thanks for watching. i ll see it back here tomorrow, for another live hour of politicsnation. tomorrow, my guests include united auto workers president shawn fain. who earlier this week endorsed president biden. that is tomorrow at five pm eastern, right here on msnbc. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. jonathan, after the hard news, you ll be interviewing understand oscar nominee my friend jeffrey right of american fiction. it sounds like a great show. take it away jonathan. all right brett, thank you very. much all right brett, thank y under . donald trump s iron grip on the gop, now extends from the campaign trail to capitol hill. republicans could tank a border bill just to help them politically. my all-star panel molly jong-fast, michael steele, and luke broadwater, they are here to discuss what is at stake. the magic number, a jury verdict orders donald trump to pay 83 point $3 million for defaming e. jean carroll after she accused him of sexua
donald trump s iron grip on the gop, now extends from the campaign trail to capitol hill. republicans could tank a border bill just to help them politically. my all-star panel molly jong-fast, michael steele, and luke broadwater, they are here to discuss what is at stake. the magic number, a jury verdict orders donald trump to pay 83 point $3 million for defaming e. jean carroll after she accused him of sexual assault. we ll take a closer look at when or if she will see the money, and what trump s courtroom theatrics could tell us about his upcoming criminal trials. and, mr. wright, first time oscar nominee jeffrey wright joins me to talk about his acclaimed movie, american fiction, how it reflects his life experience, and the role i hope he gets to play one day. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. donald trump and nikki haley are back on the campaign trail tonight, as we countdown to next month s 2024 presidential contest in nevada and south car
i m alicia menendez with simone standers townsend and michael steele. here are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump delivering a new calling for, quote, compute complete immunity for presidents. plus, the house speaker cold water on congresswoman the net paragon will tell us where things stand. we will also hear from hhs secretary javier after record breaking care for the affordable care act. grab your coffee, settle, in to the weekend. we begin with donald trump ramping up his calls for presidential immunity. the former president posting late last night that, quote, without complete immunity, a president united states would not be able to properly function. this comes as trump gears up for a busy few weeks on legal and political fronts. appeals could go at either moment on those immunity claims. just days from now, the supreme court will hear oral arguments over whether the state of colorado can a boot trump from the presidential ballot. those cases
good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with the massive bill. a new york federal jury today handed the former president for repeatedly defaming the woman he s already found liable for sexually abusing. $7.3 million for emotional harm he caused by his repeated verbal attacks on e. jean carroll while he was president, which of his followers turned into serious threats against her. $11 million to repair the damage carroll suffered to her reputation, and $65 million in punitive damages. $83.3 million in total. no comment from her or her team as they left the courthouse in lower manhattan making their way through a sea of cameras and reporters. in a moment we ll hear from her attorney, roberta kaplan, her first interview since the verdict. also exclusively from another trump accuser jessica leads who was a witness in ms. carroll s first lawsuit in which she told jurors the former president groped her on an airplane in a cross-country flight. mr. trump has repeatedly