Thanks for joining us. Its 12 00 p. M. Eastern. Im in for andrea mitchell. Donald trump is back in court right now for day 15 of his hush money election interference trial. Over the past hour, theres been a lot of testimony about Phone Records of Key Players Like david pecker and Michael Cohen. Before that, former Trump White House aide Madeleine Westerhout finished her time on the stand, testifying about everything from how close she worked with trump early in his presidency, including how trump reacted, she says he was very upset, when Stormy Daniels story became public. Westerhout testified about a key white house meeting in 2017 between donald trump and his former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen. Cohen himself, a witness for the prosecution, is expected to take the stand on monday. His testimony could last several days. This after Stormy Daniels sparred with Donald Trumps attorney yesterday during the crossexamination after being accused of profiting off her encounter with donald tr
Next week. Breaking news from ukraine, at least 51 people are dead after a russian strike on a supermarket. President zelenskyy calling it one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months. Prosecutors paint a damming portrait of Sam Bankmanfried and the lavish lifestyle he lived before it came crashing down. Defense says hes no villain, just a math nerd with good intentions. A wild trust in the Corruption Case against senator bob menendez and his wife. The allegations that a deadly Car Crash Led them to take a mercedesbenz as a bribe. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We start on capitol hill where the race for the next speaker is both unsettled and filled with intrigue. Nbcs Julie Tsirkin is there. Whats the latest . Multiple sources tell myself and our colleagues that the former president is considering heading to the capitol next week to get involved in the speakers race. One source specifically told me it is the former president s intention acc
That equals 57. 66 more annually and that dent even include bus and parking grade increases. Reporter were with channel 9. What do you think about the metro rate hike . Come up to our soapbox why dont you . Oh, boy. I know theyre working on it, but they got to do a better job. I have no problem with it. Its a cheap date i think. Some people complain about everything. You cant please all of the people all of the time. Reporter step on up. What do you think about paying more for metro . I dont think its necessarily a problem. Some people may not agree with it, but whatever. Its probably going to be a couple extra bucks, but you deal with it. We still have to use the transportation, of course. Reporter step on our soapbox here. Im not looking forward to paying more for the metro, especially when a lot of the services are not working well like the escalators, like a lot of the stations are not good, yeah, not a good idea especially in this economy. It doesnt seem worth it. Reporter in nort
Gohmert who has consistently refused to wear a mask. Grijalva went to quarantine after learning gohmert was positive. When it comes to the bigger picture, a grim projection from the cdc. Another 20,000 americans are expected to die from covid19 in just the next three weeks. The month of july this country saw ten days of deaths topping 1,000 in just a single day. Five of those days were this past week. Meantime, the economic crisis is just crushing. Democratic leaders say their discussions with white house officials today were productive but theyre still not close to a deal after a federal 600 a week unemployment benefit expired yesterday. Negotiations will continue on monday. And in the world of sports, tonights game between the st. Louis cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers has been postponed after more cardinals players tested positive. It comes a day after the Major League Baseball commissioner warned the already shortened season could be shut down alread altogether. Lets take you to flo
Thank you so much for joining me. This is a special Labor Day Weekend edition of cnn ne newsroom. Wildfires burning out of across across the state of california. California now breaking an alltime record for acres burned in a year, over 2,094,000. Overnight rescuers saving thousands from flames in northern california. But officials fear many more may still be trapped. Calling this a mass casualty event with a dozen people already injured, the fire exploding in size and cutting off the only road to safety. It is within of at least 15 fires burning right now in california fueled by a record breaking heat wave that saw temperatures soar 0 over 120 degrees. Fears grow of another disaster and that is the coronavirus. Experts projektd scenes like this one packed beaches could lead to a new surge in cases and deaths with a new model with 400,000 deaths in the u. S. By the end of 2020. The current death toll, 188,000 and counting. All of this as we get new details of President Trump from a new