Of a very busy newsweek for the president and his attorneys. At. Trumps week began with Opening Statements on monday in his criminal trial in new york which was followed by the prosecution calling its first witness. David pecker, over the course of four days he testified about crucial 2015 meeting between himself, trump and trumps then personal lawyer michael cohen. Prosecutors allege that it was at that meeting that the trio hashed out a plan to help trumps political chances by suppressing potentially scandalous stories about him. That strategy came to be known as catch and kill. Now it may not seem like there are any similarities between trumps criminal trial in new york and the fake elector scheme but for one thing both involve the falsification of documents or records. On top of that both cases allege the former president worked with others in addition to a crime. 16 people in michigan were charged with felonies last year for their roles in the fake elector effort. Six others in ne
Majority leader, Kevin Mccarthy who is now threatening members of his own party. Plus, pitiful priorities, i will speak with congressman jimmy gomez of the House Oversight committee, as the gop focuses on impeachment instead of keeping the government open. And will later on, no obstruction allegations, what a former aide says donald trump told her just after the classified documents organization was speeding up. Im Charles Coleman junior, in for ayman mohyeldin. Lets get started, i got a lot to talk about. But first, breaking news, time is running out, we are just seven days away from a Government Shutdown and most House Republicans are nowhere to be found. Literally. They have left washington to go home with no resolution insight. Now on thursday, for the second time this week, House Republicans failed to start a debate on a bill to fund the government after five farright members of Speaker Mccarthys own caucus block the measure and demanded additional spending cuts. This marks yet an
Will the former aide says donald trump told her just as a classified documents investigation was heating up. Im Charles Coleman jr, in for ayman mohyeldin. Lets get started, weve got a lot to talk about. But first, breaking news. Time is running out with just seven days away from a Government Shutdown. Most House Republicans or nowhere to be found. Literally. They have left washington to go home with no resolution insight. On thursday, for the second time this week, House Republicans failed to stop debate on a bill to fund the Defense Department after five farright members of speaker mccarthys own caucus blocked the measure and demand additional spending cuts. This marks yet another embarrassing moment for mccarthy, with the defeated theory telling members to go home, canceling all votes for the weekend. On friday, mccarthy told reporters that the next bullet could be held on tuesday. This time to take up a rule of a series of appropriations known as a mini bus. He says they believe th
tonight on the reidout mr. trump has repeatedly and consistently misrepresented and inflated the value of his assets. and before he takes the stand, i am certain that he will engage in name calling and taunts and race-baiting. and call this a witch hunt. but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don t lie. and attorney general tish james was right about trump, on the wednesday stand today in his civil fraud trial, trump was belligerent, showing his usual lack of respect for the rule of law and the people who administer it. also, tonight, how trump will be using this trial and his future trials as a campaign platform. plus, new reporting on what trump might do on day one if he returns to the white house, including possibly invoking the insurrection act. and the panic amongst some democrats about president biden s sagging poll numbers now that we re just one years away from election day. i m jaso
this world better. former president barack obama, they re giving us a little bit of hope in these very difficult times. before we go everybody, do not forget, you get a little bit more sleep tomorrow morning. set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight. it changes at two a.m. eastern time. i m yasmin vossoughian, i ll be back tomorrow at two pm eastern. symone starts right now. greetings everyone you re watching symone. israel defense forces not letting up in gaza. strikes are intensifying, with a deadly toll on civilians, despite calls from president biden for a humanitarian pause. here in the united states, the war is sparking protests, and tension on college campuses. antisemitic threats are on the rise, adding fear to the jewish community. we re talking to cornell student body president about that, plus, as former president donald trump prepares to testify in his new york fraud trial, he s also facing legal efforts to keep him off the ballot in two states