on the stand in new york today? so i increasingly feel, and you ll have to let me know at 7:00. i don t have the training to analyze donald trump anymore. i need a psychologist or a psychiatrist. i don t know how much of this was as some of the journalists suggested was performative deflection, and i don t know how much of this is actual holy you know what, they took my toys, right. i think that he cherishes his company more than democracy. i accept the journalism that supports this trial means more to him than some of the federal ones that are to come. i don t have a good enough answer for you about whether it is performance art or an actual meltdown. quickly, i have to ask, we ve got the political lens, and then we ve got the actual legal lens. i m not going to ask about the legal lens. there s tons to talk about that i ll be going over in the next hour. politically, do you think this was a successful strategy for the former president today? i think those are, you kno
thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. so grateful. have a great weekend. always so good to see you. have a great show. and welcome to the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. trump s legal woes moved to florida in a most recent attempt to get this classified documents case dismissed. holding a multihour hearing. trump s lawyers arguing jack smith s appointment of special counsel is uns constitutional claims a special counsel must be appointed categorized unprincipled author and contending that the attorney general s ability to appoint a special counsel with the authority of a u.s. attorney is like appointing a shadow government. the judge appeared skeptical of the argument pushing back saying, is that really a realistic risk,s when there are well-defined statutes regarding the attorney general s appointment authority ? special counsel refuting the arguments says it disregards precedent and would have a pernicious consequen
As the cast and crew of both films realised what had happened. But it was moonlight, about a boy growing up in miami to a crack addicted mother, which in the end took the award for best film. Its Director Barryjenkins gave his reaction. The last 20 minutes of my life have been insane. I dont think my life could be changed any more dramatically. The early favourite to win best picture, la la land, will feel hard done by. But in the end the team behind it won six oscars including best actress and Best Director. Lets go live to hollywood and our entertainment correspondent Colin Patterson is on the red carpet at the after show Vanity Fair Party. Colin, colin, colin what a night. Colin, colin, colin whata night. I was listening to you on the radio when it all unfolded. How did it go wrong . There was i having to do Radio Commentary on the moment and boy, did it go wrong . It couldnt be more wrong faye dunaway reading out la la land but it all turned into moonlight. So what did go wrong, co
The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. The 06day period. This needs to be over with soon. I think its been very bad for the country and were at a point in this inquiry where they can wrap it up. Mayor, i know youve said and i said we want to see this come to closure soon here. Mayor . Yes, we do. Its about time that it ends. I also think and i hope the Special Counsel is sensitive it as we are. We do not want to run into the november elections. So you back up from that, this should be over with by september 1st. I think it needs to end very soon and it needs to end very soon because the nature of whats taking place here is irregular and thats being kind. From lock her up to wrap it up, that sounds like lawyer speak for we might be losing. The latest evolution of their messaging strategy from no dough lugs to collusion isnt really a crime to lets call the whole thing off, we see more signs today mueller is zeroing in on another trum
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Probes next target. One of his close allies, the Manhattan Madam, testifying before a grand jury in the investigation today, while another one of stones allies is being held in Contempt Of Court today for refusing to comply with the judges order to testify. Which means hes choosing potential jail time over cooperating with robert mueller. Here to help us understand all the days developments, joyce vance, former u. S. Attorney and law professor, frank figliuzzi. On set with Us White House reporter from the the Washington Post Ashley Parker and mike schmidt from sniemz. The new york times. Joyce, let me start with you and the machinations of this for a nonlawyer and someone outside this court, it seems like a bizarre, bizarre trial with a very interesting character as a judge. Tell us what it means that they were on pause for so long, do we know what they were doing and what are the scenarios for what could have been going on. He could know about