trump than square, i ve no doubt about that. i m the only one who has a chance to beat trump and win a general election. three years ago tomorrow, we saw with our own eyes, the violent mob stormed the united s capital. everything is on the line right here. the question is, what kind of centuries is going to be? a democracy is still america s secret cause, the most urgent question of our time. weaponized government, saying i m a threat to democracy. we all know donald trump is. question we have answers, who are way? we will good evening, once, again i m stephanie ruhle. a week ended with the president naming donald trump that s a threat to our democracy. the supreme court announcing they will hear the case on whether trump should be on the ballot and colorado in a major shake up. top of the nra. you are in luck. our nightcap is here to talk about all of it. it is a great one. joining me, eddie glock, princeton professor and msnbc contributor. u.s. managing edito
okay. here s a question that you don t normally hear a candidate it asked at one of his final campaign stops before a presidential debate. that s a fair question. after all, the debate is on thursday, and trump s sentencing for 34 felony convictions is exactly 2 weeks after that. it doesn t bother me. we have a corrupt group of people. and you know what? it s really working out the other way. we just got the highest poll numbers we ve ever had. they cheat so much, it helps us in the end. because if we don t win, our country is finished. allow me to finish. if we don t win, that i m worried about going to prison. and he kind of should be worried. because as serious as the new york convictions are, the much more serious charges are still hanging out there. and for all of his talk about a corrupt system, he is sure getting a lot of help on that front right now. just take a look at exhibit a in the new york times this week. after trump appointed judge eileen cannon was assign
Sanctions will be coming down. Secretary mnuchin will be announcing those on monday. If he hasnt already. And more problems for scott pruitt. A Government Watchdog Group says the epa chiefs 43,000 sound proof phone booth will have violated federal law. This certainly is an element of double standard. Weve seen cabinet secretaries forced out for much less. 43,000. We begin today with the extraordinary courtroom drama that unfolded here in new york as president s attorneys went head to head with attorneys for his own justice department. All because mr. Trump wants to keep evidence seized from his Lawyers Office out of the hands of the feds. With all that going on, sean hannity and Stormy Daniels only added to the surreal atmosphere. I have a great team here to help break all of it down. First, i want to run you through exactly what happened in the courthouse. This stuff is important right now. Federal prosecutors have a ton of information they took from Michael Cohens home and his office
a week ended with the president naming donald trump that s a threat to our democracy. the supreme court announcing they will hear the case on whether trump should be on the ballot and colorado in a major shake up. top of the nra. you are in luck. our nightcap is here to talk about all of it. it is a great one. joining me, eddie glock, princeton professor and msnbc contributor. u.s. managing editor for the times study stage, credit officer of the media. comedian pete dominic, host of stand up for pete dominic podcast all right. , let s start with the supreme court. peter, i turn to you. what is at stake here with donald trump getting on this ballot? i was at stake is everything. i will say, i was watching earlier with msnbc, a lot of legal debate on this on how strong the cases. i must say, i ve become so cynical that this court in particular. this is a political court. this is a political case. i don t think is it three of
donald trump appointees? and another appointee that has a life that has been advocating on this issue is going to be a legal case here i think we see up political decision, much like bush speak or. i was old enough to be in tallahassee covering that when the supreme court came down. there it was a straight line political vote. i think there is a lot of legal issues to discuss. i think the answer is done. you don t have to wonder, did trump appoint three judges, he s out there saying it. he is a mob boss threatening them. i saw his lawyer on tv. looking straight at the camera going, brett kavanaugh, he s going to come through for trump. what is your take on that, eddie? we don t take trump to be the most ethical kind of guy on the planet, you know? that kind of quid pro quo, that transactional approach is how he rolls. its how he