Unhinged rally in ohio for an hourandahalf, he delivered some migrants, animals and warning of a quote, bloodbath asked if he loses to joe biden, trump, spread more lies about the 2020 election saluting those convicted of crimes. On january 6th for their attempt to subvert democracy ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated january 6, tass ditches. You see the spirit from the hostages and thats what they are as hostages. Theyd been treated terribly, unbelievable patriots and they were unbelievable do you its nr that was met with fierce backlash from a handful of republicans, including trumps former Vice President mike pence, who has now refused to endorse his former boss well i think its very unfortunate at a time that there are american hostages being held in gaza that the president or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our Justice System as hostages. And its just its just unacceptable all right, lets discuss was he didnt poli
good to be with you, i m katy tur. it is getting spicy inside a new york city courtroom where the judge overseeing the second e. jean carroll defamation trial against donald trump is forcefully admonishing his lawyer lawyer. and it s clear he does not like what he s hearing. reporters inside the room say trump has slammed the table with his hands and ranted loudly enough for the jury to hear saying things like now she seems to have gotten her memory back. and carroll s statements are false. he said this as the jury was being dismissed, and quote, this is really a con job. judge kaplan was not having any of that and on his second warning, he told donald trump he might have to consider kicking him out. i understand you are very eager for me to do that. to which trump put his hands up in the air and said i would love it. i would love it. i know you would judge kaplan said back because you just can t control yourself in this circumstance. you just can t. it sounds like an episode
breaking news, new reporting on the trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces on the hunt for russian commanders to corner and kill. and later, a father is speaking out about nearly losing his children and their remarkable, simply remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president, one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. quote, one of donald trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. he joins us on the telephone now. josh, walk us through this reporting. one of the president s attorneys wanted to turn down the temperature, went to the former president
chris jansing picks up our coverage right now. good day, i m chris jansing in new york city. happy memorial day. and welcome to a special edition of chris jansing reports. the agreement on the debt limit is not done but is done but the fight s not finished. the white house and the speaker s office now in an 11th hour push to pick up every last vote in congress, trying to make sure their big deal doesn t go bust, but today is also about putting politics aside and honoring the men and women who have fought and died for this country. you might have seen the sombering images out of arlington national cemetery where the president laid the wreath and delivered that memorial day address. also this hour, a second memorial day address. one you ll only see here on msnbc. this one from president zelenskyy. as he salutes the americans and ukrainians still fighting for freedom. that is just a few minutes away. but we begin with the intense pressure of step two of the debt ceiling deal
top priority. you heard it just moments ago. he said he would introduce a bill to protect abortion rights if democrats can hold on to congress. it s clearly an effort to motivate voters. his last words were vote, vote, vote. but with economic worries, not abortion top of mind for most americans, the question is, will it work? plus, would you pay more than $1,000 for a hotel room? a new house investigation finds that the secret service had to do just that repeatedly because that s what the trump organization charged them to stay in their hotels. we have details on this alleged scam. breaking it down with a reporter who knows more about trump s finances than almost anyone. the new york times david. no one likes to pay baggage fees at the airport, even worse if you re unfairly charged. that s what happened to customers of one major airline, so they fought back and they won. we ll dig into the details of the settlement by american airlines and how you might get a piece of that