weissmann, professor laurence tribe from harvard law school, glenn kirschner, who so valuable eat was in the room today during this argument, during which, i think even donald trump knows, the whole thing collapsed. the defense that could save him, the immunity defense collapsed before his eyes. when you re arguing about navy seal commandoes being able to assassinate your political rivals, i think you are not winning. i m a lay person, i can t wait to talk some more in your hour, but my layman s opinion is that that s not a winning strategy. you re halfway through law school, based on what you ve just said. i m learning from the best professors there. i will be watching tonight. have a good show. ight have donald trump endured the worst day of his life as a criminal defendant today. was donald trump s first time in a courtroom as a criminal defendants for anything other than his arrangements. donald trump was not allowed to speak, and we can only imagine the intensit
americans who are worried about these issues. it is important read. it s a book that everyone needs to read as we talk about all the others. this is the thing that matters. it s very yellow. josh green, congratulations on publication day, my friend. thank you for the book. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word, with lawrence o donnell. good evening, my friend lawrence. good evening, alex. we have professor andrew weissmann we have professor laurence tribe from , we have glenn kirschner who so valuable was in the room today. during this argument during which i think even donald trump knows the whole thing collapsed. the defense that could save him, the immunity defense, collapsed before his eyes. when you are arguing about navy seal commandoes being able to assassinate your political rivals, i think you are not winning. i am a lame person, i only went to tv law school, i can t wait to be taught somewhere in your hour, but by layman s opinion
podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. you can also find on anderson cooper. i want to head over to jake tapper in cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. we re just one week away from the midterm elections. one week. one key issues for voters is now surging to the front of the pack of issues. and that issue is crime. tonight we re going to try to explain why this issue seems to be resonating with so many voters. and we ll investigate whether the perception of rising crime matches reality. let s begin by examining this through the lens of one particular high profile assault. david depape, the man accused of attacking paul pelosi last week. he entered not guilty during his initial court appearance. according to the assailant s own words, depape s main target was nancy pelosi. a sharer of far right conspiracy theories. depape allegedly wanted to break her knee caps with a hammer. there s also been a lot of speculation regarding mr. depape s vulnerability to
girlfriend s abortion. a woman who asked not to be identified out of privacy concerns tells the daily beast that after she and walker conceived a child while they were dating in 2009, he urged her to get an abortion. the woman said she had the procedure and walker reimbursed her for it. she supported these claims with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, a get well card from walker and a bank deposit received that included an image of a signed $700 personal check from walker. the daily beast independently corroborated details of the woman s claims, but a close friend who she told at the time and who, according to the woman and the friend who took care of her in the days after the procedure, walker who has likened abortion to murder and called for a total ban on the procedure even in cases of rape and incest and the life of the mother is denying the allegations, calling it a, quote, flat-out lie. nbc news has not independently verified the allegations or seen the docum
whose ex wife accused him of abuse, and schmidt is the state attorney general who joined trump s lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election. both want to be the endorsement of trump and trump taunted taunted leave decision by simply endorsing eric. it s unclear how much trumps endorsement manners matters at all. to me it s a little bit alarming because this man is no longer a former president to a lot of these people. he is like a god, he is something that they look up to and to me a lot of times maybe he isn t the best person to look up to. that doesn t mean to say that he didn t do a lot of good things, especially for the middle class community, but i think people are running a little too far with his influence. over in arizona where polls close in just two hours, trump is backing a poll of election deniers in the republican gubernatorial primary. trump went for carey lake, she has made her trump s false claims of a storm election the centerpiece of her campaign. and an extr