and why, later this hour. that s a federal official. plus, the colorado ruling. why it s a political gift to biden, not donald trump. and just in time to ruin the holiday, this. breaking news on fog. very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with this breaking news. just before the deadline overnight, donald trump s legal team filed a brief with a federal appeals court in washington asking it to toss out the d.c. election subversion case against him. saying he should be immune from prosecution for his actions while he was presidents. it comes a day after the supreme court declined to intervene and the case, leaving it to the lower court to decide first. meanwhile, on the question of immunity, president biden, now, has weighed in. mister president, do you think that our [inaudible] i can t think of one. joining me now, nbc s julie tsirkin in washington. julie, welcome. what did we hear from tr
donald from storms back into the national spotlight with a predictable torrent of lies. new hampshire governor kristen sununu has been a republican critic of the former president. my throw his hat into the ring soon. i sat on with the governor for a wide-ranging sunday foods event that s coming up first. plus, republicans jump to trump s defense after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll. let s just say i have a few thoughts about some of the so-called defenders of family values. meanwhile, from trump on down, gop white house hopefuls twist themselves into knots trying to explain to their positions on abortion. i think i know why and i ll explain it in just a few minutes. we also have some news to bring today out of planned parenthood. it will reveal that with the organizations president and ceo alexis mcgill johnson. later, i don t know how or bookie producer managed it but we landed a mother s day explosive with my mom. her advice for parents after
critic of the former president and might throw his hat into the ring soon. i sat down with the governor for a wide reaching sunday exclusive. and that is coming up first. plus, republicans jump to trump s defense after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll. let s just say i have a few thoughts about some of these so-called defenders of family values. meanwhile, from trump on down gop white house hopefuls twist themselves into knots trying to explain their positions on abortion. i think i know why, and i will explain in just a few minutes. we also have some news to break today out of planned parenthood. we will reveal that with the organization s president and ceo alexis mcgill johnson. and later, i don t know how our booking producer managed it but we landed a mother s day exclusive with my mom. her advice for parents after a career and family therapy and yes, some stories about raising me. so much of what we heard from donald trump this week was
doesn t face any prison time. for has the jury found him guilty of raping miss carroll but found he defamed her and sexually abused her. for that, the jury has ordered him the pay $5 million in damages. we ll take you through these two stories and indeed how they link up in a political sense a little later this hour. let s first get the latest on this e. jean carroll case. bryan llenas in new york with the latest. good afternoon. in less than three hours, this jury came to their decision remarkably quick considering that they were considering ten different issues whether former president trump was liable. this jury found that former president trump was and is liable of battery, more specifically of sexually abusing and forcibly touching e. jean carroll in a new york city department store in 1996. they also found him liable for defamation founding that he maliciously smeared carroll s reputation. that did harm to her professionally and personally and asked to award her with
attorney bragg for giving donald the opportunity to come in to tell his story. knowing donald as well as i do, understand that he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on your untruth social. it s another thing to turn around and lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect she s going to be coming. after decades of screwing over creditors and employees and lawyers and the american people, how rich would it be if an extramarital affair with a porn actress is what finally sinks donald trump? also tonight, leonard leo played a large role in pushing the courts to the far right. now, he thinks the rest of american society needs a hard right turn. but he has a fundamental misunderstanding of why the right is losing the culture wars. and tonight, state of disunion. how political powers being wielding in states with one-party control. in tennessee, republicans are using it like a club. and attacking the lgbtq community. but it s a much different story in