hello, and thank you for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with donald trump back in court for the second day in the defamation case brought by writer e. jean carroll. this time with carroll herself expected to take the stand as the first witness. carroll is seeking $10 million in damages arguing trump ruined her reputation with the comments he made during and after his presidency. now, today s proceedings follow an intense jury selection process where trump and carroll came face to face for the first time in more than 25 years. nbc s garrett haake is covering the trump campaign, joining us from new hampshire this morning. also with us nbc s rehema ellis who s following developments in the courtroom along with our legal analyst former assistant manhattan district attorney catherine christian. so rehema, carroll did testify in her first defamation trial, but not with trump sitting right there in the courtroom. set the st
to him but to the government. his body man and alleged co-conspirator walt nauta appeared alongside him and also pleaded not guilty. all of it taking place in a city that has been bracing for this unprecedented day, this unprecedented event and as always is the case with donald trump bracing for the potential of violence. officials in atlanta are reportedly keeping a close eye on the security steps taken in miami given the possibility that fulton county district attorney may become the third prosecutor to bring charges against the ex-president. as for the ex-president himself, he has not spoken today, but on his social media site truth social he s been lashing out at the justice department, airing his usual grievances about the justice department and about what he calls a witch-hunt. his heated rhetoric against special counsel jack smith and attorney general merrick garland and the justice department will have no bearing on the legal process, however, judge jonathan goodman r
the republicans to come to his defense and call for future pardons and destabilizing department of justice and the call of other republicans here, and we are through the rubicon, and what are we doing here is what i say to the party. this reads clear as day, and the photos are, there and the photos are there, and this is very similar to what many of the republicans were criticizing hillary clinton for, except it is 1,000 worse. i think it is just requires a moment to think about the gravity of this. it does seem like a lot of the language that we are hearing of the spokesperson from former president there, and some of the elected officials is pretty dangerous language that is clearly designed to just di side the country as much as possible all to the benefit of one guy, the former president. well, there is an overwhelming majority of voices out there at this point in time, and we will see how it plays out, but last night, chris christie was not here singing from that hymn
good evening to all. i m erin burnett in new york. and wolf blitzer is joining me from washington, d.c. this is a special edition of outfront. and tonight the breaking news, the former president s defiance. that is how one of donald trump s attorneys describes the former president s mood tonight after pleading not guilty to 37 felony counts in miami. we are awaiting trump s first public comment since he was formally arrested today. he is expected to head to newark airport, then to his new jersey golf club where he will address most of his loyal supporters and hold a fundraiser. he stopped at a cuban restaurant in miami before leaving. he wanted that photo op. he was greeted by cheers there, a crowd even singing happy birthday to the former president on the eve of his 77th birthday. trump s codefendant and close aide walt nauta was by his side the entire time. this just moments after the judge told them they may not communicate directly about the case going forward. t
victimhood. as soon as you say that, you know what he s talking about. i didn t like that. he seems to make because i made it, everyone can make it, ignoring the fact that he s the exception not the rule and until he is the rule. then he can stop talking about systemic racism. clarence thomas syndrome. he s one of those guys, he s like clarence thomas. black republican who believes in pulling yourself by your bootstraps rather than to me understanding the systemic racism that african americans facing this country and other minorities. he doesn t get it. dana: after smears like that, tim scott had enough, deciding to challenge the ladies face-to-face minus joy behar. i m the exception. you re the exception. maybe even ms. whoopi goldberg is an exception. the comments on the show, that the only way for young african american kid to be successful in this country is to be the exception, not the rule. it s a dangerous, offensive, disgusting message. 50% of the folks in