Me. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber and we have a packed show tonight. Michael cohen is here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us later tonight as we track what could become a verdict that would hinge more than anything else on Michael Kahns testimony and by the end of the hour, al sharpton is here for a cultural moment unlike anything weve ever tried on the beat before. You see him there was james brown. The reverend is here joined by an artist making his big debut tonight, henry mack. Our top show story shows why verdict is on the way and trumps criminal trial, his Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call trump to testify, as is their right. They finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers call just two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the d. A. Called, some of whom you can see right here, the star witness cohen, former trump aid hicks, Stormy Daniels, a Tabloid Chief and an arr
With us again on this unusual and special time on the beat that does it for us. You can find me on line. The last word with Lawrence Odonell is up next. At 10 11 a. M. Today, Donald Trumps lead lawyer stood and said, your honor, the defense rests. The truth was, there was no defense. The team of highpriced Trump Defense lawyers are actually paid by the deluded people who send in contributions in response to Donald Trumps relentless begging for money from people he promised he would never ask for money. When he began his first president ial Campaign Major Selling Point was he was so rich he could pay for his own campaign and he was incorruptible and would never ask him or anyone else money and then he proceeded to never spend not a single penny. He loaned his campaign some money at the beginning but the Campaign Paid him back through the donations of those poor deluded people who sent the money to the liar who promised he would never ask for money. And now their money has gone to a high
Minds around that we would like to project on israel the kind of government we would like there to be in israel. We have the government that there is. Netanyahu is beholden to the most far right elements ever in a coalition and that is the reality staring us in the face. Ben rhodes, thank you for your time. That is our show for this evening. Now it is time for last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, alex. It was a shorter day in the courtroom, but an important day in the courtroom. Everyone at the table was in the courtroom today. The regular gang, lisa rubin, andrew weissmann. We are done now. The evidence is in. We can make evaluations about where the evidence stands in a more important way tonight than before. And important questions i am sure they will have thoughts on that the judge will have to answer in the coming days. Have a good show. Well, at 10 11 a. M. Today Donald Trumps lead criminal Defense Lawyer todd blanche stood and said, your honor, the defense rests. The t
A thunderstorm that caused this deadly dropping out to 2d. We will take you inside Boeing Simulator and we are live in tehran, just arriving on the ground thousand because in spilling into the streets extensively to mourn the death of their president as Conspiracy Theories grow louder tonight lets go out fine and good evening im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The battle Behind Closed Doors for more than two hours, the Trump Legal Team debated with prosecutors over instructions to the jury and these instructions are obviously the key to the verdict. They are going to explain to the jury what those individuals have to do specifically to find trump guilty or innocent, or to convict him on 34 criminal charges trumps team pressing the judge to instruct the jury that hush money is not illegal. Well, thats true, but prosecutors firing back saying, well, thats your job accusing the defense of wanting the judge to make their clothes using arguments for them outside of court as all of this was g
The abortion pill. The Southern State now trying to criminalize it as a dangerous controlled substance. And the man charged with attacking Nancy Pelosis husband with a hammer is back in court. What to expect at his state trial and the error that has the judge in his federal case calling for a redo. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We want to begin with nbcs dasha burns in fort pearce, florida, where the second of two hearings in trumps classified documents case is now underway. Dasha, things got a little heated this morning, but give us The Big Picture. Whats going on there . Yeah, it did. Let me get you up to speed here. This morning, the judge heard the motion to dismiss walt nautas case. In this motion, the defense alleges that when special counsel jack smith decided to charge nauta, he was doing so selectively and vindictively. Basically saying that it was a form of retaliation for nauta not fully cooperating with the investigation. Things got a