good evening, trace. a real surprise to be sure. just four years ago, lori lightfoot win every word in the runoff and made history becoming the first black and openly gay female mayor and the city s history. he s on her way to becoming the first windy city mayor to his reelection in about 40 years. paul vallas, with more than 30 percentage points. he will advance the runoff. he was billed as a tough on crime candidate, and he also has the backing of the city police union. he s expected to face brandon johnson, the current county commissioner, former schoolteacher has the endorsement of the chicago teachers union, and as you see, just about 20% of the vote going his way. lori lightfoot, meanwhile, who famously tingled with the teachers union, came in third with just more than 16% of the vote. we will have a safe chicago. we will make chicago the safest city in america. [cheers and applause] no matter where you live, no matter what you look like, you deserve to have a bet
sick as high blood pressure or heart attack but this doctor is not just sick, he was dying nobody knew exactly what it was. and then they found the crystals it s a poison case, which i very rare. but solving the medical mystery, did not solve the mai mystery. who poisoned him he took a drink of it and said there is something wron with us. was money the motive or was there another reason everything about this cas is knots it is sex lies and audiotape it turns out this busy ou doctor also had a busy lov life she loved him she loved the doctor. who wanted the doctor did what is the motive, is th person who is not getting what they want. hello and welcome t dateline a top doctor known for savin lives found himself fighting for his own after he was poisoned the cops immediately started looking in to the women in his life, and they uncovered mor than one relationship, s investigators want to know which one is toxic here is andrea canning wit fatal attr
Welcome back to the weekend. In less than 24 hours, Michael Cohen will take the stand for his fourth day and Donald Trumps Election Interference trial. He was berated by Heated Cross Examinations Last week by trumps team. Today will be the 19th day in court. The prosecution signaled they wont be calling anyone else to the stand and the defense said last week that trump still has not decided if he will testify. Joining us now is our msnbc justice and Legal Affairs analyst, Anthony Coley. Director of the office of Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to attorney general merrick garland. And legal analyst Kristi Greenberg. A former federal prosecutor and former Criminal Division deputy chief for the Southern District of new york. Say that five times. I want to read you something. This is from the New York Times. The trump trail nears the end. If the jury chooses to believe the governments evidence, a conviction is warranted. Although noted that mr. Cohen remains the linchpin of the case. The
Stick with the jury? i think that was clearl what their goal was. i thought the prosecutor theory of the case, th diabolical killer was a bit of an overreach certainly the defense tol the jury that ana cared fo george, but not in the outrageous homicide away tha prosecution claimed. this case is abou consenting, consensual relationship between two peers it is not a case of mental attraction the defense argued that ana was not obsessed, she bought george gifts because she was generous all of those alleged plots wer just sheer speculation and under cross examination, george had positive things t say about ana. she was a dear friend and something that i cared about as for ana becoming increasingly unhinged, georg told the jury how in the day leading up to his poisoning, their casual relationshi showed no signs of trouble this is not a relationshi that was in any kind of crisis
How can one person shoot paul, kill him, not get blood and brain and body splatter all over him, switch guns, and then shoot maggie? that was much more compelling than the rebuttal. trace: does the jury need someone to blame? so far there has been no villain, except for alex murdaugh. jurors want to hear who. so i think murdaugh testified and said, it could ve been someone he was mad at paul paid this boating accident, there is motive are. remember, it s not the defense s position to prove who did this. motive is not an element of the crime. the prosecutor theory of motive, i think, is rankly preposterous. the idea that he murdered his wife and son to detract away from financial crimes? at the same time, putting himself in the middle of a double murder investigation? that s not going to resonate with the jury, and i see a quick acquittal possibly this week. trace: jury gets it by friday. you think he comes back very fast? yes, very fast acquittal, not guilty. before he took the