Providence foundation. The invoices were submitted in 2022 for painting of the exterior of the oasis hotel and the removal of locks at the hotel. The citys Attorneys Office discovered that work was never done. Our action today starts the process to ensure that providence is not able to apply for future contracts, it is up to the city as were reviewing this and whether the current contracts would end. Providence foundation operates the oasis hotel, a shelter for families experiencing homelessness. We went to their offices for comment, and their staff closed their doors. Providence receives city funds to operate a navigation center, as well as multiple housing subsidy and voucher programs. For years, they have received grants through the Citys Department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. In a statement, the Citys Department said in part hsa will be reviewing each contract on a program by program basis to determine the best way to continue Seamless Services for the guests and tenant
New central starts right now smoke rising over gaza as these really military says, its taking control the gaza side of the main entry point with egypt and cease fire talks continue after israel because the deal hamas agreed to was far from what they put on the table, breaking overnight a powerful tornado makes a direct hit on barnes. Do oklahoma killing at least one person there this morning . The storm threat, not over nearly 100 Million People across the United States are at risk when will we see testimony from the former porn star about the former president . Could a Courtroom Standoff between Stormy Daniels and donald trump be imminent . Im john berman with kate bolduan, sarah signer. This is Cnn News Central the breaking overnight, israel takes control of the Raffa Crossing in gaza. Ivf tanks are seeing moving in to that critical entry point as the idf also conducted new airstrikes in an effort for israel, as israel says, to keep pressure on hamas to agree to a Ceasefire Deal, is
Today was day 12 of trumps criminal trial and it started with another hearing on his repeated and pretty flagrant at times violations of his gag order which is put in place because he cannot seem to help himself from attacking the judge, the jury, are potential witnesses. To date judge merchan city violated the order for the 10th time. For comments he made when he attacked the integrity of the jury that will determine his fate. The judge found trump in Contempt Of Court and fined the expresident another 1000 bringing the fines up to 10 grand. Judge merchan said he was prepared to go farther. He warmed of donald trump does not stop violating the order, he would be left with no choice but to consider jail time. He made it clear he does not take the threat lightly calling it a last resort. He also said, quote, mr. Trump, its important to understand that the last thing i want to do is put you in jail. You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well
Reviewing it. We are also expecting additional comments from the white house. The Daily Briefing happens a little later this hour with john kirby, so we will get new information we expect then. The other big story were following, just about 15 minutes, testimony will resume in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It has been quite the morning. The jury spent it hearing from jeffrey mcconney, a former Top Executive at the Trump Organization. He handled the reimbursements to Michael Cohen for paying off Stormy Daniels. There are a pile of documents were seeing for the first time, including these checks. If youre familiar with Donald Trumps signatures, those are checks that were signed by donald trump himself after an explanation about the difference between a trust, which was an account for the company, and a, essentially, private account for donald trump. Well, mcconney detailed how he kept notes and Bank Statements related to cohen stored in a locked door and how the Hush Money Checks had t
President ial election, prosecutors in the Trump Election Interference Hush Money Trial today have turned to the core of the actual crimes, the actual criminal acts and criminal charges against the expresident. That scheme to cover up Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels, using falsified business records. On the stand right now, Trump Employee deborah tarasoff. She handled payroll. Her testimony is critical. She explains that only donald trump could sign checks that came from his personal account. Thats the one used to reimburse Michael Cohen for the Hush Money Payments. Trump did that, even after becoming president of the United States of america. She also testified that if trump did not want to sign a check, he didnt have to. She was one half of a double whammy against the expresident today. Testifying after mcconney. He was a codefendant of the expresident. That was back in the Civil Fraud Case Against Trump and the trump org. He testified that most of the money used to reimburse M