nicolle wallace. all of the president s men, or in this case, four times indicted ex-presidents with notorious outliers and enablers. rudy giuliani is in court, a jury is deliberating for a second day on that right now, as soon as there is news from the courtroom, we re going to head right to our reporter in washington. and, of course, mark meadows, trump s former chief of staff turned codefendant in the interference case. he s he heart of the sprawling, high octane racketeering case brought by fanni willis, a case that s spooked meadows so badly, that he s using every oce of his firepower to get it moved to federal court, arguing everything he did was part of his official job as chief of staff. specifically, he s trying to dust off a 234-year-old federal statute which allows officials charged with state crimes to transfer them to federal court if the alleged criminal behavior was carried out as part of that person as official duties. meadows argues he was acting as trump
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the waiting room now complete with television. new nbc news reporting about how the former president has gotten permission to outfit the drab room in lower manhattan where he has to wait for the jury s decision. he is watching sitcom reruns or coverage of his trial? has the waiting room become the epicenter of presidential campaign, both physically and strategically. plus, michael cohen, david pecker, and the 2015 trump tower meeting, the jury in donald trump s hush money case today keying in on the details of that critical encounter. asking to rehear multiple portions of related testimony as well as significant portions of jury instructions. what it could tell us about where their deliberations stand. and, yes, the law and the evidence, but as jurors deliberate, how and when will common sense impact their verdict? the important instruction from judge merchan that jurors must consider. . we have so m
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. first it was cocaine and steroids, now it is energy drinks. the expertations game for tomorrow s big presidential debate is shifting more often than a race car driver at indy. and we re learning more about the growing stakes as a new poll say a majority of americans will be tuning in. plus a stunning courtroom surprise. the man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a fourth of july parade in illinois at the last minute in court rejecting a plea agreement. how survivors and families of victims are reacting as the case now proceeds to trial. and an american journalist in a glass cage as his secret trial begins in russia. the falsely accused wall street journal reporter faces up to 20 years in prison following a trial expected to last for months. i ll ask an executive for the journal what this means for efforts to free him. but we begin with the expectations game. which has tak
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden s sole surviving son hunter biden was convicted today on three felony counts related to possession of a gun while using narcotics. a delaware jury of his peers found hunter biden guilty of lying on a federal form while applying for a handgun, lying to a gun dealer and illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in the year 2018. today s verdict marks the end of a painful chapter for the biden family with witness after witness detailing an incredibly troubled period in hunter biden s life, a time when he was addicted to crack cocaine, a time when he was in and out of rehab with a mountain of financial problems. several members of the biden family have attended court in support of hunter, including his sister, his wife and his mom, first lady dr. jill biden seen her walking out of court today with hunter after the verdict was read. hunter biden s defense had denied that hunter had deliberately lied about his drug use when
joining me now, the two new york times reporters who broke the story. along with jody canter. me lee na, the two female comedians you start off your report with, can you explain what transpired? these two women were in aspen for a big comedy festival. it was a big break for them. after their show, louis c.k. invited them to hang out in his hotel room. it was kind of a normal thing to do. the bars were closed, they wanted to celebrate. they joined him, they didn t think anything untoward might happen. when they got there, they still were in their coats and hats. they didn t even take any of their winter clothing off and he immediately said he asked if he could take his penis out. before they realized what could happen they thought it was a joke. they laughed it off. then he did that, took all his clothes off and started masturbated. in front of them? yeah. they were in shock.