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washington, d.c. i m in for nicolle wallace. we begin with the one thing that has consistently haunted the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted vice president, something that has time and again kneecaped donald j. trump, in the way his adversaries, even the legal system has struggled to do. we re talking about donald trump s own words. today we re reminded that words do, in fact, matter, particularly when they are uttered during a deposition under oath. it s part of the $370 million civil fraud suit brought by new york attorney general letitia james. as viewers of this show know well, that trial has not been short on fireworks between trump grandstanding outside court or grandstanding inside the court. time and again, trump has turned this trial into a cross between a maga rally and a wwe wrestling match. whether he s sparring with the judge or delivering last week s blistering six-minute soliloquy in open court, or final day of proceedings. this is not the f ....
and good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett on this sunday. tonight the first contest of the 2024 election is only hours away. republican candidates are out in temperatures well below zero, but they re still fighting to try to get everybody to turn out and vote in iowa. you re looking at live pictures right now of nikki haley s rally on election eve, and she is not alone. ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy also holding events tonight. their supporters are there too, despite the dangerous conditions. and that s because of course the stakes could not be higher. there is so much on the line in this unprecedented election campaign season that we are now finally in the midst of. haley and desantis are desperately trying to close the gap with trump, who just wrapped up his rally in the final hours. and, you know, as i say, it s unprecedented. but there is still some sense of history here. and in past elections, iowa always ends up being abo ....
and disregard them, the jury, as subjected to them, may not. the court shall not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which trump inject politics into this proceeding. jack smith then kicks off a highlight reel of trump s favorite spurious arguments, things like, trump, quotes complaints about the jury indictment and the trial date will interfere with his political activities. or trump s quote, false accusation was directed at the former president. jack smith also takes issue with some of the trump s favorite catch phrases like the injustice department or biden indictment. all of it, jack smith says, would taint a jury pool. quote, the in addition t being wrong, these allegations are irrelevant to the jury s determination of the defendant s guilt or innocence. it would be prejudicial if presented to the jury. put another way, the trump defense was, quote, repeatedly used rhetoric that made the acceptable on the campaign but not on the trial. make ....
making some history, perhaps major leaguing donald trump the first former president to be indicted with a federal crime. nbc news is reporting the federal grand jury that has been hearing in evidence the justice department s investigation of former president trump s handling of classified documents is expected to meet again this coming week in washington. that s according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony for months, but activity appeared to have slowed in recent weeks. that was based on observations at the courthouse and through sources. another major sign that investigation could be close to wrapping up, trump s legal team was spotted at the justice department today. you can see them leaving shortly before noon. this was weeks after they requested a meeting with merrick garland to discuss this case. it is unclear who nay met with ....
at bayer leverkusen ensuring a 1 0 win on aggregate. and awaiting them in the final will be the six time winners sevilla, who have an incredible record in this completion. extra time was needed againstjuventus with sevilla then scoring two goals to give them a 2 1win on the night, 3 2 on aggregate. the final is at the end of this month. west ham united are into their first european final in nearly 50 years after beating dutch side az alkmaar in the europa conference league. having won the first leg at the london stadium 2 1, west ham scored a stoppage time winner to go through 3 1 overall. but their celebrations were marred by an incident where west ham players confronted alkmaar fans, who appeared to attack an area in which friends and family were watching. it will be italian side fiorentina you can see there that they will meet in the final after they beat basel 3 1 after extra time. 4 3 on aggregate. the final is in prague on the 7th ofjune. on the tenth ofjune, ....