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defense attorney punctuating the defenses last chance to convince the jury to acquit in the first criminal trial of a former president. im chris jansing, anchoring along side my colleagues andrea mitchell and katy tur has made her way back from the courtroom. were here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. >> and in that downtown courthouse, history is being written during closing arguments today. donald trumps attorney todd blanche just wrapped his closing argument, leaning into the...

specifically on the right of the political spectrum bashing her believability? >> because its the same reason they like to talk about dr. seuss. i dont know. you know, so dr. seuss family will say, we want to take the books offline because it doesnt represent. theyll go, were going to buy them because were going to lean into the racism. the palace will say, look, recollections vary and these allegations and the questions about racism are very serious. were going to look into them. and ...

allegations and the questions about racism are very serious. were going to look into them. and the right goes, there is no racism. were going to lean into it. all of a sudden, you have the right who is always anti-royal family pretty much. now theyre supporting the royal family and they have become the press release, so to speak, for -- for buckingham palace? its quite interesting, isnt it? it always has to be for some reason lately the opposition party. i wonder why. >> theyre straigh...

Credentials. When it comes to defeating isis, clinton says trumps plan is no plan. The candidates participate in a National Security forum today, and as trump gears up for a Mail Temporary Speech in philadelphia tonight. Lets get to cnn sara murray, live in greenville, north carolina. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. Were seeing a game of one ups man ship, who is better Commander In Chief and Hillary Clinton is trying to get one over donald trump, releasing a list of 95 retired Milita...

Characteristics. theres no clear line for applying rebellion. theres no clear statement that it applies to the president. theres no popular long standing understanding confirming its application. theres no clear procedure for determining the facts if congress decides he engage d in insurrection, but florida decides he did not. is the court to then engage in fact finding of its own. and what you have most articulated is a desire that this be a 9-0 decision. even if they take the position that you...

Lessig. they will review the decision of removing trump from that ballot with oral arguments scheduled for february 8th. heres what the professor recently wrote about trump and the colorado challenge. quote, donald trump is an astou astoundingly dangerous candidate. hes a pathological liar with clear authoritarian instincts. were he elected to a second term, the damage he would do to the constitutions of our republic is profound. his reelection would be worse than any event in the history of ame...

Articulate elector, but they dont say president. you can say, wait a minute, did the president take an oath. yeah, he did. is he an officer of the united states, i would think so. but its ambiguous, but i dont think thats the way to which defeat donald trump, those who want to defeat donald trump. not through that mechanism. its not the same for the four indictments. the four indictments are the not going to remove him from the ballot. the they are going to provide you, if theres a trial, with i...

Eager to get trump tried before the election. trump, on the other hand, wants to run out the clock. he hopes to win the presidency and use his power to end his own prosecution. so how likely that trump is tried before the election? if in the unlikely scenario he wins his immunity or double jeopardy argument this, prosecution will end and jack smith would fight that outcome. what if trump loses in the court of appeals and that decision is promptly announced. it means he can wait three months, the...

That its going to apply to determine whether insurrection has been committed, how exactly you prove such a fact and so therefore, the question isnt whether the constitution authorizes the exclusion, the question is whether it authorizes the exclusion by a state court without any statute from congress that says this is how you go through the procedure to exclude someone. >> professor, you know that some trump supporters say this is all undemocratic. the idea that a secretary of state would make a...

To be political chaos. >> you talk with the colorado judge the michigan judge in michigan and judge their ruled he should stay on the ballots. what is interesting about that the michigan judge said the former president quote followed state law to qualify for the ballotballot spread he was specifically looking at does he qualify for state law yes he does. they in fact made that point it will be up to congress. i dont know if its quote not one single judicial officer. when judge can or cannot make...