but if you have lived through the last three or four years in this country should appreciate just how fragile our freedoms really are. our founding fathers understood this and benjamin franklin walked out of the constitutional convention he was asked on the street what have you given us a republic or monarchy? he said a republic if you can keep it. you can have the best constitution in the world you can have the best declaration of independence they do not run on autopilot. they require citizens in each generation to answer the call when freedom is under attack. so we are called upon to carry the torch of what george washington called the sacred fire of liberty. we are called upon to stand firm for the truth. we are called upon to be resolute in defense of the enduring american principles that mark us as a free society. here s what i can tell you i will do. if you support me and i earn the nomination to be the republican candidate, set your clock to january 20, 2025 at high n
Thank you so much for tuning in. I wish you all a good night. My friend ari is next. And remember, you can watch the night cap most fridays and saturdays. 11 00 p. M. Eastern right here on msnbc. But for now, im signing off. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Ill see you at the end of monday. Hello and welcome to our special. New york versus donald trump. Im ari and we have break downs on this entire rivetting week of testimony including fridays emotional moments for a long time trump aid open hicks on the stand. This really showed how prosecutors are proving up this case. Putting forward Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougals lawyer up. And a very damning story that will come from Michael Cohen. Corroborating all of that, with what we have told you about. The receipts, the checks, the contracts. And then, ending this week with a rare view inside Donald Trumps uppermost senior aides and brain trusts. Hope hicks taking the stand friday an
Talented person. Shes a little shy but thats okay. The people call hope hicks to the witness stand. Donald trump made sure he was easy talking to todd blanche and hope hicks very deliberately avoided any regard , any look at him. Tonight, gripping testimony from a trump insider on the trump campaigns attempt to catch and kill. Suddenly, she just started crying. It felt like a confession she had come forward and said this. What the jury heard about campaign panic over Access Hollywood. I said it, i was wrong and i apologize. Then new reporting on how to project a second trump term and how to predict trumps second pick for vp. Kristi noem is a little too based, shooting the puppy. Your ghostwriter must really not like you if they include that one. That was rough. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, and chris hayes. Today, we heard the most colorful, explosive testimony yet in the trial of donald trump. It came from one of the prosecutions star witnesses, one of the peopl
Hello and welcome to our special, new york versus donald trump. Im ari melber. We have breakdowns on this riveting testimony. Including fridays moment for hope hicks. This is one of the weeks where prosecutors are putting together Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougalls lawyer, Keith Davidson. A damning story will come from Michael Cohen but theyve done it to confirm it for the jury before they hear from cohen. Corroborating all of that, with what weve told you about, the receipts, the checks, the contracts, and then ending this week with a rare view inside Donald Trumps upper most senior aides and brain trust. Longtime trump aide hope hicks taking the stand and bringing jurors into these meetings. As the access Hollywood Tape broke as trump and aides assessed its damage. Hope hicks you see there with donald trump. That is a coveted post in any campaign and especially in his, someone who is up on the stage and in his ear and on the plane. That is the role she had. So this was important tes
breakdowns on the testimony including emotional moments for long time trump aid hope hicks on the stand. prosecutors are putting forward stormy daniels and karen mcdougal s lawyer, keith davidson, earlier in the week all to confirm a very damning story we heard. they ve done it this way to confirm it for the jury before they hear from cohen and then corroborating that is what we told you about. and then ending this week with a rare view inside donald trump s uppermost senior aides and brain trust. hope hicks taking the stand and bringing jurors and the rest of us into these secret meetings and discussions as the access hollywood tape broke. as trump assessed the damage. hope hicks, you see with donald trump, that is a coveted post in any campaign and especially in his. someone on the stage and in his ear and on the plane. that is the role she had, so this was important testimony including the deals to silence these women. it matters because this is reliable testimony from a l