Good morning. It is saturday, may 4. I am Alicia Menendez with Michael Steele and Melissa Murray in for symone sanderstownsend. Donald trumps threats for democracy, saying he will fire attorneys who do not do his bidding. And the Biden Campaign on offense as the republicans further restrict report Reproductive Rights in the south. And hope hicks delivers potentially devastating testimony and the new york criminal trial. Susanne craig and katie phang at the table. More than six months until election day and donald trump is dangerously already refusing to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election. Pushing the big lie in an interview, trump said this about the 2024 race. Quote, if editing is honest, i would gladly except the results. If not, you have to fight to the right for the country. This is coming after speaking with Time Magazine and saying hinting at another january 6 would happen if he loses. Joining us now is former Executive Director of the New York State democratic
Politicians nation. Tonights lead, order in the court. The third week of Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial here in manhattan ended with one of his closest former president ial aides on the stand tearfully recounting her memories of the alleged payout to Stormy Daniels and how trumps comments about groping women sent his 2016 campaign into the kind of panic mode. Also tonight, many of americas colleges and universities are grappling with how to move forward with commencements as Campus Demonstrations continue over the war in gaza and u. S. Involvement in the conflict. President biden has called for restraint from all sides as interactions between protesters, counterprotesters, and Police Forces have grown violent in some places. And arrests now number in the thousands. We start with the epicenter of the unrest just a few miles from here at Columbia University in new york city with one of the schools most prominent graduates joining me now in studio, congressman gerald, democrat of new york
Violence. How are jewish students supposed to feel when they walk by that sign. That was everywhere. That was even after the negotiations with the administration. I saw the antisemitism for myself when you talk about the students that were part of the encampment, it is large. Maybe they did not see it. Maybe they were part of that specific piece. They had students showing up phone with the hamas flag. Maybe the student did not see it in that moment is no question you had antisemitism. Some individuals, but the minority, somewhere in favor of hamas but thats the minority of the students. It is a sobering time on campuses across the country but particularly at columbia university. Thank you so much for joining us we will see you again. In moments we will impact the testimony of hope picks and how prosecutors are creating a narrative of Michael Cohen. Welcome to alex witt reports. We have new reaction to riveting testimony from hope picks, the former spokeswoman for donald trump. She test
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So, at times we have heard from this president. We havent heard from him in recent days. Dont know if he will pop up to a microphone during this break. But we will be all over it if and when that should happen. Earlier, the defense and prosecution teams were questioning Michael Cohens former banker and previous to that, the judge issued the president with a hefty fine, A Thousand Dollars per violation for that the judge said happened per his gag order. He also threatened possible jail time for any further violations of a gag order. The president is the only one under a gag order in this entire case. Not the convicted professional liar, Michael Cohen, former President Trump is. Its day nine of the trial. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying Business Records and those counts are in connection with to payments back in 2016 allegedly to cover up an extramarital affair earlier today at the courthouse. Not on the Campaign Trail. Six months is pretty close. November 5th is going to go down imp