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to be executed using nitrogen gas — a method which the united nations has called "cruel and inhumane". smiths adviser said he is absolutely terrified. it will be the state 5 second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preachers wife, in a hired killing. for more on this story, i spoke a little earlier to ralph chapoco — hes a reporter with its been just described its beenjust described his method. that will involve kenneth smith being led into the exec...

thank you. by the time donald trump took the witness stand today in the case of e. jean carroll versus donald trump, the questions his lawyer would be allowed to ask and were already working out in detail and discussions with the judge and lawyers on both sides of the case while the jury was out of the courtroom. judge lewis kaplan instructed donald trumps defense lawyers once again that donald trump would not be allowed in his testimony to contest the fact that he raped e. jean carrol...

folks, for the appeal. >> yet another trump associate is heading to prison. broke. humiliated, and begging for money. also, the republican front-runner himself was on the witness stand today, for all of three minutes, as the defense rests in the e. jean carroll defamation case. plus, the horrifying post-roe consequences. nearly 65,000 pregnancies from rape in the 14 states with abortion bans. but we begin tonight in new york, where donald trump fresh off his new hampshire primary vic...

al sand -- alexandria hoff with the latestest on all of this. >> reporter: so the president tried to the use the 2003 heroes act as a route to usher in this loan forgiveness plan. of course, the supreme court shot that down yesterday. now biden administration is looking at something called the higher education act as a means to the become a plan b. >> were not going to waste any time on this. were getting moving on it -- its going to take longer, but were getting at it right away. >> r...

shouting. saturday night in the port city of marseille, as frances summer of strife continues. police and protesters clashed, officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. unrest in france over the police killing of a 17—year—old continues. sirens wail. in paris, a beefed up security presence. they had been called on social media for protesters together in the city centre, but it seems they had been outnumbered by the police. it is lights out here in the french capital. the mood ...

awesomeness, and then theres charleston. the south is not important h . there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness and then there is charleston. for some time now important things have been happening with food, a lot of them having to do with this guy. ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ >> [ music ] la la la la la what are we drinking? beer? harder stuff? whats going on? i usually go with a budweiser and a jagermeister. budwei...

for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia... ..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being remo...

hes a tough man, strong man, very respected. i happen to think he is a good man. the press goes crazy when i say it. we cant have a weak president. we have a weak man who cheats like hell. they cheat at elections like nobody has ever cheated before. i saw shots you wouldnt believe. missile launch, and you hear a bell go. i see this. its so incredible. they calmly walk to a seat, ding, ding, ding, ding. they have 17 seconds to figure this whole thing out, right? okay, missile launch, bo...

♪ ♪ ♪ welcome to prime time weekend. im chris hayes. lets get right to the weeks top stories. 83 point $3 million. thats a lot of money. thats how much donald trump has just been ordered to pay writer e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault. the jury spent four days hearing about what donald trump to. and witnessing his ongoing contempt towards both the proceedings in front of them and towards e. jean carroll with their own eyes. caro...

admissions. >> it is a complete misnomer to suggest this is about color brined blind when in fact it is about being blind to history. >> tonight, the ruling, the powerful descent, and how clarence thomas finally won his long battle against affirmative action. n hi long>> did you give your degree back again? >> yale does not recognize me. [laughter] >> as the special counsel ramps up on the january 6th investigation -- >> that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, ...