good to be with you, i m katy tur in for the second hour of chris jansing reports. the jury has the e. jean carroll defamation case. how much will they find donald trump owes carroll for continuing to attack her, and continue to go deny what a court of law has already established that he sexually assaulted her. msnbc legal analyst, lisa rubin just stepped out of the courtroom for the first time today to let us know what it was like inside. so, lisa, tell us. reporter: i listened to both sides closing arguments and then the rebuttal of e. jean carroll s lawyers this morning, and then i listened to judge lou kaplan instruct the jury on the law as well as the legal process and the rules that they are required to follow as they deliberate. i think one of the things that was most interesting this morning is the emergence of big themes that are much bigger than e. jean carroll and donald trump alone. what you heard from e. jean carol s lawyers is this isn t a case just about d
capitol hill where if you didn t happen to already be watching the news this morning, you missed a huge surprise that caused a huge spectacle. at 10:04 a.m., the house oversight committee gavelled in to debate ahead of a vote to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress for refusing to comply with a gop subpoena for closed door testimony. at 10:09, hunter biden escorted by secret service and flanked by his lawyers just showed up to the committee room offering himself up for public testimony. but instead of taking him up on that offer, republicans got angry and democrats got exasperated. yes, i m looking at you, hunter biden, as i m speaking to you. you are not above the law at all. i believe that hunter biden should be held completely in contempt. i think he should be hauled off to jail right now. let s vote. let s take a vote. who wants to hear from hunter right now today? anyone? come on. who wants to hear from hunter? no one. mr. biden doesn t make the rules, we make
so good to be back with you on this second special hour of msnbc reports with josé diaz-balart. it is 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. it looks like former president donald trump will not be allowed to have the last word at his civil fraud hearing in new york. what the judge is now saying and what it could mean for the former president s legal case. plus, the surprise standoff on capitol hill, hunter biden visits congress sitting feet away from house republicans trying to hold him in contempt of congress. the witness being afraid to come in front of the committee, that s interesting. he s here. he doesn t seem to be too afraid. inside that faceoff and the political impact next. and the major impeachment push playing out on capitol hill right now as republicans hold their first critical hearing tied to removing secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas from office over the crisis at the border. we ll talk to the ranking member of the house border
the world on january 15th. seven days left before iowa, and the gop field is warning voters, your first chance could be your last chance. i don t think donald trump ultimately can win an election. these polls are garbage. if donald trump wins iowa and new hampshire, it s over, guys. reminding iowans, they set the pace. iowa knows how to do this. you tell the country where we should go. but did those warnings come too late to knock out the runaway favorite? we are leading by a lot, but you have to go out and vote. we have to put big numbers up, really big numbers. no one knows until the first ballots are cast, so with the days dwindling, now is the time for closing arguments. we have reporters all over iowa with what voters are thinking and the sharpest campaign minds on what the candidates are promising. what will work? this is how to win 2024. good to be with you, i m katy tur in for chris jansing, the iowa caucuses are one week from today. let us remind yo
be displayed prominently in all public classrooms. and seven days left. we are one week away from the first presidential debate of 2024 amid brand new polling that shows president biden is gaining. let s begin, though, with that weather. in texas, heavy rain and storm surge from tropical storm alberto has caused serious flooding, as you can see right here with coastal areas underwater from 5 to 10 inches of rain, along with that storm surge. new mexico is also dealing with what the national weather service says is extremely dangerous flooding, but look at this. the wildfires are what s really causing problems in new mexico. the state is reeling. hundreds of structures are gone. and at least two people are dead. locals say they had never seen anything like this before. it s been nonstop planes, nonstop sirens and almost felt like being in the war zone with all the smoke surrounding the area here in the middle. back east, temperatures are reaching 100 degrees in place