hi, everyone. happy friday. it is 4:00 in the east on an interesting and important day of breaking news including a pair of decisions from the supreme court, and one for the massive implication of the very ability of our government to function, and another one throwing a wrench in efforts to hold the january 6th insurrections legally accountable. both of the rulings held by the nation s highest court and that court is dominated by a 6-3 right wing super majority. and all of those underscoring the massive and historic and tectonic undeniable prestigious political cycle. last night at the presidential debate, donald trump went unchecked as he blustered for 90 minutes. and there was deep anxiety and bordering on deep panic and kweps of what the biden campaign does to steady all of the angst. after an evening of torrent of lies raised by trump and the two mod rays or the was overshadowed by the performance of president joe biden. earlier today, president biden seeming to understa
that s going to do it for the weekend of the sunday morning. we will see you back here next saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern. be sure to follow us on social media at the weekend msnbc. in the meantime, guess what? we get to velshi. he starts right now. take it away, my man. good morning, i enjoyed your show as i always did. i was waiting quietly to see if you would bring out an animal or something like that but i understand, you can t do it every show. have yourselves a great rest of the week and i will see you later. goodbye, ali. velshi starts now. good morning, sunday june 2nd. no secret donald trump s speeches and interviews are challenged to cover. he s proven himself to be a serial liar with no regard for the truth even when presented with evidence immediately contradicting his claims. he s not lying, he has early insults and disparaging comments about those with whom, who views he doesn t share or those he sees as enemies. is also known to go on racist, sexist or
politics nation. tonight s lead, guilty on all counts. it has been exactly 48 hours since donald trump became the first former president convicted of a felony in our nations history. the judgment rendered by a jury of his peers in the very same manhattan court complex where the exonerated convicted nearly 35 years ago as he called for the death penalty for them. trump is calling himself a political prisoner. even as he remains free to travel and campaign while he awaits sentencing in july. his republican allies are echoing his claim of a political witchhunt, attacking the judge and the jury and even as they posture as the party of law and order. meantime some chum supporters are taking things further. they place the participants in the preceding in very real danger. it was as a trial that pushed the limits of democracy. now the verdict has placed us even further into uncharted territory . joining me now is joe, a former attorney for donald trump. thanks for being with us toni
flag and shared on social media. in this context, the upside down flag can serve as more than one symbol. it shows allegiance to the january 6th insurrectionist, sure, and served as a protest against the rule of law that prevailed in trump s criminal hush money cover up case. that symbol was flying over the home of a supreme court justice who will help decide if donald trump will be permitted to use presidential immunity to make his legal troubles disappear. joining me is melissa murray, professor of law at nyu and cohost of the legal podcast scrutiny and msnbc legal analyst. good to see you, thank you for being with us. i want to talk about the flag and the normalizing of this weird symbol. but more importantly, attention has been drawn by americans onto problems at the supreme court and how we are supposed to deal with them when supreme court justices themselves say, not going to do and the chief justice says not going to engage in the conversation. how do we move forward?
asked for 20 months in prison, so she thankfully had a judge who was kind and fair and said no, i m not putting this woman in prison. if you compare her to trump, we see the difference. lastly, i must ask about the supreme court. on thursday, chief supreme court justice john roberts declined an invitation to meet with his democratic senators to talk about the courts ethical controversies including the upside down american flag that flew outside justice samuel alito s home. that flag was also flown by january 6th insurrectionist. i couldn t help but notice that same flag popped up again this week being flown by trump supporters, demonstrating after the announcement of trump s guilty verdict. the issue of supreme court justices being viewed as has been a problem for a while. but this seems like something beyond that. do you think it s a mistake for