country, actually worldwide. we are going to ask them about lowering the price of insuli and making drugs affordable fo everybody in this country. bernie sanders, a pleasur as always. that s all in on this thursday alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex there s a lot of people underestimate in - great show, as always. and thanks to you at home fo joining us this evening. it is a big test for the vic president of the united states a test of his competence, an of his fitness to serve second in command. just a heartbeat away from the presidency in that moment, the vice president failed, he failed to spell the word potato. potato. very good and a little bit to the end, they spell that again. potato that was former vic president dan quayle in 1992 telling it had to add in eat t the end of the word potato a lesson for all kids an adults everywhere, there is no easy at the end of the wor potato i myself remember at the tim vowing to never spell potato run
harvard s laurence tribe and the retired conservative federal judge jay michael luttig, declared that the constitution prohibits trump from ever being president again, based on section three of the 14th amendment. since then, there s been movement in court in multiple states where efforts have sprung up to enforce the 14th amendment. one case, seeking to disqualify trump was dismissed by the minnesota supreme court, but that case was specific to trump being on the primary election ballot for the republican nomination, so the argument could be brought before the court again for the general election ballot. in another case in michigan, a judge ruled that it was a non-justice-able political issue, that should be decided by congress, not by the state. just yesterday, the petitioners appeal that ruling to the michigan supreme court. but this ruling out of colorado is particularly interesting, because the opinion goes further that any of the other judges have been willing to vent
president mike pence was obviously frantically seekin advice from experts, and eventually killed michae luttig, a deeply respected judge for the conservative movement he told pence the same thing he had zero authority to chang the outcome of the election. by early january, pence and hi lawyers were openly arguin with trump and his lawyer, joh eastman, about whether or no the vice president had the authority to do with trump wanted he was pence aide greg jacob testimony to the january 6th committee about that ver specific period. our review of text, history and frankly just common sense, all confirmed that the vic presidents first instinct wa on that point. there is no justifiable basi to conclude that the vic president has that kind of authority. president trump continued t pressure pence, both privately and publicly on january 4th, he ratcheted u
demanding that he clarify an move on. despite those admonishments, tacopina s questions became so badgering, touching on subject matter that both parties agree previously was off limits, tha judge kaplan decided he ha enough the judge interjected one last time and then dismissed th jury while mr. tacopina was in the middle of a question about the dress miss carol wore on the day of the assault this is that exchange. mr. tacopina, even though yo didn t keep an account of hi alleged rape in your diary, yo did keep the dress you supposedly wore that day carroll, yes didn t throw it out didn t burn it? now i would never burn a beautiful item of clothing judge kaplan we re gonna break here for the day. we will return on monday at te a.m. and that was that. genius now is new york times columnist author in msnb contributor, michelle goldberg michelle, so good to see you i found so much of the transcript, what was said in
prompting carroll to stand u in front of everyone and demonstrate exactly how she di it later, mr. tacopina asked wh carroll she didn t scream or call for help during the alleged assault. she responded, i m not a screamer you can t beat up on me for no screaming. as tacopina continue pressing, carroll raised her voice and added, i m telling you, he raped me, whether a screamed o not. mr. tacopina insisted he was only asking questions, but mis carroll called him out for asking the questions tha victims fear the most. quote, women who don t com forward, one of the reason they don t come forward is the are asked why they didn scream some women scream, some wome don t. it keeps women silent. carroll is not the only one wh didn t appreciate this line of questioning. judge louis kaplan calle certain questions argumentativ and repetitive he also interrupted mr tacopina several times