Across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. Todays the day. Actress Stormy Daniels taking the stand against defendant trump for the first time. His defense argues she is lying. So prosecutors had an important goal here today. Showing the jury that she is believable. That she is telling the truth. That the facts are on her side. And while defendant trump is not on trial for lying about the underlying encounter, that would not be a crime. They want to use the da, this testimony, to show that this was part of the first of many lies by trump. Some of which prosecutors argue are crimes. This is daniels First Time Ever under oath. And her chance to be heard in a Legal Process that spanned years and involved many claims about her at the center of this scandal. Donald trumps personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with republican candidat
Word. The 11th hour starts now. Storms on the stand, What The Adult Film Star said about donald trump and the Cross Examination from defense. Biden condemns antisemitism as israel seizes a key Border Crossing in gaza. Marjorie taylor green, backing off her immediate threat to house the speaker as The 11th Hour gets underway on this tuesday night. That evening, once again. We are now 182 days away from the election and it has been six years, three months, and 25 days since the first report that Stormy Daniels was paid to keep quiet during the 2016 election about her alleged sexual encounter with donald j trump. Today, Stormy Daniels herself took the stand and told her story to a jury, while donald trump sat watching 10 feet away. Here is Laura Jarrett with moore. Reporter donald trump was seated just 10 feet away as the woman at the center of his hush money coverup trial testified in vivid detail about their legend sexual encounter nearly 20 years ago. Prosecutors say he was desperate t