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special what weve been working on why weve lived through a truly historic week. and that is not a comment on politics or media, criticism or media speculation. i can tell you as a point of fact the supreme court ruling this week and the d.c. circuit court ruling this week will be taught in law schools and in books about american history for many decades to come. right now in those cases the supreme court is basically grappling with key issues involving citizen, defendant and candidate ...

Circuit ruling this week will be taught in law schools and in books about American History for many decades to come. Right now in those cases, the Supreme Court is basically grappling with these key issues involving Citizen Defendant and candidate trump, which could shape not only this years election, but legal and political boundaries of history as we know it. On this monumental day, in judicial history. A legal case that could rock the race for the white house. Donald trump is now at the cente...

Michael cohen testifying. I watched him inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss just a few feet away. Defense started their Cross Examination. We have been reporting on that along with our colleagues here. How it has been going. Asanother pivotal day. Michael cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the anstand. It is a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment we have been waiting for. The crossexamination. Will cohen keep his cool ...

Starts now. Welcome, everyone. Its a special twohour edition of the beat. Im ari melber. This is the second day of convicted former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying. Inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss and by the afternoon the defense started their crossexamination. Weve been reporting on that. Heres how its been going. Another pivotal day in Donald Trumps criminal trial in new york. The prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen back on the stand. Trumps form...

If you look around and look at the colleagues, the democratic colleagues on the committee, who said they were noes. in fact, some of them, booker and kamala harris were noes in an hour of the nominee being named. what is the point? that becomes the question if the questioning doesnt give them any more discernment on the decision? >> the point here is kavanaugh is up for a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. whoever succeeds justice kennedy will have a role in making historic decisions tha...

Special counsel to him about collusion in russia. the president sometimes says things on twitter that pushes the envelope a bit. this seems strange, after "the new york times" published this list of 49 questions more than a dozen of which were about potential contacts between his campaign and russia during the campaign, which is -- thats the collusion question, the president is asserting that those questions dont exist, that that line of questioning doesnt exist. i have to ask if that makes it h...

Being here tonight, i really appreciate you making the time. >> not a problem, rachel. >> what is the legal precedent here? it seems like theres an implicit tension in what "the washington post" is reporting, that the special counsels office is telling the presidents lawyers, hey, we have the option to subpoena the president, he can tell us hes not going to testify but we can make him. and it sounds like the presidents lawyers are comfortable with the fact that -- or comfortable with the idea th...

We dont know everything about those participants. there doesnt seem to be any evidence suggesting that the president was a participant in the hack. but we dont know everything about his campaign and his aides and what he knew about what his campaign and his aides were also doing. >> right. and if he knew, did he authorize it impoli poliimplicitly and ex. carol leonnig, thank you so much for joining us on short notice, and congratulations. always great to have you here. >> of course. >> i want to...