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developments from trumps many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former presidents rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. hes been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. th...

january 6th committee about her role in the insurrection and why some remain skeptical. and putins new desperate attempt to claim victory in ukraine while his own troops say the war is already lost. were going to begin tonight with hurricane ian now lashing the south carolina coast. heres what it looked like as it came ashore. waves bashing this marina in charleston. it made landfill as a category 1 storm bringing torrential rain and 85-mile-per-hour winds with officials warning the st...

Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. We begin with Donald Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonished trumps lawyers for insinuating that actress Stormy Daniels has changed their story. The judge said i disagree with your narrative there is any new account here. Daniels wrapping up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and basically rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we h...

This precocious young person, 11 years old at the time, lobbying for their own parent. lets take a look at that. >> i suspect after these proceedings and please, god, after your confirmation to the supreme court, something new will happen in america, that that letter from your daughter will not be exceptional. whether theyre daughters of white parents or black parents, biracial, were going to see a new generation talking about their mamas and daring to write to the president of the united states...

Are much closer to anyone else knowing whether they have any democrats to peel off. they certainly played their hand what they thut thought they did, and they explain other bank shots and things they wanted to refer to, too publicly outlandish against the nominee herself. your take on that, emily? >> right. i think to the extent that we all talk, that americans are thinking about this nomination, that its going to be positive for democrats and get into the particulars of particular defendants, o...

>> my parents taught me that unlike the many barriers that they had had to face growing up, my path was clearer, so that if i worked hard and i believed in myself and america, i could do anything or be anything i wanted to be. >> on this big day in the law, we bring in two legal heavyweights, nyu law professor mel ace murray and "new york times" legal writer emily basilon. professor, what did we learn today about this jurist, this woman, given that it was mostly opening statements from the senat...