that comes as a witness steps forward to give a first-hand account of what happened. a66-year-old woman backing up several witnesses who saw neely making aggressive threats, telling the new york post he said things like i would kill a mother f and go to jail and not care. the marine s attorney is speaking out and defending their client. this morning, he surrendered at the west new york district the attorney s office and did so voluntarily. neely has an extensive criminal history. he had been arrested 44 times. he was on the top 50 list of homeless people who needed help. neely s attorney arguing none of that should matter. no one on that train asked jordan what is wrong. how can i help you. no one said here you are, let me meet your need or help you in this situation or give a word of encouragement. daniel penny did not know jordan neely before this incident. that means he did not know how many times he was arrested so that is a nonfactor. for anyone to bring that up
long-running saga of the ex-president s legal woes, with donald trump taking the stand in a civil lawsuit today and facing the prospect in taking the stand in the congressional investigation into january 6th, as well. and his private club and residence, donald trump sat for a sworn deposition in the defamation lawsuit brought by e.g. carol, who has accused donald trump of rape. the associated press reports this, the deposition will give her lawyers a chance to interrogate trump about the assault allegations, as well as statements he made in 2019, when she told her story publicly for the very first time. trump says the rape allegation is a hoax and a lie. his legal team has worked for years to make this day never come, to delay the deposition that was filed when he was still president. and the january 6th select committee is set to ask for the same thing, trump s testimony as soon as today. the vice chair liz cheney said last night the panel s decision to issue a subpoena to
got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we ll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage.
greg: at least we know they re still alive. but even though kat s not back, look who is. yes, another blond psychopath. oh, she s not that bad. okay, she is you know, i bet she was the secretary of state. you know, i was the secretary of state. i spent, you know, many days on airplanes flying from place to place encouraging people to have a real democracy and one of the hall marks of a i real democracy is the peaceful transfer of power. greg: yeah. well, you know what else is a hallmark of democracy? a free and fair election and the right to pitch about it if you didn t think it was just that. you know, kind of like you did, you old gas bag in sensible shoes. and hillary, you remember libya s peaceful transfer of power right? it ended up with two civil wars murdered americans and you saying, what difference does it make. anyway apparently she was a guest on the view, which is like sprinkling saw dust on vomit. i don t even know what that means really, if that s a good t
Tonight, the Michael Cohen testimony begins. The guy we saw this morning was credible and calm, if not a little freaked out. Donald trumps former fixer testifies that the candidate himself led the conspiracy. The most repeated line of Michael Cohens testimony was just take care of it. This is a total disaster. Women will hate me. The most important thing the jury heard today, he wasnt thinking about his wife. This was all about the candidate. Tonight, Rachel Maddow recapped the testimony with Lawrence Odonnell, lisa rubin, Suzanne Crane and katie phang, who were inside the courthouse. Plus, Nicolle Wallace, chris hayes, jen psaki and Catherine Christian as a special coverage of trump on trial begins, now. Good evening and thanks for joining us for our msnbc Primetime Recap of the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Im here tonight along with my colleagues, Lawrence Odonnell and katie phang and Nicolle Wallace and chris hayes. Big night, you guys. Todays proceedings , expec