Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. Any moment now, testimony will resume in former president trumps hushmoney trial. The National Enquirer publisher, david pecker will be back on the stand detailing what prosecutors call a conspiracy to win the white house in 2016. Trumps lawyer denied any willful violation of the judges gag order. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying Business Records related to a hushmoney payment made to an adult film actress, Stormy Daniels. With us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, outside the courtroom in manhattan, and senior fbi official, gerald coleman, and a former prosecutor, and a former new york Assistant Attorney General who led the investigation into Trump University. So as we await, vaughn, court to resume, take us what we have been seeing this morning so far . Reporter over the course of nearly an hour and a half, the gag order hearing that was in the works for the better part
Mr. Trump of a criminal conspiracy to cover up a payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. The defense calling it merely a legal expense, saying its not illegal to try to influence an election. And the first witness, the former publisher of the national enquirer. The key Role Prosecutors said he plays in the case. Also tonight, clashes on College Campuses. Nearly 50 propalestinian protesters arrested at yale as another ivy league university, columbia, moves classes online, citing Safety Concerns after a campus rabbi warned jewish students to go home. The senate poised to pass a bill that could ban tiktok nationwide. What it means for tiktoks 170 million users in the u. S. That tiktok bill part of a 95 billion foreign aid package passed in the house after the Speaker Mike Johnson put himself on the line. Will democrats help him keep his job . Nbc news reports the surge at the southern border of migrants from china. And the
[background noises] super rabbi at Colombia University chapter of the jewish Campus Organization is warding jewish students at the university, to stay home. Anti israeli protests are gripping the Ivy League Institution for a fifth straight day. Some jewish students tell us they fear for their safety. Hello Everyone Welcome to a brandnew hour of fox news led by merrick sean. Arthel hello everyone im arthel neville. Nypd has made more than 100 arrests at these protests over the last few days. Meanwhile some jewish students are warning columbias president they feel violence against them is eminence. Cb cotton is alive with the great latest. Hi beat this is arthel, can you hear me we are live. Hi arthel, i apologize about that is hearing people in the control of him instead of you. My apologies. As you can see and hear behind me protesters continue here outside of Columbia University. This comes they are here in support of the Student Demonstrators who were arrested on thursday for partici
Edge. New images of a missile used in irans attack on israel. And our new reporting on how and where israel could hit back. Our nbc news exclusive. The boeing whistleblower speaking out on the eve of his testimony before congress. I think its as serious as i have ever seen in my lifetime. The potentially fatal flaw he says could cause the 787 dreamliner to break apart in midair. Boeings reassurance its safe to fly on. And heart and sole. The kind cobbler that has become an unlikely tiktok sensation. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. Anyone who has ever served knows jury duty can be tedious, sometimes interesting or emotional, and often forgettable. But for seven people selected today to sit in judgment of the criminal trial of a former president of the united states, the experience will likely be hard to forget on so many levels. Today in the second day of Jury Selection in Donald Trumps new york hush money trial, the seven anonymous individ
Good morning. Its 11 00 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. We begin with the latest of day two of the criminal trial against former president donald trump. Hes charged with 34 Felony Counts and accused of falsifying Business Records related to a hushmoney payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump who is the presumptive nominee for the president is coming facetoface with jurors that will decide his legal fate. We heard from trump this morning before he headed into court. I should be right now in pennsylvania, in florida, in many other states, north carolina, georgia, campaigning. The judge should recuse himself. Also this morning, prosecutors asked the judge to both fine trump and hold him in contempt for recent social media posts accusing him of violating his gag order. And joining us, msnbc legal contributor, and a civil rights attorney and former prosecutors and msnbc legal analysts and served as a prosecutor in the bill cosby case. Yasmin, get us up to speed of what