ground. and down to the wire. with nine days until default, where negotiations stand right now as the white house and capitol hill race to strike a deal. plus, a ground breaking new agreement to manage an incredibly precious but endangered resource. the three states working together to ensure the colorado river doesn t go away. also back in court. any minute, former president trump expected to appear virtually in court for the first time since he pleaded not guilty to felony accounts of falsifying business records last month. we ll have a live report from outside the courtroom. our reporters are following all the latest. i want to start in new york. ron allen is there. ron, what s the plan as we know it for today? reporter: well, this begins around 2:15, very shortly. as you said, mr. trump will appear virtually. he is not required to be here. most of this is going to be about a protective order. an order designed to protect the evidence and integrity of the case. it spec
Case and may not be in others, right . Yes, your honor. So i guess some of the things i think we need to think through, to me also, its more this position that we still need to have all 19 people at the table 47 days from now. And maybe this is something if you need to tag team with somebody else on the counsel. I want to talk about how removal affects this. So i know youre a state your state is currently litigating this issue with multiple codefendants in Federal Court. And while thats happening, until its a decision a decision is made, we cant issue a judgment of conviction here, right . Yes, judge. Now, no matter how judge jones rules, isnt either party going to have the right to appeal that ruling . That is correct, judge. Our positions would be both sides have the right to appeal. The 11th circuit could take any idea of how long to weigh . As long as they need to. Right. Could potentially even optimistically be a sixmonth turnaround for the 11th circuit to come up with a decision.
in washington, d.c. are dealing with a very important question. trying to decide what price should be paid for telling lies that throwed a violent insurrection. eroing the fabric of america and through no fault of their own became subjects of a conspiracy theory. rudy giuliani s defamation trial sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shaye moss. the judge ruled giuliani defamed freeman and moss, now deciding how much giuliani will pay. started with the expectation he made himself that giuliani would testify on his own behalf. he vow yesterday to give the whole story in a bit of a dramatic press conference. once he conceded, the trial went to arguments. when that happened, the lawyer asked the jury to award them $24 million each. gottlieb said giuliani has no right to offer civil servants up to a mob to win a general election. very true. emotional testimony by ruby freeman yesterday. over the course of 90 minutes freeman recounted how she was hounded by death threats, messa
keeping this chair warm in my absence. i do miss you all so. i see some of your messages on twitter and i miss you right back. so happy to be back with you today, to have my hair brushed for the first time in three weeks. the good news is the beat with ari melber starts now. before i get weepy. i have such mixed feelings. i have my feelings and news feelings. congratulations for you and the family, which i can say now, we love having you back, even though i know it s just for today. the mixed feelings is the seriousness that you were discussing with congresswoman cheney is part of why you were back today. so i did want to say all the things and let you respond to any and all of the above and again, our thoughts and happiness for your family. i ll start with the first things and i ll be brief before i get weepy. i feel like we tv people can be quirky, but we ve worked out the family dynamic on all of our big nights and i m so appreciative for the kind words and love and
to him and one of his lawyers said, yes, he understands he needs to comply. comply with what do we know yet what exactly is in this? this is for donald trump. essentially a don t push us. do not reveal the evidence that is brought forward by the prosecutors as part of this trial. the district attorney made the case to the judge that they want to insure this is a fair trial. there has been no jury impanelled at this point and there is that discovery period and in order to help the defense, they get access to the evidence that the prosecutors have on their hands but the concern from the district attorney was that donald trump was going to post all the evidence brought to them on his social media account, take the microphone, reveal it all as an effort to undermine the credibility of the case. that s not how this process works, the judge said. we will hold you in criminal