tonight on the reidout this is a scam. it s a rigged trial. it shouldn t have been in that venue. we shouldn t have had that judge. it s reckless. it s dangerous. it s irresponsible. for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they don t like the verdict. a stark split screen today as donald trump lashed out about his 34 felony convictions, while president joe biden defended the american justice system. plus, the unhinged republican response. they want to tear the whole system down and punish everyone involved. because that s what authoritarians do. but we begin tonight with the man nicknamed teflon don, and no, i m not talking about the mafia boss of the gambino crime family. i m speaking about donald trump. but like gotti, trump has a history of not only skirting the law but always finding a way to evade any serious accountability for his actions, despite being constantly under legal scrutiny. trump used his wealth and fame to make his own rules. it was that
msnbc coverage for donald trump s camille trial. next, a conversation at the apollo. isn t it great to be at the apollo! . i grew up coming to this place so many times and tonight, especially, i thought about when i was coming in backstage. i have been on this stage for godfather of soul james brown who was like a father and michael jackson and the list goes on. tonight, you will have something that is special at the apollo. you are going to have two icons that are going to talk about their work and talk about what they do in this country that is so needed at this time. it couldn t be a better night at the apollo. this is not just a great show tonight but this is history. [ applause ] [ cheering ] so it is my honor and my pleasure that i can t tonight bring you the godfather of soul, but i bring you the godmother. rachel maddow. [ applause ] i got you on that one. [ applause ] [ cheering ] wow! how are you doing? i am so nervous. fantastic! fantastic. thank you all for
gave his last tv speech, and prigozhin gave his last tv speech, and prigozhin i think felt that he could not go prigozhin i think felt that he could not go further. it was a bit. bet not go further. it was a bit. bet he not go further. it was a bit. bet. he needed to rally many soldiers bet. he needed to rally many soldiers in the population to his attempt, soldiers in the population to his attempt, but obviously he did not succeed. attempt, but obviously he did not succeed, so it was a sort of stalemate, and then he made a deal. this deat stalemate, and then he made a deal. this deal means the survival at least this deal means the survival at least for this deal means the survival at least for a this deal means the survival at least for a while of prigozhin and of course least for a while of prigozhin and of course means in the long run the weakening of course means in the long run the weakening of putin. weakening of putin. essentially, what mr prigo
look at the ease with which they secured the main military sites. i look at the contrast between what president putin said yesterday on what happened later, in that tv speech he basically labelled the wagner rebel fighters as traitors who stabbed russia in the back, and by the end of the day he was doing deals with them and agreed not to prosecute them, so we will now see attempts by president putin to try to reassert his authority. as for yevgeny prigozhin, this is someone who tried to topple the military leadership of russia, but he was not arrested for that, although he has apparently been sent to belarus, but what struck me were the cheers from the crowd as he was leaving rostov, the crowd as he was leaving rostov,
seen anything major oval office address, do you think that there is some reluctance to do it? i ve been puzzled by the president s avoidance of the major tv speech, the missing element of the health care pride. if there is a whole process that you have to ask for tv time, partly a problem where his spokesman s briefings are carried live, and the media build up, the most important s breach, then comes a speech, and debating the speech for a couple of days. it is moving public opinion. i m surprised that the tool, the president has not chosen to use. dana: the other reason, bill, that you argue is that it lets congress know what the president wants and what his policies will be, what his priorities would be, and in this case with tax reform, especially if you have some democratic senators in red states, they might feel the pressure from the constituents. they all might, maybe even republicans from some states might have felt the pressure.