Tonight, more Vile Displaysgh of hatred and extremist morem far left protests all across the country. And meanwhile, more andassing more embarrassing moments for your president , joe. Plus, Adammomentyour P Schiff Ra in northern california. Well, now makingm him the lateh california democrat to become a victime of, his partys own o soft on crime policies. Hows that . No baicrimel, defund, dismantle, reimagine the police. They work it out. Not good for gine the the americanthe people at all. But we begin in new york. E president spends yet another day in court visiting his wife, melaniother daa, his birthday. Well, joe biden is shuffling around the city withoushufflinge in the world last night, attending a glitzy fundraiser, mixing it up, you know, mixing up a date that is near and dear to his heart, telling a the crowd, quote, we certainly nevend tr forget the dark days . Of june 6th. June 6th. Really . The biden eventually correct himself anyway. He apparently di apparend. Meanwhile,
A former american president and his fixer and a big time ally of his in the tabloid media. It was a plan crafted to cast then candidate donald trump in a positive light in the allimportant tabloids. Using stories that were favorable to him and silencing ones that werent and smearing everybody that got in the way. The witness on the stand today on the Hush Money Trial, details exactly how this scheme worked on a daytoday basis. David pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer described a relationship with donald trump that dated back to the late 1980s and noted that trump was one the first people to call him and congratulate him when he bought the National Enquirer back in 1999. So tlir friendship was already long standing by the time donald trump decided so to run for president. The questioning today was the details an the operational aspects of that explicit agreement between trump, his lawyer Michael Cohen, and david pecker. And what they did to boost trumps campaign. And
Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague and friend, Chris Jansing, as history is being made in that Lower Manhattan courtroom. Donald trump is the first former president of the United States to stand as a defendant in a criminal trial. At any moment, could be facing the first witness to testify against him. Thats expected to be former National Enquirer publisher, david pecker. Hes likely to be pressed about alleged efforts to bury damaging stories about donald trump during the 2016 election. Earlier this morning, prosecutors gave their open statement, accusing mr. Trump of a criminal conspiracy to hide embarrassing relationships by preventing them from getting into the press, thus influencing the outcome of the 2016 election then covering it all up. The defense followed saying that mr. Trump did not commit any crimes, describing him as not just the republican nominee, but as the frugal business man, also a husband and a father. Defense lawyer todd bla
something that judge merchan can continue up to the time of sentencing. i m just thinking about the judge in the hearing with the gag orders where he said and none of the weight that was going on was lost on him and who this is in front of him. and he said, i don t want to send you to prison, but i have a job to do. we don t know if he s going the next thing i think the country s going to be waiting for is that, and what does prison for a former president look like? can it be done in fort brag in a room? i don t snow. unbelievable. unbelievable thought. thank you not just for being here today when this happened, it s fitting that you are both sitting here next to me, but for being here every day as this goes on. harry lipman, i know we lose you. saying thank you to your contributions to your hours for the trial are ones i d be going through and itemizing. thank you very much. for those of you at home joining us just now, you have been watching msnbc continuing cover
administration, maybe even before that, to begin to change the paradigm. is cy vance about to nail donald trump? joins me live. and high profile new york democrats join the calls for andrew cuomo s resignation, rebecca traifter reporting from inside the office. all in starts now. hello, i m chris hayes. it s still sinking in the biden administration was able to pass this towering achievement that looked improbable even in december. think back. race called for biden. clear he was winner but sitting president was doing everything in his power attempting to overturn the election through legal and extralegal means and balance of the senate was up for grabs. came down to georgia and democrats had to win two seats and had not won a senate chair in georgia in decades. but here we are. oldest man elected president, been in public life for 50 years, ran as centrist. narrow majority came together to deliver most processive comprehensive rescue package in many generations. we demo