comcast business. powering possibilities. top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor black well. and i m bianna golodryga. any minute now the jury will return from lunch and receive instructions from the judge. just before the defense was getting ready to begin this morning, a judge dismissed a juror for discussing the case with people outside the jury. you have had some discussions with some folks not on the jury, which is going to require me to remove you from the jury. i m not suggesting that you intentionally did anything wrong, but that in order to preserve the integrity of the process and in fairness to all the parties involved, we re going to replace you with one of the other jurors. cnn national correspondent diane gallagher is outside the courthouse there in walterboro for us. walk us through this final day of the closing arguments. reporter: victor, right now we are waiting for court to return essentially so the judge can charge th
now for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening alex. seeing is kevin mccarthy s first order of business in the house of representatives is to prove how much we do not need a house of representatives if it is to be run by the legislative crazies of the republican party. maybe that will never be seated. maybe this is it. maybe it s just about the upper chamber? so far, the republicans have done no damage in the house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it with the speaker. we are wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated, once they do. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate
chamber. so far the republicans have done no damage in house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it, with the speaker. we will be wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate. so, you know, we could live with this. we could. they are welcome. have a great show. thank you alex. thank you. in other news, that you should know, that is actually happening in this country while, in a way, nothing is happening in the house of representatives, is that in south carolina today, the south carolina supreme court has ruled that the south carolina constitution provides a right to priv
iii while he was in texas. i m heading back to michigan, threatening to carry out the punishment of death to anyone who is jewish in the michigan government if they don t leave or confess. josh campbell is with us now. he s also a senior fellow researching extremism with the center for new american security. josh, you re learning more about what the suspect told investigators. tell us about that. yeah, guys, a law enforcement source tells me this didn t just come down to that tweet that you mentioned, which is how authorities were initially onto the suspect. but i m told from a source that the suspect was interviewed by authorities after he was arrested and admitted to wanting to target jewish official it s in the state of michigan. he listed for investigators names that included the state s attorney general, dana nestle. i ll read you the tweet that she put up this morning. she said the fbi confirmed that i was the target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter. it is my since
while george howell has yet to issue a decision on the request to hold trump s team in contempt, prosecutors have now asked for the names of the investigators who carried out the searches. the times reports, quote, according to people familiar with the matter the trump lawyers offered to make the investigators available for questioning, but wanted their identities shielded by a protective order out, of concern that the government might leak the information to the news media, instead of agreeing to a protective order. one of the people said, prosecutors asked judge howell for a motion to compel the release of the investigators names. judge howell, granting that motion yesterday. heading off our discussion, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel, and former chief of the criminal division of the eastern district of new york. he is a professor practiced at nyu law school. also with us, neil castillo, acting u.s. surgeon general. both msnbc legal analysts. andrew weissmann, let me beg