the weapons he had and who else he stalked. also tonight, the latest in the string of holiday mass shootings, including philadelphia s five dead and what prosecutors say was deliberate. the bag of cocaine in the white house. where it was found and what that could mean about who left it there. we begin with a picture federal prosecutors are painting of the man arrested are firearms and ammunition in the washington neighborhood home to many dignitaries, including president obama and mrs. obama. it comes from a court filing urging the man be kept in custody. alleged threats against kevin mccarthy and jamie raskin. that he allegedly live streamed a claim he had a debt nature a explosives and the got the address for the obamas from a post from donald trump. walk us through what exactly the former president posted and when this guy showed up in the obama neighborhood. there wasn t a long time between the two events happening. donald trump posts a newsletter that purportedly h
today on inside politics, red, white, and blue political theater. republicans pound the pavement, put on their best every man polos, and look for votes between burgers, dogs, and fireworks. fourth of july provides a 2024 test, one donald trump bets he s fine just skipping. plus, a first amendment victory or a green light to conspiracy theorists? a judge calls a biden effort to stop disinformation from running wild orwellian while telling top biden officials to cut off contact with social media companies. and just in, cocaine at the white house. a positive lab test prompts an obvious question for the secret service, whose was it? i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, a white house crime scene. a source just confirmed to cnn that cocaine was discovered inside the west wing. i want to go straight to the white house and cnn s priscilla alvarez. what are you hearing from your sources on this? reporter: dane, a source familiar tells
quote. for nearly a decade, we have watched donald trump destroy our political institutions and make a mockery of the constitution. he has breached every tradition and norm, even the peaceful transfer of power that s kept this country stable from one generation to another. from one administration to the next. you ve done it all, with almost a complete impunity, because the republican party has protected him from experiencing and the real consequences for his actions. it s still a question in the back of some people s minds about whether a trump might barrel through the justice system, the same way candidate trump has barreled through and destroyed our politics. trump continued to attack and spread lies about carroll after the first trial, and continue to do so throughout his second which begs the question. can any sort of penalty or punishment actually stop him? as roberta pl said in the jury during closing arguments, quote, this trial is also about something much more profou
you see her there advancing another message, the importance of good sleep. now, she s all grown up, over 30 years later, elmo and sesame street still at work showing us a little support can go a very long way. the reidout with joy reid is up next. tonight on the reidout and we can t just continue to open the border. by the way, we can t pass a bill that possibly would make it harder for trump to do his job. they re not even trying to hide it. the republicans top priority is not securing the border. it s helping donald trump return to the white house. also tonight, president biden is greeted in michigan by pro-palestinian protesters. the mayor of dearborn who recently turned down a meeting with biden s campaign joins me tonight. plus, nbc begins its new deciders focus group series. pennsylvania women who voted for trump last time talk about what they re thinking now, after trump s supreme court overturned women s reproductive rights. and writer, producer, dire
that is all in for the week. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex wagner. welcome back. it s good to be home, my friend. it s good to be home. thanks. thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. this is park avenue. it s an historic 32 in manhattan, it s one of the highlights, you could say, in donald trump s real estate portfolio. and because of the new york attorney general s lawsuit against mr. trump, we know that, in 2020, the trump organization received an appraisal for trump park avenue, which set its value at 84 point $5 million. it s an interesting some. today, a jury ordered donald trump to pay writer e. jean carroll 83 point $3 million, approximately one trump park avenue, for defaming her. breaking that number down a little bit more, the jury awarded e. jean carroll 18 point $3 million to compensate her for the harm trump s lies caused her. they awarded her another $65 million in punitive damages to, well, punish donald trum