Im not sure that anybody has ever seen anything like this before. Day two of testimony in trumps hush money election interference trial. And the judge has already had it with trump and his legal team. Meanwhile, i was in the courtroom as the first witness, david pecker, gave riveting testimony about his interactions with trump. I will tell you what i saw and heard. And that is where we begin tonight. With the historic first ever trial of a former american president , as donald trump spent a second day in court before a attan jury. It was a day that i can say i witnessed personally as i took my turn to be at the courthouse, and has been the case so far, there were no throngs of Trump Supporters outside raising hell on his behalf. We notice this one guy who had a crucifix and rang a loud bell while wearing a tshirt declaring the three greatest u. S. President s were george washington, john f. Kennedy, and donald trump. Other than that, for all the giant barricades erected downtown, the l
ayman, weathering the storm. democrats convening this saturday to discuss next steps after the presidents poor debate performance. plus, the supreme court ruling that will have massive implications across this country and are republicans playing the long game? and can we change america s gun culture? the surgeon general sure hope so. i am in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. there is there is no sugarcoating it. president biden had a bad night thursday. we all know that and his poor debate performance has created a lingering split in the democratic party,■ç with many questioning whether he should remain on the ticket. take note of how many prominent democrats like barack obama, nancy pelosi, hakeem jeffries and james clyburn have been willing to admit biden had a rough night. however all of them remained behind biden, insisting he should not drop out. others on the left are more blunt. he had one thing he had to accomplish and that is reassure america that he is up
states. tampering with a witness. and deprivation of rights under color of law. and while sources tell nbc that trump has no plans to talk to the grand jury, that s not stopping the investigators from moving full steam ahead. tomorrow, william russell, trump s former white house aide, who also currently works for his 2024 campaign, is set to testify before the grand jury investigating these efforts. while earlier today, jack smith was spotted at a d.c. federal courthouse. and look, while this is all coming to a head, the former president also received some bad news today about another one of the criminal cases that he s facing. a judge rejected his bid to move the manhattan d.a. s hush money case to federal court. the trial will go on as scheduled in new york state. this is a lot. joining me now to explain is timothy, former lead investigator for the house select january 6th committee, jill winebanks, former watergate assistant, special prosecutor,
witnesses and documents from the house and from the american people on phony complaints about the house process. what is his excuse now? minutes later president trump, who is waiting for the senate trial to vindicate him, tweeted this. pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the u.s. congress and now she is crying for fairness in the senate and breaking all rules while doing so. she lost congress once. she will do it again. leading off our discussion tonight is jonathan alter, columnist for the daily beast and an msnbc political analyst. jill wine-banks, former watergate assistant special prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. and bina venkatraman, editorial page editor for the boston globe whose recent editorial urges all senators and chief justice john roberts to take more of an active role in the senate impeachment trial. let me start with you, if i can, bina, and ask you about that argument you re making about the
this. pelosi gives us the most unfair in the history of the u.s. congress and now she is crying for fairness in the senate and breaking all rules while doing so. she lost congress once. she will do it again. leading off our discussion tonight is jonathan alter, clumtist for the daily beast and an msnbc political analyst. jill wine-banks, former watergate assistant special prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. and binavenka trauman, editorial page editor for the boston globe whose recent editorial urges all senators and chief justice john roberts to take more of an active role in the senate impeachment trial. let me start with you, if i can, bina, and ask you about that article you re making about the chief justice playing a bigger role here. right now by most people s understanding this ball is really in the court of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. with consultation with chuck schumer he ll set the rules for this. but what is the argument you re making, what is the role ch