even though it is donald trump, who has not provided a single shred of evidence proving that they re not, proving that he declassified any of the records that he kept at mar-a-lago for up to 18 months. now to the other front, the special master process itself. just a couple hours ago, lawyers for the justice department squared off with donald trump s legal team for their first public hearing before judge raymond dearie. he was appointed special master to review the documents seized in the search of donald trump s residence last month. during this hearing, dearie, who was donald trump s pick, his hand-selected suggestion to be the special master, told donald trump s lawyers to put up or shut up on claims that trump declassified the records. here s how politico describes the hearing. quote, judge raymond dearie pushed trump s lawyers repeatedly for refusing to back up the former president s claim that he declassified the highly sensitive national security-related records discov
donald trump leads pennsylvania republicans, leaves pennsylvania republicans fuming while in georgia, the former president reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this very busy friday, may 20th. i m jonathan lemire. there s still no winner in the pennsylvania republican senate primary this morning with state officials confirming to nbc news that there are nearly 9,000 votes left to count. the effects of former president trump s handling of this race and other primaries in the state are already being felt. and could hurt his political capital in the future. nbc news reports that exacerbated republicans in the state say the end result of promoting candidates with far right views with such intensive media coverage could boomerang in ways that damage both the party and trump s own chances should he run for president again in 2024. officials reporting that trump s endorsement of celebrity tv doctor mehmet oz, now in
from now. we will bring you those comments from that podium there live. white house officials say today s meeting will allow the three nations to, quote, coordinate a path forward and compare notes on the move. this comes just hours before president biden leaves for his first trip to asia since taking office. over the next several days he will make stops in south korea and japan with hopes of reinforcing those alliances, of course, with china in mind there. plus, we are watching a continuing losing streak on wall street. the dow down again this morning, though, not quite as far as it was earlier. this on the heels of its worst days in nearly two years yesterday. let s begin with white house correspondent john harwood on the north lawn. this meeting, an important show of support for the allies making an enormous strategic change here. do they believe this is baked in? turkey continues to make bones about standing in the way. i don t think baked in, but there does seem to be
Us. Im ana cabrera along with jose diazbalart reporting from new york with our special coverage. Stormy daniels back on the stand this morning in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial Facing Additional Cross Examination right now from trumps attorney about her allegation of a sexual encounter with trump and a subsequent coverup. Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is outside the courthouse, and here with us for the morning, charles coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst, and teb die owe agone da williams, former Senior Investigative council for the house january 6th commission. Take us inside that courtroom. Whats happening right now . Reporter already pretty contentious to say the least. It seems as if Stormy Daniels is much more prepared this morning than she was tuesday at the start of her testimony, especially when it came to Cross Examination with Susan Necheles. It seemed as if it was as contentious as it was the first goaround. Susan necheles asking repeatedly was this just about m
University heating up overnight. A group of protesters breaking windows and barricading themselves inside Hamilton Hall at the campus. Theyve pushed tables and chairs against the doors. And this action comes just hours after Columbia University, the epicenter of the nationwide propalestinian Campus Protests , began suspending students. The Ivy League School had set a 2 p. M. Deadline monday for the protesters to leave their encampments at the campus. The university had been trying to avoid calling back the police, whose intervention on april 18th led to more than 100 student arrests. The protesters at columbia have inspired similar propalestinian demonstrations on campuses across the country. Arrests nationwide are now approaching 1000, as the final days of Class Wrap Up and Commencement Ceremonies are just days or weeks away. The protesters demand the universities cut financial ties with israel over the war in gaza, but many jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemiti