stephanie ruhle. as donald trump's legal problems continue to grow, democrats are making a big push for transparency. more than three dozen house democrats called for cameras in the courtroom during the doj cases against trump. it's something that trump's own attorney was asking for just a few weeks ago. >> the first thing we would ask for is let's have cameras in the courtroom, so all americans can see what is happening in our criminal justice system. and i would hope the department of justice would join in that effort so that we take the curtain away and all americans get to see what is happening. >> earlier today, our friend near called deal laid out the importance of having those cameras in the -- air is. why >> don't underestimate dawn's ability to try tostay stuff outside of court to his party, lawyers, and so many others, all of which can undermine decorum anyway. the best check on that, and this is something that one of our greatest justices -- sunlight is the best disinfectant. let the american people see this trial for themselves, day in and day out, and make their own determinations. we shouldn't be relegated to secondhand descriptions of some courtroom sketches of what is going on in that courtroom. >> meanwhile, the former president launched a threatening post on his social media site earlier today, writing this. if you go after me, i'm coming after you! just a few hours later, prosecutors proposed a detective order citing that very truth social post. they are asking the judge to stop trump from just sharing sensitive documents with the public turned over by prosecutors. this all happened less than 24 hours after the judge directly warned him that bribing, influencing, or retaliating against witnesses is a crime. and tonight, at a campaign event in the state of alabama, he went after the special counsel. >> but, despite the demented prosecution of our movement by our corrupt and highly partisan department of injustice and deranged jack smith. doesn't he look deranged, you see the picture with the purple robe, he did to hinge the human being. we are getting stronger by the day. somebody said he i should treat him nicer. let me tell you, this guy is a lost soul. republicans better get tough and they better get smart because most of them look like a bunch of weak jerks right now and you have got to get tough and smart and you have got to fight fire with fire, you cannot allow this to go on. >> quick asterisk. department of injustice. the majority of things laid out in this indictment came directly from the january 6th hearings and a reminder, almost all of those witnesses or republicans. and, despite spending the evening in nearby alabama, the former president did not appear in florida today for the superseding indictment arraignment in the classified documents case. instead he entered a not guilty plea through his attorneys. we have got a lot to cover tonight, so let's get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel this evening. glenn thrush is here, justice department reporter for the new york times, katie benner, pulitzer prize-winning reporter also the times, and former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner. mr. kershner, i turn to you first. what can you tell us about this proposed protective order because it is citing that threatening its social media post from trump, but it is talking about documents not going after witnesses? >> yeah, the protective order is something that we have seen before and it is actually not unusual what we are turning over discovery to the defense. i wish jack smith had gone farther because i was in court yesterday, albeit in the overflow courtroom watching a live feed, and i saw the judge say, what i am now reading from the transcript, sir i want to remind you that it is a crime to try to influence a juror, threatened a witness, retaliate against anyone, obstruct the administration of justice, and donald trump not 24 hours later does arguably, precisely that in that post. there is something called a show cause order, staff. anytime somebody is on court supervision, either as a pretrial defendant, pending trial, or somebody who is on probation, after conviction if they violate a condition of release set by the court, ordinarily a show caused border is issued. a show cause order is when the judge demands that the defendant through council show cause as to why a potential violation of a condition of release should not result in remands to custody, stepping back. i hope at some point people realize that we are sacrificing the new administration of justice to donald trump's dangerous rhetoric, his reckless speech, his intimidating conduct. at some point the court needs to act, the prosecution needs to act, and they need to consider that this man continues to be a danger to the community and they should consider pretrial detention. i'm not sure that where there, yet but i think we are getting closer and closer, steph. >> why aren't we there yet? she made it really clear, do not mess with witnesses and 24 hours later he says you go after me and i am coming for you. that is a threat. >> my opinion, we're not there yet because we still have a two tiered system of justice. we don't do particularly well holding accountable what i call the ruling class criminals, the people of power and influence with connections. we do pretty well holding the folks who have no power, have no influence, or connections, and no wealth accountable even for minor crimes. we just don't seem to be interested in or have an appetite for treating the ruling class the same. >> all right, katie, what is your take on this proposed protective order? should we be surprised? >> i don't think you should be surprised in part because in the protective order of the justice department, jack smith, it lays out that they had intended to file a protective order all along. they are now just including this tweet, showing how threatening it is. and i understand what glenn is saying that he would like things to go a little bit further, but i would know