people for your vote. if we would not have joe biden in the white house. tonight, the effort to persuade rank and file republicans the former arizona house speaker rusty bowers on his conversations with the special counsel. then, as the ex president s body man is finally arraigned, how walt nada chose to be a defendant instead of a witness. plus, how two democratic governors used a favor republican mnuchin maneuver to turn their agendas into law and how the wildly successful rollout of the threads social media platform kicked off a billionaire battle for the ages. but offered me money. offer me power. i don t care. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. mike pence is in the very first presidential contest state of iowa tonight in the midst of the three-day campaign spectacle. although there s nothing more predictable than a former vice president iran for the white house, mike pence is in a unique position. not only was he number
of that, and no demands in the settlement for fox to retract what they had said. so what sort of precedent does that set. we will discuss tonight with paul waugh chief political commentator of the i paper and also with us former spokesperson for the republican national committee doug heye. talking of record pay outs, how much higher will interest rates have to go, before we put a meaningful dent in the march inflation figures. and as we stumble from one crisis to another, can we be confident that congress will avoid a damaging default. there is rancour in republican circles, and no sign of compromise from the white house. but let us start tonight with the story that affects all of us. inflation stickier than an overpriced hot cross bun. it is resolutely high in spite of the fact our interest rates continue to climb. and we know what effect that has on the broader economy. it is putting pressure on wages, its fuelling the unrest, growth is aneamic, there is less and less
joining me today. i ll see you back here next saturday at eight easter smerconish starts right now a republican and an independent walk into a libertarian establishment. you re going to have to wait for the punchline. i, michael smerconish in philadelphia. thank you for joining me. this memorial day weekend in an unusual move tonight, former president donald that ll trump will address the libertarian national convention in washington, dc and independent rfk junior spoke there on friday after having flirted with running as a libertarian earlier in the cycle this morning, the drudge report leading with his appearance saying rfk jr. slams trump locked down standing o from libertarians. he spent a lot of his hour-long speech criticizing both president s trump and biden president trump said that he was going to run america like a business. he closed down 3.3 million businesses with no due process, no just compensation in violation of the fifth amendment with a lockdowns, the mas
historic moment. a former american president could sue be a convicted criminal that this coming tuesday, closing arguments are expected to begin in former president donald trump s trial. there has been weeks of testimony from former members of his inner circle including people like michael cohen. who faced a grueling cross- examination but his former attorney says the real smoking gun in this case is in from any witnesses, it s a document that outlines how the hush money payments were made to stormy daniels and lanny davis joins us now. the formal legal adviser to michael cohen and former special counsel to bill clinton. good to see you and thank you for being with us. good morning. let s talk about this document. if folks had not been following the case and everything that has been happening in court, they might be hard-pressed to believe that the crime was written down. well, it is a document that is in him writing and has been admitted into evidence from allen weisse
and an important one. all right, we have a lot to get to tonight, after another day of major testimony in donald trump s first criminal trial. michael cohen, was back on the stand today, facing cross- examination from todd blanche. for anyone who is county, mr. cohen has been on the stand for more than 14 hours with more to come on monday. and nearly all day today todd blanche tried to undermine mr. cohen s credibility as a witness. blanche spent half the morning recalling different episodes when michael cohen lied publicly, lying to congress, lying in court, lying about whether or not he sought a party, if it essentially forcing one: to admit that he has been untruthful. blanche also tried to paint: as something as a renegade, a man who spent the 2016 election cycle casting out on his own, speaking to the press both publicly and privately, without donald trump s consent, or his supervision. blanche tried to call into question michael cohen s memory, his ability to recall key