plagued the president in lots of different ways. we re going to see what happens next here. there was a delegation of diplomats set to meet with the national security adviser today, this afternoon, to talk about the hostages that are from their countries. we also know that there was a delegation slated to go to the middle east next week as well to engage in some more talks and conversations around a deal coming together, and so the administration still has this very robust presence in trying to make this happen, and we ll be looking to see whether there s a response to any degree from hamas in the days to come. aaron gilchrist, thank you for that. claire mccaskill, i want to go to you. i want to talk about the president s statements, they were forceful but brief on donald trump s trial and conviction. you spent many years in the senate. if i m remembering correctly, you were on the armed services committee, homeland security committee. this is an area of the world that yo
colleagues who have been covering the trial from the beginning. msnbc s legal analyst lisa rubin, new york times investigative reporter susanne craig, and former federal prosecutor and former sdny criminal division deputy chief, kristy greenberg. katy, let s set the stage for what s going on at trump tower where we anticipate him speaking in about an hour, right? the assembled press is here. this is the first time i believe everyone has been back in this lobby since the donald trump transition. donald trump is going to come town his golden elevators behind me as a man running for president again, as a former president, yes, but also as a man who has now been convicted on 34 felony counts. the first former president to ever be convicted of a crime and certainly the first one, former president to be running again now that they are convicted on all of those felony counts. and he s doing it, guys, at the literal scene of the crime here in trump tower. this is where david pe
we have to make a decision in this country. not that moderates suddenly come to some sense of reason. but finally, to discover the diversity that s at the heart of the country. i hope we can do it. i pray we can do it. we need to. thank you so much for your wisdom, your perspective during these challenging times for america. that s going to wrap up the hour for us. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell, chris jansing and katy tur pick up our coverage next. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. with my colleague chris jansing for a landmark moment in our nation s history. our teammate katy tur will join us in a moment from inside trump tower where donald trump has just talked about the prosecutor and judge who presided over his case and said he would have loved to testify. this is a scam. this is a rigged trial. it shouldn t haven t been in that venue. we shouldn t have had that judge. he should have allowed us to have an election
good to be with you. i m katy tur. all eyes are on lower manhattan where five women and seven men are in their eighth hour of deliberations, tasked with deciding whether donald trump is guilty of a cover up to interfere with the 2016 election. this morning, the jurors asked the court for a second hearing of key testimony. the descriptions from both michael cohen and david pecker about the 2015 trump tower meeting where the three men agreed to work together to promote and protect donald trump in the press. from pecker, quote, at that meeting, donald trump and michael, they asked me what i can do and what my magazine could do to help the campaign. i said what i would do is i would run or publish positive stories about mr. trump, and i would publish negative stories about his opponents. i said i would be your eyes and ears. if i hear anything negative or hear anything about women selling stories, i would notify michael cohen. this from michael cohen s testimony, quote, what he,
to review a key meeting among donald trump, michael cohen, and the prosecution s first witness, former tabloid executive and trump friend david pecker. all of that key evidence about the alleged conspiracy mr. trump is accused of to unlawfully influence the 2016 election. this is pivotal, because as judge merchan noted in his jury instructions, former president trump cannot be convicted based on cohen s testimony alone, since trump s former fixer is considered, by law, an accomplice. jurors must be taking a closer look from what they have asked for at pecker s testimony in order to corroborate cohen. jurors wanted to rehear judge merchan s guidance on how much they can reasonably infer from the evidence. armed with this refresher, the jurors are now back behind closed doors where they have been told they can work as late as 6:00 p.m. tonight. while deliberations tonight, mr. trump has to stay in the courthouse. his son don junior providing a look in a tiktok video. we begin w