Media mitchellreports. Chris jansing reports starts right now. Good day. Im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. College campuses from coast to coast are on edge at this hour. New propalestinian protests active across roughly two dozen states, even after police cleared encampments overnight at places like Columbia University. Will an Ongoing Police presence enforce a calm there or could things get worse before they get better . Plus, a new abortion law going into effect in florida today, leaving few options for women seeking abortions across the southeast. The latest from there and arizona where democrats along with a handful of republicans are considering a repeal of the near total abortion ban dating back 160 years. And donald trump out of the courthouse and on the Campaign Trail in wisconsin just a few hours from now. Will he tempt fate and test his gag order even after the judge threatened him with the possibility of jail time. Well dig into that coming up. We
Proven guilty but lets not forget, hes been found liable for Business Fraud and sexual abusive facing criminal charges in washington, d. C. And florida and in georgia. He was also named an unindicted coconspirator in arizona and michigan. Right now, the basic thrust of his Campaign Messages president s should be immune from prosecution. This is where we are right now. Leaders in the Republican Party are closing ranks around their likely nominee including many who clearly know better. Consider this. Just a few months ago Governor Desantis basically mock people who bend the knee and kiss trumps knee. You can be the strongest most dynamic, successful republican and conservative in america, but if you do not kiss that ring, he will try to trash you. You know what . You deserve a nominee that will put you first and not himself first. Turns out that didnt age well. Just this weekend, Governor Ron Desantis went down to miami to do the exact thing he roundly mocked not that long ago. He report
A live report from the Courthouse Steps in a moment. Protesters broke into a building on columbias campus overnight. What they are demanding today and what action the university is threatening in response. Israel puts a new ceasefire proposal on the table. Will hamas take it . Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Andrea mitchell is traveling with Antony Blinken in The Middle East as he tried for a seventh time to get israel and hamas to agree on a hostage deal. Why this one could work in a moment. Here in new york, judge merchan is getting blunt with donald trump. Continue violating the gag order and go to jail, he says. Merchan ruled that nine of Donald Trumps social media posts stepped over the line, fining him 9,000. But also concedes that more needs to be on the table to deter someone of Donald Trumps wealth. Defendant is hereby warned that the court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it wi
A new week of testimony looms for donald trump. Why a trump insider says the process is the punishment for the former president. Plus, the author of this new piece explains how a Tabloid Publisher became a trump trial witness. A very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters. Welcome to alex witt reports. Another round of tornado devastation across parts of the midwest and the plains states overnight. Oklahoma hit hardest with 35 tornadoes reported across that state in the small town of sulphur near oklahoma city. Officials say the entire downtown was destroyed. Several were hurt. This comes one day after more than 100 tornadoes ripped through six states. 14 Million People are facing the risk of Severe Weather today with strong wind, large hail, possibly more tornadoes. We have a report coming up for you shortly. Lets go now to Donald Trumps busy week ahead of the Hush Money Trial. There is no hearing on monday. Trump will be back in the defendants chair tuesday. Michael coh
Another. We will tell you everything you need to know about what comes next. And joe biden is working to get under his skin, and it seems to be working. I will ask ron what he thinks about that strategy. Plus i will talk to john favreau and john lovett, with god save america. [ music ] its safe to say there was a lot of legal news this week. In a courtroom in downtown manhattan, there were hours of testimony about donald trump and the National Inquirer and how they tried to kill chances for stories. Trumps lawyers were making an argument that killing your political rival would be completely fine for a president. That was the argument. It has been a lot to take in. What happens this week matters, it should matter to all of us. Its important to talk about why , especially in these moments where it feels like we are all drinking from a News Firehose. We are going to start on thursday, at the Supreme Court. When you listen to these arguments, you may have thought you cant possibly be serio