We are grateful. Hi katie. Hi, thank you so much, and welcome to the beat. Tonight, there could be a delay in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. More on that in a moment but we start with breaking news. Judge cannon denying without prejudice trumps motion to dismiss counts one through 32 and is classified documents case. Her ruling coming in moments ago. She said trumps arguments are better suited to be argued later on in connection with other motions. In other words, she punted the decision. It comes after trump and jack smith faced off in a federal courtroom in florida today, trumps attorneys arguing to dismiss the entire superseding indictment against him, claiming the president ial records act gives them the authority to take and claim those classified documents as his own personal property. In the motion, trumps lawyers wrote, President Trump exercise virtually unreviewable authority to designate the records as personal. In court, trump lawyer todd blanche arguing, quote,
So i wrote this book. Its called prequel, an american fight against fascism. It has turned out to be kind of unexpectedly topical in the news. I did a book tour for prequel this past fall, but i keep getting asked to give more talks about it and given whats going on in the news, i have decided i am going to do a couple more events. I just wanted to tell you on may 26th, he will be at the historic and beloved town hall in providencetown, massachusetts for a special event sponsored by the provincetown bookshop. You can get information about how and where to buy tickets at msnbc. Com prequel, msnbc. Com prequel. Thats it. Thanks for the indulgence. Thats going to do it for me now. Now its time for The Last Word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Sunday in provincetown, i can do that. Would you like me to save you a seat . How many how many of my brothers can i bring . There could be could be four of us. Well work it out. Ill get the exact count. Lawrence and brothers. All rig
Also on the programme more questions for the government about who was responsible for moving Asylum Seekers onto the Bibby Stockholm Barge before it had been given the all clear for legionella. And Artificial Intelligence has been transforming how we live. But could ai one day be capable of reading our minds . But first, to the ongoing Recovery Efforts in hawaii. Residents say they had no official warning before they fled for their lives, raising difficult questions about the effectiveness of the Emergency Response and whether more people could have been saved. Early warning sirens failed to sound, according to officials, a failure now under investigation by hawaiis attorney general. Lets go straight to maui. My colleague, helena humphrey, is there for us. Good to see you again. First of all, you have been speaking to officials. Tell is the latest you have been hearing there. Tell is the latest you have been hearing there. Tell is the latest you have been hearin there. ,. , hearing the
They gave word what the judge has decided. Fani willis can decide if she wants to stay or leave the case and take nathan wade with her. So were waiting for more information on this. Welcome to friday. Dana has the day off today. Im bill hemmer live in New York City with my friend and colleague in tow. It will be a ride. Dana it is. Were getting big news this morning. Im Martha Maccallum and this, of course, is americas newsroom. We understand as you just pointed out, bill, that this decision is in. Judge mcphee gave himself a two week deadline. That landed today. Weve come to know this judge a little bit over the course of the last couple of months. Scott mcafee. Whether to disqualify fani willis in response to allegations that she was dating her lead prosecutor when she hired him and that was part of a motivation for hiring him and the two took some rather fancy vacations together and that they may have benefited financially from this Business Arraignment which it was alleged she crea
Welcome back to the weekend. We start the hour with possibilities for donald trump. Just hours after posting a 91 million bond that does allow the defamation of e. Jean carroll. He may have defamed e. Jean carroll again. Too listen to what he just said said. I just posted a 91 million on a fake story, totally made up story. Think of it. none million. I could say things about what it would cost normally. 91 million. Based on accusations made about me about a woman, i didnt know. I knew nothing of her. She wrote a book. And when i denied it, i said, its so crazy, its false. I got sued for defamation. It is remarkable. Lisa ruben is here. It is remarkable because donald trump is donald trump. I want to start with this 91 million, which i think is pretty interesting. Andrew weisman, or friend noted in a tweet. 90 million down, 400 million to go, and the public has no idea who may have put up the money or provided a guarantee to support the bond. But one thing is sure. Trump is beholden to