demeaning him and his company. just moments ago the former president walked out of court for lunch break. his scorched earth political playbook is very familiar and has been successful in the court of public opinion. but could trump s behavior spell the end of his business empire in new york? the staggering financial stakes. the bloodiest part of the war between israel and hamas may be happening right now. israeli engaged in what s described as close quarters urban warfare, trapping hamas fighters inside along with thousands of desperate civilians. so what s next? a lot to get to, but we start in new york city where just a short time ago donald trump s testimony went from combative to, in the ends of our nbc news producer inside the courtroom, completely out of control. the former president ranting on the witness stand, attacking the judge for finding him guilty of committing fraud saying, quote, the fraud is on the court, not me. it follows several hours of repeated clas
welcome to our continued coverage. the new york criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m rachel maddow joined by my colleagues. also, lawrence o donnell is with us pick we are going to be joined by the star witness for the prosecution in this trial, michael cohen. he will speak to us exclusively. his first reaction to this verdict tonight. michael cohen will be joining us in one moment live. 4:20 p.m. p.m. and it is we, the jury have reached a verdict. 45 minutes later at 5:05 p.m. the jury was back in the courtroom and is seated. the defendant donald trump was seated as well. the judge addressed the four people. and the judge. without telling me the verdict, how s the jury? and yes, they have reached a verdict. take the verdict, please. with the foreperson please rise to the members of the jury agreed upon a verdict? yes. and how say you to the first count of the indictment, charging donald j trump with the crime of falsifying business records in the first degre
to back starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. cases on abortion and free speech are still undecided and then there is the biggest case of all on whether former president donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. we could get one or all of those in our second hour. we will bring you that live as soon as we begin. but first this. dana: the deadly consequences of an unchecked border, a 12-year-old girl found strangled to death in houston, two illegal immigrants now in custody. good morning everyone, i m sandra smith and a big welcome to you, bill and dana are off. jackie, great. always a pleasure, this is america s newsroom. the suspects illegally immigrated from venezuela, the first in march, the second in may, both caught by border patrol and released in to the u.s. jocelyn nungaray on monday she was found strangled to death in a creek. it is just the latest, in a string of violent crimes linked to illegal immigrants, police say they are overwhelm
criminal convictions didn t happen. from your sense how he moves through the world and deals with humiliation and failure, what do you think he has left to do that he can do in response to this that we should be prepared for? he s just going to blame everybody other than himself. it s the judge merchan is corrupt. judge engoran is corrupt. michael cohen is a liar, a felon, a rat and everything else that he has been calling me for over six years. he will blame everybody else other than himself. he does not understand the concept of accountability. somewhere along the line i guess his parents didn t teach him that there are consequences for actions. on the consequences question, i was in the courtroom one of the days you were testifying and there was this line of people this had come in to support donald trump
i m all in for this competition. watch for a bit, big number? it s interesting. at court, i was listening to some people, on tv, on msnbc, on deadline white house, about what the number was going to. some very reasonable voices came out and said, there is no victim here. the banks are, but they re not sympathetic. that money is not going to the bank, it s going to the state. it will go to the taxpayers and general services of new york. and so that was one thing, it s not like, there is no real victim we can feel sorry for here. and the numbers might come down. in fact, it might come down. but i have to say, and i thought a lot about this. i was sitting in court and we were just leaving. everything was wrapping up. and judge engoran, right at the end, and the attorney general head wrapped up their arguments.