quit and remote is one. of them a lesson for them. [crowd chanting] so, after 13 seasons, 1154 games, 4044 plate appearances for six different minor league baseball teams. monday had his first major league as appreciative for the pro pirates in the eighth one win over the dodgers. today he got his first start in third base. peers for perseverance. the news continues. cnn prime time with michael skokomish starts now. john, thank you. he was once a politician, but it wasn t until he pumped up the volume on top tv that is provocateur help to find today s era of politics. i m michael smerconish in new york. [crowd chanting] jerry, jerry, jerry! for nearly three decades that was a chant heard over the course of nearly 4000 episodes. controversial, unapologetically bra brash, rowdy, all words used in the headlines today covering the news of jerry springer s passing. my favorite? from the bbc. era defining. he truly did usher in an era of television that no one in the world ha
when she went public with her allegations. trump has repeatedly denied all of it. his defense is focused on why she didn t make any public report at the time or get the attention of anybody at the store at the time. in court today e. jean carroll testified certain parts of this story are, quote, difficult to conceive of. as for why she didn t come forward, quote, i was afraid down trumpeter tally it is actually as she he did waited until other women. i was not a pioneer. i was a follower. i saw other women coming forward after harvey weinstein and thought, who am i not to tell my story? my next guest knows what it s like to represent famous man accused of sexual assault. jennifer bond gene represented both bill cosby and r. kelly. thanks for being here, councillor. she testified that after being there, she had never i will say it directly. she never had sex. that s pretty powerful testimony in a case for civil damages, right? if the jury accepts that that s big. it s going to be
damages, particularly in light of the fact that she claims she was assaulted by somebody else. people live lives during 25 years. and she s going to have to convince this jury. even if she can convince the jury that this occurred she s all has to convince the jury that the reason she is unable to have had this romantic life or sexual life was because of this event. and with 25 years of life in between, that is a difficult thing to do. but the problem is is that you may have a jury who doesn t care. and they are going to punish donald trump either way. is donald trump making a mistake? if you represented donald trump, would you be telling him, you ve got to be in his courtroom and offer live testimony? well, that s a mixed bag, of course. not having your clients testimony is unquestionably a
being around and visible in ways that, certainly in his 2020 campaign, he was not. he s going to have to be this time. the l. a. times they said they did not submit questions at the white house. i have to take advantage of the fact that you are here during the commercial break. you are dealing with popes and presidents. i d love to see what is going on in that phone of yours. here is the question. the e. jean carroll trial playing itself out in southern manhattan how concerned is donald trump about that case? everyone i have talked to says that trump is personally very bothered by this case. because it is a rape allegation. it s not a criminal case. right. it s not a charge. right. but it is a very, very serious allegation. it bothers him a lot. he knows that he got himself in some trouble by attacking her on his social media website. that was just unhelpful to his case. now, does that mean he s going to talk about it? not necessarily.
i am not a [crowd chanting] jerry, jerry, jerry! these long running syndicated show was divorced couple screaming at each other, physical confrontations, cheating spouses, open racists, chairs flying across the room. yes, jerry springer folks on ranch, family drama, crazy stories but. his ethos, of course, was emotion provoking, get the popcorn style of media was exactly the same style of programming that prelim and put dominates in much of talk radio and cable news. coincidence? i think not. sober and serious, that s boring. while over the top showmanship is the name of the game. i ve long been of the opinion that programs like jerry springer and that of morton downie jr. paved the way for the course of our political dialogue, that the election of donald trump is a result of the empowerment of people with microphones.