Right now the judge is reading the charges after mr. Cohen told the court, i am truly sorry and i promises to do better. He Apologize Nod country. And the defense team is asking for full consideration of mercy and telling the judge that the client came forward to offer evidence against the most p powerful man in the country not knowing the result. The prosecutors are responding forcefully and saying that powerful and privileged individuals cannot violate laws without impunity, and back with me, this tremendous panel, Danny Cevallos, Ken Delainian, and elliott and jill winebank. And jill, what do you make of what we have heard so far in this robust apology that we have heard from Michael Cohen saying that he was acting out of Blind Loyalty to donald trump. Of course, the phrase Blind Loyalty to donald trump reminds
me of the book by john dean Blind Ambition and there is some similarity between the two of them where they were basically blinded by the power of the president. But you can o
msnbc political analyst and colullist michelle goldman and jill winebank. great to see you all. a congressman is hitting back at critics saying democrats want this investigation to help them at the ballot box. democracy almost died. i don t want january 6 to help democrats. i want it to save democracy. i want it to be a wake-up call across the political spectrum that there s a movement happening and we are at peril. how do democrats and few republican allies effectively tell the story of january 6? you have to name something for what it is. you can t treat the gop as a responsible political party because it is not. they believe in dangerous conspiracy theories like the big lie. weaponized because they came for
we laugh because the threat is so great and so scary. michelle, jill, waj, thank you all so much. what you need to know about covid cases as kids prepare to return to school. the latest from colorado after a wild fire destroyed entire neighborhoods on thursday. but first, dara brown with a look at the other big stories. dara? thank you. thousands of flight cancelations and delays this sunday. flight tracker reported more than 4,000 flights canceled today. covid cases of pilots and crew a big reason, severe weather hitting, too. israel s prime minister announcing approval of a fourth covid-19 shot. people over 60 and medical workers are eligible. there s 4,000 new cases on
president. and so, jill, there s the court saying, hey, when donald trump was president, he agreed completely with what joe biden was doing here. exactly. and it goes back even further than that because during watergate or right after nixon left the presidency, there was a case known as gsa versus nixon, in which the court was dealing with a former president. and said, well, he can weigh in, but he doesn t control. president carter is the president, he gets to make the decision, and in this case, the court was very clear that not only was trump acting poorly but that biden had acted in the best interests of the united states. and that s what the law is intended to protect is the interests of the united states. there is no possible way. i agree with neal completely that it s very unlikely that the supreme court will take this, and i agree with you that if they do, they must do it on an
try and delay and run out the clock on this investigation. that s donald trump s play book. it s worked well for him in the past, but my hope is that courts have now caught up to his game. neal katyal, thank you very much for joining us tonight. always appreciate it. thank you it. joining us is jill winebank, former general counsel of the army. thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to read one passage of the appeals court decision today just to show the audience how ridiculous the trumpian argument was in this case. for 24 years of the presidential records acts operation and across five different presidencies, presidents including former president trump have agreed that the disclosure decision of an incumbent president controls within the executive branch over the contrary claim of a former