district care primary. that, to a cnn projecting, charlie quest will win the floor democratic primary, and take on ron desantis that will happen in november. val demings, winning florida s democratic senate primary. so, there is a lot to discuss. cnn s phil mattingly, at the magic wall, with more but, that s just a moment. standby, phil. as primary results roll in, all across the country, and with the midterms looming, here is the thing. democracy is on the ballot. there are election deniers running, and winning, in key races across the country. we are still reckoning with the cancer of january 6th. one of the greatest threats to this country in our history. so, do americans vote like democracy depends on it? economy? inflation? putting food on the table? yes in the tank? keeping a roof over your head? that all matters to voters. of course it does. culture wars matter a lot to people, to. the book banning, the outrage over critical race theory, even the shortage of teachers.
Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. After five weeks, the first criminal trial of a former u. S. President is nearly over. The defense rested, this morning, it called only two witnesses. Despite all his bravado and insistence to the contrary, yeah, donald trump was not one of them. We knew that, right . Instead, we heard briefly from a paralegal, attorney Todd Blanches from about phone records, for a man by the name of Robert Castella took the stand. Costello is a former federal prosecutor, a very close associate of Rudy Giuliani, the twice indicted former mayor of new york city. More about him later in the show. And, also, Donald Trumps personal attorney while he was in the white house. I think it is fair to say that costellos testimony, this week, backfired on the defense. How much remains to be determined. But, trumps attorneys main reason to put that man, Robert Costello understand, was to directly contradict and impugn the credibility of the prosecution three witness key w
swing. the smallest smartest thing the general 60 minutes does make sure all of its witnesses are republicans. that may not reach deep into the republican base, but does give a court credibility. especially if you aren t hearing, or seeing it on conservative media, that s important, but, it is still breaking through. nia, let me ask you this, big picture. more than half of republican gubernatorial nominees have a question, or denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election, according to a cnn fact-checker. this is going over the last few. that s 21 nominees. no small number. what is the significance of that? the crew still continues. it was unsuccessful on january 6th, and it was the seeds for another inside where donald trump in, the other republican president could, essentially, overturn an election. we see that in motion right now. they will be running in states like pennsylvania, and arizona,
but isn t it worth asking some questions? ultimately, is the credibility of the supreme court at stake here? reporter: yeah, this has been an issue under the radar a long time. ginny thomas is a professional activist and has been for a long time. she s been active on any number of issues that have at least tangential connections to potential supreme court cases. here, you ve got something that is absolutely connected to the supreme court. they ve already ruled once on january 6th related material. who knows what kind of 2020 election-related cases, or god forbid 2024 election-related cases might come before a supreme court on which justice thomas is still a member. as for ginny thomas, she is not a key part of the january 6th investigation. this is sort of somebody who kind of got caught up in the wash, part of what was on meadows phone. the questions of court credibility are real ones. you see the senate and some democratic lawmakers trying to address it. but i have a really hard t