don t go anywhere. i will be back with rachel maddow and the whole gang for special coverage of trump on trial that starts right now. the ex-president of the united states. two american courtrooms. facing criminal trial in one. i will go in now and sit. and making a desperate case to avoid justice in the other. we will hear arguments this morning in trump versus the united states. tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. reporter: trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney who was willing to spread false claims of election fraud what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn t be prosecuted, what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have
and it is pretty clear those options are as i just outlined it. does that mean he couldn t find trump in violation of some other statute that has not been briefed before him? nobody has also said i m 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, i m not going to do it on my own volition. we could keep going., we shouldn t. that will do it for us for now. now it is time for the last word with our good friend lawrence o donnell. 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
new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? argument for absolute immunity goes before the supreme court. this court never recognized criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney who was willingly to spearhead his challenges to the election results. what was up for the party with president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn t be prosecuted, then what was that about. if it feels completely, s because we destroyed our own democracy. rachel maddow, nicolle wallace troy reed, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, all here as msnbc special coverage of trump on trial begins. who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously we have nearly three hours of oral argument at the united states supreme court of the former president claiming he is immune from prosecution for any crime he did while president and debt
i m lindsay reiser in today with at least human does. this, our israel strikes new targets just over its northern border, and it s ripping up its assault inside gaza. a middle east analyst on the stakes, and what this means for the region. also tonight, morning in maine. the community gathering to remember the victims of last week s mass shooting, as new details reveal when the shooter was on law enforcement s radar. and, america loses a friend. tributes pouring in after the shocking news of matthew perry s death. we ll begin this hour, though, with breaking news. the gaza strip under heavy bombardment as israel s increased offensive against hamas enters a third day. prime minister netanyahu earlier today. the white house says the leaders discussed the efforts to release hostages, including any americans potentially being held in gaza. we also talked about the need for more humanitarian aid to gaza. earlier, u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan told msnbc the bide
service. school and homes have been targeted. children have been morning the casualties, wolf. the syrian regime and russia have not stopped this. a warning from the united nations, there will be mass starvation in this city if food, water supplies and water are not allowed in very soon. will ripley reporting for us. thanks very much. that s it for me. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront, the breaking news, president-elect trump at this hour laying out his promises for day one. you will hear him. plus, trump s controversial chief strategist steve bannon speaking out and saying, i m not a racist. trump meeting with america s first self-made black billionaire. he s a democrat. how did that conversation go? he s my guest tonight. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin
burnett. o outfront tonight, breaking news, trump releasing a new video, first policy statement since his trip to the white house after the election. trump breaking his silence breaking