future is at stake. thank you all so much for joining us tonight. greatly appreciate your time and insights. coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democracy fights back, how people around the world are holding those in power accountable. plus, oh my pillow, the dangerous conspiracy theorist mike lindell, faces a growing list of legal problems. and the latest on the path of tropical storm ian as he let s get started. so on the show, we ve been frank second hour one okay about the often bleak state of american democracy, from rioters in the halls of our nation s capital, to elections deniers, using their elected positions of power to subvert the will of the american people. our democracy is being tested and strained time and time again, so i m sure doesn t shock you to hear that according to a new nbc news poll, voters actually ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue facing the country today. and while that fear is warranted, democracy and justice have racke
Of the case takes the stand. Tonight, the Michael Cohen testimony begins. The guy we saw was credible and calm if not a little freaked out. Donald trumps former fixer testifies that the candidate himself let the conspiracy. The most repeated line of Michael Cohens testimony was, just take care of it. Just take care of it. This is a disaster. Women will hate me. He was not thinking of melania but all about the candidate. Rachel maddow recaps the testimony with lawrence odonnell, lisa rubin, susan craig, and katie phang who were inside the court has. Nicolle wallace, chris hayes, ari melber, jen psaki, and catherine christian. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Good evening and thank you for joining us for our msnbc prime time recap of the criminal trial of former President Trump. I am here along with my colleagues lawrence odonnell, katie phang, nicolle wallace, chris hayes. Todays proceedings, unexpectedly to me were like that helpful moment in the old Agatha Christie style bri
Biden administration as secretary of Homeland Security says he will wave dozens of law to expedite construction of a border wall in texas. You heard that right. You are watching Fox And Friends First on thursday morning, im carley shimkus. Todd did you say Biden Administration . Carley i did, i did not say Trump Administration. Todd im todd piro. There is no surprise the record was set since administration left 1 million worth of Materials Rusting in a pile after joe biden took office. The materials were paid for. Carley the president vowed not to build another foot of wall and border czar Kamala Harris is calling it inhumane and unamerican. And the current government is suing texas for deploying barriers. Todd Brooke Singman has more. Brooke the bi Biden Administration mayorkas announced the move yesterday saying there is immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in vicinity of the border of the United States to prevent unlawful entry into the country. I spoke with forme
tonight on our quest life. so, there is a lot going on in the world, we know this. you have probably when it comes to the important news. let me tell you, if you are looking for the one thing to take away from all of this, what i think is the one thing, here it is. rudy giuliani, i cannot get this story out of my mind. that is why i m going to focus on it with you right now. do you realize somebody who was the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, a very familiar prosecutor, is refusing to stop defaming and lying about election workers, election workers who have been proven, proven, to have done absolutely nothing wrong? in fact, the federal judge who is overseeing that case has already ruled that rudy is spreading false information about ruby freeman and wandrea shaye moss. he is falsely claiming, and you remember this, they were passing around usb drives, quote, as if they are vials of heroin or cocaine. interesting use of that particular descrip
it s easy to overlook, but donald trump is trying to run out the clock, the slow walk, the many cases against him, enough to win the republican primary before he can be convicted or maybe even tried of a crime. given a recent spate of legal losses for the twice impeached ex president, we re now entering a crucial time in this high stakes test of wills. last week, in appeals court, reinstated the gag order against him in new york. judges in d.c. also rejected his broad claims of presidenti immunity, which prompted tanya chutkan, the jue and jack smith s federal write, quote, defendants for your service as commander-in-chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens, and quote. those legal losses haven t curbed his legal team s efforts to escape or at least postpone his prosecutions. at a hearing on friday, his lawyers went as far as to argue a trial in the fulton county, georgia case this year, would const