the rachel maddow show starts right now. thank you very much, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. i m jumping the gun because this has just been a heck of a day in the news. the united states supreme court for the first time ever has issued an ethics code for supreme court justices, first time, first time in our history. and honestly, we have had some terrible supreme court justices in our history. it s not like everyone before this was good, so we didn t need rules. no, we had a justice resign ahead of being probably impeached for alleged bribery. we had a supreme court justice revealed to have been in the kkk just a few weeks after he got confirmed to the court. we had a justice who was so anti-semitic he reportedly would not speak to one of his colleagues. he would not speak to justice brandeis for years because justice brandeis was jewish. that guy was such a thorough going jerk that when he died, not a single one of the other supreme court ju
supreme court justices. first time in urhistory. it s not like everyone before this was good so we didn t need rules. no, we had a justice resign ahead of being probably impeached for alleged bribery.ei we had a supreme court justice revealed to have been in the kkk just a few weeks after he got confirmed to the court. we had a justice who was so anti-semitic he reportedly would not speak to one of his colleagues. he would not speak to justice brandeis for years because justice brandeis was jewish. that guy was such a thorough going jerk that when he died, s not a single one of the other t supreme court justices even bothered to go to his funeral. we have had some bad ones, i tell you. but we have never before had a whole wing of the court that has produced corruption scandal after corruption scandal after r corruption scandal. and not like esoteric legalese versions of corruption that are hard to understand.de things like buy me an rv, buy my mom a house. those kinds of fina
it s tuesday, november 14th. congress has until friday to pass a funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. speaker mike johnson might get support from house democrats on his two-step strategy to avoid that shutdown. we ll explain that plan. plus, special counsel jack smith responds to donald trump s push for cameras in the courtroom in his federal election interference case. meanwhile, the former president s eldest son takes the stand again in the civil fraud trial against the family business. we ll get legal analysis on that testimony. and we ll have the latest out of gaza on the efforts to evacuate patients at the largest hospital, which israel says sits above a hamas command post. you look at the papers today, and that s the headline on so much. it s about the fact that the israel forces in gaza reached the hospital. this is in the wall street journal. talks about, as conditions worsen. the lead in the new york times, hospital shakes in gaza as fights rage
defense s first witness. meanwhile, we ll tell you why the former president is asking for his federal 2020 election trial to be televised live. new this morning, republican senator tim scott abruptly drops out of the presidential race, even shocking his staffers. what he told them on a call right after. overseas, the world health organization says gaza s main hospital is no longer functioning with several babies dying and more still at risk. also, the u.s. military launches air strikes for the third time on locations in syria used by iran in retaliation for attacks on u.s. troops in the region. and back at home, there are only five days left for congress to come to a deal to avert a government shutdown. the new house speaker has a plan, but does he have the votes? and we begin this very busy hour inside a new york city courtroom where former president trump s eldest son, donald trump jr. has taken the stand again. this time he s the first witness for the defense in
no water, no food no extrem supplemental oxygen. they are taking measures to keep vulnerable patients alive, including wrapping premature babies in foil. what israel is saying. back on the witness stand, donald trump jr. facing questions in the civil fraud case against the family business, but this time, they re coming from his lawyer. how the defense is kicking off their case. plus, the makers of the popular weight loss drug wegovy say they ve discovered a brand new benefit and it could be another life saver. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here on cnn news central. we begin in the middle east. doctors at gaza s largest hospital describing conditions today as catastrophic. all essential units and shifa hospital have collapsed, food, medicine and fuel are all in dwindling supply even as thousands of gazan civilians seek shelter there. doctors say they are taking measures to keep newborns alive. power outages have forced them t