11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. right now in new york city, former president donald trump inside the courtroom at closing arguments in his $250 million civil fraud trial. just hours after police responded to a bomb threat at the judge s home. meanwhile, on the campaign trail, nikki haley and ron desantis traded insults during last night s gop debate in the battle for second place. you re invisible in new hampshire. you re invisible in south carolina. you re in fifth place. she s got this problem with ballistic podiatry, shooting herself in the foot every other day. this as chris christie is caught on a hot mic talking about haley and desantis right before he dropped out of the race. and in california, presidential son hunter biden is due to face tax charges in court this afternoon, a day after his surprise appearance on capitol hill. and we begin with breaking news from new york city, where cloing arguments are under way in former presiden
situation. it is not clear if he was home at the time. with us now to talk about this, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian outside the courthouse in manhattan, katie phang, host of the katie phang show, now at noon on saturdays, catherine christian, former manhattan assistant district attorney who is now an msnbc legal analyst, and betsy woodruff swann, politico national correspondent and msnbc contributor. so, yasmin, take us to what has been happening so far right now. reporter: a lot happening so far this morning. i tell you, it is cold out here, but there is a lot of sparks flying inside the courtroom. it began with the attorney general making her way to the courtroom on the steps behind me. courtroom getting up and going at 10:00 a.m. despite the fact there was a bomb threat at the judge s house early this morning in nassau county, nassau county police responding to that bomb threat and leading the investigation there. and closing arguments beginning, especially af
arbery. stephanie, good to see you. talk me through the atmosphere there in brunswick and what to expect with closing arguments beginning. reporter: yasmin, the mood here in georgia is very different from what we see in kenosha but the racial issues with the trial at the forefront. let s break down the testimony last week when travis mcmichael took the stand to tell his side of the story and talked about how he alongside his father and another man saw ahmaud arbery and they believed that he was responsible for burglarizing at least one home in the neighborhood. so they claim that they wanted to make a citizen s arrest. however, they never mentioned that to ahmaud arbery and we learned that during the
jillian: donald trump may be preparing to deport an international assassin living in the united states. the daily caller reports officials from bangladesh are confident the us will deport the murderer who was convicted in the 1975 assassination of the president of bangladesh. several states under asylum since 1996. rob: closing arguments beginning in the paul manafort trial, not calling any witnesses to the stand, after prosecutors brought up 2 dozen. they argued prosecutors failed to prove any crimes were committed. manafort is accused of bank fraud and tax evasion. jillian: brett kavanaugh heading to capitol hill to meet with democratic senators to rally support ahead of the september confirmation hearing. today he is sitting down with senator heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly, he already met with