The toxic legacy of 'The Jerry Springer Show'

And Texas Gov. Abbott goes out of his way to call shooting victims 'illegal immigrants' [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Monday, May. 01, 2023 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [Why E. Jean Carroll's Trump testimony transcript is required reading]( [By](Emma Gray When writer E. Jean Carroll was asked under oath this week why she was in court, she didn’t mince words. “I am here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen,” the former advice columnist said. “He lied and shattered my reputation, and I am here to try to get my life back.” It’s that last part that has been rattling around in my brain since I read the transcript of Carroll’s first day of testimony. “I am here to get my life back.” It’s striking because it’s a sentence about Carroll, not the former president she testified she encountered at Bergdorf Goodman nearly 30 years ago. The former president she says raped her in the dressing room of Bergdorf’s. The former president who she claims held her against the wall with “his whole weight” and put her in a situation where she was “too frightened to think if I was afraid or not.” The former president whose actions Carroll says left an indelible negative impact on her career and left her “unable to ever have a romantic life again.” This is a preview of Emma Gray's latest article. [Read the full column here](.     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [JORDAN RUBIN]( [Trump’s embrace of a Jan. 6 defendant sets a dangerous precedent]( On the day Mike Pence finally testified to the Jan. 6 grand jury, Trump comforted a Jan. 6 defendant, saying she’d end up “happy.” Read more]([.]( [JOY REID]( [Zooey Zephyr embodies the GOP’s war on free speech]( She's Montana's first transgender state legislator. Now, she's the target of Republican lawmakers who want to silence her. [Read more.]( [ROBYN AUTRY]( ['The Jerry Springer Show’ wasn’t harmless trash. And even Jerry knew it.]( The talk show with the fighting guests and the cheering studio audience wasn't harmless fun. [Read more.]( [STEVE BENEN]( [Why some of Steve Bannon’s former partners are headed to prison]( Bannon received a get-out-of-jail-free card when Trump pardoned him on his last day in office – but many of his former associates were not so lucky. [Read more.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] MORNING JOE [Texas gov. Abbott goes out of his way to call shooting victims 'illegal immigrants']( [INSIDE WITH JEN PSAKI]( Fmr. White House Chief of Staff: Pence’s testimony is ‘totally unprecedented’]( [MORNING JOE]( [Manhunt continues for gunman who killed 5 people in Texas]( [MSNBC]( [Roy Wood Jr. takes aim at Clarence Thomas, Fox News, and more at WH Correspondents' Dinner]( [MORE FROM MSNBC]( [Alternate text] Sunday, MSNBC Films presents the fourth episode of “Leguizamo Does America,” a six-part series from NBC News Studios. This week, John Leguizamo explores Chicago’s Latino communities, meeting with local firefighters and Windy City native Michael Peña along the way. Watch an all new episode of “Leguizamo Does America,” Sunday at 10pm Eastern on MSNBC, and streaming on Peacock.   Legal news is dominating the headlines, and former prosecutor Jordan Rubin is tackling these crucial issues with a new limited newsletter, Deadline: Legal. An extension of Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, you can expect insights when major updates hit, along with news and analysis from MSNBC legal experts, in your inbox until the end of the current Supreme Court term. [Subscribe now.](   [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)