Front next opening day of trumps trial. And its getting ugly fast name calling, insults, flying between trump and what will be a star witness . Michael cohen. This is the first witness is starting to testify with david how trumps case plus russias new It Girl State Television now fawning over Marjorie Taylor greene, even though she tried but failed to sink america i can aid to ukraine. Here what they are saying tonight about quote on quote moscow, marjorie and Melania Trump now selling more jewelry. Is it to help her husband . Okay. His legal fees. Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. We begin with trumps trials spilling out of the courtroom on a day when the prosecution and defense laid out their cases for the first time to 12 jurors and the six alternates its in the room and its on this momentous day, the former President Trump and his former fixer, Michael Cohen, are now in a free for all know, it did actually start in the courtroom. It was during Op
Reached an agreement with the studios to end the nearly five month strike. More than 11,000 hollywood writers have been picketing the studios since may 2nd without getting out. But now, after several days of intense negotiations, the wga emailing members sunday night saying they have reached a tentative agreement with the studios. According to multiple media reports, the offer made saturday suggested the studios had taken steps to meet some of the unions demands. Minimum staffing, residuals and Artificial Intelligence and data transparency. Though the exact details of the deal have not been released. Hollywood productions have been at a standstill for months, with both the wga and sagaftra, which represents 160,000 actors on strike. Both unions with similar demands. I think its really, truly coming from a real need, a desperation for things to change. And also pointing out some of the unfairness that is out there. The two strikes have been drawn out and costly with the ripple effects b
Absence. The court does usually give an explanation for a justices absence. And weve also seen justices take part in arguments remotely when they are sick and the context here is not just the lack of transparency, but that it also comes just one week before the Supreme Court hears Oral Arguments on whether or not donald trump is protected from criminal prosecutions because a president ial immunity because he was president when the acts were committed. A case critics of thomas argue he should recuse himself from because of his wifes jeannies efforts to help trumps team overturn the 2020 election thomas is 75 years the most senior Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. He missed several arguments in 2022 with an infection and tonight the Supreme Court is not responding to our requests for Additional Information about thomass leave of absence today leaving many important questions unanswered. Thanks for joining us, the lead starts now welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper in this our criti
News continues right here on cnn happening now, Breaking News, donald trump just throw another wrench into his hush money. Trial. Attorneys for the former president asked me the judge to change the Jury Questionnaire only three days before selection is set to begin. Trump also saying he would repeat, would take the stand in arizona. Meanwhile, Vice President harris, cameras republicans on the issue of Abortion Rights for women. The southwestern state. Now the latest backdrop in the battle over reproductive rights with an extremely restrictive Civil War Era Lawsuit boon to take effect then were also following Breaking News. President biden warning, expect an iranian attack in the middle east sooner is words sooner rather than later. This, as israel intercepts dozens of rockets and the pentagon moves new assets to the region welcome to our viewers here in the united i didnt states and around the world, i will blitzer a urine this room the skis cnn breaking new, lets begin with a Breaking
Only note, please behave if you go see beetlejuice this weekend. Thanks so much. Wow Everyone Needs to leave the room when that video comes on. Thanks. Have a good weekend. Good evening, everyone. Im pamela brown in for abby. The feds are asking for a gag order on donald trump and the former president is daring the judge to give him one. The Special Counsels team wants to make restrictions on what trump can say about the election interference case, accusing him of telling lies, and threatening prosecutors. It is a pretty extraordinary move given the circumstances of trump being a president ial candidate, and trump for his part wasted no time firing back. He called jack smith deranged. Just moments ago, accused the feds of trying to silence him during a campaign. Did you see today that deranged jack smith . Hes the prosecutor. Hes a deranged person. He wants to take away my rights under the First Amendment. He wants to take away my right of speaking freely and openly. Keep in mind, trum