of fulton county d.a. fani willis was communicating with the biden white house throughout its election interference investigation against the president s biggest 2024 rival. former president donald trump. it comes as it shows special prosecutor met, before filing charges against trump and 18 others. could the meetings and the allegations against willis derail the case against the former president. we ll ask charlie hurt coming up. it s unfortunate that we had to go there. it s unfortunate that there is a governor in texas, governor abbott who has politicized this issue of what s happening on the border and it s not making people s lives safer. it s a very uninformed comment on her part. really only one person in america not doing the job and that s the president of the united states, not enforcing immigration laws. do we have a southern border? yes, ma am, we do. how can people flow across it every day. 300,000 people in december. we are working very hard to try
with the largest fastest reliable network. give your business a head start in 2024 with this great offer. plus, ask how to get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. tonight on three 60, through reports that it meets a no nonsense judge. what he said on the stand in front of a woman he sexually abused, and what the judge would let his lawyer. ask lawmakers have said they wanted eu a deal but can t shoot his mother charged with involuntary land manslaughter. why she and her husband are being held responsible for the murder of four students by their troubled son. good evening, thanks for joining. as we begin tonight with donald trump s brief testimony in the penalty phase of a second trial for defaming e. jean carroll. it came after the judge, luis kaplan, reiterated in graphic detail with the former president had already been held liable for, sexually abusing miss carroll. with several interjections from the defendant, the judge established type parameters on wha
good to be with you, i m katy tur in for the second hour of chris jansing reports. the jury has the e. jean carroll defamation case. how much will they find donald trump owes carroll for continuing to attack her, and continue to go deny what a court of law has already established that he sexually assaulted her. msnbc legal analyst, lisa rubin just stepped out of the courtroom for the first time today to let us know what it was like inside. so, lisa, tell us. reporter: i listened to both sides closing arguments and then the rebuttal of e. jean carroll s lawyers this morning, and then i listened to judge lou kaplan instruct the jury on the law as well as the legal process and the rules that they are required to follow as they deliberate. i think one of the things that was most interesting this morning is the emergence of big themes that are much bigger than e. jean carroll and donald trump alone. what you heard from e. jean carol s lawyers is this isn t a case just about d
i m in for nicolle wallace. the final day of e. jean carroll versus donald trump with closing arguments focused on a high-stakes question. what is the price to pay for using one of the world s most powerful megaphones to defame someone. first up her attorney addressed the factor looming over the trial, that is, trump s continued attacks on e. jean carroll. she pointed out trump spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation, trump dramatically stormed out of the courtroom. the judge noted the incident and kaplan continued. cnn repts that she said, quote, the case is also about punishing donald trump for what he has done and what he continues to do. shd trump tries to, quote, normalize conduct that could hardly be more abnormal. she went on to say, quote, typically when someone is found liable for defamaon, they stop making those statemeven if they don t like t jury s verdict, even if you d t like the jury s decision you follow it. those are the this trial is also
all in with chris hayes starts right now. ith chris hayes starts tonight on all in. alina habba said the defense calls president donald trump, and everybody s job just dropped. the republican front runner takes a stand, as we await an immunity decision, and the maga cronies sentenced to jail. the top line here is that. tonight, are the slow wheels of dust of justice engaging dimmock and then, is donald trump derailing the border deal to get himself elected? if he doesn t want us to solve the border problem, because he wants to blame biden for it. it s really appalling. and a check in on the state of the democratic party, amid fresh new evidence of the biden vote. the u.s. economy grew at a shocking pace. and i love that shocking pace. an all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. so, donald trump s closing arguments to voters in new hampshire, this past weekend into election day on tuesday. the issue he s most focused on now,