that in the protective order the justice department makes clear that among the materials that will be turned over in discovery, that the defense has said that it needs in order to proceed with its own defense and its own preparation, are the names of witnesses, our other grand jury material that could show who is talking to the justice department and that these names, these identities, even the identities of those who worked on the case, these people who are filter teams looking at the evidence, these are things that the justice department does call out and say clearly if they get these to the defense that these things need to be treated very carefully and that the defendant, donald trump, is not even allowed to have copies of many of these materials of his own. he can only look at them when he is with his lawyers in part because they fear that these names could get out into the public. >> all right, mr. thrash, let's talk about this new push to get cameras in the courtroom. even donald trump's lawyer says that he wants them there. what are the chances it happens? >> i don't know, i think we're going to see, now that we are actually in the middle of this process whether or not trump's team is going to go for it. what is notable is one of the members of congress has been pushing for this is adam schiff, who is obviously involved in the january 6th committee. so there is a sense that if you present the same evidence in a more compelling environment than congress that it will actually benefit the democrats. so i think trump says a lot of things upfront and then backtracks, but i want to address this whole dynamic in general. today is what we are going to see. donald trump understands very well the steep odds that he faces within the courtroom. his best chance, in his view, is to wage war against this entire process. we are entering into a very difficult and potentially dangerous moment in american history where we have an empowered front runner for the presidential nominations of the republican party who is not merely at war with the political opposition, but is now at war with the law enforcement establishment of the united states. so i think people should realize that this is what we are going to see and, in terms to address the other glenn's comment about blocking him up on this, i can tell you from my conversations with folks over at the justice department that this is the last thing they want. they don't want to rise to the bait. this protective order, as katie said, was in the works already. they included it so that they could have on the record that they noticed that this happened and put him on a bit of warning, but they do not want to play into trump's hands and turn this into a situation where he could be gagged inside of a jail cell. that is the worst outcome for the justice department. >> councillor kirschner, i see you nodding your head. >> yeah, we can certainly come at dangerous with a piece of it, i understand of that. 30 years, when i had the evidence that someone was a clear and convincing danger to the community or a flight risk or, as we are now one step closer, if they refuse to abide by conditions of release you apply the rule of law without fear or favor. donald trump has had the rule of law applied with a favorite for far too long, which is precisely why we are here and i think matters will get worse, stephanie, in your lead in i heard donald trump say that they are prosecuting our movement. not that they are prosecuting him, that is the message that they will be sending every day and less law enforcement does what the law allows. >> mr. thrash, we are watching trump test out these defenses like freedom of speech, turning and saying that i was relying on my lawyers. neither of these defenses hold up in a court of law, so what is he really doing? is he trying to win over the court of public opinion because, in truth, the defense that he is banking on more than anything is getting reelected. >> and delaying. spaghetti meet wall. everything that he can throw at this he will throw at this. apart from the constitutional legal arguments that his team is going to make, i think that john laura, his lawyer in court yesterday, and i was in the courtroom and it was an extraordinary moment, spent a fair amount of time we linguist a magistrate talking about how much time was required. incorrectly he said the government had three and a half years to investigate trump, why are we only getting 90 days under the speedy trial provision? so i think the principal strategy is going to be to delay, delay, delay. >> okay, katie, i am sorry to do this to you but i think i am giving you the most difficult question of the night. yesterday trump complained on camera and today he did it on social media, complaining about the filth of washington, d.c.. does this man not need to win over d.c. jurors? what is this getting him? the sea is filthy and disgusting, please find me not guilty. i don't get it? >> i don't think that there is anything that donald trump could say too many d.c. jurors at this point, and he's a man who won the presidency based on the cam pain slogan drain the swamp. so i think that trump is really just beating trump in this moment, this is a jury pool that people have talked a lot about, they have said already that if you look demographically, it's perhaps not going to work in his favor. but if you see rhetoric like this, and this is a light example but some of trump's rhetoric is it going to start undercutting his ability for his lawyers to defend him because not only will he insult the jury pool, but he will start to feed misinformation, disinformation, false information into the public and make statements that one cannot be made by his lawyers in court because lawyers cannot say things that are untrue in court without facing severe consequences, and, to, that the judge might even take issue with, which could bring him more problems down the line. so yes, of course calling it easy filthy and insulting the city is probably not the best way to move voters, there