good evening. the breaking legal news of the night, which sounds minor is that donald trump s lawyers have already sent a letter to the judge in the case saying today s action by the united states supreme court means the conviction have to be thrown out and i think the sentencing will proceed and the courts will take that up on the appeal but that is the very first legal move they have made since the supreme court ruled today. here we go. as far as the practical consequence of that in the new york criminal case, i think the judge will hear arguments from both sides as to whether the sentencing should be delayed and i don t think the sentencing he has been convict did by a jury. i think the sentencing, even if it is delayed will likely proceed. if there is substance to it to the request to have the verdict , the jury s verdict thrown out because of today s radical supreme court ruling, i think it is something that will happen at the appeals court. we will see but we are wa
you re going to want to hear what she says. it is tomorrow night, 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. good evening. good evening, rachel. of course, the breaking legal news of the night, which sounds minor, in its way, is that donald trump s lawyers have already sent a letter to judge mershon in that case saying that today s action by the united states supreme court means that that conviction has to be thrown out. i think sentencing is going to proceed and the new york courts will say take that on your appeal. what that is the latest, that is the very first legal move they have made since the supreme court ruled today. here we go. as far as the practical consequence of that in the new york criminal case. i think judge mershon will hear arguments from both sides as to whether the sentencing should be delayed. i don t think the sentencing, i mean, he has been convicted. you don t throw something
institutional knowledge in congress. that s important to know the ropes. but it can be a hindrance and an invill to have a notion of look, we know we have to be here, we know how it works as opposed to blowing it up from inside and saying here s how it should look. what do you see from this new generation of leaders? i want to come from a slightly different angle. first of all, i think president obama was gen x. the reason i bring that up is because you started with him, right? and under his sort of terms in office, there was not necessarily a new generation of politicians who rose in his style. and in fact you saw i think upwards of 1,000 seats being lost by democrats in state houses across the country. that sounds minor, but this is about the pipeline. and then when it comes to pelosi, she herself says, power has to be taken. it is not given to you. people have talked about steny hoyer being next. steny hoyer didn t step aside because she seemed like a nice girl from baltimore.
attempt, congresswoman gabrielle giffords i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, an apparent shake-up in the republican race for the white house after a turbulent week that saw herman cain finding new allegations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling sadly in a debate. newt gingrich leaping towards the top of a pack in a stunni stunningcome back. jim acosta is watching the race for us as he always does. where do things stand right now? some candidates are stepping in it, newt gingrich is stepping it up. what s old is newt. he s back. it is a wide open race. consider campaign road kill over the summer, newt gingrich is peaking at just the right time. he is leaping ahead of herman cain in a new poll and falling within the margin of error for the lead in another poll from cbs. the former house speaker may be scoffing at his numbers. all of this effort to create a two-man race when it was perry and romney. reporter: he already has a new racer l