Katie fang in for ari melber. Another big day for Donald Trumps criminal collection trial, starting out with both sides butting heads. The prosecution asking the court for donald trump to be held in contempt of court, and Donald Trumps lawyers spinning those attacks as political. The judge frustrated, admonishing trumps attorney saying youre losing all credibility with this court, the judge adding, youve presented nothing. Well, well have more on that later in the show. But first, the prosecutions first witness back on the stand, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker, returning to detail to the jury his involvement in the multiple catch and kill plots to bury negative stories about donald trump. Pecker detailing his decades long relationship with trump, and his frequent communications with Michael Cohen. Testifying that in that now infamous 2015 meeting, pecker agreed to publish only positive stories about trump, promising to be trumps eyes and ears. Pecker going on to say ho
Middle of the battle for the soul of america with two vastly different visions for the future. An historic Democratic Convention, the Democratic Party delivered a pointed takedown of donald trump all while amplifying the diversity that is america. And stressing just how vital every single vote will be in this election. If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will if we dont make a change in this election. Do not let them take away your power. Do not let them take away your democracy. Dont forget, joe and kamala can win by 3 million votes and still lose. Take it from me. So we need numbers overwhelming so trump cant sneak or steal his way to victory. The convention received widespread praise and acclaim across party lines but as donald trump heads into the Republican National Convention Next week his world is collapsing all around him. On tuesday, a new report from the Republican Controlled Senate Intelligence Committee reaffirmed the Trump Campaigns w
Leaving. Joining me now is democratic senator of virginia whos also the Vice President of the Senate Intelligence committee. Thanks for being here this morning. Thank you. Let me get your reaction to the resignation a few days ago. What do you make of that. Well, it is a consistent pattern we see of bill barr not acting as attorney general, protecting our whole country. Hes acting for the most part simply as an agent for donald trump and this investigation i feel like has added an odor to it the whole time. I dont know what durham will find or not but i would point out that you know, i wonder if hes going to then investigate the bipartisan Intelligence Committee because we came out 141 with a document in much more detail than mueller aligns the connections between russia and trump. I know its deep in the weeds and complicated but for the American People, in two sentences what are the conclusions of that report . Well, we leave it to the reader to draw their own conclusions but factuall
A move youre going to continue to have this mark claxton, jim cavanaugh, thank you both for your expertise and thoughts as both of you understand very well whats going on, particularly mark for your sources on the ground. We do appreciate it. It is 1 00 a. M. Here on the east coast, midnight in minneapolis. Im chris jansing, and youre washing msnbcs continuing coverage of the unrest in minnesota. Lets take a look at the live pictures from minneapolis, where a Police Precinct is burning, as protests over the death of george floyd rage for a third day. Protestors focusing on the third precinct, which was the base of the four Police Officers who were fired after George Floyds death in their custody on monday. And then protests broke out in other cities around america tonight. In denver, what started as a relatively calm protest escalated into chaos after someone fired gunshots near the state capitol. That sent demonstrators scattering across the city. Police firing tear gas canisters and
Words. Pathetic, isnt it, just pathetic listening to this. There is no moral equivalency between the kkk, the neonazis and anybody else. The worst reaction of all, validation from david duke. As the former klan leader and political candidate praises President Trump for his, quote, honesty and courage to tell the truth. Today cities around the nation are removing confederate statues and charlottesville is paying tribute as you saw to heather heyer, the 32yearold woman, run down by the proprotester, accused of Second Degree murder. Her mother spoke moments ago. Anybody who knew heather said, yes, this is the way she had to go, big and large. Had to have the world involved, because thats my child. Shes just that way. Always has been and she will continue to be. Because heres the message, although heather was a caring and compassionate person, so were a lot of you. A lot of you go that extra mile. And i think the reason that what happened to heather has struck a chord is because we know th