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Less the illusion that some elected prosecutor is going to let merrick garland tell them what to do is ludicrous. i wouldve told the attorney general to pound sand if he came in my office while i was the elected d.a.. but whats going on here is they want to get their base excited. i think joe biden space understands how serious and damaging this is but to disengage voters between this group are going to decide the selection i getting convicted for felonies really hurts trump with that group and ...

Also, its already pushing 100 degrees in las vegas, and its only going to get worse. the stark new warning on global temperatures from the united nation, and who officials there think should foot the bill in the fight. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin on trumps new york gag order. so trumps lawyers are asking the judge to lift the order. the d.a. is opposing it. what are we expecting here? >> well, the d.a....

It needs to right now with every republican d.a. starting every investigation they need to right now? >> president biden should just be ready because on january 20 of next year, when hes former president joe biden, whats good for the goose is good for the gander. and i am going to encourage all of my colleagues and everybody that i have any influence over as a member of congress to aggressively go after the president and his entire family, his entire crime family. >> im talking about tit for tat...

Obstructed an investigation. the decision is, well, to i not do it because its martha stewart? thats wrong. >> yeah. and you knew it could upset snoop. >> well, snoop, i dont know that they had a really close relationship back then. >> wow. spoken like a lawyer. we have to really look at it. yeah, they had a business relationship. i know what you mean, though, all jokes aside that when youre a prosecutor, youre exercising unitary power in a way thats different than most of the government. people...

Falsifying a business record to swing or try and swing the 2016 election. so i expect what the prosecutions going to focus on -- and a key variable is the d.a. bragg going to seek a jail sentence. i suspect he will both because of the pornts of the crime but also because donald trump showed a lack of remorse through the process and his behavior through the trial was just appalling. and the judge is firmly within his rights to look at all of that. >> so what would, in your view, a fair request fr...

Theres a lot of reasons in addition to the evidence thing i mentioned. but now this one is different. do you see something different in d.a. bragg and this battle that he lost, that trump lost, unlike those? >> i have a lot more humility than i had eight years ago when he was running for president, and he has prevailed over rationality so many times that i dont know the answer. but i will say this, and this is really important, the only chance he has now is to destroy the system that made him --...

All. its a state case brought by the state of new york. and when you see that kind of disinformation that is really a problem for peoples understanding, for our faith in the system, and just for telling the truth about what happened. >> yeah. we put together something else. its one of these days where theres so much happening thursday, friday we didnt get to everything, but david, we put together some of the past criticism, second guessing of this case, including the sort of a lead or privilege ...

Happen. >> pamela diaz i thank you for coming. its such a painful story. we thank you for coming and updating us. thank you for joining us on another busy monday night. in the wake of last weeks verdict, as alarming as it is it isnt exactly surprising how donald trump and all of his accolades have been spending their time. attacking the system that held him accountable with escalating dangerous rhetoric, targeting everything from d.a. brad to the judge and even the every day, the 12 every day ...

Of justice who suddenly disappears and shows up as an trsistant districtisappeard attorney right as trumps case in new york starts to proceed. >>n ne sta you want to talk about political court? >> this has nothing to do. this has nothing to do. no i, its not. >> this has nothing to doth with president biden. yeah, sure. paser three guynumbe at justice took a 50% pay cut to just work for a local d.a. just weeks after trump announced he was runningen for president. >> and the case against him mira...

Fani willis matter in atlanta, georgia will not be decided pre-election time. the statement from trumps attorney we look forward to telling the judge why the case should be dismissed and fulton county d.a. be -- misconduct and violation of the georgia rules of professional conduct. in a bigger sense here do we believe right now that the only case for sure that will be decided was the one last week here in new york? if we believe that, with a supreme court still yet to rule on the issue of immuni...