. quote, no one is above the law, not even a former president of the united states. that is how roberta kaplan, the lawyer for writer e. jean carroll, how she began her statement in the case against former president trump. carol herself said quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump to clear my name and to get my life back. today, the world finally knows the truth. this afternoon, a jury of six men and three women, in manhattan, found former president donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. the decision was quick, and it was unanimous. for years now, trump has been not only denying miss carroll s allegation that he shoved her against a wall and raped her in the dressi
little melancholy. and i were just big man, you know, you re not too macho and it s no big deal. the people are gonna hurt more than anyone else is your family. we re so glad the senator was able to get the help he needed. remember, if you need help, please ask for it. and if you can give help, please give. it we are all in this together. and on that note, i wish you all a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks and nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thank you at-home for joining us this hour. quote, no one is above the law, not even a former president of united states. that is how roberta kaplan, the lawyer for writer e. jean carroll, that is how she began her statement after the verdict was read in the case against former president trump. carol herself said, quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump clear my name in to get my life back. today the world finally knows the truth. this afternoon a ju
the whole country a service. by helping illustrate the confusion and the denial that a lot of sexual victims feel in those first moments after an assault. she s going to be a really important guest to hear from tonight, lawrence, it s great to have her. yeah, alex, last night, on this program, we hand harvard law professor lawrence tribe. and i alerted the audience to the fact that is very likely that president biden would be paying attention to what professor tribe said about the debt ceiling and the 14th amendment on this program last night. and sure enough today, when president biden was asked about it he said, i have been considering the 14th amendment, and a man i have enormous respect for, larry tribe, who advised me for a long time, thinks that would be legitimate. i m not saying he was watching the show. i think you could say that. i think you can say that. i think that means you are allowed to say that. i don t know. i don t know. i think you deserve it.
to reimagine my childhoo without our local branch of th boston public library on ada street, and not just the ada street branch, i spent so many great hours. me too. my grandmother was a librarian books are important. reading is a skill that yo want young children, and all children, to have. i mean, literally th dictionary definition of putting but like so many public right now in america, it depends o what state you live in so, there is no threatening of libraries in massachusetts where i grew up, and there i also no threatening of abortio rights in massachusetts, w will have massachusetts ne attorney general join us tonight to talk about this massachusetts plan to continue to deliver abortion medication no matter what a federal judge in texas says. this is a fascinating plan the have in massachusetts. we will see how that will work fascinating and important especially at this hour. i will be watching, lawrence thank thank you alex thank you. the breaking news
up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow it was february 23rd of las year, russia was on the brin of invading ukraine th midterms were just beginning t kick into high gear. and this story broke in the ne york times two prosecutors leading new york trump inquiry resign, clouding cases future. two prosecutors in manhattan da s office quit out o frustration with the newly-erected elected alvi bragg was not being aggressive enough in prosecuting donald trump okay yes so that story now feels like it came from an alternate universe manhattan da bragg is now th first prosecutor to brin charges against former president over an alleged hush money scheme around the 2016 election so this picture of alvin bragg as a timid prosecutor afraid t take on donald trump, well that picture doesn t seem to fit the bill anymore for weeks alvin bragg has been the victim of an onslaught slo of attacks on republicans, all eager to defend trump s. they ve used antisemitism an racist d