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you re going to want to hear what she says. it is tomorrow night, 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. good evening. good evening, rachel. of course, the breaking legal news of the night, which sounds minor, in its way, is that donald trump s lawyers have already sent a letter to judge mershon in that case saying that today s action by the united states supreme court means that that conviction has to be thrown out. i think sentencing is going to proceed and the new york courts will say take that on your appeal. what that is the latest, that is the very first legal move they have made since the supreme court ruled today. here we go. as far as the practical consequence of that in the new york criminal case. i think judge mershon will hear arguments from both sides as to whether the sentencing should be delayed. i don t think the sentencing, i mean, he has been convicted. you don t throw some ....
the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you again tomorrow. today, the u.s. supreme court granted donald trump immunity for conduct described in exactly two paragraphs. a 130 paragraph indictment. the rest of the indictment against donald trump still stands as of tonight. the supreme court has ordered the trial judge in the case, judge chutkan, to hear testimony in the case from a very long list of potential witnesses to clarify if some of the remaining charges in the indictment might now fit into a new category created by the supreme court today, granting criminal immunity for some presidential conduct. that could lead judge chutkan to in effect be presiding over an examination of the evidence similar to or equal to what would occur in the prosecution in the trial, the actual trial, of this case when prosecutor jack smith would be calling prosecution witnesses to the witness stand in judge chutkan s courtroom including mike pence to take a ....
i m wolf blitzer in washington along with kaitlan collins. this is america s choice, election day in america your headquarters for all the crucial issues driving voters to the polls. key races are in mississippi, kentucky and ohio. the first polls close in hours from now. these races can help us get a sense of where the voters are. we ll see in abortion rights will continue to be the driving force so clearly in last year s election after the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. in ohio tonight, voters are deciding to enshrine the right to one in the state s constitution. and governors contests in kentucky and mississippi, along with control over the government of virginia, where all 140 seats in both the house and the senate there are up for grabs. . we have live team coverage of it all. jessica dean is in richmond, virginia. kyung lah, you re no franklin county, ohio. what have voters been saying as they cast their ballots today. reporter: what you ....
control of congress. that is in the offing. we ll debate that and see how it goes. dana has the week off. i m bill hemmer. welcome to aishah. aishah: hello. thank you for having me. good to be with you. bill: you beat the heat. aishah: i like the heat. i m aishah hosni. republicans are mapping out steps to be ready on day one if trump should win a second term and planning also depends on maintaining control of the house and possibly flipping the senate. taxes and the deficit, those are the top priorities. trump says that he wants to reduce your taxes, cut them and keep them low. unlike democrats who say that they want more of your hard-earned dollars. we will make the trump tax cuts permanent and cut taxes even more for working families and small businesses. they will let them expire and give you the biggest tax increase you have had ever by four times. bill: that from the weekend. chad pergram has the follow-up on capitol hill. good morning. good morning. r ....
criminal charges against trump. that is how you think when you are in a cult. that is how you think when you re in a cult. well put. you know, we hear about situational ethics, in the case of republicans, it s situational patriotism. they love the justice department when their opponents are being prosecuted. they love american democracy when their when their candidates win. but if they lose elections, suddenly, they hate american democracy and they think it s corrupt. if donald trump is convicted of crimes, of felonies 34 times, suddenly they hate the justice system. but if it goes the other way for them, situationally, it s okay. such hypocrisy. so is it biden s justice department being weaponized by biden or is it not? yeah. this lays bare everything we ve been saying on this show for many, many years now about the hypocrisy. i mean, when you look at the disappointment, frankly, for many republicans about the outcome of this trial, they wanted to be able t ....