plus, nikki haley shifting strategy as she fights to win her home state of south carolina. and she s now attacking trump head on. bring it, donald. show me what you got. [ cheers and applause ] also ahead, former trump adviser peter navarro set to be sentenced this hour for criminal contempt of congress, how much time could he face behind bars? and later, flash flooding turning roads to rivers all across the south, we are tracking where all this extreme weather is headed next. it is 10:00 eastern, great to be with you. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, any in a moment now the civil trial against donald trump for defamation of e. jean carroll is set to resume after a three-day delay, and these are live pictures outside the courthouse. the former president is of course fresh off his new hampshire primary victory arriving at the new york courthouse a short time ago. that s when he arrived these images just moments ago. he and his attorney say he will testify in
developments from trump s many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former president s rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. he s been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. there were closing arguments on behalf of donald trump by trump himself got involved briefly. as we reported on this program yesterday here on msnbc, donald trump is a civil defendant here. his request to speak during closing arguments or give some sort of grand closing statement, that was denied by the judge for a simple reason. donald trump s own lawyers basically refsed the rules that would bar personal attacks. you can see some of the court sketches as that was all dealt with. now the judge
this case. this is a weaponization of justice. this is something that nobody s ever seen to this extent. it s a disgrace. they should pay me damages. that s the way it should be. donald trump going on and on about what he doesn t like about this process. beyond his quotes, well, you could see a few feet behind him where he was speaking in front of the court doors. exaggeration and lies don t work there. trump can talk and talk about the people involved in putting him on trial. he can try to argue from a pr perspective that with his rhetoric he s putting them on trial. that s rhetoric. they re not on trial, not the ag and the judge. when you see trump talking in front of the microphone at a friendly fox town hall, that s the theater. he tried to be more restrained and more friendly, even at times kind of a softer side, if you
the freedom of religion, rights of criminals, same-sex marriage. none of those draft opinions ever leaked. you know why customer because everyone in the building understood that was a line that could be never crossed. it is a sad commentary that someone in that building took it upon himself or herself to totally usurp the role of the justices and hijack the court s deliberative process. this was a bald-faced attempt to tip the balance of the vote one way or another. we know which way. the leaker undoubtably hopes, rights, that this leaked opinion will drive activists to the court doors. they were desperately banging on the doors during brett kavanaugh s confirmation hearing. all of them outside screaming, all the colorful sides. that s going to have some impact that will have one of the justices, the majority, change his or her vote.
have ever received in this country. and that s a good thing. the court doors have been reopened. the reporters and those who were attending this sentencing hearing are now walking out of the courtroom. we will wait to see if this means that the judge has made a decision about where bill cosby goes next. while i have you, wendy, i want to broaden this conversation a bit. we have a playbook, if you will, for how to deal with sexual assault allegations in criminal courts and in civil courts. there is a process that takes place. we don t have this sort of playbook in congress for hearings. what would be a good way to deal with this if congress were to take up having some sort of some preset guidelines for how they deal with somebody who is accusing a supreme court nominee, a lawmaker, somebody of