outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the greatest liar of all time. the judges sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid, right? he was livid as he should be. and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt the election. this meeting cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing purchasing the story to keep it from being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen psaki, and katie phang, all inside the courthouse. plus nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber and stephanie ruhle as special coverage of trump on trial begins now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more grout more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow with chris hayes and nicolle wal
note, i wish you a very good night. from across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me and i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, the defense makes its case for reasonable doubt. the real argument was michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the goat. the greatest liar of all time. the judge s sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid. he was livid as he should be. reporter: and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt a presidential election. steinglass says the value of this corrupt bargain cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing the story to avoid it being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen tsaki, and all in the courtroom. plus nicole wallace, chris hayes, ari melber, stephanie ruhle. as trump on trial begins. now. thank you for joining us tonight. w
haro folded junior and greg gutfeld, it s 5:00 a new york city, this is the five . [ ] it s monday and here we go again, hunter biden about to leave the court house in wilmington delaware, the jury selected an opening statement starred tamara as his comeaux gun trail kicks up in my country is charged with three felony counts related to lying on a gun form back in 2018, he could be facing up to 25 years in jail. hunter getting a show of public support of them as family, his stepmother first lady jill biden appear in court today, this weekend president biden was at his beach house spending part of the day biking with hunter, the new york times claims he is expected to speak daily with his son and today, president biden released a statement saying as a present i don t and won t comment on pending federal cases, but as a data have boundless love for my son, confidence in him and respect for his strength. it s not the first time that biden has said something about his son s le
hunter got away with everything good for decades because of who he was. it is stark contrast between how an outsider, a prisonlike trump who is not gained at the core of political power gets treated versus the insular creature of the political machine, a member of the biden family. and they tried to protect hunter, man that i used more like preservers then the lapse of denial, 5050 experts, all of them stood cabot s security clearances. that definitely helps them out. one over there is a connection there. one more thing, the affidavit, that s good c5 jesse we will pick you up from that. jesse: this is a kind of slamdunk cays he could ve reasonably brought against some really don t trump. you have a weapon that tested positive for cocaine, a have a weapon of my give three eyewitnesses, the defendant confessing got gay video evidence, a smoking gun