have a lot to say about this. with just one more day to come up with nearly a half $1 billion, trumpet since he has property seized by new york attorney general letitia james point and after a deadly i.s.i.s. terror attack in russia, vladimir putin tends to pin the blame on ukraine. mike mcfall is here to discuss what it could mean for the war. plus, kara swisher has covered tech giants like elon musk for decades and she is not pulling any punches in her new book. [ music ] one thing that has become abundantly clear is that the republican nominee, who also is the self-professed billionaire that is an important part donald trump has a substantial cash problem and a big one. to start with, this year s federal campaign filing shows that biden campaign has $77 million cash on hand while trumpet has only $33 million. it is not just that, trump has amounted of label expenses he will need to pay, due to four criminal indictments and multiple civil lawsuits. and he is using
ex president is staring down a deadline. donald trump must pony up a nearly $500 million bond or face the consequences. consequences that new york attorney general letitia james has said will include seizing trump s assets. that looming possibility appears to have sent donald trump into a downward spiral. he s had multiple raised tweets and an emergency fund-raising texting asking donors to help him. against that back drop attorney general games is turning up the heat, pushing back on trump s claims that they re very difficulty getting a bond. letitia james has accused trump s team of faulty logic. quote, based on the false premise that they must obtain a single bond for the entire judgment of $464 million, she suggests dividing the bond into smaller chunks. she calls trump s bluff on not wanting to do a fire sale to raise money, which she says forced her office to do the grunt work of liquidating trump s assets. then she suggests something doesn t add up. she writes, trump s
welcome to primetime weekend, i m rachel maddow. let s get right to the week s top stories. donald trump has not come up with the magical solution to prevent new york attorney general, letitia james, to prevent the process of attaching his assets, to pay the $454 million judgment against donald trump. the announcement today from trumps social media company, with a much higher company called the digital world acquisition corporation can do nothing to change donald trump s financial capacities on monday. when donald trump it s the deadline for satisfying the judgment against him. if donald trump had $464 million, he could just post it with the court as a guarantee that he can cover the judgment, if he loses his appeal of the case. but, donald trump does not have that much money, despite claiming to have much more than that, for many years now. and donald trump has not been able to get anyone to lend him that money, so that he can post bond with the court for the judgment, whi
documents probe, about his own testimony, his involvement and his now indicted former colleagues and boss. this is the man who moved some boxes, who observed the alleged coverup, who has a lot to share and we re back here with you on this newsy night. i can tell you, we have that newsy guest coming up. we will get to that interview. while our top story is this 2024 campaign in high gear. we know that republicans voted in five of those primaries this week. a shift in the format because trump is, of course, the presumptive nominee. these are races that are not designed at the presidential level to pick a nominee anymore. they do still function to test a party s unity, its strength and we re not talking about some random states here. we are talking about some of the key and large states that donald trump or any republican would need to win in order to get the white house this november. we re talking ohio, florida, arizona. you may remember these states bandied about this week. w
and make up your own mind. what we try to do in the book, in our commentary and insider tips and a cast of characters is make this as easily digestible and understandable as possible. for lawyers, and nonlawyers alike. we understand there are various rationales for the decisions made. as part of that mission we tried in this hour to explain some of the choices. and the implications for all of these delies. and we are so grateful to all of you for joining us for this hour long special. we really appreciate it. i m melissa marie. i m andrew weissnan. goodnight. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are 235 days away from the election. we have a very special night cap we will get to in a moment featuring an amazing lineup of student journalists. we start with the news of the day. fulton coupty da fani willis will remain on the trump case. the judge ruled she could stay if nathan wade, the prosecutor, stepped down. wade in fact did just that. here is my colleague b