Welcome to primetime weekend. Im nicole wAllAce. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. You know, senAtor, this is An evolution And i know you hAve been Asked About this before, About pAst comments you hAve mAde About DonAld Trump. You sAid i hAve never been A never trump guy, i never liked him, terrible cAndidAte. If you voted for him you would be An idiot, Adolf hitler, A whole, obnoxious And reprehensible those of the things the left will come After you And put in Ads, should you be chosen As the vp pick. How do you deAl with them now . The simple Answer is you hAve to respect the AmericAn people enough to just level with them. I wAs wrong About DonAld Trump. I did not think he would be A good president , he wAs A greAt president , thAt is one of the reAsons i Am working so hArd to get him A second term. When youre wrong About something, you should chAnge your mind And be honest About thAt fAct. ThAt is how the Jd VAnce story goes, At leAst by Jd VAnces telling. Sure, he suggested
Republican candidates all across the country in november, the expresident and his maga allies are reminding us just why that Gender Gap exists in the first place. Statements that reveal over and over and over again their Udder Disregard for freedoms and views held by countless numbers of women in this country. Case in point, the expresident turned in a Gaslighting Performance for the ages at a rally Last Night. I am your protectorer. I want to be your protector as president. I have to be your protector. I hope you dont make too much of it. I hope the fake news doesnt go, oh, he wants to be their protect er. Well, i am. Youll no longer be abandoned, lonely or scared. Youll no longer be in danger. Youre not going to be in danger any longer. Youll no longer have anxiety from all of the problems our country has today. Youll be protected, and i will be your protector. [ applause ] women will be happy, healthy, confident, and free. You will no longer be thinking about abortion. Never mind th
she should be locked up. tell you right now. she should be locked up. she should. that s right, lock them up. you should lock them up. lock up the bidens. lock up hillary. hillary clinton, i didn t say lock her up, but the people don t say lock her up, okay. donald trump s getting a bit desperate ahead of his sentencing making the ludicrous claim that he never said hillary clinton should be locked up. it s on tape, donald. plus, michael cohen s reaction to trump s guilty verdict and the potential of prison time. and the far right continues to embrace authoritarianism with politicians and commentators flocking to el salvador to attend the inauguration of the man who calls himself the world s coolest dictator. it s a big warning sign for the type of government they want to run if trump becomes president again. but we begin tonight with the real meaning of law and order. as the reality has set in that their soon to be official nominee is a convicted felon, republican
welcome to our continued coverage. the new york criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m rachel maddow joined by my colleagues. also, lawrence o donnell is with us pick we are going to be joined by the star witness for the prosecution in this trial, michael cohen. he will speak to us exclusively. his first reaction to this verdict tonight. michael cohen will be joining us in one moment live. 4:20 p.m. p.m. and it is we, the jury have reached a verdict. 45 minutes later at 5:05 p.m. the jury was back in the courtroom and is seated. the defendant donald trump was seated as well. the judge addressed the four people. and the judge. without telling me the verdict, how s the jury? and yes, they have reached a verdict. take the verdict, please. with the foreperson please rise to the members of the jury agreed upon a verdict? yes. and how say you to the first count of the indictment, charging donald j trump with the crime of falsifying business records in the first degre
let s have echo alternate universe in which the civil penalty didn t happen. and these criminal convictions did not happen. from your sense of how he movese through the world and how he deals with humiliation and failure, what do you think he has left to do that he can do in response to this that we should be prepared for? he is going to blame everybody other than himself. judge merchan is corrupt. judge engoron is corrupt. michael cohen is a liar, a felon. a rat and everything else he has been calling me for over six years. he will blame everybody else other than himself. he does not understand the concept of accountability. somewhere along the line, i guess, his parents didn t teach him that there are consequences for actions. on the consequences question. it struck me, i was in the courtroom one of the days you were testifying. there was this line of people who had come to support donald trump orientation and to be vice president or something. they want to be what you