are other bigger problems of trump's rhetoric that i think could cause a clashes down the line, that we cannot even predict right now. >> your town socks, it is filthy and grows, please find me not guilty and then let me move into the white house for in the middle of your nasty town. i don't get it. glengarden, or help me understand this. trump is going to be asking for a delay after delay, saying that they don't have enough, time they've got to get their head around this, but at the same time he is going to have a jam-packed campaign schedule. can he really stay to the judge that i cannot make it because i'm going to be at tuscaloosa in a rally? >> yeah, you can see i don't have time for these pesky criminal trials because i am busy trying to get back into the white house. so, perhaps i can get rid of my federal criminal cases altogether. i think he has met his match in judge chutkan. i know her most directly from when i was trying murder cases against her across the street from federal court, in d.c. superior court, and i will tell you, i would say she is a worthy opponent. i would have to ask whether i was a worthy opponent to her. she is a strong, smart, tactically savvy, and entirely honorable, trustworthy opponent and defense attorney. i have been in her courtroom, watching her preside over criminal cases more recently. i think trump and his defense team have met their match. i think she is going to set a speedy trial. it wouldn't surprise me if we saw a trial not long after the first of the year. i think some of the other trials that donald trump has on his schedule may take a back seat, like da alvin bragg's -- second civil trial -- and civil trials almost always take a backseat to criminal trials, particularly federal criminal trials. so, i do not think he will get a particularly warm, welcoming reception from judge chutkan. she will be strong. she will be fair. she will be independent. and she will move this case along quickly is my expectation. >> glenn kirschner said it yesterday, she don't play. >> glenn thrush, katie benner, glenn kirschner, great to have you all starting us off on this friday night. when we come back, ron desantis goes further than ever before in rejecting trump's election lies. but the former president is still way ahead of the florida governor in the all-important state of iowa. jonathan allen and reed galen i hear. annexed, lizzo's response to the -- the 11th hour just getting underway on a busy friday. n a busy friday. rsv can be a dangerous virus... 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republicans lose more and more and more. they have made this deal and they are stuck with it. it's a catch 22 from start to finish, and here is the other part too. it's that -- even if -- that's a he made a deal with jack smith, i don't run again. what is everyone going to want? they are going to want his endorsement. so, no matter, what the poison of donald trump's with the gop for some time to come. >> jon, what do you think? there is this sort of romantic notion floating out there that more moderate republicans are going to pull together and they are going to step forward. but those moderate republicans are going to get tagged as the establishment, and trump's base despises them. >> you need look no further, stephanie, then the box that ron desantis is in right now. he has been watching his poll numbers fall. we saw him today start to change his tune a little bit. i think we are going to talk about that a little bit more. but change his tune a little bit on whether the election was legitimate in 2020 -- but the more he goes to the center, the more he's going to alienate that trump base that he would need to cut into, the more he goes toward the base. and we have already seen this with him. he alienates the big donors he needs to make himself viable and alienates the moderates that you were talking about, the people who were anti trump voters who wanted to go to him and now think that he has been too extreme. so, we are watching this in realtime, but there is not a lot of oxygen on the republican side if you are not donald trump. >> -- you know what else there isn't a lot of? time. reed, you have worked on campaigns. what in the world is a going to be like for trump and his team to manage all of these court dates and a campaign? >> well, you see -- it's a good question, stephanie, because here's the thing. these campaigns have always been a disaster. his 2016 campaign, though he won, was probably the worst managed campaign in living memory. 2020 was bad. remember, they were basically out of money by october. and this one will be just as bad. now, you've got people like chris loss of eta and susie wildes who are working to contain the crazy for now. but as you put on the calendar, when we came up from after the break, they now have to dodge the political calendar and the political counter and these two will weave out of each other, not just in terms of timing but also in terms of one another. the politics will come together. they will split apart. but here's the thing too is -- it's not just for him. every time there is a debate that he doesn't show up for, like we are going to see in milwaukee here in a couple of weeks, the question is going to be, do you support donald -- do you support donald trump when the 2020 election? do you believe he should be prosecuted? he is everywhere all the time with these people. and so, are they going to have time? they will have time. the question is, are they going to have money? now, i would say this is, he has been paying his lawyers, which is unusual for donald trump. it wouldn't surprise me if he is going to ask for a hamburger today that he can pay for his tomorrow with his legal teams. and before you know those legal bills go away and he just doesn't pay anybody. >> i am confident they will find the money. there are dark corners all over this planet. he will find the cash. all right. i want both of you to weigh in on this one. jon, to you first. i am amazed this week. the republican spin and