Tonight, the scathing ruling from New York Judd, saying that Donald Trump repeatedly committed

acts of fraud, and that his financial statements were based in a fantasy world.

And the clock is ticking on a potential government shutdown.

What's at stake as negotiations continue?

Plus, Senator Bob Meninda is back on the hill as more Democrats are calling for his resignation.

Then, looking ahead to tomorrow's GOP debate and new concerns over spreading this information,

as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.

Good evening, once again, I'm Stephanie Rule, live at MSNBC Headquarters here in New York City.

And we begin this evening's broadcast with a major legal blow for one Donald J. Trump,

a judge here in New York rule that he committed fraud and lied about his net worth for many years.

The decision comes as part of New York Attorney General Tish James's $250 million lawsuit

against Trump and his company. The judge found Trump, quote, repeatedly submitted fraudulent

financial documents about the value of his assets to banks and other insurance companies.

And that his financial statements were, quote, based in a fantasy world, not the real world.

Earlier tonight, New York Times reporter Suzanne Craig, who was reported extensively on his finances,

described exactly what the judge told Trump's lawyers at the hearing that led to today's ruling.

At one point, the judge, and maybe we all should have seen this coming today, the judge,

and I've written it. I don't even want to paraphrase it. It was so good. He was so angry.

He started pounding on his desk and looking at the Trump lawyers and he said,

you cannot make false statements and use them in business. That's what the statute prohibits.

And he was just furious. He was just like, shut up. They had all these excuses for why

these financial statements were essentially worthless.

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