the top stories. donald trump got out there and threw a temper tantrum. [applause] he pitched a fifth, he was insulting and doing what he does. but i know that is what he does when he is insecure. when he is threatened. and he should feel threatened, without a doubt. it also goes back to why i continued to push for mental competency test for anyone over the age of 75. [applause] but so he got upset and he said he would take one, and challenge me to one and he would beat me. maybe he would, maybe he wouldn t. but what i said is, if that is the case, get on a debate stage and let s go. [applause] bring it donald show me what you got. reporter: why is donald trump scared? he s petrified, to get on a debate stage with a woman. he looks down on women so much. i don t understand, if she what did he say she is stupid, she is this and that. if that is the case, is it because he is old and he thinks he is old and he thinks that he s losing his mind, he s afraid he s going
plus, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here at the table as republicans struggle to do anything with their majority in the chamber. and arizona secretary of state demanding the justice department take action to protect election workers. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin with the verdict and e. jean carroll s defamation case against donald trump. the 83.3 million dollar award includes 65 million in punitive damages. friday s verdict came after an eventful day in court. trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments while carroll s lawyer were telling jurors that the former president is a liar who thinks quote, the rules don t apply to him. joining us now, former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg, he is an msnbc contributor and former senior fbi official. also with us, msnbc host and legal analyst katie phang. katie, in the run up to this verdict, the big question was, what number is going to be big enough to make donald trump st
a potential interview. and this special counsel suggested a date, saturday, january 27th. an interview that would last anywhere between four and five hours. we were told. and the president s team just kind of sat there and took it all in and then when they got back together they were actually to the point where they were thinking where can we have this interview? maybe camp david to keep it kind of private. eventually, though, january 29th, two days after the interview to take place, john dowd wrote them a 20-page letter saying absolutely not. this is the attorney before rudy giuliani came into this scene. right, exactly. different set of attorneys for call practical purposes. no. sekulow was an attorney then but the point was to come up with a date, seriously talking about an interview and then it all fell