enjoy this memorial day weekend and remedy sacrifices of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, president biden president trump offer their competing views of the u.s. military. thank to the u.s. armed forces for doing what only america can do. as the indispensable nation, the world s only superpower. we believe they are not job of the niceties of military is not to wage endless regime change wars around the globe, senseless wars. shannon: heat on the campaign trail our headlights are dominated by finger-pointing over second failed border vote in congress. the increasing isolation of israel as the war in gaza drags on and a bipartisan anger and congress over how universities have handled student protest. taxpayer dollars have no business fighting universities without principles that align with the principles. shannon: will talk to to members of congress trump supporter malliotakis and a biden supporter jared moscowitz on house of foreign affairs. new york during the
get back on the road again. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, this memorial day weekend is already a recordbreaker when it comes to travel. the tsa reporting its highest number of travelers screen on a single day friday with a nearly 3 million passengers. but all of this is extreme weather is causing havoc in states across the middle of the country. dozens of tornadoes were reported across five states, causing widespread destruction in oklahoma, kansas, and texas. at least 11 people now have died from the storms and even more severe weather is expected on the way this weekend. he worked so hard on that room. i feel really bad for them but it is going to work out. tough times, we have reporters in place covering all of these new developments. we are going to go now to valleyview, texas. that is where at least seven people were killed in the store. joining us now, nbc s priscilla thompson. priscilla, actuall
welcome to prime time weekend, let s get right to the week s top stories. 22 witnesses, 21 days of court, 80 hours of witness testimony later, the first-ever criminal trial of an american ex-president is coming to a close. the fate of the ex-president could be in the hands of 12 every day new yorkers from all walks of life. the prosecution has one last chance to hammer home it s case against trump and closing arguments, that happens tuesday, given that the defense put up just to witnesses, their eight hour cross-examination of michael cohen lasting four times longer than their entire presentation, only the manhattan da is wrestling with the challenge of reminding the jury about all of the testimony presented. all of the documentary evidence, bombshell after bombshell, after bombshell. here s just some of what the jury heard as told by the press covering it. jurors listening intently today as the former publisher of the inquire testified about the confidential arrangement
week of the historic and first- ever criminal trial of former president trump. this was a tough week. dramatic testimony from the woman at the center of the hush money plots. she has become the most famous through her encounter with donald trump. there was testimony and key days of testimony from witnesses who were in donald trump s orbit that could cooperate some of the financials for the jury. we have more on that. prosecutors have been laying out the pieces of this scheme to influence the 2016 election. we can tell you that as we recount why it was a tough week for trump, according to the public remarks here, working off the public evidence, we are at the end of it. we have two witnesses left according to the das team. michael cohen, will begin monday. one other witness and they will be ready to rest as soon as the coming week. michael cohen is central to the das case and has testified under oath that donald trump was in on everything. he knew about everything. everyth
breakdowns on the testimony including emotional moments for long time trump aid hope hicks on the stand. prosecutors are putting forward stormy daniels and karen mcdougal s lawyer, keith davidson, earlier in the week all to confirm a very damning story we heard. they ve done it this way to confirm it for the jury before they hear from cohen and then corroborating that is what we told you about. and then ending this week with a rare view inside donald trump s uppermost senior aides and brain trust. hope hicks taking the stand and bringing jurors and the rest of us into these secret meetings and discussions as the access hollywood tape broke. as trump assessed the damage. hope hicks, you see with donald trump, that is a coveted post in any campaign and especially in his. someone on the stage and in his ear and on the plane. that is the role she had, so this was important testimony including the deals to silence these women. it matters because this is reliable testimony from a l