the value of this corrupt is the meeting cannot be overstated. this theme cooked up by these men could very well be what got trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the arguments with lawrence o donnell, jen psaki, andrew weissmann, lisa rubin, and katie phang who were all inside the courthouse. and nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber, and stephanie ruhle is special coverage of trump on trial begins. , now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow and i am here with the great chris hayes and nicole wallace. the one and only lawrence o donnell who was in the courtroom today in the closing arguments in the hush money, former president donald trump, lawrence will join us in a moment. he is still down at the courthouse it will join us as soon as he can get to a camera which w