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. well, look at that. the supreme court is right where it did not want to be, smack dab in the middle maybe of the 2024 election with the first votes in just a few days, tonight on "laura coates live." okay. so if were being honest, we knew this day was coming, right? i mean even if the supreme court did not want this day to come, theyre probably still recovering a little bit from bush v. gore, and this seems to be the worst kind of deja vu. maybe thats why after several hours behind...

well, look at that. the supreme court is right where it did not want to be, smack dab in the middle of the 2024 election with the first votes in just a few days. tonight on "laura coates live". okay, so if we are being honest, drumroll please, the supreme court said yes. they will decide whether donald trump, former president of the united states, one who is trying to become president again, can be on the ballot after his role in january 6. which ballot? this one concerns colorado, but...

And theyre all coming . Those who are still with us, yes. Grandpa whats this . Your wings. Light em up gentlemen, its a beautiful. Day to fly. A pro painfree absorb been pro were how solomon in new york and this is cnn and it is just passed 9 00 p. M. Hours after an attorney for the former president did what he likely wishes he could but cannot because of again, gag order launch into a verbal assault on Michael Cohen, his motives and combustible pass the language was course from the start, promp...

Will anything stop American Christians voting for Trump this November? The depressing answer seems to be, no, nothing. Is he villain or victim? Convicted criminal or hero?

Called a redemption narrative. what did you mean? >> well i dont owe anyone an excuse for what i did. adults making adult decisions. there was no trafficking involved. and i dont blame them. why do you want to go out and meet a loser for? you know? who wants to go out and meet a loser? would you prefer to meet someone successful with their act together? and whatnot. and, i dont exactly know what i was referring to in that comment though. but what i ran is completely different. i mean, who are th...

Kids, so far who is the other man that was having sex with the kids? who is the other person? >> it reiterates how disturbing the allegations and the conviction really is in a case like this and trafficking when people really look into sex trafficking and what this means and what it looks like across this country by the way. it happens here in the united states and abroad. it really is so disturbing. i read something you told the hollywood reporter, and its always struck me. i want to bring it t...

>> reporter: recruiters are very quick at picking out someones vulnerabiliti vulnerabilities. >> if they know that through this grooming process, you have a sordid past, for example, you had a past with drugs or crime, they will engage in what they call a redemption narrative. >> reporter: but time and time again, experts told us radicalization does not necessarily lead to terrorism. >> people who hold radical ideas and express radical viewpoints often are not violent and the people who engage i...

Picture, it is hard not to freak out about that. and at the same time were so set with the redemption narrative will it is sort of backwards. sometimes i think the initial scandal gave them name recognition and put a lot of people ended up supporting him without necessarily knowing a ton about his politics but they like this redemption narrative. i think thats something were obsessed with. were seeing with san diego mayor filner right now. im going to go to this magic box of rehab. >> we asked w...

He used in his. he said we had this very public thing happen to us. no, no, no. theres no we, kimosabe, you did this and put your wife through this. you know, to use that sort of language. i mean, look, as we all know im an unmarried, childless person so i dont mean to judge her, but im judging. im sure the baby is a factor in this and its very sad. but the fact is the language he used, erin, tells me he still isnt taking responsibility for it. >> john, for those out there, obviously the country...

Not turning out that way, at leaf for now for anthony weiner. >> thank you very much for that reporting. steve kornacki is part of our msnbc family host of "up weekend." and joan walsh is the editor of salon and msnbc analyst. steve, this thing, its has astounded me that new yorkers are willing to accept a pretty low level of behavior by their potential mayor here. i dont know whether the numbers will hold but hes been very competitive with christine quinn, the speaker of the city council all th...