tonight on the reidout mr. trump has repeatedly and consistently misrepresented and inflated the value of his assets. and before he takes the stand, i am certain that he will engage in name calling and taunts and race-baiting. and call this a witch hunt. but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don t lie. and attorney general tish james was right about trump, on the wednesday stand today in his civil fraud trial, trump was belligerent, showing his usual lack of respect for the rule of law and the people who administer it. also, tonight, how trump will be using this trial and his future trials as a campaign platform. plus, new reporting on what trump might do on day one if he returns to the white house, including possibly invoking the insurrection act. and the panic amongst some democrats about president biden s sagging poll numbers now that we re just one years away from election day. i m jaso
former u.s. secretary establishing by to break it all down. former trump attorney and the star witness in this case michael cohen is also here with his say. we are now 364, days away from the presidential election. brand-new polling sites everyone kind of freaking out, steve kornacki is at the big board later this show that tells us what s actually happening. pennsylvania governor is also going to join us later on. we have a packed show, but we do want to start today with what was a truly surreal and weld in lower manhattan today. apart from the fact that this was a former president on file, it s a big deal in itself, today began like many other court cases, what the defendant took the stand, he raised his hand and swore an oath to tell and nothing but the truth. it s all pretty standard in the beginning part. until the defendant opened his mouth. that s when things got a little crazy. suddenly, the guy on the stand acted like he was at a campaign rally, doubted a courtroom