the president says an american response is coming. the president s been crystal clear. we will respond decisively. tonight, what we know about the biden decision, a dangerous moment on the global stage. then he s nothing. we don t need to be afraid of him. he can be knocked down. after e. jean carroll, awaiting a trump verdict and how the courts can make trump pay. plus, everything you need to know about the bad faith it has always been about helping donald trump. and michael isikoff with exclusive new reporting on the secret recording of trump s attempt to steal georgia. fellows, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes and president joe biden says he has made his decision on how the u.s. will respond to the deaths of three american soldiers in the middle east. retaliation, escalation, look increasingly likely. those three army reservists were killed and more than 30 of their comr
[inaudible] we ll see. the president says an american response is coming. the president s been crystal clear. we will respond decisively. tonight, what we know about the biden decision, a dangerous moment on the global stage. then he s nothing. we don t need to be afraid of him. he can be knocked down. after e. jean carroll, awaiting a trump verdict and how the courts can make trump a. plus, everything you need to know about the bad faith it has always been about helping donald trump. and michael isikoff with exclusive new reporting on the secret recording of trump s attempt to steal jordan. fellows, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes and president joe biden says he has made his decision on how the u.s. will respond to the deaths of three american soldiers in the middle east. retaliation, escalation look increasingly likely. those three army reservists were killed and more
plus, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here at the table as republicans struggle to do anything with their majority in the chamber. and arizona secretary of state demanding the justice department take action to protect election workers. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin with the verdict and e. jean carroll s defamation case against donald trump. the 83.3 million dollar award includes 65 million in punitive damages. friday s verdict came after an eventful day in court. trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments while carroll s lawyer were telling jurors that the former president is a liar who thinks quote, the rules don t apply to him. joining us now, former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg, he is an msnbc contributor and former senior fbi official. also with us, msnbc host and legal analyst katie phang. katie, in the run up to this verdict, the big question was, what number is going to be big enough to make donald trump st
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
it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on