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Clips of Donald Trump's deposition in the E. Jean Carroll case are still the topic of conversation as the trial wraps up. Tuesday, the jury will return to get instructions and begin its deliberations.

Speaking about the case to MSNBC host Ari Melber, civil rights attorney Nancy Erika Smith explained that the reason that the case was able to be brought in the first place is that legislators recognized that "women have been failed by the system when it comes to sexual assault."

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has had his eye on the speaker's chair for decades, but the latest debate over the debt ceiling could be what takes it away from him.

NBC News recalled one of the deals that McCarthy made with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who held back five far-right Republicans from supporting McCarthy in January. Gaetz demanded that the number of votes necessary to "vacate the chair," be changed, meaning remove McCarthy from the Speaker post.

The latest mass shooting at the mall in Allen, Texas, left even some gun owners demanding action.

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace began her show on Monday by attacking the inaction of Texas Republican lawmakers who continue to fight back against any possible gun safety laws, despite voters in the state approving of them overwhelmingly.

The closing remarks have been unfolding in the New York Court Monday as E. Jean Carroll's civil rape suit wraps up against former President Donald Trump.

Among the things that Trump's lawyer complained about was not being able to call any witnesses to "disprove the negative," Courthouse News reporter Nina Pullano reported.

The Washington Post reported Sunday that the man who allegedly rammed his 2007 Range Rover into a crowd of people waiting at a bus stop had been taunting them moments before.

Videos of the incident show the car speeding through the red light, jumping the curb and mowing down numerous people.

MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin showed some of the clips of Donald Trump's deposition in the E. Jean Carroll case and wondered how the jury might react in the trial based on what has been revealed from the tape.

"What do you make of that?" he asked former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne. "I mean, based on what you've seen from that day, those three clips we've played for you, the inability to recognize his ex-wife, the stupidity of the second comment about stars have been doing it for a million years, and then that bit where his defense is 'you're not my type,' and attacking the attorney there. Did Trump seemingly make the right decision not to take the stand?"

Writing for the MSNBC blog, former House Judiciary counsel Michael Conway warned that special counsel Jack Smith is running out of time if he intends to act on any possible charges for Donald Trump.

He cited a recent report from the New York Times describing Smith as following the money of the Trump campaign after he and his allies developed a campaign alleging 2020 fraud that cost him the final tally. Trump told his donors he was going after lawsuits and election challenges, but at a certain point, Trump stopped the lawsuits but still claimed he needed the donations.

The Daily Beast revealed a recent effort by TV doctor Mehmet Oz to rebrand himself after losing his 2022 election to Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA).

"Gone is Oz the MAGA-acolyte partisan. Back is the famous, friendly TV doctor—or at least Oz hopes," said the report.

From the very beginning of the trial, Donald Trump's lawyer Joe Tacopina made it clear that former President Donald Trump wouldn't testify before the jury in the E. Jean Carroll case. But on Thursday, Trump claimed he was leaving his trip early, claiming that it was because he needed to testify in his own defense in the case.

As it turns out, his emergency trip back to the U.S. wasn't related, according to Tacopina.

The news has been filled with the tragic story of the eight people killed at an Allen, Texas, mall on Saturday, but there were also six other mass shootings over the weekend, leaving several more dead.

CNN reported Sunday afternoon that in Chico, California, six people were shot and one died, a 17-year-old young woman.

Police in Brownsville, Texas, refused to say whether or not the man who drove his car into a crowd outside a Texas homeless shelter Sunday morning did so intentionally. Still, a video of the incident reveals the details of what happened.

The video, confirmed by police, shows the driver flying through a red light, hitting a curb and then plowing into the crowd of people sitting at a bus stop. Seven people in that incident were killed, and 10 others were injured, CNN reported Sunday afternoon.

Fox News is reporting more information about the man who opened fire at the mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday. According to the report, the police were searching the home of the shooter, which he shared with his two parents.

The 33-year-old Mauricio Martinez Garcia lived in Dallas.

Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll have asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to force former President Donald Trump to comply with an order to take down specific social media posts about his civil rape trial.

In a court filing on Sunday, attorney Roberta Kaplan noted that some of Trump's posts on Truth Social were "about stuff that has no business being spoken about."