Covered the coverup trial. I understand people were convicted. But you need to understand that lawyers, lawyers donts play fair. They argue two things. They can argue, look, the person didnt do the crime. The person wasnt guilty. But usually in a political scandal the argument is there wasnt enough proof to find them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Very high standard. Its not theyre blameless, its not theyre innocent. But we say wed rather let 100 guilty go free than convict one innocent man. So were were loading it to a very high standard. The other thing that lawyers argue, which the public sometimes has trouble with, is procedure. If you didnt get that evidence into the courtroom properly, then it cant come in. If you didnt share exculpatory information properly with defense, those are procedural violations which can equally invalidate a verdict. And im happy to argue both. So, thats thats kind of what were going to go through. One word from last week. Last week was the allure of
You need to understand lawyers, lawyers do not play fair they argue two things. They can argue look, the person did not do the crime, the person was not guilty. Usually in a political scandal, the argument is that there wasnt enough proof to find them guilty belonged beyond a reasonable doubt, its not that they were blameless, its not that they were innocent. But you know we say, we would rather let 100 guilty go free, then convict one innocent man. So we are loading it to a very high standard. The thing that lawyers argue with the public sometimes and has trouble with this procedure. If you didnt get that evidence into the courtroom properly. Then it cant come in. If you didnt share the scope information properly with the defense, those are procedural violations which can equally invalidate a verdict. And im happy to argue both, that is kind of what we are going to go through. One word from last week, last week was the allure of the white house tape and i went through a bunch of them
Help while others called 911. But there was nothing anyone could do. Police say 60 yearold Richard Hummel and 59yearold Randall Sonnenburg died in the crash. Family says the two grew up together and became brothers after hummels parents took in sonnenburg after his mom and dad died. At this point, investigators say it looks like the pair did nothing wrong. As they merged onto hubbell and according to witnesses, were hit by a speeding car. 22 58 35 there are circumstances on the surface that it would appear that they have to yield the right of way on the roadway, again, the witness statements indicate that they may not have had the opportunity to see this car if it was traveling as fast as it was described 48 no charged have been filed in the case. Police say gliem went to the hospital. Where she was able to speak with investigators. Her condition or the extent of her injuries are not known at this time. Crews dredging a Des Moines Lake found a stolen car underwater. Police say the car
The Trump Officials and russian intelligence officials that amount to collaboration, that is a big deal. And Susan Sarandon comes back on the show for the First Time Since the election. Do you feel that you properly appreciated what a donald Trump Presidency would be . Whenfall this starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Its only wednesday. We are now smack in the middle of what has already been by far the worst week yet for the Trump Administration, one that brought us first the resignation of National Security advisor Michael Flynn and then, just this afternoon, the withdrawal of labor secretary nominee andy puzder which well discuss shortly. But we begin tonight with revelations that have some raising the specter of watergate. New details about alleged contacts during the president ial campaign between Trump Campaign aides and senior russian intelligence officials. As i said last night on this program, the most potentially exclusive allegation against this adm
National security advisor Michael Flynn and then, just this afternoon, the withdrawal of labor secretary nominee andy puzder which well discuss shortly. But we begin tonight with revelations that have some raising the specter of watergate. New details about alleged contacts during the president ial campaign between Trump Campaign aides and senior russian intelligence officials. As i said last night on this program, the most potentially exclusive allegation against this administration is that it colluded with the russians in an effort to boost trumps chances to become president. Its a serious charge and important to note that as of now there is no direct evidence to substantiate it. At this point, both nbc and the times reporting has found no evidence of collusion. However, with each new revelation, the questions only get louder. Last night, shortly after we went off the air, the New York Times, citing four current and former american officials reported that phone records and intercepte