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keep it here. good evening. tonight trumps conviction has sent the nation into uncharted territory. where does the madness go from here? and republicans and right wing mania are raging over the verdict bowing vengeance and political retribution. another state department official resigns in light of joe biden s gaza policy. stacy gilbert is joining us. let s do this. donald trump s guilty verdict on all 34 felony counts comes only five months and four days before the most divisive presidential election of our time. there is a jam-packed calendar in the final stretch to november. starting with a debate between trump and biden set for this month on the 27th. two weeks after that trump will be back in court for sentencing in the hush money case. the charge of falsifying business records, a felony, is punishable by up to four years in prison. but legal experts say there s no guarantee he will get prison time, given that this is his first criminal conviction and it is a non
starts right now. nobody heard anything you said. i don t know why you bothered with that. coming up on the weekend, we ve got this, and pierogi is on the set. what s the story? who is pierogi? he is his dog. he came into visit. he was in the control room and he came into visit. he was in my shot first and then he was like, i m the one with the dog. i was like, give him the dog then. she did. all is forgiven. we are in a rush and sometimes you show up and you don t tell your friends you are there, but you run into them walking out of your hotel or something. that is kind of what has happened, right, because you guys are right there. all is forgiven. you guys have a good time. that was a fantastic show and ia look forward to seeing you tomorrow, because i have no idea what s on your show tomorrow. i was just looking at pierogi. pierogi, have a great time. kyle, thank you for having pierogi join us this morning and velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturd
note, i wish you a very good night. from across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me and i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, the defense makes its case for reasonable doubt. the real argument was michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the goat. the greatest liar of all time. the judge s sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid. he was livid as he should be. reporter: and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt a presidential election. steinglass says the value of this corrupt bargain cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing the story to avoid it being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen tsaki, and all in the courtroom. plus nicole wallace, chris hayes, ari melber, stephanie ruhle. as trump on trial begins. now. thank you for joining us tonight. w
confidence. the court, which still has decisions on a dozen argued cases yet to be announced this term. today inadvertently posted online a document related to an abortion case which was obtained by bloomberg law. a supreme court spokesperson confirmed that the document was, quote, inadvertently and briefly up loaded but noted that the ruling has not been release and would be in due course. nbc news has not independently verified the document. it is not known if it is a draft decision, the actual decision, or neither of those things. the document has since been removed from the website. well if the document did signal was that court appears set to allow emergency room doctors in the state of idaho to perform life-saving abortions which they are unable to do under that state s defensive life act. that passed in august of 2022. the law is one of the most extreme abortion bans in the country. it prohibits nearly all abortions and does not allow for exceptions for the life of the