and the presidency. joining us now, just outside the courthouse here in manhattan, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. what is the reaction from the courtroom? what are we expecting for the remainder of the day? a lot for the remainder of the day. we re expecting a decision here from the jury. i ll start with that. timing-wise, it looks like the judge wants a jury to go into deliberations during lunch, which will likely happen after alina habba delivers her closing remarks. e. jean carroll s attorneys have rested, completed their closing remarks. let me paint a picture, as we await this ten-minute break before alina habba starts her closing remarks and the expectations there. so, at one point e. jean carroll paints a picture for the jury. imagine yourself opening up your computer, she says, and seeing tweets from the president of the united states, then president donald trump, imagine him saying these things about you, and imagine him saying, you re unattractiv
top fox executive rupert murdoch under oath admitted election lies peddled on his network were simply a business decision, saying, quote, it is not red or blue, it is green. what else did murdoch admit? plus, when winning the battle does not end the danger. cnn treks across a booby tracked land littered with mines in ukraine. but first, the supreme court on the record. hear what the justices said about president biden s plan to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt, and whether biden even remotely has the authority to do so. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re starting today in the money lead in fate of president biden s plan to wipe out $400 billion, that s b with a billion now rests with the supreme court. justices today heard oral arguments in two cases challenging biden s plan. the biden administration argued yeah, they have the power to forgive financial loans in order to protect americans brought in by the covid pandemic. six republican states and
seizure of john eastman s phone? love, the senator pretending to be on the phone is now changing his story. no, you re not. i can see our phone. i can see your screen. and you revelations and the alleged assault from rudy giuliani, from grocery store surveillance video. all of a sudden, i feel a shot on my back, like somebody shocked me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. as a result of friday s supreme court ruling from the courts trump s elected right wing majority, abortion is now completely banned in seven states, and bans are forthcoming in around a doze more. we are already hearing just heart-wrenching stories of clinics, being shut down, pregnant women unable to access abortions. if the most significant step back in terms of individual rights in recent memory. and we should be clear about one thing. the u.s. is, for better or for worse, a two party system. and the responsibility for the end of abortion rights in t
seizure of john eastman s phone? plus, the senator pretending to be on the phone is now changing his story. no, you re not. i can see your phone. i can see your screen. and new revelations about the alleged assault of rudy giuliani, from agrocery store surveillance video. all of a sudden, i feel a shot on my back, like somebody shocked me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. as a result of friday s supreme court ruling from the courts trump s elected right wing majority, abortion is now completely banned in seven states, and bans are forthcoming in around a dozen more. we are already hearing just heart-wrenching stories of clinics, being shut down, pregnant women unable to access abortions. if the most significant step back in terms of individual rights in recent memory. and we should be clear about one thing. the u.s. is, for better or for worse, a two party system. and the responsibility for the end of abortion rights i
president donald trump. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 25th. i m willie geist. with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. let s dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million people could clear all of their student debt. those are the figures from the white house following an executive action yesterday by president biden. the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. by resuming student loan payments at the same time as we provide targeted relief, we re taking an economically responsible course. as a consequence, about $50 billion a year will start coming