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and on that note i wish you all a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, ill see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow >> tonight, on all in -- the verdict is in. >> -- if he can grab women by the [bleep] -- >> well, if you look over the last million years, i guess that has been largely true, not always, but largely true, unfortunately, unfortunately. >> a jury finds donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation tonight ...

stoynoff, one of the witnesses in the e. jean carroll case. >> tonight, on all in -- the verdict is in. >> -- if he can grab women by the [bleep] -- >> well, if you look over the last million years, i guess that has been largely true, not always, but largely true, unfortunately, unfortunately. >> a jury finds donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation tonight vindication for e. jean carroll >> it hurt and it was against my will >> the fallout for the republican front runner >>...

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This is not an ordinary time and this is not an ordinary election. We are going to be choosing a president who will set policy for not just four or eight years, but some of the important decisions we have to make at home and around the world to energy and so much else. So there is a lot at stake. Its one of the most consequential elections we had. Thats why i tried to put forth specific policies and plans. Try to get it off of the personal and put it on to what it is on i want to do as president...

Is so striking here. so, we know statistically, that women who experience sexual abuse -- and all people who experience sexual abuse -- dont tend to report. if it is reported, it tends not to go very far. trial, convictions, which is at the end of this enormous sort of cone of these kinds of incidents -- >> right. >> its a tiny, tiny sliver. heres someone who pursued and pursued and pursue this who to have her day in court, at some point i step back and think about how where it is for survivors ...

To me i am getting advice from lawyers to the contract. that would be a problem but it is a problem that needs to be known by jack smith and the prosecutors now. before they bring charges so that they can resolve those things and have a clear picture of what trump knew about how wrong it was. there was no evidence of fraud and the plan of action was against the constitution. >> i want to also turn to another trump case, the civil trial that began this week. we heard emotional testimony so far. h...

Homophobic language on a radio program between 2006 and 2011. >> a crappy place filled with a bunch of, you know, semi literate -- >> keep it -- >> i just have zero sympathy for them or their culture, a culture where people dont use toilet paper or forks. >> obama would kick your ass playing basketball. >> of course he would. come on. >> hes black, hes a real brother. >> i dont know how black he is. >> carlson has not yet commented on the latest round of clips, but they were released a day after...

Making offensive remarks. media matters published clips of the host uses racist and homophobic language on a radio program between 2006 and 2011. >> a crappy place filled with a bunch of, you know, semi literate -- >> keep it -- >> i just have zero sympathy for them or their culture, a culture where people dont use toilet pain he or forks. >> obama would kick your ass playing basketball. >> of course he would. come on. >> hes black, hes a real brother. >> i dont know how black he is. >> carlson ...

Give me a break. >> well, i wouldnt phrase it that way, but the consent becomes yes, youre conceding that it happened but it was consensual. that becomes the primary defense in almost any rape case. particularly in rape cases and sexual assault cases like this one. the challenge for the prosecuter is that there isnt any scientific evidence. the entire case will rise and fall on the testimony of the accuser who comes in there and points her finger at harvey weinstein. and because of that, it nece...

To know is a household name is kathy shelton. she was raped at the age of 12. and hillary clinton defended her -- defended the rapist, got him off in a plea deal, and a year later laughed about the tactics. this is before the rape shield laws were on the books in arkansas -- >> donald trump has made this very front and center and weve covered this a lot. my question is, do you believe thats going to depress democratic vote, and clearly you do, because you believe this is a strategy thats wise to...