Welcome to primetime weekends. I am nicolle wallace. Lets get to the top stories. Alvin bragg steam cut to the heart of the case in that questioning of david. David pecker. They said, quote, is it true, sir, was that your purpose in walking out the Karen Mcdonnell starry mcdougall story . The answer from david pecker, yes. He added, the actual purpose was to acquire Lifetime Rights so the story was not published by any news organization. David pecker said it was standard to suppress stories to help a friend, but this was catch and kill in order to influence a president ial election. Now, with court adjourned for the weekend, it also we will have key testimony still ahead. We start the hour with our most favorite reporters and friends, two who were inside the courtroom today, Investigative Reporter Suzanne Craig and former attorney and Deputy Assistant attorney carrie whitman. Lucky for us, you can check out that you can never leave and you are still here as a friend. Lets start with yo
Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york and it is all happening today. We are picking up our special coverage of the tangled legal web now being faced by the four times indicted expresident donald trump today. A collision of two of his criminal cases with massive consequences, not just for the man, the party he leads, but also for the presidency. Our countrys democracy. The Supreme Court heard arguments this morning on trumps claim of president ial immunity leaving the fate and timing of the federal Election Interference trial, a big blank Open Question for now, but what is happening at this hour and what is certain is that the trial that could end up being the only criminal trial that expresident faces before americans go to the polls again in 2024 is the one brought by alvin bragg over falsifying Business Records to cover up hush money to a porn star and keep that silent ahead of a national election. Former National Enquirer ceo david pecker is still on the stand and hes being cross exami
i was the one that told him in that cell, today is the day, and it is your call. you can either tell it all, or i m going to present your case to a grand jury when i get back to alabama. i just could not fathom why somebody would kill and hang someone from a tree. the motive for the murder of michael donald was not known until tiger made the connection between the anderson trial and the killing of michael donald. josephus anderson will go on
somebody would kill and hang someone from a tree. the motive for the murder of michael donald was not known until tiger made the connection between the anderson trial and the killing of michael donald. josephus anderson will go on trial, in mobile, during the week of march 15th through 20th, 1981. on monday the 16th, the trial of josephus anderson started in the mobile county courthouse. anderson was accused of killing a white police officer in birmingham. his trial was moved to mobile because of the publicity the case received in birmingham. the composition of the jury is 11 black people and one white person. so it was a topic of educated
russians and ukranians. the evidence that s going to come out here will be ugly and it s going to point badly at the president and who he surrounds himself with. i think manafort gave a shot to not let this trial happen. i think mueller heard what he had to say and he said, it s not good enough. we re having a trial. what do you think of that, cynthia? that s possible. another possibility is they piddled around and danced around to have some plea negotiation to try to give trump a sense of urgency that he needed to get the pardon done quickly. that s also possible. it s also possible, pre-negotiations happen all the time up to trial and it could be just that. we won t know right away. thank you, all. next big primary night before the midterms. steve kornacki is at the big board with the latest numbers, and later the president steps on