in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony. then they would back off. they are doing this with all the inmates and being that aggressive? yes. that reporter joined jesse watters with the implications, listen. it would be ironic if mayor lightfoot makes theun areoff due to the jail vote, considering she has made chicago known throughout the world for nothing, but violent crime. this is the latest in a string of scand
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
guns, that is evidence that could put reasonable doubt in the jurors minds. todd: yesterday murdaugh s brother took the stand about cleaning up his nephew s remains. you can imagine what i experienced, it had not been cleaned up, felt like the right thing to do. i felt like i owed him and i started cleaning and i promise you no mother, father, aunt or uncle should have to do what i did that day. todd: the jury is expected to visit the home where maggie and paul were found before the prosecution rebuttal. todd: i was taken aback by the two shooter theory,
attorneys as well as the prosecution rebuttal so they have a lot of information and a lot of arguments to take back into that deliberation room, so let s talk about what we heard today. remember, the government is making the case that the three men who have already been convicted of the murder of ahmaud arbery, now the government is arguing that they did so because he was a black man and the racist language and sentiments that we saw put on the trial throughout the course of the trial, we saw them come back today. in fact, that was the last thing that the jury heard before they were given the instructions from the judge and sent to deliberate, so let s talk about the charges because there are a number of the one thing i heard repeatedly from the defense attorneys this is not a murder trial so it s not a question of whether they chased them down or whether they shot and killed him. that s already been established. they have already been found guilty in a state court. this is about tal