Welcome to prime time weekend, lets get right to the weeks top stories. With less than two weeks to go before he makes history by becoming the first expresident of these United States to ever stand trial on criminal charges, donald trump is turning to a tactic straight out of a mobsters playbook. The expresident , going after the daughter of the new york judge, judge merchan, who is overseeing the criminal hush money case. In typical trump fashion, his attacks have been filled with foaming at the mouth rage and bluster, and conspiracy theories with a dash of disinformation for good measure. The expresident accusing the judges daughter of sharing a photo of donald trump behind bars on social media. Court officials quickly knocked that down, but trump hasnt stopped going after the judges daughter. He has posted about her at least four times since tuesday morning. Trumps attacks began one day after judge merchan imposed a gag order on donald trump, prohibiting him from lashing out against
Shes on the stand right now. Shes actually being grilled by one of trumps lawyers, susan necheles. Shes been a Backseat Player so far. Its apparent that today was her big day. Stormy daniels is on cross after hours of testifying to some of the things donald trump and his allies, enablers have spent Tens Of Thousands of dollars trying to hide and suppress. Stormy daniels went through all of the painstaking details of her 2006 Sexual Encounter with donald trump down to the pattern that she remembers seeing in the trumps hotel room. Many objections sustained. Stormy daniels described reluctantly agreeing to have dinner with donald trump, thinking it could be good for her career. At one point during their time together, she said she asked herself, quote, how did i misread this so badly to get here . Thats when it became intimate. Sitting ten feet away from the expresident , Stormy Daniels said that donald trump would call her sometimes, two to three times a week. From nbc news reporting fr
Were all looking at whats happening in washington but i have to say for those of us who have known donald trump for a long time, follow donald trump for a long time, to borrow from star wars lexicon, there is a disturbance in the force there. He is shaking. Heres the front page of the daily news, talking about poor donald. Weve also talked about him coming off the four plus. Weve always said, if you want to understand donald trump, and upset this in the beginning, understand the money. The money. I still think that a lot of these criminal investigations in the possibility of going to obstruct for him, of him sitting there, and the possibility of losing his businesses, losing trump tower, having to pay 200 and 50 million that he doesnt have. I think thats getting to it. Look at the clip of an Attorney General in New York State that i think is just kind of had enough. Mike this case was brought simply because it was a case where individuals have engaged in a practice of fraud. I will not
Have left syria. Richard conway has spent time with members of the squad in damascus, and the whole team in malaysia where they won a qualifying match against uzbekistan. He reports now for our world. They are the unlikely sporting heroes in a Country Route is apart by conflict. Country ripped apart. Syria is in the midst of a bloody civil war but the National Football tea m bloody civil war but the National Football team is trying to send a message it hopes canon transcend political and religious differences. Hopes can. Iam i am following the team as they compete for a place in footballs biggest tournament, the world cup. Some syrians refused to support the tea m some syrians refused to support the team because it is associated with the aside regime. Assad. But for others, even those who have fled for their lives, the team is a symbol of national pride. The team has defied the odds by beating some of asias guest at best. Biggest and best. Now they are on the road again competing for s
Sporting heroes in a country ripped apart by conflict. Syria is in the midst of a bloody civil war but the National Football team is trying to send a message it hopes can transcend political and religious differences. I am following the team as they compete for a place in footballs biggest tournament, the world cup. Some syrians refused to support the team because it is associated with the assad regime. But for others, even those who have fled for their lives, the team is a symbol of national pride. The team has defied the odds by beating some of asias biggest and best. Now they are on the road again competing for so much more than just football glory. It is friday afternoon in damascus, and the weekend is under way. Prayers in the morning, and like so many places around the world, football in the afternoon. It is here that i meet tarek, Assistant Coach of syrias National Team. I am joining him as he watches a low key fixture in syrias premier league, which is also attempting to carry