tonight, the opening statements from the prosecution and the defense. the first witness takes the stand. we should be expecting more of david rachel maddow was in the courtroom to see it all. we got a road map to how the case will go. as donald trump goes on trial . he seems old and tired and mad. tonight, rachel maddow , joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen psaki, stephanie ruhle, and legal experts are all here. special coverage of trump on trial begins now. thank you for joining us for this special prime time recap of the first ever criminal trial of a former u.s. president. the first ever criminal trial of a major party s presumptive nominee is a candidate for president. i am rachel maddow at msnbc headquarters along with lawrence o donnell and chris hayes and jen psaki. we will be joined by joy reid and alex wagner and stephanie ruhle. are legal experts andrew weissmann and catherine will keep us on the straight and narrow. lisa ruben
system and unprecedented ways. after temporarily freezing a gag order against them, judge tanya chutkan just reinstated, ruling that the order should stay in effect while his lawyers pursue an appeal. while you may ask, even in the very short window when it was on hold donald trump continue to attack people involved in the case. he took to truth social to stand with prosecutors called a threatening message about his former chief of staff, mark meadows. i met so that judge chutkan wrote in her decision with quote almost certainty would violate the order. to be clear, the gag order isn t prohibiting trump from talking about the case, the judge is simply saying that he can t lash out against witnesses and prosecutors. it doesn t sound that unreasonable to me. but trump can t seem to help himself, case in point, minutes after the gag order was reinstated trump attacked another likely witness in the case. his former attorney general, bill barr, trump called him among any other thi
the judge is simply saying that he can t lash out against witnesses and prosecutors. it doesn t sound that unreasonable to me. but trump can t seem to help himself, case in point, minutes after the gag order was reinstated trump attacked another likely witness in the case. his former attorney general, bill barr, trump called him among any other things, lazy, and a loser. trump was upset with barr again a witness in the case, that s what s important here because of some critical comments barr made about am in a recent interview. he s already saying it s about retribution, he s a very petty man, it s all about him, and he s a very, has a fragile ego, something happened to me as a kid and i m not gonna psycho analyze it. every encounter he needs to come out showing the other guy that he s better, it s all about the assertion of his ego. and i think he ll be self indulgent in a new administration, he won t be as effective as i could otherwise be and probably thinks will start m
feel that they ve really heard moscow s black sea fleet and essentially finally rendered ineffective and the ukrainian say they will continue to develop those sea drones to hurt vladimir putin s naval forces even more, aaron. all right, fred, thank you. thanks for joining us. the situation room begins now happening now, breaking news donald trump returns to washington to rally republicans on capitol hill learning. new details from our sources inside the meeting, including the moment the former president shook hands with one of his toughest critics, turned supporter senate minority pretty leader mitch mcconnell, plus, we re following president biden at the g7 summit in italy, where he just signed a historic ten year security agreement with you grain. ukrainian ambassador to the united states joins me. this hour also tonight, fulton county district attorney, fani willis is lashing out at her critics what the woman leading the trump prosecution in georgia said about her detr
if you ever miss an episode, the lead, you can listen to the show went to get your patent happening now, breaking news, donald trump returns house from our sources inside the meeting, including the moment the former president shook hands with one of his toughest critics turned supporter, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, plus, we re following president biden at the g7 summit in italy, where he just signed a historic ten year sure security agreement with ukraine. the ukrainian ambassador to the united states joins me this hour. also tonight, fulton county district attorney, fani willis is lashing out at her critics. what the woman leading the trump prosecution in georgia said about her detractors during a fiery speech at a church welcome to our viewers. here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer a year in the situation room the skis, cnn breaking news first up tonight, donald trump s trip here to washington where he s trying to unify republican la