right now, and i m glad it s you, are a, because i ve modeled way way through two hours of legal staff. it s in your hands no, friend. you re very kind. i wouldn t go that fire, but i leave all, she great to see. welcome to the beat, everyone, i m ari melber, and as we mentioned, there s a lot going on, even as we get towards the holidays, december vibes. but jack smith, making a big move today, going straight to the supreme court. that is unusual, and it tells us something about the hand he thinks he s holding. we ve seen delays from the trump folks on this coup trial and they have every right to file appeals, and sometimes appeals have the consequence of delays. what s new here, ali velshi militant shunning that this is something everyone s trying to make sense of tonight, it s jack smith is moving first. he s basically calling for whatever delay or bluff the trump folks have been pushing out to be over. asking the supreme court to intervene. it s a move of confidence,
new this morning, the leading republican candidate for president pledged that he will be a dictator. on his first day in office, faced with questions from his pal sean hannity about whether he had plans to abuse power, break the law or use the government to go after people, after not answering for nearly five minutes, this what trump said. under no circumstances, you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. he said you re not going to be a dictator, are you? no, no, no. other than day one. we re closing the border and we re drilling, drilling, drilling. after that i m not a dictator. that was during a town hall last night in iowa. the authoritarian talk didn t stop there. trump also reminded everyone listening of his relationships with dictators. tell you what, we are dealing and
michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the greatest liar of all time. the judges sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid, right? he was livid as he should be. and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt the election. this meeting cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing purchasing the story to keep it from being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen psaki, and katie phang, all inside the courthouse. plus nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber and stephanie ruhle as special coverage of trump on trial begins now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more grout more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow with chris hayes and nicolle wal
Not funny but this guy handed them to loopers on silver platter. Thanks for watching special report, the story starts right now. Martha i hate when that happens, thank you very much. Tonight, Campaign Manager revving up the crowd in manchester, New Hampshire, we are going to take you there live when the president gets on the stage and begins to speak. First tonight, senator Elizabeth Warren pulling ahead in the latest fox news poll, she is still behind joe biden but she is well ahead of the rest of the field at this stage and her closest contender who shes bent neck and neck with Bernie Sanders has lost several points. The rest of the field of stuck on the launchpad, warren also getting attention in a lot of places tonight for marking five years since the Michael Brown shooting in ferguson, missouri, by calling browns death, a
murder. Five years ago, Michael Brown was murdered by a white Police Officer in ferguson, missouri. He was unarmed, yet he was shot six times. I stand with activ
for israel and ukraine. so they will put up the aid for ukraine you ll see a lot of the democrats, a lot more democrats support it, then you may see for israel, where some democrats are worried that the country does not need more military aid. they ve called for a ceasefire, they are upset about the war. you will probably see more republicansjoin in israel, expect a bipartisan coalition on the taiwan portion, and there is a fourth sidecar which contain some national security priorities, some sort of motivators to get this bill across the finish line. that is the critical parts when it comes to ukraine and aid. is it likely to get over the finish line, are there enough republicans that perhaps are not being swayed this time around, around the trump position, which has been to resist this move in the months we ve seen? yes.