along with analysts chuck rosenberg and lisa rubin. what can we expect based on arguments put forward in advance by both sides? reporter: to set the scene, because donald trump is here in person the security has really been ramped up. there s a much greater police presence. in terms of in the courtroom, this is a long shot for donald trump, this idea that a former president can t be prosecuted for any acts whited while serving in offense, it s belied by the fact that gerald ford pardoned richard nixon. this three-judge panel is an all-female panel with two judges appointed by president biden and one appointed by former president george h.w. bush. in addition to arguing immunity, trump lawyers are also making the argument that this produce is improper under double jeopardy. ken, i need to interrupt you because the hearing is starting. let s listen in right now. our jurisdiction was challenged by an amicus. you are not questioning our collateral order jurisdiction? [indis
it would be his first opportunity to offer the democratic response to over an hour of trump lies delivered by cnn, and over the course of the previous hour. so, this will be his first opportunity to react to things like a former president of the united states advocating a default on the debt, stuff that we ve never heard before. you know it s been a crazy hour when we didn t even have time to get to that part of global financial catastrophe, because there was so much other crazy we had to plow through first. i am appeared to see leader jeffries response to all of that madness. thank you, alex. have a great show. thank you. well, as i said, hakeem jeffries is our first guest tonight. and our first guest tonight was in the room yesterday in washington, nothing matters more than who was in the room. and yesterday, the democratic leader of the house of representatives, hakeem jeffries, was in the room with three other congressional leaders and the president of the united
he is of course the democratic leader of the house of representatives, high striking democrat in the house. and it was a scheduled engagement for him to be here tonight. what we did not know was that it would be his first opportunity to offer the democratic response to over an hour of trump lies delivered by cnn, and over the course of the previous hour. so, this will be his first opportunity to react to things like a former president of the united states advocating a default on the debt, stuff that we ve never heard before. you know it s been a crazy hour when we didn t even have time to get to that part of global financial catastrophe, because there was so much other crazy we had to plow through first. i am appeared to see leader jeffries response to all of that madness. thank, you alex. have a great show. thank you. well, as i said, hakeem jeffries is our first guest tonight. and our first guest tonight was in the room yesterday in washington, nothing matters more
wonder what lawrence is doing i just pop in and there you are. it s kind of a fun trick. i am discovering that i literally in my previous office had more room than i knew what to do with. soft now that i ve been downgraded for the children s cabin here cpq but it s true i do actually like it better. i like the smaller footprint, less clutter in the room, and therefore in my mind, and then of course there is the inspiration of having you right through that very thin wall, glad to know about the earphones. i worry later that i should have about how much noise i was making. really, don t worry about it at all. the head was a miraculous technology. but also, even though my office is smaller than yours, i am using even less of it than you are, so if you have books, or tchotchkes you want me to hold on, two of got space. i have, i m going to confess, peek into your office, because, brilliantly, the walls are made of glass. so much for privacy. and the rachel maddow office is ju
his take on today s historic and in some quarters, controversial criminal indictments in new york and jake first take a look at some of the headlines right now. the three big national papers miami west palm beach were news, often like politics is local tonight, cnn has learned that a court date is set for tuesday. there is some more late information coming in this evening. cnn s evan perez starts us off evan. well jake. the secret service is preparing to bring the former president to his court appearance on tuesday in manhattan. this is something that they ve been talking with the new york police department, the court security staff. it s something they spent days and days working out and look, a lot of people have speculated about the former president s arrest for the secret service. they believe this is going to be a quick thing. this is going to be probably 10 15 minutes before this judge in manhattan and they can get him in and then they can get him out securely. this is