definitely had an impact on degrading and disrupting the activities of some of these groups. clearly they have decided to keep conducting those attacks. and now it s had lethal consequences for american troops. we will weigh a set of options. the president will respond appropriately. the attacks need to stop. what is the legal basis? the constitution, commander in chief, the self-defense of our troops. the president has authority that take the action he needs to protect our troops and facilities overseas under article 2. the president faces a great deal of political pressure here at home with the republicans, for example, calling for direct strikes on iran. does the president feel that pressure, and how much does that pressure weigh on his decision making? the pressure the president is feeling, if you want to call it that, is to make sure that we can continue to protect and defend our national security interests in the region. first and foremost, his mind is solidly,
finds former president donald j. trump sexually abused writer e. jean carroll. the witness who testified in the case is outfront tonight. plus, breaking news. embattled congressman george santos lied about his resume and he is now facing criminal charges from the doj and we learned he can be arrested in just hours. putin mocked after one single tank was on display for russia s big victory day parade, what happened? a russia insider who predicted this is my guest. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, sexual abuse. a new york jury today finding former president donald trump sexually abused writer e. jean carroll inside a department store dressing room in the 1990s. jurors needed to believe that trump subjected carroll to sexual contact by physical force without her consent. the jury did that and they also found trump liable of defaming carroll. it awarded her a massive sum of $5 million in damages. and in the statement carroll writes,
outfront next, russia seizing on tucker carlson s exit from fox. why this obsession? it comes as a top putin official tonight tells our matthew chance about the possibility of a prisoner swap for americans detained in russia. plus, what s old is new again. biden s message today for re-election, eerily similar to what he said on this very day exactly four years ago. will it work a second time? and then a story you will see first outfront tonight. outrage over lawmakers making decisions of white lawmakers making decisions for a city that is overwhelmingly black and democratic. outfront tonight, russia is hiring as a top putin mouthpiece offers tucker carlson a job with russian state television. the most senior russian official to visit the united states since putin invaded ukraine. you heard me there, today, said this, unprompted. translator: perhaps it would be useful to consider how things are with freedom of speech in the united states. i ve heard that tucker c
jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney
along with my colleagues, joy reid, and nicole wallace, and the great lawrence o donnell, and many of our other beloved colleagues, again. state of the union address, tomorrow night, we ll see you here at 8 pm eastern. right here on msnbc. that s gonna do it for us, for now. now it s time for the last word with the afro mentioned, lawrence o donnell. good evening. i just heard you call george santos and international man of mystery. i rode down because that is the single kind this that is ever been said about george santos on television. and it was a nice gift. he deserves something nice. i just feel like there s been a lot of attention in the american media it s all the lies that he is told. and i m going to cover the porch of these lies. i m going i m willing to do the international stuff as well. we will follow until the ends of the earth. thank you very much for chasing down the possible police investigation of the stolen shoes which, none of the rest of us were g