daniela, thank you very much, great reporting. in just a few minutes, we are going to talk about the story about the former president reportedly pressuring arizona governor doug doocy to overturn the 2020 election. do you see just issuing a response we are going to have that for you. plus, supreme court followed. the new help being offered a student loan borrowers following yesterday s rejection. as i bet you another good day from nbc news here in los angeles, we are at the top of the hour so i welcome you to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with new reaction to the latest round of supreme court rulings and a look at some of today s head lines. they washington courts conservatives flex their strength, the los angeles time, justices washed student debt relief. from the gazette in colorado, christian designer can turn away same-sex wedding business. the new york times highlighting both rulings, one congressman telling me that he feels the pain of students with high debt.
its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other attorneys.
day to go through them, he has some real political skills, and certainly this is one of them, where he can have messages that resignation resonate with his die hard base, and they are passionate for him. does that lead to an election in november, only time will tell. in this particular moment, it has allowed him to strengthen his grip on the republican party. i want to go back if i can and talk a little bit about what s going on right in a courtroom, and i want to read what judge engoron just said or was asked about. he was asked by trump s or rather the prosecution about the expert witnesses, and suggesting that the expert witnesses are, in fact, not useful, and i m going to go back to you, renato
there is a clear die hard base of support he s working off of, heading into these key months of campaign, alex. just had to say my friend, when you figure out the logic behind that after nine years of analyzing it, you can let me know. because i cannot figure it out. but anyway, thank you very much, we appreciate you. coming up next the phone call, former president formerly made to the governor of arizona, those details next.
you saw the other day direct tv is not going to renew oam. that s something i cancelled their tv service because of their long-term of supporting aom. so we are seeing some gradual improvement out there. i think there is a really calcified harden base in the die hard base. it does not matter where you go. any sort of counter measure is viewed as the deep state or the establishment or whatever the global ga ball is out to get him. what we have to work on is chipping away of the edges of that harden base and see if there are folks that s still on defense and pull them back into reality and do it with a degree of empathy as best as we can. as hard as that is after the last couple of years. i gotten death threats and i