finger, like my childhood friend we had to call mittens. yeah. in case you scoff at the idea that the media works from the same script, the same playbook, same oxygen deprived brain, you need to see thursday s l.a. times piece on how late-night selected comedians covered the hearings. the same unison response. or should i say unisom. since they were dull enough to put a method into a coma. we are coming to just hours after the january 6, and he shocked with a hearing i can only be described as cuckoo. ah-oog-ah. i was shocked that trump threw any of his food away. this guy has taken more selfies with food then he has with some of his kids. who the hell elect him out of his car seat. he probably finished his big mac first. who had catch up at lunch? greg: those shows should come with a warning, do not operate heavy machinery afterward. or expect amusement while viewing. they aren t even trying to think outside the box. maybe because it s malakoff and where, and t
The United States, donald trump. The prosecutions main message that donald trump and his allies were involved in a criminal conspiracy and cover up. Cnns paula reid is outside the courthouse paula, how did the prosecution and the defense leg out their cases today before the jury . Well dig we heard doing interpretations of events roughly eight years ago. Prosecutors said, look, this is Election Interference, plain and simple they alleged that these payments to Stormy Daniels were part of a conspiracy to influence the 2016 election then they walked through stepbystep, how they allege trump cohen and then publisher the National Enquirer, david worked to suppress negative stories. And then in the Opening Statement, they briefly referenced the paper trail that will be at the heart of this case. But when it was time for Defense Attorneys to get up, they insisted their client is innocent. They said, look, there is no crime here because trump wasnt involved in this kind of paperwork. He is no
might hurt him in any one of his criminal cases? not just high stakes, high unprecedented stakes. great point, john. trump is expected to be leaving trump tower any minute now for what has become an oddly familiar drive to the manhattan courthouse where once inside he could speak to cameras set up in the hallway. he s done it many times before. but today is different. he will then head into the courtroom where cameras are not allowed, have not been allowed since the start of this. once in court wild dynamics comes into play including while testifying trump will be sitting next to a judge that he publicly called a wacko, unhinged and also trump hating. talk about weird dynamics there. this marks the first time that trump himself is facing extensive courtroom questioning since he left the white house, even before opening arguments some, you know, month and plus ago. this judge already found that donald trump is liable for persistent and repeated fraud, and since then has fine
demeaning him and his company. just moments ago the former president walked out of court for lunch break. his scorched earth political playbook is very familiar and has been successful in the court of public opinion. but could trump s behavior spell the end of his business empire in new york? the staggering financial stakes. the bloodiest part of the war between israel and hamas may be happening right now. israeli engaged in what s described as close quarters urban warfare, trapping hamas fighters inside along with thousands of desperate civilians. so what s next? a lot to get to, but we start in new york city where just a short time ago donald trump s testimony went from combative to, in the ends of our nbc news producer inside the courtroom, completely out of control. the former president ranting on the witness stand, attacking the judge for finding him guilty of committing fraud saying, quote, the fraud is on the court, not me. it follows several hours of repeated clas
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