to being irrelevant in the state of american politics. yeah. maybe not this year, maybe not next year, but that time is coming. i agree. this is unsustainable. yeah. this republican party is unsustainable. we re going to explain that more because there s different strains of that that are really coming to light. also, when it comes to helping ukraine, a new report finds some countries are really helping while others are mostly talking. we will discuss the growing pressure on western europe to do more. with us, we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius joining us this morning. national political reporter for axios, jonathan swan. and white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire is with us. and the host of msnbc s politics nation, president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton is with us on this monday morning. we re going to begin, joe, with that poll that finds a
cream in it. red sox may not have a baseball team, but they have coffee. coffee franchise. need the extra caffeine. we have a lot to get to. democrats are reacting after their bill to expand abortion rights nationwide failed in the senate. democratic senator joe manchin voted against the bill but says he does support turning roe v. wade into law. we ll play his explanation. we re also following new reporting on where the supreme court stands right now on the issue, as justices prepare to meet for the first time since that leaked draft opinion. and from pennsylvania to georgia, some top republicans are urging primary voters to reject candidates endorsed by donald trump. we ll have that new reporting from the campaign trail. i ll tell ya what, it is getting ugly. getting crazy in pennsylvania. you look at who the republicans may be electing in pennsylvania. democrats, they may just go to france for the next six months and win. where d she come from? yo
Good morning. It is saturday, may 25th. Im Charles Coleman jr. Filling in for my friend allie velshi. Weve got a lot to talk about. In the last seven days donald trump has reminded us of the many reasons why he remains a danger to the constitution and overall to democracy itself. Lets start when the former president appeared in Nra Convention in texas. During his speech that presumptive president ial nominee asked the critical quote, are we going to be considered three term or twoterm . Some can interpret that to mean just because trump continuously is delusional and believes he won the 2020 election, a possible victory this year could be considered in his eyes a third president ial term. For others, it raises concerns that trump might be floating the idea of serving more than two terms. Which is something he also slightly suggested at a couple rallies during his president ial campaign four years ago. There are a lot of things i could say about this idea. Aspirational, presumptive, eve
Fined for violating a gag order as maga completes their house takeover. He was one of the intellectual architects of pushing back on the stolen election. Tonight, the radical shift right in the house with come baseman jimmy raskin, and the remarkable scene inside a manhattan courtroom. The ex president was forced to take the stand. You may have seen mr. Trump storm out. I saw a defeated man. New details on the horrific attack inside israel by hamas as the United Nations warns of the increasingly dire situation inside gaza. When all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today, the ex president stormed out of a manhattan courtroom during of Civil Fraud Trial after being punished by the judge for violating a gag order. Judge Arthur Engoron imposed that order earlier this month after donald trump publicly attract a law clerk working on his 250 Million Dollar lawsuit. This afternoon, the judge ordered trump to the Witness Stand to answer for a new disparaging com
Hi, everyone, welcome to monday. The people of the great state of Nuclear Reactor versus donald j. Trump is entering a new chapter. The prosecution rested and team trump has started its defense. On the stand right now, attorney Robert Costello who according to Michael Cohen formed a back channel to donald trump himself in the year 2018. Thats when Michael Cohen was the target of a federal Criminal Investigation. Costello claiming that Michael Cohen told him trump did not know about the Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels. Cohen has testified on direct that he was still in protect trump mode at the time. That he didnt tell costello. The prosecution rested its case, though, just in the last hour after methodically brick by brick restating the elements of their criminal case against the expresident. They sought to clean up some of the damage done by Trump Defense attorney todd blanche with an assist from their star witness, trumps exattorney, Michael Cohen. Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger br