the value of this corrupt is the meeting cannot be overstated. this theme cooked up by these men could very well be what got trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the arguments with lawrence o donnell, jen psaki, andrew weissmann, lisa rubin, and katie phang who were all inside the courthouse. and nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber, and stephanie ruhle is special coverage of trump on trial begins. , now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow and i am here with the great chris hayes and nicole wallace. the one and only lawrence o donnell who was in the courtroom today in the closing arguments in the hush money, former president donald trump, lawrence will join us in a moment. he is still down at the courthouse it will join us as soon as he can get to a camera which w
note, i wish you a very good night. from across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me and i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, the defense makes its case for reasonable doubt. the real argument was michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the goat. the greatest liar of all time. the judge s sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid. he was livid as he should be. reporter: and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt a presidential election. steinglass says the value of this corrupt bargain cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing the story to avoid it being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen tsaki, and all in the courtroom. plus nicole wallace, chris hayes, ari melber, stephanie ruhle. as trump on trial begins. now. thank you for joining us tonight. w
important. reporter: never more important. they re going through the counts, and then they re associating each count obviously with the invoices and with the checks as well. and let me remind folks, by the way, i m doing this all day, so i may sound like i m repeating myself, but i do think it is important when it comes to the counts, you have 12 counts when it comes to ledgers, 11 counts, invoices, 11 counts, checks as well. and let me quickly read you this part in which they talk about the count. in order to find defendant guilt on count one, on or about february 14th, 2017, in the count of new york and elsewhere, the defendant personally or by acting in concert with another person or person made or caused the false records of the business records of an enterprise, specifically invoice to michael cohen. number two, the defendant did so with intent to defraud, intent to commit another crime, or aid in commission thereof. and he goes on to say that there are 34 counts that
97% of burning uv rays. it s light, but it s working hard like me, neutrogena ultras yourself on screen. i m zachary cohen and washington. and this is cnn hello and welcome to cnn special coverage of the closing arguments in former president donald trump s criminal hush money trial. i m wolf blitzer in washington alongside abby phillip, who s outside the courthouse in new york a very consequential de, as we enter the home stretch of this truly historic trial korda s out now for lunch following a morning of blistering closing arguments by trump s defense team on surprisingly, trump attorney todd blanche made the case that payments made to michel cone the heart of the prosecution s charges were not illegal abbe over to you that s right. well, a blanche ripped into potential pivotal testimony delivered by trump s former fixer and personal attorney repeatedly calling michael cohen a liar, whose words should not be trusted, and the claims that the alleged tryst between trump
der promise. that s our promise our promise today to them the president also spoke of his own personal loss, the death of his son, beau in iraq war veteran saying, i know it hurts thanks for joining us. the situation room starts now happening. now amid global anger over a deadly israeli attack on a rafah. repeat g camp. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, he s now calling the killing of dozens of civilians, a quote, tragic mistake also tonight with states for donald trump and the nasal shouldn t as closing arguments are set to begin tomorrow in his historic hush money criminal trial, and breaking news, the death toll is rising from an outbreak of severe weather and tornadoes it s imports of the us kentucky s governor is set to join us this hour with an update on his states storm emergency. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. and wolf blitzer is off today. i m boris sanchez because and you re in this situation are tops story this hour, the isra