Questions. But we begin with one very compelling congressional event. Gold star families demanding answers from the Biden Administration after and their loved ones were killed during the chaotic brawl in afgha afghanistan. The chief correspondent, Jonathan Hunt, is live with what happen. Good evening. Jonathan good evening. The family of those who died, that terrible day in kabul, 711 days ago, have been searching for answers ever since. They want to know how did that happen . Why did it happen. They feel the Biden Administration has failed to take responsibility for mistakes that allowed a Suicide Bomber to get close enough to marines and other Service Members regarding the airport. Instead, they say, their loved ones have been forgotten by the administration. Our leaders, including the secretary of defense and our commanderinchief, called this evacuation a success, as if there should be celebration. It is like a knife in the heart for our families, our lives, given incomplete reports
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developments from trump s many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former president s rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. he s been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. there were closing arguments on behalf of donald trump by trump himself got involved briefly. as we reported on this program yesterday here on msnbc, donald trump is a civil defendant here. his request to speak during closing arguments or give some sort of grand closing statement, that was denied by the judge for a simple reason. donald trump s own lawyers basically refsed the rules that would bar personal attacks. you can see some of the court sketches as that was all dealt with. now the judge