Back 6 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. The lead with jake tapper starts right now the first witness has taken the stand and Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up, try all the leads, starts right now former publisher, david, first to testify today about what prosecutors are alleging was a criminal conspiracy and cover up of Donald Trumps alleged tryst with a film star in director Stormy Daniels. How strong is this case . Here, the line of Defense Trump himself offered today right outside the courtroom, plus the first order of business when court resumes tomorrow did trump violate judge merchans gag order . The fine line for the judge as he considers this ruling and a crisis on college campuses, perhaps most at Columbia University in new york protests there spiraling into tense confrontations. Jewish students harassed the atmosphere so charged inperson classes were called off today. Can safety on campus be restored . New york city mayor eric adams will be here in minutes welcome to t
Foreign aid package plus other measures are now headed to the senate for approval senators are coming in during their recess to get it to president bidens desk. However, that bipartisan support could spell disaster for Speaker Mike Johnson and now some gop hardliners are calling on him to resign before for they make a move on trying to oust him with a vote with us. Now as cnns chief Congressional Correspondent and host of inside politics sunday, manu raju. Good morning, manu. So do you think will see that motion to vacate soon, if at all . Well, look it, Marjorie Taylor greene has introduced it. She can call for any moment and the question is, if she does call for it, will she have the votes to oust him from the speakership . Theres some belief among those detractors that that some people believe that this was the moment for them to go forward when really the pressure was was boiling, when there was so much tension internally, but now theyre going home for a weeklong recess and then wi
Absence. The court does usually give an explanation for a justices absence. And weve also seen justices take part in arguments remotely when they are sick and the context here is not just the lack of transparency, but that it also comes just one week before the Supreme Court hears Oral Arguments on whether or not donald trump is protected from criminal prosecutions because a president ial immunity because he was president when the acts were committed. A case critics of thomas argue he should recuse himself from because of his wifes jeannies efforts to help trumps team overturn the 2020 election thomas is 75 years the most senior Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. He missed several arguments in 2022 with an infection and tonight the Supreme Court is not responding to our requests for Additional Information about thomass leave of absence today leaving many important questions unanswered. Thanks for joining us, the lead starts now welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper in this our criti
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Morning. First, the Breaking News out of sydney, australia a Stabbing Attack at a packed Shopping Centers. Six people are dead. A Policewoman Shot and killed the accused, attack i will tell you what were learning about the violent attack ahead and a live report from the sea also, israel ramps up attacks on hezbollah militants with new airstrikes overnight as President Biden issues, a one word warning about retaliatory attacks from iran were live latest and for the first time in us history of former president will stand trial on criminal charges. Ill legal analyst will break down the new york hush money case against donald trump that kicks off monday. Thats coming up and allison, a lot coming up with the weather. I mean, theres a lot of Severe Weather youre watching. Yeah. Weve got Severe Weather in the northeast for tomorrow, a bigger more impactful event on monday, well detail the timing on all of that coming up. And andy at mass every day here at them. Yeah. Its moving de here at the