politics. trump represents 74 million voters. what happens when you throw 74 million voters in jail? alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney, is trying to pinch trump for some bad bookkeeping. bragg says trump put the payment to stormy daniels in the wrong column. at most that s a misdemeanor accounting charge, at most. but the statute of limitations ran out on that charge years ago. it s dead. bragg is trying to shock it back to life. he is going to splice the local misdemeanor with a federal charge, a campaign finance violation to make it a felony. this is a gain of function research prosecution. bragg thinks trump paid off stormy daniels to help his presidential campaign. trump would have paid off stormy even if he wasn t running for president to protect his marriage, his reputation, and i don t know what happened between the two of them, but he wanted it to go away and she wanted to get paid. who is hurt? women make stuff up all the time. kavanaugh accusers eventuall
justice. the senate is being called to sit as the high court of impeachment all too frequently. ken star spent much of the last decades of his career as a lightning rod as criticism from democrats but always insisted he was impeachment is a nonstarter, don t go there. don t go there, it s a disaster for the country. good morning, to viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday september 14th. i m john berman with brianna keeler. we have pictures in central london where thousands are lined up to pay their final respects to queen elizabeth. in a few hours the casket will be moved to westminster hall where she will lie in state until her funeral on monday. prince harry and prince william will follow their father king charles. and we learned the royals had dinner together at buckingham palace last night after receiving the casket. in attendance, king charles, queen consort camilla, and the king s children and grandchildren. anna stewart and s
Too. I have to say this is a big night. Let me start right here. This is who is going to be our guest tonight, and this is from page 184 of the book. On the evening of december 18, mark meadows, my because, Chief Of Staff, returned from a meeting of the oval office and abruptly asked if i wanted the detail i could go home. His detail quickly prepared the limo and left campus without explanation. Shortly after marks departure i walked down with molly to get a sense of the president s evening plans. Usually if the president went home i would stay at my desk but since mark had left early with such confidence i thought perhaps the president was wrapping up for the evening and i would get to go home early, too. When i walked into the outer oval i saw the president was meeting with general mike flynn, the former National Security advisor who had pled guilty to lying to the fbi about his involvement with russian officials, cutting a Cooperation Deal in special counsel Robert Muellers inquiry
Friction, all are welcome at the maddow home whenever you need to be. Thank you my friend. Thank you. Ill kick off my shoes and watch your interview. Have a great show. Thank you so much. I am a little nervous tonight, too. This is a big night. Let me start right in. This is who is going to be our guest. On the evening of December 18th Mark Meadows my boss chief of stf returned from a meeting in the oval office and abruptly asked if i could tell his detail he wanted to go home as if there was an emergency there. His detail quickly prepared his limo and he left campus without further explanation. Shortly after marks departure i walked down to visit with molly andet a sense of the president s evening plans. Usually if mark went home before the president went to the residence i would stay at my desk in case the president needed anything from mark or me. But since mark had left early with such confidence, i thought perhaps the president was wrapping up the evening and i would get to go hom
And she is coming up first. Plus the head of a judges ruling on a gag, order donald trump on the show is more dangerous threats on social media. And he might have committed a felony today in south carolina. Andrew weissmann is standing by with his reaction. Also tonight, we are counting down to the first live interview with the star witness of the january 6th committee. Rachel maddow joins me to preview her conversation with Cassidy Hutchinson. And later, as the president and his predecessor prepare for backtoback visits to michigan, a reminder tonight that one of them has a long history of broken promises to the same people who are trying to pitch. Remember when the Government Shutdown in 2013 . I sure do, my first guest definitely does. In case you dont, let me refresh your memory. Basically, republicans like mike lee and ted cruz, and a bunch of other ones were angry about providing health care to more people. They were so intense on Defunding Obamacare that they shut the government