guys, we re going to win this thing. i promise you we re going to win it because we haven t done anything wrong. oh, eric. you re not paying attention. you have already lost, remember? in september, when the judge ruled that you and your brother and your daddy lied for years on your company s financial statements. this trial, it s really just about penalties. also tonight, president biden visits grieving families in lewiston, maine, as we learn more about missed warning signs before the gunman killed 18 people. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with another volatile day in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the trump crime family and their company. today, a new york judge ruled that a limited gag order on donald trump should also apply to his attorneys after he said they made inappropriate remarks about his principal law clerk. judge arthur engoron s order said the lawyers for the former president and his adult sons are, quote, prohibited from
what does it portend what we saw this morning? i m still getting over the lovers visual, but we ll work with that. you re welcome. but, yeah, i think that for me is one of the more interesting pieces here is how donald trump processes all of this. the one thing that trump is very keen on is control. and he controls his universe. he is the central portion of anything that happens around him. so there is nothing that happens in trump tower without his knowledge. there is nothing that goes on in the white house without his knowledge. he doesn t have an effective chief of staff right now. he doesn t have an effective communications director. he doesn t have a chief of staff, period. right. because he is both of those things all at once. so that sense of control is paramount. as i watched cohen talk, what i realized was this was the moment where donald trump no longer had control. because someone who was so in
about chris christie but what does it portend for 2016. right. well his general electability, the fact that he is guy could win general elections because of high numbers he got in his state is kind of his biggest selling point right now. what we saw him do on the tape is something he smartly did throughout all appearances on the sunday shows, when he had the opportunity to discuss issues beyond new jersey, be it immigration, iran or washington, d.c. political mix. he didn t do it. he focused on what he has done in new jersey, what he has done in new jersey and what he will do as new jersey governor. that is incredibly smart. what he runs in 2016 is his job as new jersey governor. he was smart to push back and not feed into that. gregg: it is often said that president obama s greatest failing appears his utter inability to work with the other party. christy is just the opposite. he works successfully with democrats to make some pretty big changes, overhauling public employee benefits,
misled congress and tried to cover up this 9/11 terror attack what does it portend in the polls? that could be the october surprise if we are to see something like that. a couple of polls have shown they ve been a little bit of a slip between mitt romney on terrorism. romney is seen stronger on terror because of this policy. so the very last debate in the last week of october is going to be focused on foreign policy. we may see it at the end of the election. gregg: great to see you. thanks very much. heather: with the clock ticking down most polls show president obama with a slight lead over governor mitt romney. as history shows the late september leads doesn t mean a win in november. mike emanuel explains. polls go up and down. history shows that late