it s a poison. [ applause ] running through our it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. [ applause ] none. look, failure in saying that is going to complicity, silence is complicity. it s complicity. we cannot remain silent. i call all americans to reject the lie, and i condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain, and for profit. [ applause ] president joe biden s clear eyed denunciation there of white supremacy as a poison marks a return to an issue that animated and inspired his run for the presidency, what he described at the time as a battle for the soul of america. but now the new york times reports, quote, the challenge for a president who came to office preaching unity may be how to take on those preaching hate, and in the wake of the mas
Moments im going to share a Special Report weve been working on for much of the weak about defendant trumps legal trouble and why weve seen slowly but surely this inflection point. Ive going to break down for you only with legal facts and evidence how whats happening in georgia with all these confessions and guilty pleas and vows to testify is actually strengthening jack smiths hands in the doj case, which is the first criminal case of any major stature that donald trump will see himself go on trial. That is, remember, coming up in march. That special part will be part of the broadcast in a few moments. Our top story is the escalating crisis in the middle east with israel pounding gaza with these massive explosions heard through the night over there. You can see some of what weve been able to capture from our aerial cameras and thats 1 00 a. M. On the dot in gaza local time. This is according to the experts and local accounts we have some of the heaviest bombing of the war so far. It a
Slowed the prosecution and asked trump friendly questions about potential problems with prosecuting a president. If you listened to that argument or read about it, you may have noticed it almost sounded like that kind of trial was a futile project. While up the east coast and actual trial of an actual former president was Going Forward and the republic did not crumble. It is a contrast that hangs over all of this in america and what we are going to get into tonight in this first week of the new york trial. It seems to undercut the suppose it concern of the trump appointed justices that hypothetically, someday, somehow, in the future trials of president s are a very bad thing, when they are actually already happening. The first week of this trial shows not only that it is possible, but also gave us the first evidence backed, in court, binding version of the d. A. S story and we put together a brisk ride through what we are learning. The prosecution in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial Drew
They will have the credibility issues, but they are going line by line and attack whatever they have with the particular facts. Crossexamination could start today. Any moment. Thank you all for being with us here in the studio. Thank you at home for joining us the last couple of hours. Thats our turn to turn it around to our colleagues. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell, Chris Jansing and katy tur pick up special coverage next. He approved it. Thats the potentially damning testimony of Donald Trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell reporting from washington. Im joined by my colleagues katy tur and Chris Jansing in new york. Right now, Michael Cohen is stitching together the details which back up the states felony charges that trump falsified Business Records to cover up the 2016 hush money scheme, or at least thats what prosecutors hope. Cohen testified that Retainer Invoices were faked and legally should have been called reimbursements.
Welcome to our special new york versus donald trump. Im ari and we will get into this Criminal Trial. Defendant trump reeling in the first week of testimony in new york. We are covering that on tonights special. Well have new reporting on the damning testimony. Experts on the law to the sordid world of new york tabloids. We have experts on that believe it or not. We have a Beat Special Report on a new separate indictment against a trump lawyer Boris Epstein who first admitted his role in the now indicted elector plot on the beat. This week, they asked a bunch of trump friendly questions about the potential problems with prosecuting a president. If you listen to the Oral Argument you may have noticed it almost sounded like that kind of trial was a futile project. Up the east coast, an actual trial of a former president was Going Forward and the republic did not crumble. It is a contrast that hangs over all of this in america and what we get into tonight. This very first week of the new