we have five months until election day. now every poll that comes out we know it s me particular alsoly dissected as we all try to analyze where the momentum is. this time around we have seen trump looking strong in poll after poll. but, a few recent surveys including one from us here at fox, shows the race tighter and it triggered some wishful thinking syndrome in some corridors. big shift among independent voters could signal some new momentum for president biden. every poll suggests a tight race. this one shows a little momentum, perhaps. probably than biden has had in really months. it underscores that the biden campaign theory of the case here is which is that as people started to dial in they would find trump less and less appealing. laura: before they start making plans for the second biden inaugural, let s break this down and look at things in some context here. now, first, even with the latest polls, factored in, trump is still leading in the national rcp a
daniel dale to break down some of the claims republicans are making about the trump hush money trial, daniel. thank you so much for being here. i want to start with a couple of things that lara trump told kasie hunt yesterday on state of the union he donated this judge to the biden campaign. his daughter raises money for the opposition for debbie asked you about the jury s specifically should james i m not i m not done. you had a judge who told the jury that they did not have to be unanimous in their decision? go for it. there s a mix of true and false there, so it is true. the judge donated to present biden s campaign, although it s important to note, it was $15 donation. it is true the judge has a daughter who was the democratic political consultant. i have not found evidence that the judge s wife works for ag james, a woman that right-wing media purports to be the judge s wife used to work for the state ag s office not sure if it s actually his wife, regardless, does not current
produce 15,000 baby rats in one year. it s a huge problengle yeam ands disgusting. dr. ronny. look, sean, i don t know. i d i don t know if nicole feels the same way. i doon t nice fe. when you invited me on tonight and i found out that i was going to be the rat expert n anun, i shou i didn t know if i should be honored or insulted, but i didn tldnoresulted know. honestly, this is. this is crazy, sean. i mean, new york city got all kinds of problems right now. it s just incredibleprght no that they re focused on one and one thing only, and that s that thethin i persecution and c prosecution of donald j. trump, whether don it s the the state ag or the manhattan d.a. or the corrup t judges that are there, that s literally all they care about. meanwhile, the entirabree city is burning down around them with with crimhe in the immigrant crisis and potential terrorist threat, that s sure to bpotente involving new york t in the near future. and, you know, all thecould y about is this. and
the presentation by his lawyers. the judge asked trump directly if he would, quote, promise to just comment on the facts and the law. to the surprise of no one, trump ignored him, immediately launching into a five-minute rant that broke all the judge s rules, claiming he was simply an innocent man who has been politically persecuted. the judge called for trump s attorney to control his client before cutting trump off for a scheduled launch break. both trump and the state ag, letitia james, addressed reporters outside of the courtroom. every single, just about, case i m involved in is set up by biden. they re doing it for election interference. in a way, i guess you d consider it part of the campaign. if you really look at it, they are doing it never been doing like this in this country. it is like we re a third-world country, a banana republic. this case has never been about politics or personal vendetta or about name calling. this case is about the facts and
to speak briefly during part of the presentation by his lawyers. the judge asked trump directly if he would, quote, promise to just comment on the facts and the law. naturally, trump ignored him, immediately launching into a five-minute rant that broke every one of the judge s rules, claiming he was an innocent man who has been politically prosecuted. the judge called for trump s attorney to control his client before cutting trump off for a scheduled lunch break. the state ag is seeking $370 million in fines and to bar trump from new york real estate industry. the judge said he hopes to have a decision by january 31st, so in a few weeks. he is deciding the case because state law does not allow for juries in this type of lawsuit. joining us now, former litigator and msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin. she was inside the courtroom yesterday. lisa, you were there. you saw and heard this exchange. we should go back a little bit.