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
note, i wish you a very good night. from across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me and i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, the defense makes its case for reasonable doubt. the real argument was michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the goat. the greatest liar of all time. the judge s sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid. he was livid as he should be. reporter: and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt a presidential election. steinglass says the value of this corrupt bargain cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing the story to avoid it being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen tsaki, and all in the courtroom. plus nicole wallace, chris hayes, ari melber, stephanie ruhle. as trump on trial begins. now. thank you for joining us tonight. w
impasse. the democrats are people who would like to believe the other side also wants to play by the rules. they are not really set up as a combative party. this is their basic problem. yes, it is. it very much is. one last quick question. is there a danger we obsess too much over secret documents, leaked documents, power point slides, in the chief of staff s e-mail inbox? because we are so used to treating only secret things as scandals and not the public evidence of a coup we ve had before us since january 6th? even if there were no leaked memos or body cam videos we just showed we d still have trump inciting the attack on the capitol on january 6th in public. trump has always done the quiet part out loud which i think kind of numbs us to his authoritarian and racist tendencies i think in a strange way the details are comforting because we can focus on the individual scandalous detail and lose sight of the overall picture which is very clear. the overall picture is we had a presi
imagine if we decided just to have some internal food fight and get nothing done for the country. how does that help people get a job? house speaker paul ryan is heading for the exits. a young family waiting for him back home and massive losses likely facing his party this fall. it s a stunning end for a young, polite, jack kemp style conservative. a policy guy whose idea of an exciting campaign vent involved power point slides and medicare statistics. he was the presidential nominee in 2012. pressed into service as speaker of the the house. many people thought he was a future president. during the campaign, paul ryan waited until june to endorse president trump. after the access hollywood tape hit ryan told his conference that trump s words didn t match the principles and values of the republican party. i m not going to defend donald
you ve had your own experience in new york with mayor de blasio shutting down some of the most incredibly powerful intelligence initiatives of the nypd. over the last several years, we have seen this at the federal level. we ve had the attempt by the administration to excise, to censor training and the materials used to prepare our operators. for example, the word jihad should not be used. should be deleted from power point slides, from materials, because it could be deemed inflamed to muslims. this is where you see politics getting into the intelligence cycle where you see censorship dispo d disstarting the function. i have talked to them and they know this will endanger americans if you allow political correctness into our national security mission. that is where we pick it up with our next guest. doctor, thank you. thank you, megyn.