Good day, i am Chris Jansing along with my colleague katy tour. This is a historic day for america. A fair and functioning judicial system. Today in two courtrooms, two very Different Cases but with one central character, donald trump and one central question. Will there be consequences for his alleged attempts to break the law either now or in the future if hes reelected. Here in New York City, also even more testimony from david pecker and the Hush Money Trial about the lengths to which he, donald trump and Michael Cohen, went to protect his image during the 2016 campaign. Were going to tell you exactly what he testified to along with a phone call that david pecker says he received from donald trump three days before the 2016 election. Also, how donald trump is reacting and he was reacting. At the same time, in washington, the Supreme Court spent hours hashing out Donald Trumps claims of president ial immunity. The questions of whether a future president is Above The Law threatening
It is a lot more nuanced. It is more visible to us this past on monday. Yesterday. For the commencement of passover. There was a satyr. And those are, thats an incredibly interesting display of why it is important not to display this as monolithic or as even two sided. I think there are. It is multifaceted. Certainly. There are people on so many different dimensions. Identityies. It can be very dangerous sometimes when we attempt to generalize. Also attempt to make it simple. That is what spectator can do. We catch every element. That is why honestly, it is essential reading in this moment. Thank you so much for everything you are doing to cover this topic. That is our show for this evening. I turn now to my colleague, Lawrence Odonnell with the last word. Good evening. We have senator Elizabeth Warren joining us tonight. When we change the subject from defendant trump which well be discussing. Fantastic. But, the big news in this room tonight is that eddie is back. Eddie timborski, th
Identities that belong to pro israel and propalestine causes, and it can be very dangerous sometimes when we attempt to generalize and make it simple. And i think thats what spectator can do. We dont just catch the biggest stories, we catch every element. It is essential reading in this moment. Isabella ramirez editor in chief of the columbia spectator, thank you for everything you are doing to cover this topic. That is our show for this evening. My colleague, Lawrence Odonnell , with the last word, now. We have senator Elizabeth Warren joining us tonight when we change the subject from Defendant Trump, which we will describe. But, the big news in this room tonight is that eddie is back. Our four manager, the boss of me in this room is back, and he has been on leave. And, alex, the good news is i havent heard him say a word about the work we do here, or this show. Every single thing he is saying is all about his new baby daughter, maive, which priorities. I know that eddie is back, you
A former american president and his fixer and a big time ally of his in the tabloid media. It was a plan crafted to cast then candidate donald trump in a positive light in the allimportant tabloids. Using stories that were favorable to him and silencing ones that werent and smearing everybody that got in the way. The witness on the stand today on the Hush Money Trial, details exactly how this scheme worked on a daytoday basis. David pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer described a relationship with donald trump that dated back to the late 1980s and noted that trump was one the first people to call him and congratulate him when he bought the National Enquirer back in 1999. So tlir friendship was already long standing by the time donald trump decided so to run for president. The questioning today was the details an the operational aspects of that explicit agreement between trump, his lawyer Michael Cohen, and david pecker. And what they did to boost trumps campaign. And
Ever criminal trial of an American Expresident started the day. Opening statements this morning in a Downtown Manhattan courthouse in donald j. Trumps criminal case. They made the Opening Statements to the jury and the six alternates. It is about a conspiracy of the expresident and his allies to interfere in the 2016 election. The negative stories about donald trump. The attorney for the prosecution, matthew spoke about a 2015 meeting in trump tower between donald trump, his former fixer, Michael Cohen, and a man named david. The negative stories about Donald Trumps relationships with women was allegedly hashed. It is a scheme commonly referred to as catch and kill. He said in the wake of the release of the access Hollywood Tape which was a political earthquake, Michael Cohen paid former Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels 130,000 to keep her alleged affair with donald trump silent. According to reporting from the courtroom, he said this. At trumps direction, mike cohen negotiated a deal to