Now its time for The Last Word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. So im wondering is this more or less homework for you . Because back when you couldnt get the cdc director you would still have to do stories about it, and youd have to try to figure out certain things that were not easily apparent. Tonight you could actually go into that interview not knowing the answers to the questions because youre going to get actual answer tuesday the questions. Well, the thing that i mean the thing that changes that you dont have to anticipate what the interviewee is going to say, what they think or what was their motivation because you can ask them directly. But you still need to know about the issues and you know how to follow up and press them on it. It is just being able to interview dr. Fauci and dr. Wolensky and, you know, youve been talking to the white house Chief Of Staff ron klain, and andy slavitt has been on chris show. Being able to talk to the peopl
America. Were going to have more on that in our show as well. Thank you atas home for joining me this hour. Today we got the news tat Donald Trumps one criminal case, the one criminal case that was likely Toe Go To Trial Before E November Election may be delayed. Manhattan District Attorney alvin braggs Hush Money Case was set tos go to trial on mar 25th, less than two weeks from today, but now that date is in question. Now,s trumps legal strategy i all his cases has been to push them off as long as possible, preferably to the month of neb ruary. Today d. A. s braggs off consented to another delay of the trial. The issue at hand is a new trove of records turned over by the feds in the Southern District of new york, Tens Of Thousands of records. Specifically 31,000 pages of records the u. S. Attorneys office just handed over to Braggs Office yesterday. Now, the d. A. Specifically pins this newest delay on trump, saying thaton trumps legal tea waited until two months ago to request this
For the first time in two years simone biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time is getting back on the floor, bob costas joins us to talk about the abuse she and others suffered, and how shes coming back. Good evening, im pamela brown here for anderson on this friday night. And we begin with the former president , expected to speak shortly in alabama. Already today he has posted a threat on his social network, which doesnt bear showing, but reads in all caps, quote, if you go after me im coming after you, exclamation point. Earlier today in a court filing he pleaded not guilty to the additional charges Special Counsel jack smith recently tacked onto the documents case, and in case youre keeping track thats twice in two days, and four times since april. As for yesterdays electionrelated charges, there is new polling out today showing nearly twothirds of americans believe those charges are either somewhat or very serious. Yet, somehow, some of the very people who would directly bene
america you re still innocent until proven guilty. we re in a situation where there are people in my own party who are blaming doj. how about blame him? he did it. a few of donald trump s challengers in the 2024 race reacting to his indictment as the former president is now just hours away from his arraignment on several federal charges. we ll have a full break down of what is expected from today s hearing. and we ll look at the extra security measures in place outside the miami courthouse amid possible protests and threats of violence. meanwhile, house speaker kevin mccarthy refused to condemn those threats, some coming from members of his own party as he defended the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 13th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. it s a historic day, and former president donald trump is now just hours away from his first scheduled court appearance as a federal criminal defendant. bu
i also take judge kaplan s instruction to them today seriously, which is you guys should not reveal your identity because of what this guy will do to you. jurors, if you can hear us, we re cure wrs but we don t need to know who you are. also a lot happier the people who don t know. hats offeo to you, you new yorkers. all right, buddy, thank you as always. and thank you at home for joining us this hour. quote, no one is above the law not even a former president of the united states. that is how roberta kaplan, the lawyer for writer e. jean carroll, that is how she began her statement after the verdict was read in the case against former president trump. carroll herself said, quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump to clear my name and to get my life back. today the world finally knows the truth. this afternoon a jury of six men and three women in manhattan found former president donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. the decision was quick and it was