This time, it is a civilfraud trial. Hes accused of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure better loan and insurance terms. Before entering court, mr trump berated the us Justice System and the new York Attorney general who is bringing the case. He described Letitia James as racist and a horrow show. And he dismissed the case as a sham and a scam. He also denied the claims against him. We have a great company. I built a great company. Its got tremendous value. Its got some of the greatest real estate assets in the world. And now i have to go before a roguejudge, as a continuation of russia, russia, russia, as a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time, and i dont think the people of this country are going to stand for it. If i werent leading in all the polls, or if i werent running, i wouldnt have any of these cases, i wouldnt be seeing you this morning. But ill be seeing a lot of you, because this is a horrible thing thats happening to our co
Of you from Msnbc Roe Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We are beginning with this Breaking News. Hundreds on capitol hill as the federal government heads towards a, potential, shut down in just 12 hours. Soon the house will vote on speaker Kevin Mccarthys new plan to keep Government Open. We see those votes being cast, in fact, as we speak. However, mccarthy is leaning on democrats to support it admitting that there is no guarantee that his own caucus would do it. The house is going to actually government will not shut down. We will put a clean Funding Stopgap on the florida keep Government Open for 45 days did you get any assurances from any of the republicans about this . No, i have tried. Well, a senate vote is also expected to get underway in the next hour. The impact of a potential shutdown will be felt foreign right across nonessential federal agcies. For almost 4 million employees and military, it would mean working without pay. Here is part
Legal analyst, glenn kirschner, reacting to a major legal ruling against donald trump. Well break down the fraud case against the former president just ahead. Plus, the current President Joe Biden makes history as the first sitting Commander In Chief to join a picket line. Well show you what biden said to auto workers and take a look at his support could impact negotiations. And also ahead an update on the budget battle on capitol hill. House republicans are making some progress on a package of spending bills, but congress is still very much on a path to a shutdown. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 27th. Im jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a busy news day today and well begin with the monumental ruling in a civil case against donald trump which could serve as a deathblow for his family business. In a 35page decision yesterday manhattan judge Arthur Engoron found the former president , his two oldest sons, and t
the head of security for the court said threats are considered to be serious and credible. they are not hypothetical or expected. the limited gag orders have resulted in a decrease and disparaging messages. however, the number of threatening messages increased. the judge and his staff are being inundated with hundreds of harassing and threatening phone calls, for snow messaging that has resulted in the threat assessment unit, having to constantly reassessing evaluate. they have to put in place to ensure the safety of the judge and those around him. on thanksgiving, day special partner jack smith filed a copy of that statement. in the case of united states of america versus donald j trump where donald j trump is appealing a limited gag order, issued in that case by the trial course judge tanya. the appeals court, federal appeals court hearing in that case last monday indicated that the appeals court monday were in favor of preserving most if not all of the gag order issued
amid more and a warning. she s going to be here with me to talk about it in her first primetime interview. again, we have never done an interview before. i m going to be speaking with her in public for the first time here ever. it is next monday live here at nine pm. you have not heard about what is in her book because it s all about a very tight embargo. but you are going to want to see what she has to say. that is a week from tonight. i will see you then, that does it for me for now. and that was time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. reporter: good evening, that means you know what that means to me for next monday night. that means have to get everything done and ready for my show, like a good 55 minutes earlier than i usually do so that i just don t miss a word of this first ever discussion between rachel maddow and this genie. reporter: thank you, i can send you a sleep aid or something to try to help adjust your hours? i will say, th