Will. My commitment to the safety of the jewish people, security of israel and its right to exist as an independent jewish state is iron clad even when we disagree. That was part of president joe bidens speech yesterday at a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony at the u. S. Capitol. He condemned a rise in antisemitism and violent protests over the war in gaza. We bring you more of his comments just ahead. Meanwhile, quite the split screen as former President Trump was in court yesterday facetoface with Stormy Daniels. Well go through her testimony and bring you expert legal analysis on the key moments. And also ahead an update from capitol hill where Speaker Mike Johnson continues to talk with the farright lawmakers who are threatening to remove him from leadership. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, may 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a busy morning, and we begin with the donald trump criminal trial. Stormy daniels is schedule
At up to 70 are shop guilt. Com today its wednesday, may 8, right now on cnn this mornings Stormy Daniels on the stand with lurid details about her alleged alleged sexual encounter with donald trump, the fallout ahead, plus the Biden Administration pausing a shipment of bombs to israel last week and a State Of Emergency in parts of michigan, tornado is flattening homes, collapsing buildings. And weve been people trapped all right 5 00 a. M. Here in washington continue to live. Look at the Statue Of Liberty in New York City where all that, when telling yesterday, good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us and a day off from this trial. Today is a day off, maybe just what Everyone Needs after a drop, dropping day yesterday of testimony in the donald trump Criminal Hush, money trial. Stormy daniels took the stand and she had salacious details about her alleged encounter with trump in 2006 the former president was cursing and shaking his head during the testim
The socalled hush money payments. I call them a Legal Expense. A Legal Expense. Norah the Cbs Evening News now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with those fireworks inside a manhattan courtroom. After a day he was dreading, donald trump left his criminal trial defiant this afternoon after nearly four hours of testimony by Stormy Daniels. Daniels testified under oath about an alleged sexual encounter she had with trump back in 2006, and at times it was graphic. Trump denies any such encounter took place and his legal team aimed to paint the porn star as a greedy liar today. But it is the alleged coverup of the 130,000 hush money payment to daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election that is at the heart of this case. Prosecutors claim that trump falsified his companys Business Records to hide the payment by recording it as a Legal Expense to his former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen. And let me tell you, it is not ov
Starts right now powerful dangerous storms swept through the midweek, shredding buildings. Tearing homes apart today, tens of millions from Texas All The Way to main could be here good bye, more powerful storms. We will tell you where the biggest threat is a day off, maybe just what Everyone Needs after what became a blush induced singh day of testimony and explicit details and Donald Trumps criminal trial. Stormy daniels testimony. And what both sides are doing today to prepare for her to head back to the standard model smoke seen over raffa after a new round of israeli bombing overnight, this morning, the Biden Administration has halted the shipment of certain bombs to israel commit Appending New Report On Whether Israel violated humanitarian law im john berman with kate bolduan and sarah sayyed. This is cnn new central right . Thinking this morning today, tens of millions of americans from texas to main could see severe storms. The strongest threat stretching across parts of midwest
And tonight to trump legal strategies and the evidence that one is working and the other might be working. Again. Its the former president of the United States. The first deny, deny, deny in minutes, the eightyear history of the many, many times that trump has repeated his denials about Stormy Daniels and insisted a picture is all there is to the story. Now the adult film star, as you can imagine, telling a very different version of events, the jury under oh, today and sayyed 100 center street. Now, daniels left out the way the most salacious details, but not much else. She chronicled how that night and lake tahoe in 2006 escalated from chatter to a Dinner Invitations that is hotel suite to silk Pajamas Deposing and his boxers on the bed to sex. Trump. Listen, they scowl extra across his face from much of the nilly five hours that shes spent on that Witness Stand. Trump nudge. Did i say nudge lightly . Nudge his laura is as repeatedly to object as prosecutors prompted daniels to explai