really telling, jake, because it shows that trump is still in command of this party. republicans were afraid to speak up against him. and meanwhile, gop leaders have been absolutely silent, even though they had quite a lot to say in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, and that includes kevin mccarthy, the house gop leader who was cited yesterday in the testimony as being one of the people who was deeply concerned by the idea of trump coming to the capitol on january 6th. yeah. and it s interesting because donald trump has really been taking it on the chin from conservative media after yesterday s hearing. i m not talking about the dead enders on the other chandal, but people in conservative editorial boards and such. tell us more about that. really tough headlines for trump. i want to tick through a few of them. the wall street journal editorial board said, republicans should not look away from the compelling evidence. the conservative washington examiner called tru
Donald trump is once again telling us he only accepts Election Results when he wins. Last night at a gop dinner in minnesota he falsely claimed he beat President Biden in the state in 2020. Backcheck. Biden won minnesota by 230,000 votes. Trumps Midwest Campaign stop came on and off day from his Election Interference Trial in new york. It is a pilgrimage of sorts. A suite of republicans joined. Mike johnson parroted trumps lies. Joining us is holy in castro and special correspondent molly jong fast. So good to be here. I have a question for you. After this week of shenanigans by republicans coming up on the train and spending time with dear leader, what was your take away when you juxtaposed that from the drama outside the courtroom and the politics that the republicans were trying to spin about donald trump sitting there with michael cohen, nailing the case. The republican saying ignore that because reality is the reaction was stolen and donald trump is being unfairly maligned and now
Politicians nation. Tonights lead, order in the court. The third week of Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial here in manhattan ended with one of his closest former president ial aides on the stand tearfully recounting her memories of the alleged payout to Stormy Daniels and how trumps comments about groping women sent his 2016 campaign into the kind of panic mode. Also tonight, many of americas colleges and universities are grappling with how to move forward with commencements as Campus Demonstrations continue over the war in gaza and u. S. Involvement in the conflict. President biden has called for restraint from all sides as interactions between protesters, counterprotesters, and Police Forces have grown violent in some places. And arrests now number in the thousands. We start with the epicenter of the unrest just a few miles from here at Columbia University in new york city with one of the schools most prominent graduates joining me now in studio, congressman gerald, democrat of new york
ob obama, for example, senator obama in 2007, he told planned parenthood the law called freedom of choice act would be one of the first things he would do. that was 2007. in 2009, he was asked about it, and he said it wasn t his highest legislative priority. take a listen. first thing i would do as president is sign the freedom of choice act. the freedom of choice act is not my highest legislative priority. do you hear from democratic women who are sick of democrats using this as a reason to get them to the polls and ultimately don t codify roe v. wade? yes, i do, and i felt it myself for a long time as my activist before, and even as a member of congress. but here s the thing. i think there was a complacency around roe v. wade, this was settled precedent. even though we knew that republicans were planning this for 30 years, yet we treated it as if it was settled and it