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
Now Donald Trumps recipe for loyalty and lies. Thats tonight on news night good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, its a new season of the donald trump show. But the plot is painfully familiar. Today, there was a new character brought in to play out an old story line. Mike johnson, he made that maralago pilgrimage today, traveling the same route as Kevin Mccarthy wants. Did the deja vu doesnt end there. Johnsons job is in jeopardy. Its under threat from the far right flank, just like mccarthys was once upon a time so johnson recycled the old formula kissing trumps ring and lending legitimacy to the illegitimate they want to turn these people into voters. When you go to a welfare office, they also ask you if you would like to register to vote and so many people, we think are going to do that. And you know what the numbers are so high, theres so many millions of illegals in the country but if only one out of 100 voted they would cast potentially hundreds of thousands of vo
three-to-one. today. five good things listen wherever you get your podcasts a major decision from the supreme court, already having implications when it comes to january 6, defendants in a 6-3 decision, the court ruled the justice department actually overstepped by filing obstruction charges against people who rioted at the capitol, dozens of people, of course, have already been convicted and sentenced. and we ve just learned that a federal court in dc is already reopening some of the cases. cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid and cnn senior crime and justice reported katelyn polantz joining us now with more on the decision of what happens next. so paula first walk us through this decision this decision today, this impacts potentially hundreds of people who have been charged in connection with january 6, and the attorney general issued a statement today saying that the justice department will take appropriate steps to act on this opinion today, but they also
before the republican national convention where trump is expected to be picked as the party s official nominee. trump is planning to appeal yesterday, he gave a glimpse of how he intends to forge ahead with his campaign falsely calling the trial rigged and attacking the judge we had a conflicted judge highly conflicted there s never been a more conflicted, judge. you saw what happened to some of the witnesses that were in our sayyed, they were literally crucified by this man who looks like an angel, but he s really a devil just hours after that vinge volt press conference, president biden for the first time, commented on the verdict saying no one is above the law cnn s priscilla alvarez is joining us now in the studio with more on the response from president biden and priscilla, the president came out with strong words, but they ve been very careful. both he specifically and the broader campaign and the white house to really keep their distance from all of this, they cert
gagged. i would like to answer your questions, easy questions to answer, i m gagged and can t talk the way i would like to. it s not understandable. in other words there is no crime. it s called pick them like the lottery, you pick them. you don t have to be, just give a couple of votes. the judge unfortunately is corrupt. that was earlier. now a live look at the new york supreme court. 12 jurors are currently on lunch break and entering their eighth hour of deliberation to ultimately decide the fate of the former president donald trump. hello and welcome i m sandra smith in new york. good to be with you, john. the question will it be today, tomorrow or next week. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports court kicked off with judge mechan rereading pages of instructions before moving to hearing witness testimony from david pecker and david cohen. now it s unclear, john, how long the deliberations will last. if the jury can t reach a unanimous conclusion