defense attorney punctuating the defense s last chance to convince the jury to acquit in the first criminal trial of a former president. i m chris jansing, anchoring along side my colleagues andrea mitchell and katy tur has made her way back from the courtroom. we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. and in that downtown courthouse, history is being written during closing arguments today. donald trump s attorney todd blanche just wrapped his closing argument, leaning into the word lie, using it 25 times as he tried to attach it to the prosecution s star witness, michael cohen. and the court just broke for lunch. after that the prosecution is expected to start their closing arguments for the jury. can they deliver a powerful argument as to why 12 citizens should make a historic decision to convict a former president of the united states. i want to bring in former fbi general counsel and former senior member of muller probe and msnbc legal analyst andrew weizma
they want. you going to talk about me and alecia s outfit? alecia splash looks amazing today. i had to beg for it. it doesn t count, charles. we don t want these little afterthought complements. you came here for the chairman, you got it. we will let you have it. you are fired up about the supreme court, i can tell. i saw the discussion and i can tell how fired up you were. now i m catching the energy that the senate should be catching about not putting ethical constraints on the chief justices and everyone else. so i will take that. i will take that on behalf of the country. that is what you call a pivot. keep your pivot. have a good charles good show , charles and happy memorial day for folks, who we are commemorating their service. put that in your cookie and crumble it. things, guys. velshi starts now. good morning, it is sunday, may 26 and you are watching velshi on msnbc. i m charles coleman jr. filling in for my friend and colleague ali velshi and we
with absorbine pro, pain won t hold you back from your passions. it s the only solution with two max-strength anesthetics to deliver the strongest numbing pain relief available. so, do your thing like a pro, pain-free. absorbine pro. welcome back to the weekend. on tuesday, closing arguments will begin in the 26th in election interference trial. jury deliberations will take place. depending on how long that lasts, we could go into next week. judge could hurt him if it comes back for his sentencing. a former federal prosecutor of the southern district of new york. justice matters, indeed. what are we going to expect? there is no school this memorial day. on tuesday, court will resume. it is called summations, closing arguments, what can we expect? give us a prediction? then we want to talk about some of this rhetoric. tuesday you will hear two different closing arguments. from the prosecution you will hear that donald trump had secrets. he did not want the american peo