and the presidency. joining us now, just outside the courthouse here in manhattan, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. what is the reaction from the courtroom? what are we expecting for the remainder of the day? a lot for the remainder of the day. we re expecting a decision here from the jury. i ll start with that. timing-wise, it looks like the judge wants a jury to go into deliberations during lunch, which will likely happen after alina habba delivers her closing remarks. e. jean carroll s attorneys have rested, completed their closing remarks. let me paint a picture, as we await this ten-minute break before alina habba starts her closing remarks and the expectations there. so, at one point e. jean carroll paints a picture for the jury. imagine yourself opening up your computer, she says, and seeing tweets from the president of the united states, then president donald trump, imagine him saying these things about you, and imagine him saying, you re unattractiv
right now on andrea mitchell reports, former president trump back in court after storming out this morning, fuming in the middle of closing arguments in the e. jean carroll defamation and damages case with the jury watching it all. while nikki haley scheduled two south carolina rallies this weekend. donors pour millions into her campaign, defying trump s appeal to write her off. and the u.n. s highest court pressures israel to stem the loss of lives in gaza but does not come down hard on israel, as cia director bill burns crosses the atlantic, trying to pose a deal to free the hostages. and critical funding for border. israel and ukraine. it s all hanging in the balance as mr. trump tries to get senate republicans to scuttle a border compromise that was weeks in the making. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. donald trump back in a manhattan courtroom for closing arguments in the e. jean carroll defamation trial. earlier today, the former president le
on one side are americans who believe we need radical change in this country. that we are not a noble nation. that our economic system has to be torn down and that the old traditions are useless. that movement is led by secular progressives. on the other side are folk who believe that cap tammism and the judeo-christian tenets should be retained because they have made u.s.a. the strongest country on earth. president obama is a progressive. he has tried to expand the government so it controls the medical industry and regulates the free marketplace to some extent. abraham lincoln was a hated man. the south dessurprised him for many reasons and many in the north loathe lincoln as well. he had enemies everywhere. he knew it. in fact, he knew he was going to be assassinated. we proved that in the book. yet, lincoln did what was necessary to preserve the union, to strike down slavery and to reunite the country after the war. it was a brilliant achievement. only lincoln s strength of characte
scotty, we heard from the co-founder much the black lives matter movement that group shut down the mall of america. some of those people have also shut down traffic in cities like new york and l.a. do they have a right to continue to disrupt people s lives and businesses like this? my the question i have to ask what is victory. continue until we reach victory. ought of all of these race baiters, insta gaters you don t know what the actual victory means it them. does it mean burning down your own community and shutting down businesses so you don t have economic development? does it mean sitting there and stopping cap tammism and destroying people s christmas holiday spirit or shopping at the mall? or in this case does it mean being absolutelily irrelevant and hurting the people who did everything and basically sacrificed their lives to protect yours. what is victory to the other side? well, i m not sure that s an answerable question. i think it s more about
co-founder much the black lives matter movement that group shut down the mall of america. some of those people have also shut down traffic in cities like new york and l.a. do they have a right to continue to disrupt people s lives and businesses like this? my the question i have to ask what is victory. continue until we reach victory. ought of all of these race baiters, insta gaters you don t know what the actual victory means it them. does it mean burning down your own community and shutting down businesses so you don t have economic development? does it mean sitting there and stopping cap tammism and destroying people s christmas holiday spirit or shopping at the mall? or in this case does it mean being absolutelily irrelevant and hurting the people who did everything and basically sacrificed their lives to protect yours. what is victory to the other side? well, i m not sure that s an answerable question. i think it s more about protest, first amendment a.