ringleaders get a free pass. then, the anatomy of a collapse. we ve become a party of losers at the end of the day. rebecca on the ongoing rejection of abortion restrictions across the country. across the state, we are going to bed knowing that we own our own bodies. plus, what is joe manchin s announcement means for the effort to defeat trump. i don t think that democracy as we know it will withstand another trump administration. and is israel announces intermittent pauses in their strikes, the on what we know about what is happening in gaza. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. good big development today. the case of the fallen off the radar over the past few months. special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case against donald trump. even as the ex president dries to wriggle and bully his way out of accountability for his various misdeeds, to lash out at the judge, the prosecutors, special counsel s
capital on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. jack smith tips his hand on how he plans to prosecute trump. as described in the indictment, fueled by lies. tonight the new evidence the republican front runner will be treated like the people he sent to the capital. ours is not a system of justice where footsoldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass. then, the anatomy of a collapse. we ve become a party of losers at the end of the day. rebecca on the ongoing rejection of abortion restrictions across the country. across the state, we are going to bed knowing that we own our own bodies. plus, what is joe manchin s announcement means for the effort to defeat trump. i don t think that democracy as we know it will withstand another trump administration. and is israel announces intermittent pauses in their strikes, the on what we know about what is happening in gaza. when all in star
fraud trial against him, the penalty part. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news in manhattan where donald trump is already inside the courtroom about to take the stand in his $250 million new york civil fraud trial. these proceedings are just getting under way this morning. nbc s vaughn hillyard is standing by outside the courthouse. also with us, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi attorney and former investigative council for the january 6th house committee. we saw those live images inside the courtroom. we aren t allowed to have cameras inside the courtroom during the actual testimony. i understand, vaughn, trump spoke moments ago before he walked into the courthouse. start us off there in mann with what the president, former president is saying this morning and what we can e
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m josé diaz-balart. we begin in new york city where tensions are flaring inside the courtroom as former president donald trump has taken the stand in the $250 million civil trial that threatens his sprawling business empire. the case centered around accusations that trump along with his two adult sons inflated various trump assets to get more favorable rates from banks and insurers. trump and his children have denied any wrongdoing, and while trump just took the stand about an hour ago, the judge already accused the former president of treating this appearance like a political rally. the judge has urged trump s lawyers a number of times to control their client. let s go right to nbc s vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. vaughn. reporter: good morning, jose. donald trump just leaving here the courtroom for a morning break after a contentious first 90 minutes of donald trump on the stand and under oath, facing questions from the
and on that note, i wish you a very good and safe night. good to be back with you. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. today, in new york, don trump s eldest son, don jr., took the stand in a civil fraud case against the former president and his family and his business. down in d. c., and in florida, judges issuing orders in both of special counsel jack smith s criminal cases against donald trump, the d. c. case involving trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and the florida case centered only former presidents unlawful retention of classified documents. so a flurry of legal action today from mr. trump. and i m gonna get some expert legal help breaking down all of that just a second. but perhaps the biggest legal news of today was this. the federal judge in charge of the mar-a-lago classified documents case, judge aileen cannon, who was of course appointed by presi