gun safety legislation in the senate tonight. it is minimal legislation by anyone s score. but it is the only legislation that has moved through there they are in the last 30 years. 14 republican senators voting for it, including senator mcconnell, and john cornyn, after he got booed in texas this weekend, for exactly this, either publican state convention in texas. so, something is definitely gonna happen and everyone who was advocating for this cause we ll go back to work advocating for more. as soon as this passes. but it is a very big moment in the history of the subject, and the senate tonight. literally, it s been decades of nothing. and this may be a small something that it is not nothing. and that is big news when it comes to that issue. thank you, lawrence. rachel, you ve worked too hard. get out of here. i ll take it for the rest of the day. thank you, rachel. tonight s other breaking news is that the january 6th committee has secured the cooperation of a docu
defense for the false claims of election fraud fox news aired following the 2020 election. lawyers for the voting system company have presented internal communications and depositions that show fox executives and hosts knew the claims were false but aired them anyway. however, fox believes that it is completely covered by the first amendment and has asked the judge to dismiss the case. its lawyers argue that the network and its hosts were reporting on news-worthy allegations from newsworthy people, and that executives were not directly involved in airing any defamatory statements. the judge told the lawyers yesterday they would have to agree on live or video testimony from witnesses for their jury presentations. adding that he would prefer live witnesses. the washington post reports that rupert murdoch might be compelled to take the stand. earlier this week, fox s lawyer
how else will i ever approached him here, in the wilderness of life, knowing that i asked of this guidance only to show myself a coward in defending the course he let me take, he led me to take. leading off our discussion tonight, barry berke, who served as special counsel to the house judiciary committee during donald trump s first impeachment trial. and chief impeachment counsel during trump s second impeachment trial. also with us neal katyal, former acting u.s. general, and an msnbc legal analyst. barry berke, you have so much experience in jury presentations, and this strikes me as a jury presentation, and when you think about the jurors that you don t yet have, you can sometimes get a feel for jury, and think, you know, you ve got some on your side, you kind of know who they are. but when you think of the