Perhaps you know me as, the kung fu panda. Ah, youre adorable. Huh. Oh, whah welcome back to msnbc state of the Union Special coverage. President biden gave a forceful speech and made clear that democracy is under threat. Not just abroad but right here in the u. S. In front of both chambers of congress, he reminded of the january 6th Capitol Attack in the very room, three years ago. History is watching. Just like history watched three years ago on january 6. Insurrection stormed the capitol , the threat of american democracy. Many of you were here on the darkest of days. We also, they were not patriots. They stopped to overcome the peaceful transfer of power. January 6th lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election posed a threat to the u. S. Democracy since the civil war. They failed. America stood. America stood strong. Democracy prevailed. The Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute of politics and public service. And brendan buck is here but he is the for
i m in for nicolle wallace. the final day of e. jean carroll versus donald trump with closing arguments focused on a high-stakes question. what is the price to pay for using one of the world s most powerful megaphones to defame someone. first up her attorney addressed the factor looming over the trial, that is, trump s continued attacks on e. jean carroll. she pointed out trump spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation, trump dramatically stormed out of the courtroom. the judge noted the incident and kaplan continued. cnn repts that she said, quote, the case is also about punishing donald trump for what he has done and what he continues to do. shd trump tries to, quote, normalize conduct that could hardly be more abnormal. she went on to say, quote, typically when someone is found liable for defamaon, they stop making those statemeven if they don t like t jury s verdict, even if you d t like the jury s decision you follow it. those are the this trial is also
sexually abused a woman and publicly defamed her even after he was ordered by a court of law to stop. now, another jury is deciding not just how much he should be held liable for the damage his words have done, but how much he should be punished for those words as well. in other words, how much money he should pay e. jean carroll in punitive damages, just like yesterday, the courtroom was wild again today, judge kaplan, again, admonished alina habba for arguing with his rulings, this time telling her, quote, you are on the verge of spending some time in lockdown. now sit down. then after the jury was brought in and e. jean carroll s lawyer was in the middle of her closing statements, donald trump abruptly stood up and walked out of the court according to our reporters in the room. that s when the judge said, quote, the record will reflect that mr. trump rose and walked out of the courtroom, said the judge. what did carroll s lawyers say that got under his skin and how will th
Thats 180712 3,800. I Hanako Montgomery in tokyo. And this is cnn back in court and not backing down Donald Trumps legal team trying to get his classified documents case thrown out after multiple delays. The judge criticized as a recent move by the prosecution boss a path of destruction, deadly tornadoes ripping through iowa, a storm system still threatening people all the way from texas to vermont and as one passenger on that Singapore Airlines flight says hes lucky to be alive, new questions about exam wait what happened will speak to the Miracle On The Hudson hero, Sully Sullenberger about the terrible turbulence that shook tuesdays flight, are following these Major Development hoping stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central were following Major Developments this afternoon in former president Donald Trumps classified documents case. Im boris sanchez, alongside jessica dean and the Nations Capital first at any moment, trump appointed judge Aileen Cannon will
By as trumpappointed judge Aileen Cannon is expected to hold two hearings where she will consider motions to dismiss the case is from what defendant walt nauta including from codefendants. Walt nauta, trump aide. This comes as never before seen photos have been revealed from june 2022 to showing nauta moving boxes around maralago. Prosecutors say the nauta move the boxes shortly before a trump attorney was going to look through them after getting a subpoena to turn over classified material. Cnns evan perez is in fort pierce, florida today to watch these hearings as they develop. Ivan, what to expect to see well, john, look, i mean, a lot of these motions that the defendants are making are usually handled by by briefings by the lawyers in this case, a judge, Aileen Cannon is having hearings are pretty much every single motion, which is why this case is moving so slowly. What today, were going to here, emotions from walt nauta this morning. This is a codefendant of the former president s