to fix the nfl playoffs so the biggest pop star in the world can pop up on the jumbotron in the super bowl to hypnotize her 11-year-old fans into voting for joe biden. that is some whacky stuff. but maga world continues to melt down over taylor swift and travis kelcekelce s relationshi we ll have more on that. this cannot be real. taylor swift, you know, this is what i heard from the bozos back in was it 20 today, of today, oh, we ll stop watching the nfl. i heard that. heard top republican operatives when i say top, top republican operatives say we re running against the nfl. we re running against, you know, colin kaepernick, we re running against black lives matter, we re running against never kneeling for the flag. we re running against all of that. you know, the nfl is left wing. they are this or that, the other about and we re never going to football again. that is what i heard from a lot of people. and republicans hate the nfl now. hates them. it is over. they
unimaginable suffering. it will be clear which steps were and were not taken to stop it. that is our show for tonight. you can catch me back here on weekends at seven pm eastern. alex we ll be back here tomorrow with more of interview with california governor gavin newsom. now it is time to hand it over to lawrence o donnell. and the last word. good evening, lawrence. good evening, ayman. thank you very much. by the time donald trump tells the witness stand today in the case of e. jean carroll versus donald trump, the questions his lawyer would be allowed to ask and we re already working out in detail and discussions with the judge and lawyers on both sides of the case while the jury was out of the courtroom. judge lewis kaplan instructed donald trump s defense lawyers once again that donald trump would not be allowed in his testimony to contest the fact that he ripest e. jean carroll in a department store in manhattan. judge kaplan told the lawyers the jury in the previo
plus, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here at the table as republicans struggle to do anything with their majority in the chamber. and arizona secretary of state demanding the justice department take action to protect election workers. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin with the verdict and e. jean carroll s defamation case against donald trump. the 83.3 million dollar award includes 65 million in punitive damages. friday s verdict came after an eventful day in court. trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments while carroll s lawyer were telling jurors that the former president is a liar who thinks quote, the rules don t apply to him. joining us now, former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg, he is an msnbc contributor and former senior fbi official. also with us, msnbc host and legal analyst katie phang. katie, in the run up to this verdict, the big question was, what number is going to be big enough to make donald trump st
thank you. by the time donald trump took the witness stand today in the case of e. jean carroll versus donald trump, the questions his lawyer would be allowed to ask and we re already working out in detail and discussions with the judge and lawyers on both sides of the case while the jury was out of the courtroom. judge lewis kaplan instructed donald trump s defense lawyers once again that donald trump would not be allowed in his testimony to contest the fact that he raped e. jean carroll in a department store in manhattan. judge kaplan told the lawyers the jury in the previous age internal lawsuit and the same courtroom found that donald trump did in fact sexually assault e. jean carroll. and that was not an issue before this jury. whose duty is solely to decide how much and money damages donald trump should pay e. jean carroll. judge kaplan told the trump lawyers the jury should be instructed that regardless of what he says in court here today, he did it, as far as they are
back to the original brief saying the refusal to provide full and equal wedding cake services constituted discrimination based on sexual orientation in violation of the unrue civil rights act but also religion is a protected characteristics and her attorney argues the agency has chosen one right over another. the california state agency supposed to protect kathy miller from religious discrimination and hate crimes like this is actually the same agency that has been prosecuting her for six years. the california appeals court will likely rule on miller s case in 2025, but she said her and her attorneys say they are prepared to take the case all the way to the u.s. supreme court if necessary. sandra: a live look inside that atlanta courtroom where any moment now a hearing could shed light on communication between d.a. fani willis s office and the federal government, including the biden white house. that is set to begin a short time from now. hello, welcome, i m sandra smit