Guests: Michael Cohen, Andrew Weissman, Judge Diane Kiesel, Ellison Barber, Peter Kalmus

America's first felon President learns his fate. Tonight: Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, a key witness who helped secure Trump's conviction joins live. And as the fires just keep burning in Los Angeles: what we already knew about the climate that created the conditions for this nightmare.

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Guests: Lisa Rubin, Kristy Greenberg, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Katy Tur, Matthew Pearce, Jonathan Alter

With the largest fires still uncontained, the devastation of life and property grows. Tonight: the latest from Los Angeles and the difficult task of finding facts in an information environment filled with lie. Then, hours away from his criminal sentencing, will the Supreme Court bail out Donald Trump again? Plus, why some Democrats are actively supporting the Trump agenda on immigration. And the uniquely American scene inside the National Cathedral at the state funeral for President Jimmy Carter.

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Guests: Jacob Soboroff, Morgan Chesky, Benjamin Keys, Harry Litman, Lydia Polgreen, Mike Pordhorzer

The most destructive fire in the history of Los Angeles is still uncontained. Tonight: the latest from southern California and the stakes for victims hoping to recover and rebuild. Then, the Justice Department says they will release a report on Trump's insurrection before inauguration as the president-elect makes an appeal to the Supreme Court over his New York sentence. And 12 days until he takes power, how to process Donald Trump's threats of imperial conquest.

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