President trumps legal battles. The woman at the center of his criminal trial in new york took the stand today and gave graphic testimony about their alleged sexual encounter in 2006. But we begin tonight with the judge in the former president s trial over alleged misuse of classified documents postponing the start of that trial indefinitely. Correspondent david spunt has details tonight live from the justice department. Good evening, david. David good evening, bret. This case was supposed to go to trial in fort pierce, florida on may 20th. That is no longer happening. That date has been pushed back and while there is not a new trial date set, judge Aileen Cannon has set some deadlines, many deadlines, at least a dozen going on late into the summer, pushing the trial back at least until the end of july. In an order, just late this afternoon, about an hour or so ago, judge cannon announced she is extending several key deadlines in this case that take it out as i said until the end of ju
that s going to do it for the weekend of the sunday morning. we will see you back here next saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern. be sure to follow us on social media at the weekend msnbc. in the meantime, guess what? we get to velshi. he starts right now. take it away, my man. good morning, i enjoyed your show as i always did. i was waiting quietly to see if you would bring out an animal or something like that but i understand, you can t do it every show. have yourselves a great rest of the week and i will see you later. goodbye, ali. velshi starts now. good morning, sunday june 2nd. no secret donald trump s speeches and interviews are challenged to cover. he s proven himself to be a serial liar with no regard for the truth even when presented with evidence immediately contradicting his claims. he s not lying, he has early insults and disparaging comments about those with whom, who views he doesn t share or those he sees as enemies. is also known to go on racist, sexist or
that s our show for tonight. a special edition of prosecuting donald trump: witness to history starts right now. after 22 witnesses and 16 days of testimony, donald trump has become the first ever american president to be convicted of a crime. this trial will go down in history. but without cameras in the courtroom, americans never got to see the evidence for themselves. they didn t get to see trump s eyes close and his mouth go slack while he sat slumped at the defense table. they didn t get to hear stormy daniels salacious testimony first harnd. they didn t get to watch the judge clear the courtroom, seemingly in anger, as he butted heads with one particularly truculent ewitness. instead, americans had to rely on word from the few reporters who were actually in the room making note, writing down, committing to memory the things we saw and experienced. things that a transcript cannot capture. take a look. that was something to behold. i could hear gasps all around me. i
that is our show for tonight. a special edition of donald trump witness to history starts right now. after 22 witnesses and 16 days of testimony, donald trump has become the first-ever american president to be convicted of a crime. this trial will go down in history, but without cameras in the courtroom, americans never got to see the evidence for themselves. they did not get to see trump s isa close and his mouth go slack while he sat slumped at the defense table. they did not get to hear stormy daniels salacious testimony firsthand. they do not get to watch the judge cleared the courtroom seemingly in anger as he butted heads with a truculent witness. instead, americans had to rely on word from the few reporters who were in the room. reporter: that was something. donald trump was crying from the oval office. even todd lynch said he was writing checks from the white house. in terms of the vibe in the room, what you have heard about it being kind of a courtroom is re
while he sat slumped at the defense table. they didn t get to hear stormy daniels testimony and they didn t get to watch the judge clear the courtroom in anger as he butted heads with a truculent witness. instead americans had to rely on the words of reporters who were in the room making notes and writing down things we saw and experienced. things that a transcript cannot capture. that was something to behold. i could hear people gasping. i was not sure we were going to get a place where we had any guilty verdicts let alone all 34 accounts. todd blanche said he was writing checks from the white house. this was as professional a jury as you could get. what you ve heard about it being the courtroom israel. his eyes have been closed most of the morning and i cannot say what s happening behind those islets. guilty repeated over and over. tonight we welcome you to this special msnbc event. prosecuting donald trump. witness to history. andrew weissmann and i will e