tonight on the reidout friends of mine have said you are the most honest person in the world. you have done a good job. our first look at trump s deposition from the new york civil case. and of course, he s the most honest, smartest, richest, tallest person we have ever had ever, in his own mind. meanwhile, trump says there will be bedlam if the supreme court doesn t keep him on the ballot. plus, the right wing advocacy group moms for liberty has become a force in conservative politics by getting books removed from school libraries and by limiting the teaching of race and lgbtq issues. tonight, i will be joined right hoar on set by tiffany justice, cofounder of moms for liberty. and nikki haley doubles down on her claim that america has never, ever, ever been a racist country. after telling fox, quote, joy reid lives in a different america than i did. well, all righty, then, i will have some thoughts. but we begin tonight awaiting a number of key decisions fro
trump maybe come witness donald trump. a source close to donald trump tells nbc news that he is planning on testifying, and quote, in his own defense, when trial resumes next week in e. jean carroll s civil defamation suit against the disgraced former president. the decision to testify would cover a great deal of risk for trump, because in court, he s not allowed to lie about her or about what a jury found that he did to her that s already been settled. today, newly-released video from an under oath deposition in another trump case the penalties for trump civil fraud are currently being decided by a new york state judge. that deposition shows what we might expect from witness trump. i was very busy. i considered this the most important job in the world. so, millions of lives. i think you ve got to nuclear holocaust. if i did not deal with nor north korea, i think it would have had it nuclear war if i weren t elected. i think he would have a nuclear war wealthy peopl
in for ari melber. trump questioned by the attorney general s office for seven hours. transcripts of the deposition were released last year, but this is the first time we re able to watch the exchanges play out on video. headline-making moments like this when trump is asked about his role within the company since becoming president. i d rarely have anything to do with anything having to do with the company. i really wasn t interested, believe it or not. i was interested in solving the problem with north korea, which was ready to blow up. i considered this the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives. i think you would have had nuclear holocaust if i didn t deal with north korea. i think you would have had a nuclear war if i weren t elected. attorney general letitia james claiming trump and his namesake organization inflated assets by billions of dollars, seeking over $350 million in damages. averdict is expected in the coming weeks. this case could effe
washington, d.c. i m in for nicolle wallace. we begin with the one thing that has consistently haunted the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted vice president, something that has time and again kneecaped donald j. trump, in the way his adversaries, even the legal system has struggled to do. we re talking about donald trump s own words. today we re reminded that words do, in fact, matter, particularly when they are uttered during a deposition under oath. it s part of the $370 million civil fraud suit brought by new york attorney general letitia james. as viewers of this show know well, that trial has not been short on fireworks between trump grandstanding outside court or grandstanding inside the court. time and again, trump has turned this trial into a cross between a maga rally and a wwe wrestling match. whether he s sparring with the judge or delivering last week s blistering six-minute soliloquy in open court, or final day of proceedings. this is not the first t