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
Much for watching. Our Special Coverage continues right now on plead with jake tapper cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper, the criminal hush money coverup trial. A former President Donald Trump is well underway right now in manhattan on the stand, right now is a man named douglas doubts he works for the Manhattan District Attorneys Office, but as opposed to previous days that were focused on bank records today. We are knee deep in shady deals and sleazy details mentioned today, were other Celebrity Scandals involving all cogen and Charlie Sheen more on that in a second. But the reason we heard all of this today was because of this man Keith Davidson, who took the stand. He is the attorney who represented both Stormy Daniels the Adult Film Star and director, and Karen Mcdougal, the 1998 playboy playmate of the year. When negotiating Hush Money Payments arrange to keep them twice quiet about alleged sexual encounters they had with donald trump, ones that mr. Trump d
Windows within really a shock in oh to try to get to the protesters who had broken in and occupied the building. They occupied the building, throwing out band and ours that read things like intifada and free palestine. They have been on campus for the propalestinian movement for two weeks. Now. Two weeks would be today they were removed dozens of people arrested. We are hearing now that they have some of them have already been released from jail, but youre listening there to mayor eric adams of New York City and he says that he, that this was a protest that had been, and this is his words coopted by outside influences. And he says that they were going to stay been sounding the alarm that these protests were supposed to be peaceful. He said, but that they had been coopted by outside influences. And that he was going to show evidence that there were people who were not affiliated with Columbia University who were part of this protests on campus. You will remember this has been going on f
Loved one have mesothelial will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 808 to one 4,000 i had to Go Montgomery and tokyo and this is cnn campus is cracking down on propalestinian protesters as tensions ratchet up across the nation. And at the same time and israeli airstrike on rafah in southern in gaza killed 20 people. And Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is in saudi arabia for ceasefire talks were following all of these developments here and abroad plus standing by for a ruling at any moment, the judge and former president trumps Hush Money Trial could decide whether to hold him in contempt for violating his gag order and hizon, the fbis ten Most Wanted List accused of terrorizing and entire country. Now one of haitis top gang leaders is with cnn about what he wants for haiti. Were following all of these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central and right now. We are watching a tense and escalatin
The stand as he has been all week. Hes been testifying for the first time today. About a key figure in the case, Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, keep watching your screen for updates from inside the courtroom. They are are there are there and that side of the screen were bringing you the reports from our reporters. Lets bring in cnn, Senior Supreme Court analyst, Joan Biskupic, who was actually inside the High Court Today as the Oral Arguments played out, joan, what stood out to you and was there anything that you would be able to discern that we just hearing it would not well, first of all, it was incredibly griffin right there in the room. Jake, i cannot i cannot overstate just spence going into it and then just hearing those questions realizing the direction they were going, which is much further in a direction than i think any of us might have predicted. Just to talk about some of the people in the room. Jack smith is sitting there at the same table as Michael Driven, w