About so where does it all go from here . Plus, did trump cross the line, judge juan merchan may once again punish the former president for violating his gag order, what the prosecution is asking for as they try to get trump to stop. On the surface, it may seem that trumps trial and the escalating violence and chaos on College Campuses have nothing to do with each other, but one of trumps former aides says it may, in fact, be part of a perfect political storm that is Helping Trump, boosting his election odds even as he sits quietly in court. But we start right here in New York City where a lunch break just began after a pretty wild morning at trumps trial. Its the former president accused of a crime, but todays proceedings have been focused squarely on his former fixer, Michael Cohen, his credibility, his likability and the lengths he went to to protect his boss as election day 2016 approached. Cohen hasnt even taken the stand, but his name has already come up more than a thousand time
Media mitchellreports. Chris jansing reports starts right now. Good day. Im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. College campuses from coast to coast are on edge at this hour. New propalestinian protests active across roughly two dozen states, even after police cleared encampments overnight at places like Columbia University. Will an Ongoing Police presence enforce a calm there or could things get worse before they get better . Plus, a new abortion law going into effect in florida today, leaving few options for women seeking abortions across the southeast. The latest from there and arizona where democrats along with a handful of republicans are considering a repeal of the near total abortion ban dating back 160 years. And donald trump out of the courthouse and on the Campaign Trail in wisconsin just a few hours from now. Will he tempt fate and test his gag order even after the judge threatened him with the possibility of jail time. Well dig into that coming up. We
Monday. Its 4 00 in new york. So each of the civil and criminal cases brought against donald trump and at this point there are plenty to choose from, slice right to the core of his persona in unique and distinct ways. Contempt for the rule of law, a disregard for our very democracy, even an embrace of Political Violence. But the trial that started today in manhattan that 250 million civil Fraud Lawsuit brought by new York Attorney general Letitia James against donald trump, trumps company and his two adult sons is fundamentally different from those. It cuts deep into trumps most base instincts, his compulsive need to exaggerate the size of all things. His woefully and knowingly penchant for lying over and over again. His defrauding, defrauding his customers and the public. Well, at least thats according to Attorney General tish james. Today both sides delivered Opening Statements, the attorney Generals Team sought to convince the judge in this case that trump should be barred from doin
Protect our water at groundwater dot. Okay. State dot good Sunday Morning to you. Welcome to cnn this morning, it is sunday, april 28. Im Victor Blackwell and im amara walker. Heres what were working on for you this morning. More than 50 Million People are waking up to a widespread Severe Weather threat stretching from texas all the way to wisconsin. As parts of the west pick up the pieces from the lab last round of storms, we will have Live Team Coverage age is an issue and a green man when it against the sixyearold President Biden telling him jokey jokes, taken csm jabs also, donald trump der, and the white house correspondents dinner. More of his comments and those propalestinian protests that greeted guests as they arrived and as propalestinian protests on College Campuses across the country have led to at least 150 more arrest. This morning and one campus to close to everyone except students and the president Flip Georgia Blue in the 2020 election, theres a suburban shift in atlan
Mcdougals story would have been National Enquirer gold, and his decision not to run it was purely to help donald trump. Joining me now, nbcs Vaughn Hillyard outside the courthouse, former federal prosecutor paul butler is back with me. Former assistant new York Attorney general Tristan Snell is in studio, and Jeremy Soland, criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor. Im going to start with you because youre a Defense Attorney and youre new to this table. Its a challenge, right, no matter how many times the defense keeps going back and back and back to david pecker, trying to show this wasnt about the campaign, which is what you did, this is standard operating procedure, they said that over and over and over again yesterday. Let me give you one of the later pieces of back and forth, and this is steinglass trying to, again, disprove that bove had just done, the Defense Attorney. How many, meaning of these stories, did you coordinate with a president ial candidate for the b