sound machine is so loud and unified. within days, blasting joe biden, blasting hunter biden, claims to drown out the trump indictment -- sure, maybe he is a criminal, but biden is too. what can democrats do to combat this? because the lion's share of this spin is factually incorrect, but it's like a tidal wave. >> when you are explaining in politics, and you know this well stephanie, and reed knows it too -- and spending your time doing that, it's a distraction from the things that the democrats actually want to talk about. it's a distraction from the achievements that biden has had. it is a distraction from, actually, what you haven't seen yet, which may eventually come, which is, a platform for joe biden in 2024. and it's a distraction from what has gone on that is not weaponization or politicization, but the legal cases against donald trump, which are news and, of course, we've seen three indictments so far. i think most of us -- anticipating a fourth in georgia. so, i think the answer for democrats is for joe biden to perform well, to articulate what what he's done, but also to articulate a vision for the country that inspires voters. >> reed, how do you think democrats should combat this? 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>> yeah, absolutely, and thanks for having me. lizzo, for the last handful of years, has really built such a powerful brand, empowering people, mostly women in a very body and sex positive way. her music, her fashion -- you know, every interview she does, she has really become this icon in pop culture portraying body and sex positive messages for women everywhere. so, for this lawsuit to come about and four women who worked directly with her to have these kinds of allegations is such a stark contrast to her public facing image. >> how are her fans responding? >> so far, people have not taken too well to the allegations, nor to lizzo's response. lizzo categorically denied everything. she also has sought representation by the way of marty singer, who, historically, has represented celebrities like bill cosby, most recently. celebrities who are accused of sexual harassment and pretty heinous things. and i think, so far, it was reported that she has lost 150,000 fans on instagram. also, most noticeably, i should say most notably, beyoncé, who is currently touring and has a great relationship with lizzo prior has removed her name that she she julie mentions in her break my soul remix, obviously trying to distance herself from lizzo. so, people are not taking too well, again, from this stark contrast and dichotomy in lizzo's public facing image compared to what people are learning, allegedly happened behind the scenes. >> the fact that beyoncé would drop lizzo's name from her lyrics so quickly -- what does that say? is it that there is something valid to these claims that was known in the dance community? you would think, if that is your girl, if you are close enough, if you like her enough to put her in your song, you might not drop for day one. >> i can't speak to what is known in the dance community. but i just think, in this climate, and with the internet and the way that people are holding celebrities and abuse of power to account, i am not surprised that beyoncé or anyone would really want to distance themselves from lizzo. if it can hurt -- i mean, beyoncé is on tour. if it can hurt her image to include lizzo's name in a lyric -- and these are pretty serious allegations. obviously, the weight shaming at the body shaming is not great. but in addition to that, the sexual harassment and misconduct allegations are pretty serious. so, i could see why someone famous would not want to be aligned with that. >> how about other dancers who are currently or formerly working with her? other employees? anyone else come out for or against lizzo or these plaintiffs here? >> so, after the allegations from her three former dancers, a filmmaker and director who worked with lizzo a couple years ago, i think back in 2019, came out and said that she also quit working on the documentary two weeks after working with lizzo because she felt like lizzo also fostered this toxic workplace environment. she was very unhappy to be there. she felt very disrespected and mistreated after, again, only two weeks of working with her. the director came out and said that she wanted to share her experience to support other black women who are speaking out about this. she did not want to be silent, which is something you see in new cycles like this, that in stories of this nature, usually, there is power and safety in numbers if you are a victim or an alleged victim of this kind of behavior. you see other people speaking out, you feel a little bit safer coming forward. so, this one director did, which may or may not help corroborate these dancers experiences. and again, you kind of never know if there are other alleged victims they might see that and feel more power to continue to come forward. so, while this has been unfolding for a few days, we may be at the beginning of what else is to come. >> we will soon find out. krystie, thank you so much for joining us, i appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> before we have a break, though, i want you to know it is not all bad news in the music industry this week, definitely not for swifties. in fact, swift's -- i can't even say. it swift swiftness came early this year -- is reporting that taylor swift herself gave a massive thank you to the folks that make her shows possible, in the form of bonuses totaling more than $55 million. the bonuses were handed out to the entire areas eras tour crew -- that is caterers -- truckers -- a whopping $100,000 each with -- life-changing. that is some good karma, if you ask me. coming up -- three criminal indictments in just four months, and possibly another on the way. how will this week be remembered in the history books? 