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lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for ab...

the need for proof of any actual election fraud listen. >> it cant just be, you know, somebody tweeted this. its got to be demonstrable facts that can be laid out with evidence because thats what a court of law is going to look to, not just an allegation, but actual facts and so i feel im hopeful -- you know, im hoping rudy comes on the show tomorrow and he has some of those facts and i hope the legal team continues to lay out the specific evidence because thats what its going to take ...

lead lawyer of one of them. i helped my dad in the other four. >> still a part of preparing the case? >> yes, sir. >> still a part of gathering the evidence and putting it together for trial? >> in a criminal case, we didnt do much the gathering of the evidence. we took what law enforcement had gathered. >> putting it together for the criminal trial, correct? >> yes, sir. >> presenting evidence in court? >> yes, sir. >> giving jury arguments? >> i did the closing argument in one of the...

Young activists. For now i am yasmin use egan. I will be back next sunday at 2 pm eastern. , simone some bright bombt pm eastern , si greetings. You are watching symone. With just 16 days before election day the poll also shows a staggering level of polarization and even angle that is fueling look at this mean for both parties, especially in some of the tightest races . We are going beyond the beltway today. Two congressional candidates are joining me to discuss the final stretch of their races,...

gretchen whitmer. lets take a listen in to the former president now, speaking. >> you have two ways to vote. number one, you can vote early by going to your local clerks office and casting an absentee ballot and voting right there. you try that? it works. number two, you can vote at your polling place on november 8th. if you need more information, you go to michigan.com slash vote to find out when. then you make a plan to vote. you dont want to leave it to the last minute and then some...

this hour in our countrys history stands in contrast to a republican party devoid of an agenda, other than serving a disgraced twice impeached ex-president who tried to overturn and steal the results of the 2020 election. president biden described the 2022 election has a, quote, defining moment for the country, denouncing the gops embrace of rhetoric that all too often has resulted in or coincided with violence, most recently with the attack on speaker pelosis husband paul pelosi and h...

request privacy at this time." >> my god. >> both prominent figures in the news. we do not know the motivation for this attack. we know nothing about the assailant just yet. this all just happened in the last few minutes. were grateful that mr. pelosi seems, per the statement, like hes going to make a recovery. but certainly a terrible tragedy. well try to figure out more about the assailant and what caused this attack. >> mika, we dont have a motive. well be very cautious about that r...

>> but the threat of violence also looms directly over the jewish community like never before in recent american history. attacks on jewish institutions, they are up 61% from 2020 according to the anti-defamation league. just yesterday, the fbi warned of what it describes as a broad threat to synagogues in new jersey. "the new york times" reports that as a result of a warning, the new york police department immediately announced it had stepped up its monitoring to ensure the safety of ...

october 2020, we reported here on this show on something that we first learned about from one of the great historic, gigantic radio stations in the united states, the michigan behemoth, wwj radio in detroit, michigan. wwj has been on the air for more than 100 years. theyre just a huge deal in american broadcasting history. they are still on the air today. they are still a big deal today. and just about exactly two years ago, october 2020, we learned about a story that was broken by a r...

our hearts leslie. thank you for the laughs and for the light, for the love, and your incredible warmth. you will truly be missed. and on that beautiful and very sad note, i wish you all the best. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow so, heres how it worked in 2020. two years ago, almost exactly in october 2020, we reported here on this show on something that we first learned a...