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To republican control of the senate. Stop garvey. Adam schiff for senate. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. 1808836464. Thats 1808836464. Im Fred Pleitgen in tehran. And this is cnn welcome to. Cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez alongside jessica dean in washington. And in just moments were going to see some pivotal humans in the Georgia Election subversion case against donald trump and his codefendants, Attorneys For Trump and his codefendants are going to deliver Closing Arguments in...

No, no, no, this is the truth, the judge. It is a lie. It is a lie. Our relationship was not a secret. It was just private. Did you observe them do things that are common among people having a romantic relationship . Yes. I like grey goose. You never wrote him a check. I dont have checks. Cash is fungible. I gave my daughter her first cashbox and told her, always keep some cash. Most black folks, they hard cash. Im not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. Just some of the most...

Trying to put the d. A. And her defense team on defense. The accusation is that fani willis had an improper relationship with one of her prosecutors and stood to benefit financially from employing him. The subsequent testimony has been salacious at times, heated at others, especially when willis herself took the stand a couple of weeks ago to call the whole investigation bs. And while the alleged conduct is dominating the headlines, it doesnt change the underlying allegations in the original cas...

sleep. that man turned around, went inside the home. they have ring camera video of him entering and exiting the home. he started shooting people in this home. the ages are from 8 to 40. you have five victims. two of the women were actually on top of the children trying to protect them, covered in blood. listen to the sheriff about this active manhunt. >> two of the juveniles were found underneath two of the deceased women in the bedroom. in my opinion, they were trying to take care of...

odonnell. >> welcome to the black tie edition of the last word. our first guest tonight andrew weissmann and i were both at the same black tie event, he is the audience is about to see dressed so much more elegantly than i was. >> lawrence, lawrence, do not sell yourself short. you look very -- >> i wore one of these, the black tie and threw away the tuxedo jacket and put on this, im getting away with it sort of. >> i like the full black tie for the friday, not the friday night show fo...

the extreme outside chance that somebody like haley could make a comeback. >> we will be talking about issues till september. tim miller, thank you for your time tonight my friend. that is our show for this evening, it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. >> welcome to the black tie edition of the last word. our first guest tonight andrew weissmann and i were both at the same black tie event, he as the audience is about to see dressed so much more elegantly than i was. >> ...

E. jean carroll alleges trump raped her in the 90s and defamed her when he denied the claims. this is a civil rather than a criminal case. help us understand the different thresholds for criminal versus civil. >> yeah. the civil threshold of proof is a lower standard of evidence. its preponderance of the evidence, versus the highest standard we have which is beyond a reasonable doubt for criminal cases. i think the easiest analogy that comes to mind here if we remember the famous o.j. simpson mu...

Republican democrat prism right now and look at it, what are the facts? >> whats troubling is the democrats keep this mantra that its not a trial and this is how you feel about the judge. they are acting as a fact finder. thats different from sitting on a committee voting on legislation. there is no element of fairness and decency coming in. whats your standard? even if you apply a clear preponderance standard it means you are about 75% certain of your decision. can you say that on this evidence...

I take this away from the republican democrat prison and look at it just as, what are the facts sir or maam? >> they are acting as a factng finder, there is an element of fairness and decency that has to comeer in. so what is your standard? so a clear preponderance standard means youre a 75% standard of your decision. you say that on this, could you even say bye preponderance that it tips either way? if you believe both sides equally, so it under any of those standards its very hard to vote agai...

Principle and law. we argued about what a nominee believed. now we are arguing about the soul of the nominee. whether he is a good person or not.ut >> what troubles me is the mantra repeated, "this is not a trial. that this is a job interview." this is a man accused of a serious crime. i wrote a piece in "the hill" saying it is wrong to say there is no standard of review here. you have to have a standard to look at the evidence, where a nominee is presumed guilty ord innocent in this scandal. i ...