Trumps lawyers are looking to shred david peckers testimony and damage his credibility. Plus, whats next after Supreme Court arguments on president ial immunity, and the prominent republican who now says president s should not be immune from prosecution. Also ahead, dramatic demonstrations continuing on College Campuses as propalestinian protests lead to hundreds of arrests. Good morning, and happy friday. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news out of a manhattan courtroom where the first witness called in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case is back on the stand this morning. This time facing questions from trumps attorneys. Now, trumps team attempting to poke holes in david peckers testimony. Pecker is the former publisher of the National Enquirer who has testified that he was involved in efforts to catch and kill stories that could have hurt trump during the 2016 campaign. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is outside the courthouse. Also with us, jo
Katie fang in for ari melber. Another big day for Donald Trumps criminal collection trial, starting out with both sides butting heads. The prosecution asking the court for donald trump to be held in contempt of court, and Donald Trumps lawyers spinning those attacks as political. The judge frustrated, admonishing trumps attorney saying youre losing all credibility with this court, the judge adding, youve presented nothing. Well, well have more on that later in the show. But first, the prosecutions first witness back on the stand, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker, returning to detail to the jury his involvement in the multiple catch and kill plots to bury negative stories about donald trump. Pecker detailing his decades long relationship with trump, and his frequent communications with Michael Cohen. Testifying that in that now infamous 2015 meeting, pecker agreed to publish only positive stories about trump, promising to be trumps eyes and ears. Pecker going on to say ho
The people of new york versus donald j. Trump. I should be in florida now. I should be in a lot of different places campaigning, and im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors lay out a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense. And the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david Rachel Maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a real road map today as to how this case is going to go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old and tired and mad. Tonight Rachel Maddow, joy reid, chris hayes, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, jen sake, stef knew rhule, katie pham, and nbc legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins now. Thank you for joining us tonight for this special Primetime Recap of the first ever criminal trial of a former u. S. President
Tonight, the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense. The first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting more of david Rachel Maddow was in the courtroom to see it all. We got a road map to how the case will go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old and tired and mad. Tonight, Rachel Maddow , joy reid, chris hayes, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, jen psaki, stephanie ruhle, and legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins now. Thank you for joining us for this special prime time recap of the first ever criminal trial of a former u. S. President. The first ever criminal trial of a major partys presumptive nominee is a candidate for president. I am Rachel Maddow at Msnbc Headquarters along with Lawrence Odonnell and chris hayes and jen psaki. We will be joined by joy reid and alex wagner and stephanie ruhle. Are legal experts Andrew Weissmann and catherine will keep us on the straight and narrow. Lisa ruben is here and Susanne Craig w
Describes the secret meeting to catch and kill stories from Karen Mcdougal and Stormy Daniels before they could sink Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Now, that is not illegal. So, how does testimony from pecker help the prosecution prove that trump committed a crime . Plus, trumps attorney tieing himself in rhetorical knots, trying to defend trumps Social Media Posts and convince the judge trump has not violated his gag order. Todd blanche saying the president is being very careful and the frustrating judge responding, quote, youre losing all credibility with this court. Why is he waiting to rule . And taking its toll, with reporters observing trump as looking thinner and older, against many parts of todays proceedings with his eyes closed and venting his frustration on social media, what will be the impact on this trial and the race for president . We have got more on that coming up. But we start with former National Enquirer ceo david pecker back on the stand right now. One of t