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Kind of a preview of how shell run her court and this case. And in deciding whether to grant Special Counsel jack smiths request for protective order limiting what the disgraced expresident can and cannot say publicly about the case, judge chutkan cuts through Talking Points like a hot knife through butter. On the First Amendment protections, they are so fond of citing, mr. Trump, like every american, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute. Adding that without...

The case, i know it seems damning, its not open and shut by any stretch of the imagination. Trace Fox Team Coverage with brian foley and phil holloway, but bryan is in riverhead, new york. What can we expect in court today . Trace, good afternoon. Right now this preliminary hearing is expected to start right now. We know that the Suffolk County District Attorney and his team have made their way inside of that courtroom. We also know that neighbors that lived in Rex Heuermanns neighborhood in mas...

billions of dollars you can burn a lot of it to turns out. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. >> i odmean, listen, between th two of us, buddy, one of us tweets a lot less than the other person. >> i like to tweet. im a poster to my veins. but t if i may i think i have a little more self-awareness than elon musk. a little bit. >> okay, okay. itsy, cross talk so we cant really get into it. >> oh, i cant believe youre not agreeing. >> i support the self-awareness a...

one of us tweets a lot then the other person. >> i like to three. im a poster from my veins. to my cellular level, i love to post. and i ams health -- but, if i may. i think ive a little more self awareness. then elon musk. a little bit. >> okay. okay. it is crosstalk, so we cant really get into it. >> i cant believe youre not agreeing. >> i support the self awareness. and certainly, the conversation. thank you as always. and thank you for joining us this evening. and thank you >> so -...

air tonight. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. ill see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow >> thank you for joining us this. evening so often plans are up in the air, but you can go ahead and you can circle this state in pan, june 1st. that is the deadline for congress to reach a deal or the u.s. is plunged into financial catastrophe. its an important day, and man it is really coming,...

And there has been worse as weve said. duct tape on the mouth. >> harry, it is a person who does not believe that the rules apply to them and judge chutkan took pains to say that in the eyes of the court, donald trump is not special. quote, hes a criminal defendant, hes going to have restrictions like every other defendant. and at another point referring to his candidacy of his day job. realistically, if trump doesnt follow this protective order in addition to going to trial even faster, what ot...

Putting him in jail. but they know that at the end of the day, it is her courtroom and her witnesses to worry about and it is her process to take account of and she will, i think, she showed today, be unafraid if he pushed her to the wall of responding with the most severe sanction. >> carol, the guidelines here, they are crystal clear and unambiguous and of course the question becomes will donald trump adhere to these rules? will he adhere to this protective order or perhaps this question is ca...

Timing. >> lisa, two things could be true at same time. it could be true that judge is not going to make decisions predicated on how they impact a political outcome. and it could be true that she knows this time line. she understands how these dates stack up. this is the first time we saw her on the bench providing in real life over this case. if today was a coming attraction of how she is going to be as the judge on this case, i wonder what you think we could expect moving forward? >> i think w...

Know, you would think that with the former president facing potentially four criminal indictments that there would be a wide open race here where anybody could win. instead, we have seen much more of the party falling in lock step behind them. every time he gets charged, it seems he grips the party tighter. >> and they come out with a new set of talking points. trumps lawyers were in court today. im wondering if youre wearing if there was an advancement on the story, in a face-off, the discovery...

Thanks. >> thank you. >> thats that. brian foley is here in the studio. some victims families, they dont want to speak to the media. this is an incredibly private matter. they have interests, theyre there. the investigation continues. the d.a. confirms -- reminding everyone, these are still just charges. allegations at this point. this is the beginning of the process of proving the allegations. your quick take-away. >> theres discovery rules. the cops have to turn over their evidence to the defe...