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>> an intrinsic division of opinion, not simply about the means of politics, which is an understandable argument, but the ends of politics itself. what are we in civil society for? this sounds very grand. but it is a grand week. it's an important week. a lot of times donald trump seems soap operatic. this is actually operatic. this is important. because it's a direct assault on the fundamental insight that has shaped the country, that lincoln understood and defended, that franklin roosevelt did, and that presidents of both parties, until now, until the 45th president, adhered to. which was that no single person is more important than the constitutional order in which we picked that single person -- and if you send someone to the pinnacle of power whose only interest is there perpetuation in that office, then that is fatal to the whole american experiment in liberty under a law. and it's not just an ideological, it's not just a grand kind of historical elbow patch sweater kind of thing to adhere to. it is an insight, because it protects both of us. if i respect your rights, if i respect your right to vote, and the winner of whomever you voted for, you are more likely to respect mine. because if either one of us takes it away by force, then we are back into what the political philosophers talked about as a state of nature, we are to just a war of all against all. and america's great role in western life has, in many ways, been to model, imperfectly -- imperfectly -- but it has in fact modeled this idea that the law is so important, because it protects us from our own appetites and ambitions. >> democracy has been tested over the last few years. when we think about trump, pushing the election lies, wanting to overturn the election, it didn't work. when you think about the attack on the capitol on january 6th, scores of those insurrectionists are sitting in jail right now. but now, here we are with these massive charges, right? he is being charged with conspiring to defraud the united states of america. and still, republicans all over capitol hill are saying, yeah, but hunter biden went to a state dinner. are you worried that this time democracy really is on the line? >> i think democracy is always on the line. i think that, to go back to lincoln for a second, a slightly different military result in gettysburg in the early summer days of 1863, and we are in a different world altogether. abraham lincoln decide to do different things about emancipation -- slavery lasts, arguably, into the 20th century. this is a contingent, conditional enterprise we are engaged in. it's his perennial struggle between our better angels and our worst instincts. and it's an entirely human undertaking. i find the whataboutism that you alluded to to be utterly unconvincing, and it proves to me a lot more about the genuine motives and interests of those who make the argument. i believe that, as -- i am not a democrat -- but, as you alluded, president biden is my friend, i try to help him when i can. i don't agree with him on a significant number of policy questions. but, my god, he is standing in the breach between chaos and a constitutional order that, again, however imperfect, at least gives us a chance to solve our differences piece of lee for a time. and so, i believe it is an extraordinary moment when americans, who i know no better at some level, put a partisan feeling ahead of that constitution. and it ends up having -- my view of things that we are talking about -- ends up having a partisan effect. and that partisan effect is that, i think he should have voted for biden in 2020. i think you should have voted for a democrat in 2022. and i think you should vote for president biden in 2024. because -- not because, again, of particular policies, though that is great, if that's why you do it -- but because they believe in the rule of law. and it is -- the left could go crazy. they could become totally unmoored from reality. but they are not at this hour. and the american right has become unmoored from reality because of their devotion to this singular figure. and that way, madness lies. >> and the singular figure we should all be more moored to ease democracy and our constitution, if we love this country. jon meacham, always good to see you, especially on a friday night. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, stephanie. >> when we come back, if you can dream it, you can do it. an inspirational story you must stay up for that is taking place right here in the -- when the 11th hour continues. h hour continues nkers. convenient tools. boom. one bank with the power of both. chase. make more of what's yours. ♪♪ open talenti and raise the jar to gelato made from scratch. raise the jar to flavors from the world's finest ingredients. and now, from jars to bars. new talenti gelato and sorbetto mini bars. ♪♪ detect this: living with hiv, i learned i can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that's why i switched to dovato. dovato is a complete hiv treatment for some adults. no other complete hiv pill uses fewer medicines to help keep you undetectable than dovato. detect this: most hiv pills contain 3 or 4 medicines. dovato is as effective with just 2. if you have hepatitis b, don't stop dovato without talking to your doctor. don't take dovato if you're allergic to its ingredients or taking dofetilide. this can cause serious or life-threatening side effects. if you have a rash or allergic reaction symptoms, stop dovato and get medical help right away. serious or life-threatening lactic acid buildup and liver problems can occur. tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver problems, or if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or considering pregnancy. dovato may harm an unborn baby. most common side effects are headache, nausea, diarrhea, trouble sleeping, tiredness, and anxiety. detect this: i stay undetectable with fewer medicines. ask your doctor about switching to dovato. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches i stay undetectable with fewer medicines. in your hands or feet? 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