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that the big board leader to tell us what is actually happening. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro is also going to join me later on the show. but we do want to start tonight with what was a truly surreal and wild and crazy scene and lower manhattan today. apart from the fact that the former president on trial, a big deal on itself, today began like many other court cases would. the defendant took the stand, raise, hand and swore an oath to tell nothing about the truth it was all standard in the beginning until the defendant opened his mouth. that is when things got a little crazy. suddenly the guy on the stand acted like he was at the campaign rally, not in a courtroom where he was the defendant. trump took shots at the case saying this is a very unfair trial and a disgrace. he took shots directly out the judge saying, the fraud is on the board, not me. he took shots even had attorney general letitia james calling her a political reminded trump this is not a politic ....
and these two things don t go hand in hand. she s a very, very smart person and i m looking forward to her being back in office somewhere, someday, at some point. she s not ruled that out. politics is in her blood. appreciate it. have a great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. i dopologize for not week here in this chair tis this time last week. i was out sick. i think i was in the last people in the country who never had it before, but i finally tested positive about a week and a half ago. i m vaccinated, so that helped me get an easier bout, and rested up and took a five day course of paxlovid, which honestly is kind of gross while you re taking it, but in my oin totally worth it. it s only five days of pills. by the end of my five days i had no fever, totally reduced symptoms, and most importantly i was testing negative and plot a risk to other people. anyway, i m back. i m sorry i missed you here last week. i also had to cancel ....
deep divides over the u.s. role are growing. house republicans are in chaos. and the former president is preparing to take the stand. i m going to discuss all of that plus new polling on the presidential race with the chair of the congressional republic per mila jayapal. plus, his two adult sons testified in new york last week, and donald trump himself will be under oath to new york tomorrow. the in-house law firm neal katyal is standing by for a full preview. and later, stacey abrams hasn t spoken extensively about the indictments in fulton county until now. i asked her about the strength of the case, the stakes for her home state, and yes, her own political future. okay, i hope you re sitting down for what i m about to say. because you might find it a little disorienting. here it goes. we are exactly one year out from election day of 2024. one year, exactly. look, i know that for the better part of this decade, we ve heard a lot of talk about certain elections bei ....
tomorrow. the law firm of andrew weissmann is standing by for a full preview. and later, cc abrams has not spoken extensively about the indictments in fulton county, until now. i asked her about the strength of the case, and her own political future. okay, i hope you re sitting down for what i m about to say. because you might find it a little disorienting. here goes. we are exactly one year out from election day of 2024. one year, exactly. look, i know that for the better part of this decade we ve heard a lot of talk about certain elections being the most consequential of our lifetimes. but this one actually kind of feels like it is. a brand-new poll out today from the new york times shows donald trump leading president biden in five out of six swing states. it also shows biden leading trump by just one point, among young voters across the state. there s a while to go, but you still have to pay attention to these numbers, even at this point. so that s the state of th ....
today as the calls for israel to pause its war on hamas grow louder. what s next and before we can go of the war, ahead. the shady bunch. donald trump jr. and eric trump take the stand in new york s 250 million dollar civil fraud trial. just days before the most indicted former president in u.s. history, and his daughter, ivanka, take the stand. the new gag order in the case. the tough questions the former first family is facing, and why it all means for the three criminal trials against donald trump. and a victorious revival. might one-on-one conversation with tony award winning director kenny leon about bringing ozzy davis is pearly victorious back to broadway for the first time in more than 60 years, and how this satire on race and segregation has incredible relevance today. i m jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. we start this hour with the latest on the push for a pause in the israel-hamas war. new video in overnight show secretary of state anthony ....