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daniela, thank you very much, great reporting. in just a few minutes, we are going to talk about the story about the former president reportedly pressuring arizona governor doug doocy to overturn the 2020 election. do you see just issuing a response we are going to have that for you. plus, supreme court followed. the new help being offered a student loan borrowers following yesterdays rejection. as i bet you another good day from nbc news here in los angeles, we are at the top of the h...

its closing arguments in donald trumps civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the j...

Day to go through them, he has some real political skills, and certainly this is one of them, where he can have messages that resignation -- resonate with his die hard base, and they are passionate for him. does that lead to an election in november, only time will tell. in this particular moment, it has allowed him to strengthen his grip on the republican party. >> i want to go back if i can and talk a little bit about whats going on right in a courtroom, and i want to read what judge engoron ju...

There is a clear die hard base of support hes working off of, heading into these key months of campaign, alex. >> just had to say my friend, when you figure out the logic behind that after nine years of analyzing it, you can let me know. because i cannot figure it out. but anyway, thank you very much, we appreciate you. coming up next the phone call, former president formerly made to the governor of arizona, those details next.

You saw the other day direct tv is not going to renew oam. thats something -- i cancelled their tv service because of their long-term of supporting aom. so we are seeing some gradual improvement out there. i think there is a really calcified harden base in the die hard base. it does not matter where you go. any sort of counter measure is viewed as the deep state or the establishment or whatever the global ga ball is out to get him. what we have to work on is chipping away of the edges of that ha...

Hes long time republican who wrote a piece for the washington post. he says i monitor trumps die hard base. they are still plotting out in the open. ron, good to see you. that definitely is a stark warning. please elaborate on what you mean by that. what are these extreme groups plotting next? >> what we saw really was in march and april of this year. a lot of the organizers, including mr. alexander and planners of january 6th sort of fanned out into around the country, created their own organiz...

Information. the important thing for the 1/6 committee but also for the american culture, alex, we have to frame this, if donald trump is going to run again, we have to frame this in a way that voters can easily consume. donald trump tried to cancel the election and keep himself in power. thats what we know was in the evidence that meadows and others turned out. donald trump tried to cancel the election and keep himself in power. >> when you put it that way, its pretty darn simple. if that were ...

I think its going to be a harder and harder case to make, at least to the majority of the population that isnt in trumps die-hard base that may be unpersuadable at this point. >> what do you make of the fact that even jay sekulow, the presidents personal attorney in all of this who has somewhat remained above the fray of the personal inner works of the president. he is not rudy giuliani. he always seemed to have been a loyal foot soldier, legal foot soldier if you want for the president. but now...

Chaotic presidency or finally wear out his welcome among republicans who finally recognize they can save him or themselves but not both. the conventional wisdom has been that republicans knowing his base, fearing primary challenges, will never truly split with the president. do you think that thats true? >> i dont see that changing unless something dramatic happens, such as severe downturn with the economy, which potentially could happen. and a major discovery or major charges coming out of the ...

Has done. so i get your so what question, but as i said in the beginning of my last answer, for a lot of the presidents supporters, that die hard 36%, all of those things were baked in. and so for them, this is nothing new. >> really quickly here. this assistant da being promoted to such is an important position. what do we make of that? >> theres just a lot of turmoil in the department. its a sign of the fact that the% nel could change quickly. >> do you take that promotion as a signal of the l...