We arranged for all of that to happen in that hour as hazing for you. Youre in the frat, dont worry. Thank you, rachel. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here. Right off the top, there has been Breaking News in the last hour or so. In a couple of the legal cases involving former president donald trump, one of these we have been watching for a few weeks. He lost a big fraud case against his company a few weeks ago. There were huge financial penalties he was ordered to pay in that case. He is going to appeal the judgment, going to appeal the ruling in that case. But he in the meantime has to put up a bond while he files that appeal. We have been watching this because the amount of the judgment against him was so huge, the bond he has to put up is huge, roughly a half billion dollars. So his lawyers told the court as the deadline for filing the bond, for posting the bond approached, his lawyers told the court that they had been unable to obtain a
And it is pretty clear those options are as i just outlined it. Does that mean he couldnt find trump in violation of some other statute that has not been briefed before him . Nobody has also said im not going to summarily find contempt. These are things you have to bring before me. He has made it very clear. These are not summary proceedings. Unless he actually does it in front of me, im not going to do it on my own volition. We could keep going. , we shouldnt. That will do it for us for now. Now it is time for the last word with our good friend lawrence odonnell. Good evening. Good evening, rachel. We have convened our own version of the last word Supreme Court. In it, including Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe, Andrew Weissman is here with us. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has a few things to say about it too and he will be joining us. Looking forward to it, lawrence. We learned today the United States Supreme Court has two different kinds of justices. Justices who are trying to pro
We begin with the latest drama surrounding former President Trump. Today the judge overseeing classified documents case against trump here in florida will hear motions from his codefendants. Trump and his attorneys are not required to attend the hearing. This as the prosecution and the Defense Teams in trumps New York City Hush Money Case are making their final preparations. Jury selection set to begin monday morning. Donald trump has been trying to delay the start of the trial, but so far has been unsuccessful. With us now to talk more about all of this, ken dilanian. And also our reporter for the Washington Post who covers the justice department. And also katie phang Host Saturdays at noon here on msnbc. So what can we expect at todays hearing in the classified documents case . Reporter good morning. Typically these have been all about donald trump. He has been attending them and when he does there is a strong of supporters usually on the street behind me. Today he is not here. Some