was and what he was doing, and he told attorneys today he told prosecutors, he was not trying to manufacture an alibi when he now admittedly lied to investigators around that time. here with me is cnn s jean casarez who has been watching so much of this trial and what jumped out to you at the end here, particularly the dramatic finish of that cross-examination? he went through every single name of his partners, the people that should have gotten millions of dollars from the law firm, his family, everyone for decades he had lied to over and over and over again. then he lied about not being down where the murders happened with his wife and his son. so close in time to when their phones locked forever, meaning they never were on them again because they had been murdered. trying to show this jury, you can t believe today anything he says on that sand because he s a liar and always will be. let me dig into that a little bit more, the specific moment, now that murdaugh admits t
Cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im Phil Mattingly in for jake tapper today and we are live outside the new york courthouse where today one of dahman ill trumps most loyal aids in the first four, Trump White House employee to testify, took the stand in the hush money cover up trial. Hope hicks acknowledged to the jury she was nervous to testify at times she giggled in one instance, actually cried on the stand leading to a brief delay in the trial now hits describes starting to work for the Trump Organization weve 14 before becoming the Trump Campaign spokeswoman in the 2016 race. And ultimately, the White House Communications director. Now she testified about the campaigns panic behind the scenes when they learned of the now infamous this access Hollywood Tape that donald trump was upset when he heard the news and staffers agreed that this was a crisis. Picks one on the testify that showing learn about Karen Mcdougal, who alleged aid nearly yearlong affair with donald trump when
Situation room. Its coming up next greg, you news and the Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial a longtime trusted aid to donald trump takes the stand. Dan wrapping her Blockbuster Testimony just a short while ago, hope hicks, taking Jurors Inside Trump world as the Stormy Daniels story broke and describing how trump feared allegations of Sexual Misconduct would hurt his 2016 president ial campaign. Hicks, tearing up at one point as she faced crossexamination, were their former boss only a few feet away will take you inside the courtroom for all the key moments of the former president s historic criminal trial welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in the situation room, the trump trial today lets get right to the Breaking News on hope hicks testimony in the trump hush money, Hush Money Trial, the new revelations, the raw motion and i would all may impact the jurors deciding the former president s fate cnns chief Legal Affa
Tapper starts right down a split second. This courthouse went from the scene of a highprofile trial to a highprofile security seen elites starts right now hey horrific scene outside this courthouse after man lit himself on fire. Inside the courthouse, theres a major developing and then in the Hush Money Case against former President Donald Trump, a full jury plus alternates. Now, all seated, setting the stage for Opening Statements. This hour, were gonna go all in on this okay. Its dissecting the next steps. How long can the prosecution hold out and keep its witness list out of the hands of donald trump and his defense team also this hour, in an extreme jordan, berry moves from 100 House Democrats came to the aid of republican speaker mike johnson, drawing the ire of hardline republicans in putting johnson even close closer to potentially losing his job welcome to lead on mattingly in today for jake tapper and we are live outside the new york courthouse where the former president s Cri
score. do i mean? a time.com. this situation with wolf blitzer next, one cnn now we re back live from new york outside the manhattan courthouse. there is a huge de coming up on monday. we expect opening statement since to begin in the morning in donald trump s hush money cover up trial, cnn will have special live coverage. jake tapper will be here to lead that as our team of correspondence inside at the courtroom monitor, what s going on throughout the course of the proceedings. coverage begins monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and also coming up on sunday on state of the union republican governor kristi noem of south dakota plus democratic governor jb pritzker of illinois. that s sunday morning at nine eastern and again at noon here on seeing in an end, if you are like us here on the lead and have been listening to the new taylor swift album. it s very long on repeat. we hope you