was and what he was doing, and he told attorneys today he told prosecutors, he was not trying to manufacture an alibi when he now admittedly lied to investigators around that time. here with me is cnn s jean casarez who has been watching so much of this trial and what jumped out to you at the end here, particularly the dramatic finish of that cross-examination? he went through every single name of his partners, the people that should have gotten millions of dollars from the law firm, his family, everyone for decades he had lied to over and over and over again. then he lied about not being down where the murders happened with his wife and his son. so close in time to when their phones locked forever, meaning they never were on them again because they had been murdered. trying to show this jury, you can t believe today anything he says on that sand because he s a liar and always will be. let me dig into that a little bit more, the specific moment, now that murdaugh admits t
board. mike allen, thank you for that, and enjoy your weekend and thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this friday morning. morning joe starts now. let me say that i not like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function and i will now be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the pacific. and i am returning to my plan, and i will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support. like cincinatus. that was boris johnson giving his farewell speech but he s now back in the fold now that liz truss has resigned. hardly knew ye. back in the states it s been more than a week since the january 6th decided to subpoena the former president. we re going to go through why donald trump has not been served yet. and the investigation into the capitol attack is in need of serious funding but there s not a lot of time to make that happen. we ll explain. plus presi
of justice kavanaugh. on capitol hill this morning, house speaker nancy pelosi reacting to the senate vote. senate republicans lined up in lockstep behind mitch mcconnell and donald trump to vote to rip away the constitutional right to health freedom for american women across the country. this hour, i will speak with president obama s former attorney general eric holder about the supreme court, voting rights and the attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trump defense secretary mark esper joining me to talk about the astounding revelations about the former commander in chief. with covid cases rising, president biden mourning the loss of 1 million lives to the virus. 1 million covid deaths. 1 million empty chairs around the family dinner table. around the world, many more millions have died. millions of children have been orphaned. we must honor those we have lost by doing everything we can to prevent as many deaths as possible. we start with the fight for abortion ri
Good afternoon, and good to be with you. Im jose diazbalart in for katy tur. Court has wrapped in new york city. It was a day of routine appearances from a slate of custodial and lesser known witnesses, all setting up the major testimony we expect to be hearing on monday from the other man at the center of this hush money case, Michael Cohen. Multiple sources tell nbc news Donald Trumps former fixer is expected to take the stand for several days. What todays testimony about cohens Phone Records could tell us about the prosecutions strategy next week and what cohens appearance signals about the overall timing of this trial. Could he be the final person we hear from . Or could donald trump himself take the stand later as he has suggested he could do. The prosecution knows when it might rest. We have a whole lot to cover. I want to get right into it. Joining us now, is nbc news Legal Correspondent lisa rubin who was inside the courtroom today. Senior judge and professor at Florida Interna
At times as money grubbing, inconsistent, driven by personal hatred, even rolling out that shes crazy line of attack against her. At one point Attorney Susan Necheles said you have, quote, a lot of experience making phony stories about sex. To which daniels replied wow thats now how i would put it. The sex in the films is real just like what happened to me in that room. To try to prove that Stormy Daniels profited off her association with donald trump, trumps Defense Lawyers pointed out stormy sold merchandise to which Stormy Daniels fired back, quote, not unlike mr. Trump. Team trump also suggested that Stormy Daniels opposed trump politically and wanted to take him down. A line of questioning that comes with a lot of risks for the expresident s team. As nbc news reports the defense spent considerable time trying to prove that daniels had a political motive for wanting to out trumps story, trying to hurt his election bid. Wouldnt that bolster the prosecutions arguments trump had for w