Center of them all, donald trump and his unlawful attempts to get in power and stay in power. First, in the state of new york, one of the star witnesses in trumps criminal trial was back on the stand for a third day of testimony. The prosecutors finished their questioning of former National Enquirer publisher david pecker. Where he acknowledged that the purpose of catching and Killing Playboy model Karen Mcdougals story about an affair with trump was to help trump during the 2016 election cycle. And pecker said he was aware that he was breaking Campaign Finance laws. Pecker also testified that he discussed mcdougal with trump while he was in the white house. This comes less than a day after 18 people were indicted in arizona for their roles in an attempt to overturn trumps loss in the 2020 election there. Including 11 Fake Electors who submitted a document to congress falsely declaring that trump won the state. Along with several trump aides including rudy giuliani, mark meadows, and b
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defense attorney punctuating the defense s last chance to convince the jury to acquit in the first criminal trial of a former president. i m chris jansing, anchoring along side my colleagues andrea mitchell and katy tur has made her way back from the courtroom. we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. and in that downtown courthouse, history is being written during closing arguments today. donald trump s attorney todd blanche just wrapped his closing argument, leaning into the word lie, using it 25 times as he tried to attach it to the prosecution s star witness, michael cohen. and the court just broke for lunch. after that the prosecution is expected to start their closing arguments for the jury. can they deliver a powerful argument as to why 12 citizens should make a historic decision to convict a former president of the united states. i want to bring in former fbi general counsel and former senior member of muller probe and msnbc legal analyst andrew weizma
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What do we need to do to finish higher for a second consecutive week is rise at least 0. 07 . We are 0. 05 higher. Week,do rise for a second the best run since midjuly. Janet yellen did not address Monetary Policy. You have seen the stoxx 600 come off highs of the day and up for the third weekly gain in four. German Corporate Customer is weakening slightly in august, suggesting mild nervousness along how long europes biggest economy can hold its growth spurred. Spurt. Red earlier of germany showing gdp is strong and Government Spending driving gdp, up. 6 in the last quarter. Germany faces the uncertainty of elections next month. Not amy and the wider concerns immune about wider concerns about investor confidence. Concerns over foreign sales and the nationwide automaker scandal. Utilities are a sector we do not talk about everyday. Strategists backing european stocks are like a local markets is growing with utilities, financial services, utilities is the white line and the euro stocks i