that is our show for this evening. now it is time for a special defendant trump addition of the last word, with lawrence o donnell. that starts right now. donald trump s principal occupation is defendant. he spent his first couple of years after leaving the presidency as a civil defendant, and then last year became a criminal defendant for the first time in his life on april 4th and just four months later. he became a criminal defendant for the fourth time in his life. it mantra jen, he can make two of the four criminal prosecutions he is facing disappear, but the rest of defendant trump s criminal and civil cases would simply be put on pause for four years. in june of this year donald trump will turn 78 years old. he could be convicted of crimes by then or shortly after, he is june 14th birthday. 78-year-old donald trump will appeal every criminal and civil verdict against him. the state and federal appeals court process could easily use up the rest of a 78 year old life.
be back as a third party candidate? and what happens when misinformation is given a platform? the collective responsibility to call out the lies, the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. and we are following the breaking news out of the middle east tonight. american led military strikes targeting militias in yemen backed by iran, for weeks, as the war between israel and amos escalated. those militia groups have attacked commercial and other ships in the nearby red sea. the night, the u.s. and its allies struck back, firing on targets in yemen. we ll have more on all of this is just ahead, but first, let s turn to a former president and the son of a current president in court within hours of one another. today in your city, it began with a bomb threat at the judge overseeing trump s fraud case. and then later, trump made what was his second court appearance of