hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york, i m alicia menendez, in for nicolle wallace. it is a tried and true tactic of the donald trump playbook, turn anything into political score settling. today, lawyers for the ex-president filed a motion for a mistrial in the civil fraud case against him in new york that threatens to bring down the trump organization and tarnish his brand as a business mogul. in the motion, trump s team accused the judge and his staff of bias. the motion is filled to the brim with dramatic language, saying quote, only the grant of a mistrial can salvage what is left of the rule of law. trump s lawyers also took aim at the judge s law clerk, included photos of the clerk, as well as her campaign donation history in their public filing. that is even after the judge placed a limited gag order on donald trump that barred him from commenting on court staff. trump s lawyers were then prohibited from discussing the judge s communications with his staff. the length o
the rachel maddow show starts right now. thank you very much, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. i m jumping the gun because this has just been a heck of a day in the news. the united states supreme court for the first time ever has issued an ethics code for supreme court justices, first time, first time in our history. and honestly, we have had some terrible supreme court justices in our history. it s not like everyone before this was good, so we didn t need rules. no, we had a justice resign ahead of being probably impeached for alleged bribery. we had a supreme court justice revealed to have been in the kkk just a few weeks after he got confirmed to the court. we had a justice who was so anti-semitic he reportedly would not speak to one of his colleagues. he would not speak to justice brandeis for years because justice brandeis was jewish. that guy was such a thorough going jerk that when he died, not a single one of the other supreme court ju
tapes that give us a first look at what the former president s codefendants are saying about him and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. he said well the boss, meaning president trump, and everyone understood the boss. the boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. we are just going to stay in power. i said to him, it doesn t quite work that way, you realize. he said we don t care. that is just one of a series of reportings obtained by the washington post. essentially a tell all interview for a plea deal. the videos have not been independently verified by nbc news. what they tell us about the fraud case facing donald trump is really the question and who d.a. willis is blaming for this leak. let s start with the latest developments here, vaughn. what more do we know about the d.a. s emergency filing? this is kind of in realtime here. we know this hearing is going to be tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.m. in front of the judge and televised. so this emergency mo
in med terri mediterranean sea on veteran s day, one of the most, le elite helicopter pilot groups on earth. and their facilities and their personnel in syria. that in retaliation for dozens of attacks again u.s. bases and military in the middle east, lucas tomlinson is live in wilmington, delaware, lucas? we learned it was a pair of u.s. air force fighter jets that targeted a training facility in a safe house according to defense secretary lloyd just austin we received reports from jennifer griffin, a headquarters and striking killed 6 or 7 iranian proxy fighters and safe house was a headquarters killing the fighters in training facilities storied a bunch of weapons a lot of second dear explosives this strike will hurt. but let s also okay to in mediterranean, a black hawk helicopter from u.s. arm elite that helicopter carrying out a midair refueling mission, 160 known at night stockers that helicopter crashed off of the yost, killing up 5 service members aboard, and w
congressman jamie rosman is here with his reaction, and he s coming up first. plus, special counsel jack smith unveils a big clue about how he plans to prosecute his case. as trump s lawyers ask for his federal trial to be televise the law firm of andrew weissmann and is here to weigh in on all of it. also today, resounding victories for democrats and crucial races all across the country, as republican culture wars fall completely flat. we ll talk about what it means for 2024 and beyond. and later, a trip to the forum, of bike ride through georgia. we talk about the fight for democracy, the former president, and balancing his life as a pastor with his life as a united states senator. after a long stretch of dark political predictions for democrats, and a lot of freaking out over poll numbers, things can start to feel a little bit better this week. democratic governor was reelected in kentucky, democrats swept control of the virginia legislature, which most people were not