Of course, thank you for joining us. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Wow, that was a really fascinating interview. Weve all been leaning in to say what bill barr had to say. A lot of wanting to see what he had to say. Thank you for joining us here in washington, d. C. Its a Capitol On High alert tonight . Why . Because the nation is bracing for the arrest and arraignment of a former president. Should i say again the third time in three months. He will appear in Court Tomorrow as expected, and now his third indictment on charges of trying to overturn an election. And we learned on cnn the Secret Service has already done a walk through of the courthouse and Law Enforcement is even monitoring any potential threats. Meantime, everyone, were getting an early look at what his potential Defense Strategy might be including whats called this is not my term but the dilution defense, that he actually believed his own lies. Plus the suggestion hes about to throw his Legal Advise
At first, i wasnt sure. But i have come to believe that he knew well he had lost the election. And now, what i think is important is the government assumed the burden of proving that. The government, in the indictment, takes the position that he had actual knowledge that he had lost the election and the election wasnt stolen through fraud. They have to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. Thats a high bar. That leads me to believe that were only seeing the tip of the iceberg. You believe jack smith has more . I believe he has a lot more. Lets bring in Michael Cohen, Donald Trumps former fixer and attorney. Hes a principal of crisis. Hes the author of the New York Times best seller, revenge how donald trump weaponized the Department Of Justice against his critics. Michael, great to have you here tonight. You heard the former Attorney General, he believes that donald trump knew he lost the election. And what do you think about that being a defense, that his attorneys are going to say, h
Documents. And this isnt a gotcha show, but i want to ask you about youre currently 81 years old. Who told you that. All jokes aside this is real concern for american voters. How do you address that concern as you come up to the 2024 election . Well, a couple things. Number one hes about as old as i am and he cant remember his wifes name. That was President Biden last night on late night with seth myers. Today the president could face a sizable protest vote in michigans primary. Well go through that straight ahead. Meanwhile, the president is optimistic that a ceasefire in gaza could happen in a matter of days. Well bring you the very latest on the negotiations between israel and hamas. And that comes as congressional leaders are set to meet with biden today at the white house in hopes of hammering out a deal to avoid a government shutdown. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, february 27th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin
From all of our colleagues across the networks that nbc news, thank you for staying up, late be good this, weekend and i will see at the end of monday. In a federal court in miami at 10 30 am on monday. And then on Tuesday The Graduate special counsel jack smith has been using in his investigation into trumps attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, that jury is expected to meet again, which could mean more testimony or it could mean a possible indictment. And as much as everyone is and has been holding their breath to see what happens in that investigation, lets be clear that special counsel jack smith took us all by surprise yesterday with a new superseding indictment in the maralago investigation and that new indictment offers a potentially valuable clue about what we might see in smiths other indictment, shouldnt actually happen. All sorts of information in the maralago case seems to come from a witness referred to as Employee Number 2. It alleges that one of the cons
Welcome to prime time weekend, and i am alex wagner. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. The banks and Financial Institutions that lent donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars to help build and expand the trump brand . They cannot be happy right now. Will any of them really want to loan donald trump any more money . Could they start demanding he pay back the money he owes them presently . Well, there is actually a historical precedent for all of this. Back in the early 1990s, trumps Business Empire was on the brink of insolvency. He had stretched himself thin, with casinos in Atlantic City and a fancy yacht, and for whatever reason, his own airline company. Trump had borrowed a ton of money from the banks to pay for all of this. And these businesses were not doing well, so the banks got together and decided it was time to rein in Donald Trumps finances. Trump had long cast himself as a winner. Now he was looking like a loser. As quickly as the banks loved him, thats as quick