the former president himself? anything is possible. all of that, plus the financial world bombshell, 11 musk dropping this last night, trying to get out of buying twitter, and the latest in to free brittney griner from russia. i will talk to the father of trevor reed who was just released from russia few months ago. right now though, across this country, americans are taking to the streets once again to stand up for their beliefs on abortion. in washington, d.c., a rally organized by the women s march organization is underway. organizations are attempting to put to protect abortion nationwide. what they re calling the summer of rage, marchers gathered this morning at franklin square before heading to the white house for a sudden. that event was given a permit for 10,000 people. in chicago, the march for life rally, described as the midwest s largest pro-life went, is that to happen this afternoon. rights relating to abortion are not guaranteed by the state constitutio
donald trump s lawyer arranging $130,000 payment to a former adult film star. he reportedly did so in october, 2016. one month before the election. s story breaking news here in new york city. a grand jury has voted to indict former president trump. former commander-in-chief, now a criminal defendant. these are felony crimes in new york state, no matter who you are. we have officially begun the first criminal trial of a former president in the united states. i am not going to be getting a fair trial. it is a very sad thing. he seems old and tired and mad. the first witness in this criminal trial is now taking the stand. echo was right there beginning of trump s plan to keep his relationship with stormy daniels a secret. hope hicks on the stand. she just started crying. tissues came out. stormy daniels testified in vivid detail about their alleged sexual encounter. lawyers have argued she is lying. michael cullen was called to the witness stand to t
Vessel in ya pan over night. Cnn International Correspondent alexandra fields is at the nation and joins us now. Its 5 00 a. M. Where you are but this rescue work is still going on. What are Navy Officials telling you . This is the home and heart of u. S. Naval operations here in japan and in the region. This morning heart breaks for so many friends of this community, they were here, friends and family member, u. S. Service members when that ship returned to port, it was badly damaged. Seven sailors still miss lg after that disastererer collided with that ship about three times its size. Divers have now met the ship it is back here at the u. S. Base. They will be searching every part of it and its a possibility that those seven sailors could be trapped in inside one of the compartments in the ship. Theres also a possible they could have been forced overboard at the time of the collision. Thats why there have been search parties in the water all tlit night. Were talking about efforts th
This huge line up of people who have a defense lawyer . Im a defense lawyer so i am biased but look these people are being investigated, it will be prune for them to hire a defense attorney. Its been alleged that when someone is being accused of collusion each should get their own lawyer. The law recognizes that each of those people need separate counsel. So youre saying this is smart, but yet the New York Times is reporting the president s personal lawyer, marc kasowitz, hes telling white house aids dont get your own lawyer and hes now coming fire for doing that saying its violation of d. C. Bar rules. Why is that problematic . I can understand that look, every lawyer is representing their own client. And someone like kasowitz is thinking how can i best represent mr. Trump within the boundaries of ethics and the rules. If that includes recommending to other people that they should or should not get counsel, as long as its ethically responsible then fine. Savings and loan associati as
Friday night gets underway. Good evening once again. Day 421 of the Trump Administration and we actually have two lead stories as we begin here on a friday night. The attorney general, Jeff Sessions has just fired the former deputy fbi director, Andrew Mccabe a little more than 24 hours before mccabe was set to retire after over two decades as a federal employee. President trump was highly critical of mccabe, attacked him a number of times. As the Washington Post reports mccabe has become a lightning rod. And political battles like the russia investigation. Mccabes firing was recommended by the fbi Disciplinary Office over misleading investigators about conversations he had with the media about an investigation into the clinton foundation. Additionally tonight we have a Major Development on the Stormy Daniels front as the president s lawyers have come out with an allout attack looking for 20 million from the porn star, a first for a sitting president. But first, the dismissal tonight o