also, it s already pushing 100 degrees in las vegas, and it s only going to get worse. the stark new warning on global temperatures from the united nation, and who officials there think should foot the bill in the fight. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin on trump s new york gag order. so trump s lawyers are asking the judge to lift the order. the d.a. is opposing it. what are we expecting here? well, the d.a. s office, chris, has let the judge know that they would like to submit real briefs, meaning extended argument with case citations and the like on june 13th and june 27th. those are not coincidentally the same dates that briefs are due first from trump s lawyers and then from the d.a. with respect to his sentence. what i think will happen here is that the gag order will remain in place but will be significantly narrowed, and when i think about who will be let free from the gag order
Its not just that this case has gone on, kennedy, its been in this Suspended Animation for quite some time. Yeah. Its like having a baby and being eight days overdue. You just dont know when youre going to give birth. I think its more painful than that. The menendez trial. Perhaps it is. Interestingly the map in the senate is up for grabs in two ways. You have a fraud trial. Theres a sitting republican governor that doesnt have very long until he leaves office. But you also have the case in alabama that were going to discuss later in the show with roy moore who so far is not dropping out of the race. And could potentially have another one with al franken. We dont know. The judge in new jersey says hes not going to declare a mistrial right this second. He wants to interview the foreman. He said i thought i would be candidate with you, quoting judge. Theres no cameras in the courtroom but we have our news team in there. So theyre sending us notes. Your honor, the reason it would not be f
now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the major twofold test for president biden as he travels abroad but with big political implications back home. can he showcase unity among western allies over the wars in ukraine and gaza while u.s. voters are increasingly skeptical, and how much will the push to preserve democracy really resonate come november? plus, more high drama in delaware as hunter biden s ex-wife takes the stand in his federal trial, what she just finished telling the jury, her brief testimony under subpoena including talk of drug paraphernalia, rehab, and infidelity and whether it s likely to help or hurt her former husband s defense. a pair of critical races taking place 2,000 miles apart, but providing new clues to one of the most consequential political questions of 2024. will democrats hold on to the senate, or can republicans take it back?
wilmington. also with us former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, paul butler. mike, court adjourned for lunch just a short time ago. what can you tell us about what is clearly already been a pretty dramatic day? yeah, that s right, chris, and to use your word, we ve moved from the sensitive to the salacious. the court had been hearing testimony from zoe kestin who worked with hunter biden first met her as an exotic dancer at a gentleman s club in new york. they developed a romantic relationship for about a period of over a year. the prosecution is walking through the time line of that relationship right before they broke up for lunch, they were in march of 2018. ultimately trying to get to the time when hunter biden purchased the gun, which again is the center of this trial, was he still abusing drugs when he purchased that gun in october of 2018. prior to that, we had heard from kathleen buhle. i was struck by that detail that you mentioned, chris, how quickly she was on
so look, the sources that we re talking to at least five of them are telling us that vetting materials have been set out to top contenders. we don t know the exact last of who these have been sent to, but they have been sent out. that was a big part of the process moving on. as the trial came to a close, the search heeded back up again, and if you remember, the trial has also been kind of an audition of sorts for these contenders. you ve had people who were interested in this position, or even in cabinet positions showing up in front of the court supporting the former president on social media, doing the media circuit as surrogates for the former president, and these four men have been prominent on that circuit. doug burgum, especially has been spending a whole lot more time with the former president and the sources that we re speaking to say, yeah, it s really been honed in on these four men, with always the caveat that it s mr. trump, the former president, a