i won t be resting. i don t dressed. tonight, the collapse of trump s final witness and the judges crucial decisions about what the jury will decide. then, another former trump s lawyer silenced in court. i don t want to mute you, but i need to move on. and the rnc head of election integrity arraigned for voter fraud. and why samuel alito s ethical nightmare for the supreme court is not going away. created a situation that we are all talking about, so i think it was a mistake. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. after five weeks the first criminal trial of a former u.s. president is nearly over. the defense rested this morning. i called only two witnesses and despite all his bravado and insistence is to the contrary, donald trump was not one of them. we knew that. instead we heard briefly from a paralegal about phone records before a man named robert costello took the stand. costello is a former federal prosecutor. a ver
thank you. steve: it is 8:00 here in new york city. it is 3:00 in the afteisrael an third hour of fox and friends start says now. brian: live look at israel, where we are seeing aftermath of the hamas rockets. 12 rockets were fired. ainsley: israeli media reporting 800 have been murdered, including four americans as the country entering third day of the multi-front war against terrorists. steve: this comes as hezbollah is reportedly threatening the united states if we get involved at all. trey yingst is on the ground in southern israel and joins us with the latest. hezbollah has seen the news and they know we are sending heavy artillery and they are trying to say, don t think about it. trey: absolutely, israel is preparing for the possibility hezbollah gets involved in the fight. 12 rockets were shot into northern israel. this is developings into a mu multi-front conflict. hezbollah sees israel was caught flat-footed against the attacks. mr. is mortar fire. they
and welcome to hannity.y and tonight, democrats, they are in complete panic modet ,the media mob. they re pretty hysterical. and talk of mutiny inside the democratic party is now widespread. democr partywe are one day remoo the first 2024 presidential debate. it did not go well for joe biden. it went very wel joel, donald trump. in fact, many analysts, including myself, believe that for joe biden, this was the single worst debate performance in american televised presidential debate history. bate perrmancehere s a politico, quote, democrats really have no way to spin biden s disastrousbe debate and another quote w t f panic. dems start looking for alternatives to bidepanin. here s an actual headline from fake news cnn. wen actualeadlin are effed. democrats despair over biden debate performance. t don t blame me for the language. anyway, everyonehe watching last night witnessed what a weak, wiail, mentally impaired, man with a very poor memory. they saw the thousany poord yard
she should be locked up. tell you right now. she should be locked up. she should. that s right, lock them up. you should lock them up. lock up the bidens. lock up hillary. hillary clinton, i didn t say lock her up, but the people don t say lock her up, okay. donald trump s getting a bit desperate ahead of his sentencing making the ludicrous claim that he never said hillary clinton should be locked up. it s on tape, donald. plus, michael cohen s reaction to trump s guilty verdict and the potential of prison time. and the far right continues to embrace authoritarianism with politicians and commentators flocking to el salvador to attend the inauguration of the man who calls himself the world s coolest dictator. it s a big warning sign for the type of government they want to run if trump becomes president again. but we begin tonight with the real meaning of law and order. as the reality has set in that their soon to be official nominee is a convicted felon, republican
michael cohen cannot be trusted. michael cohen is the greatest liar of all time. the judges sharp rebuke to trump s attorney. he was livid, right? he was livid as he should be. and the prosecution tells the story of a conspiracy to corrupt the election. this meeting cannot be overstated. trump was overtly discussing purchasing the story to keep it from being published. this scheme could very well be what got president trump elected. tonight, rachel maddow recaps the closing arguments with lawrence o donnell, alex wagner, jen psaki, and katie phang, all inside the courthouse. plus nicolle wallace, chris hayes, joy reid, ari melber and stephanie ruhle as special coverage of trump on trial begins now. thank you for joining us tonight. we know you have every option in the world for where to follow the news of this remarkable moment in american history. it makes us all the more grout more glad you are with us. i am rachel maddow with chris hayes and nicolle wal