Good morning. Its 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News in lower manhattan, and the case is in recess. Farro was a banker that worked with cohen. Earlier this morning the judge found trump in Contempt Of Court fining him 9,000 for nine violations of the partial gag order imposed on him, and threatened to put trump in jail if he continued to violate that order. With us to talk about this, nbc news correspondent, Vaughn Hillyard, and maya wiley, and david marcus, a Criminal Defense Attorney and a professor at the university of miami school of law. Vaughn, get us up to speed as to what comes next. Theres a pause, right . Reporter right, they are currently in the Morning Recess. Gary farro, who was the former First Republic banker that worked with Michael Cohen to set up the Account For The Llc that was operating as the pass through for Michael Cohen to get the Home Equity Line of credit to the attorney for Stormy Daniels, and that took
Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific, im jose diazbalart. We begin this busy hour with escalating tensions across College Campuses nationwide. Hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested as students across the country protest israels war against hamas in gaza. Local police moved in on some of the Student Encampments as some universities urged protesters to disperse. The University Of Georgia confirmed Police Arrested protesters who had set up tents on that campus. Theres no sign these demonstrations are slowing down. Just this morning, the president of Columbia University in new york said the school will not divest from israel. She added, quote, one groups rights to express their views cannot come at the expense of another groups right to speak, teach, and learn. Joining us now, nbcs Antonia Hylton live from columbias campus. Good morning, whats it like on campus to today . Reporter good morning, jose. Well, theres a standoff really happening here at columbia to
Allegations that trump falsified Business Records to bury a story about an alleged sexual encounter with adult film star stormy daniels. The d. A. s office also alleges model Karen Mcdougal received a payment from American Media to silence her about another alleged affair with trump. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts and denied the affairs with these women ever happened. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, danny cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney and msnbc legal analyst and rebecca roy fee, a Law Professor at new york law school. So, yasmin, a lot going on in that courtroom today. Reporter a lot of folks are dismissed so far today, 96 walked in, 57 walked out after the two questions that were read by judge juan merchan, can you be impartial, many folks raised their hands, they walked out. Do you have conflicts with this trial, can you sit it out or can you wait it out, for the next six to seven weeks . Many of them walked out as well. Were at 57 havi