that does it for a special coverage primetime special coverage this evening but we have much more ahead and now it s time for the last word with a great lawrence o donnell. we have breaking e. jean carroll knows which away began on your show with your interview with e. jean carroll and her lawyer, and that is in the lawsuit, she has another lawsuit against donald trump for all the comments he made about her, and today a federal judge, luis kaplan, granted e. jean carroll s request to revise the defamation lawsuit that she filed against donald trump to include the similar comments that he made recently on cnn, that he made last month on cnn. you had a chance to ask them if that is what their plan was. and it certainly sounded like it was. i said, i mean, you just got this huge judgments against him for saying these terrible things about you that were untrue, and then as soon as the judge came back he said again, what can you do about? that and e. jean carroll s lawyer said
i think it s the thought that counts. thank you very much, abby. great to see you, good evening everyone. i m alison camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. new legal trouble for donald trump, e. jean carroll seeking more damage is in the form of more money, above and beyond the first $5 million. because of what donald trump said in the cnn tell-all. and then there s the case of all the classified documents found at mar-a-lago. apparently donald trump s attorney took highly detailed notes about them. notes that are now in the hands of the special counsel. our panel dives into what those reveal. plus, senator tim scott wants to be president. will he break what donald trump? or will trump tried to make scott s running mate? and this image exploded on twitter this morning. it sent shock waves through the stock market. but it s fake. there was no explosion near the pentagon. the real world danger of artificial intelligence is not just a worry, it s already here. let s begin with new
good morning. welcome to morning joe. this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukraine invasion. meanwhile, ukraine could be receiving more u.s. military aid thanks to an accounting error. we ll explain what happened there. also ahead, the manhattan d.a. shuts down what appears to be a delay tactic from donald trump s defense team. and nikki haley finally pushes back against her old boss. we ll have her response to trump calling january 6th a beautiful day. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. willie, can you believe it s friday? i m still processing.
surprise decision from a federal judge in florida who asked the justice department to prepare a redacted version of the affidavit that led to the search warrant for donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. that decision marking more of a middle of the road approach than some expected with the judge saying, quote, very important for the public to have access to as much information as possible. joining us now from palm beach, florida, just outside of mar-a-lago and nbc news correspondent sam brock. good morning. what is the latest here? reporter: willie, good morning. the latest is, it is all quiet right now outside of mar-a-lago. after some chaos yesterday in the courtroom. at least in the sense that this was not the result that many in the legal community were expecting, that the judge appears to be sympathetic to unsealing a portion of the affidavit. here is what is happening, what will happen next. the doj has a full week to submit its redactions and the judge will look at those
Good afternoon, and good to be with you. Im jose diazbalart in for katy tur. Court has wrapped in new york city. It was a day of routine appearances from a slate of custodial and lesser known witnesses, all setting up the major testimony we expect to be hearing on monday from the other man at the center of this hush money case, Michael Cohen. Multiple sources tell nbc news Donald Trumps former fixer is expected to take the stand for several days. What todays testimony about cohens Phone Records could tell us about the prosecutions strategy next week and what cohens appearance signals about the overall timing of this trial. Could he be the final person we hear from . Or could donald trump himself take the stand later as he has suggested he could do. The prosecution knows when it might rest. We have a whole lot to cover. I want to get right into it. Joining us now, is nbc news Legal Correspondent lisa rubin who was inside the courtroom today. Senior judge and professor at Florida Interna