stephanie ruhle, you still hav a show to do tonight at 11 eastern. we ve got lots to go lots to go now it s time to hand the whee to our colleague lawrenc o donnell. thank you, rachel donald trump was speaking, a you, know during your coverage and after the judge said i court today that he wanted the parties to this case to stop saying inflammatory things donald trump went right afte the judge and his wife today so, tonight, in that speech. so, we ll see, the judge could react to that very quickly after setting the preceden today in today s arraignment for, you know, don t do that kind of thing. so, we ll see what happens next we are entering potentially a new area of consequences for that kind of behavior for that particular politician. we are. thank you, rachel. thank you. today, donald trump took the longest trip of his life it was from his apartment in midtown manhattan to the courthouse in lower manhattan, where he would be fingerprinte and discover the contents of
of informing the defendant tha i m warning you better not act out. the judge was careful and the thought of cole presentation i have to say tha when you read through th transcript and you see the photograph of trump in the courtroom, he behaved exactl as i would expect him to behav in there he behaved like a very terrified criminal defendant who had nothing to say when th judge asked the question, do you understand, that he woul just say yes each time ver quietly. i do not think that there is the slightest chance of hi ever being disruptive in the courtroom. his disruption is the game tha he plays with microphones when he gets outside of tha courtroom and that is th challenge for the judge. yeah, he does not hav control, he s not the authority, he did not run the show in the courtroom in new york state or any court for that matter. the judge made that clear, and dan s point before this parker
of scandals, one in a series of attempted extortions on the part of the president. using the trappings of his office, using everything to e include in the case of ukraine we know american taxpayer resources. i think it s incredibly dangerous that the president hat put this forward, and it should be a frightening thought that this is actually in his mind perfect. congressman meeks, this was a unique experience today reading this particular transcript.xp because ambassador taylor s transcript is released on the same day that we discover ambassador taylor is going to be the first public witness in ther first televised hearing.t and so as i m reading it and i e reading the emptiness of the republican part of the th transcript, i m thinking what are they going to do?pt these aren t the tv republicans that are in this transcript. this is not the tv jim jordan. what are they going to do, one week from now with this very same testimony, this very same witness? because they re not going to do