That does it for us this morning. Well be right back here tomorrow morning. Ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. Good morning and thank you for joining us. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news, donald troubles trumps Hush Money Trial is resuming this morning, the judge beginning with a hearing on the gag order in this case, which prevents trump from attacking witnesses and jurors among others. Prosecutors say trump has repeatedly violated that gag order, potentially as many as ten times. Lets bring in nbcs Vaughn Hillyard outside the new york city courthouse. Also with us, former u. S. Attorney and senior fbi official, Chuck Rosenberg, Danny Cevallos and kristen gibbons, great to have all of you here. What is the latest with the gag order under way . Reporter good morning, ana. The prosecution is currently before judge merchan going through each of these ten Social Media Posts, saying that donald trump is willfully and fla
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. It was an explosive day in criminal court today. Donald trumps one time ally and friend, david pecker, laid out in detail what he, Michael Cohen, and donald trump agreed to do to protect his campaign. And then how they did it. Describing multiple conversations and multiple moments of the campaign on multiple topics including times when pecker directly advised trump saying quote, i think you should buy it, about Karen Mcdougles story, to which trump responded he would think about it according to pecker and have cohen call him back. The question for jurors was any of this illegal. Pecker is the man at the center of trumps catch and kill scheme in the run up to the 2016 election and he could be a more Essential Witness to cohen. Because pecker is corroborating when cohen has long alleged. That there was a 2015 meeting in trump tower where he, pecker and trump hatched a plan to protect trump and hurt his opponents in his campaign for president. Today, peck
Describes the secret meeting to catch and kill stories from Karen Mcdougal and Stormy Daniels before they could sink Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Now, that is not illegal. So, how does testimony from pecker help the prosecution prove that trump committed a crime . Plus, trumps attorney tieing himself in rhetorical knots, trying to defend trumps Social Media Posts and convince the judge trump has not violated his gag order. Todd blanche saying the president is being very careful and the frustrating judge responding, quote, youre losing all credibility with this court. Why is he waiting to rule . And taking its toll, with reporters observing trump as looking thinner and older, against many parts of todays proceedings with his eyes closed and venting his frustration on social media, what will be the impact on this trial and the race for president . We have got more on that coming up. But we start with former National Enquirer ceo david pecker back on the stand right now. One of t
It is good to be back with you for this second hour. At this hour, is a former Tabloid Publisher the star witness in the people versus donald trump . What david pecker revealed about his close friendship with the former president and the catch and kill scheme before the hush money scandal exploded. Plus from the courtroom to a meeting with japan. Trump prepares to host another International Leader as the campaign tries to show theyre just doing business as usual. And standing by for a judges ruling. Will trump be held in contempt for violating a gag order . Well tell you what happened during a heated hearing this morning. And code name, plazic echo. What a newly unsealed document reveals about the documents case and a witness who warned trump to just give everything back. Our nbc News Reporters are following the latest developments. We begin outside the courthouse in Lower Manhattan with vaughn hillyard. Vaughn, david pecker was the only witness again today. He was questioned about con
It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Were tracking several breaking stories right now. Israel strikes back, targeting iran overnight. The fallout as tensions grow in the middle east. Here at home, a critical vote under way right now on capitol hill to advance a whopping package of aid to ukraine and israel. In new york city, Jury Selection back under way in Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial, a full panel of 12 in place as they search for five more people to fill the alternate seats. And we begin with Breaking News on capitol hill, where happening right now the house is voting on whether to consider a package of bills with 95 billion in aid for ukraine, israel and the indopacific. Joining us now from capitol hill is nbcs ali vitali. What is happening right now . Reporter look, just in the last minute or two, jose, since we came on the air with you, democrats who had seemingly been holding their votes back from this rule vote just i think to get a sens