Staff writer at the new yorker and hes out with a new book called true crimes and misdemeanors the investigation of donald trump in which he argues that the medias reporting during the mo a probe may have actually helped the president lets find out why as Jeffrey Toobin joins me from new york i must say jeffrey this is your 8th book ive read all previous 7 i just started this one you have an uncanny ability to take legal problems and put it in laymans language i must salute you well and i salute you larry what a pleasure to be back on the air with you know you know i i really view the beginning of my Television Career as with you during o. J. At your studio and that all of our what i used to describe it is like a salon for o. J. People because you get everyone every every Single Person involved with the j. Passed through that studio and i did some of my best reporting in the green room there but your friendship and your support for my career was was indispensable at a time when i had n
Larry what a pleasure to be back on the air with you know you know idea i really few the beginning of my Television Career as with you during o. J. At your studio and all of our what i used to describe it is like a salon for o. J. People because you get everyone every every Single Person involved with the o. J. Passed through that studio and i did some of my best reporting in the green room there but your friendship and your support for my career was was indispensable at a time when i had no great care at all and now its all right thank you for it or lets before we get that a book and by the way i started the book and this is the kind of book you cannot put down you have such an ability to write well all legal its fun to have an attack cant wait to read it all before what do you make of the coen kaamelott horace appointment. Well you know what i want to do things i always get a kick out of is that you know we in the news media you know we make such a big deal out of these Vice Presiden
i m in for nicolle wallace. the final day of e. jean carroll versus donald trump with closing arguments focused on a high-stakes question. what is the price to pay for using one of the world s most powerful megaphones to defame someone. first up her attorney addressed the factor looming over the trial, that is, trump s continued attacks on e. jean carroll. she pointed out trump spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation, trump dramatically stormed out of the courtroom. the judge noted the incident and kaplan continued. cnn repts that she said, quote, the case is also about punishing donald trump for what he has done and what he continues to do. shd trump tries to, quote, normalize conduct that could hardly be more abnormal. she went on to say, quote, typically when someone is found liable for defamaon, they stop making those statemeven if they don t like t jury s verdict, even if you d t like the jury s decision you follow it. those are the this trial is also
california. as the storm battered state endures another round of heavy rain and flooding. donald trump facing new legal woes, the former u.s. president weighing whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. plus a major step for the mideast as iran and saudi arabia establish a deal to restore diplomatic ties, the surprise agreement helped along by beijing. i ll break down what it all means. we begin in california where at least two people have died in massive storms hitting the state. the result of yet another atmospheric river. nearly 10,000 residents are under evacuation orders shelters set up to help those forced out because of intense flooding. more than 40,000 homes and businesses are without power. the central coast has been the hardest hit with creeks turned into raging rivers and roads washing out, stranding thousands. the worst is now expected to impact the foothills of the central and southern see as. all of this led the weath
makes history charging donald trump with more than 30 counts connected to a hush money coverup of his alleged affair with adult film actress stormy daniels. all those details are still under seal. but republicans aren t waiting on the facts and are rushing to defend the former president. this is legal voodoo. you got a misdemeanor that s been made of felony. this case will follow, like a cheap suit under legal scrutiny. plus team. trump plans to mount a loud defense in the court of public opinion and to keep a list of who is defending him. and who isn t. but first the people of the state of new york versus donald j. trump manhattan grand jury, returning a 30 plus count indictment against the former president of the united states. sources are telling cnn and the arrangement and the charges are expected to be on tuesday in a hold your breath moment for the entire country. but today, trump s attorney says that his client plans to plead not guilty, and he puts the odds of a plea