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Good friday morning, it is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with Breaking News in a courtroom in manhattan where Witness Testimony has just resumed in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, and back on the stand is the forensic specialist from the manhattan d. A. s office who inspected data from Michael Cohens phone including Text Messages and secret recordings. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is standing by for us outside the courthouse. Also with us former u. S. Attorney, former State Court Judge carol lam, and State Attorney for palm beach county, florida, Dave Aronberg. Vaughn, start us off here. The judge started everything by pushing back on some of trumps comments yesterday about his potential testimony in this case. What can you tell us . Reporter right. Trump has repeatedly bemoaned the fact that this gag order has been placed on him preventing him from speaking about witnesses as this pertains to this criminal proceeding, but also the jury. But donald trump notab
Mattresses made affordable im tom forming in washington and this is cnn 9 00 p. M. Here in new york day ten, of the Trump Hush Money Trial and ending with a false claim from the defendant that hes not being allowed to testify. The day began with prosecutors seeking additional Contempt Judgments against him, but things really heated up during the testimony. Stormy daniels and Karen Mcdougals former attorney, Keith Davidson, the prosecution played the Phone Conversation that Michael Cohen secretly recorded and cnn exclusively obtained featuring donald trump taking an active role in the Karen Mcdougal deal. Were going to bidens been talking about that and the present that it may have had on the jury throughout the program, if youre just joining us here, is that but i need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend david so im going to do that right away. Id actually come up to me and ive spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up wi
Regarding our friend david im going to do that right away. Id actually come up to me and ive spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with the funding yes and its all the stuffing all the stuff because here you have an or with that company you have an over his going but correct. So im im all over that and i spoke to alan about it when it comes time for the financing, which will be what will have to so get hold on and on and on. I got no check back with the panel joining us. Cnns laura coates, host of Laura Coates Live at 11. Also cnns kara scannell, who was in court again today. What did what stood out to you care from court today . I mean, i think the audio is a big thing. Were hearing Donald Trumps voice, the jury is hearing that for the first time and hearing a lot of Michael Cohen lets conversations because that was just one of the Audio Recordings that was played today. The other one that was played was cohen on the phone with davidson. Were counting a conve
Hi there. Its 4 00 in new york. Buckle up. Witness number nine in the people of the state of new york versus donald trump was unlike any moment of this trial weve seen so far, unlike any witness in this trial weve seen. This is a trial thats seen twists and turns and drama. On the stand today, hope hicks, the Silent Trump Insider who was by Donald Trumps side for years from before he ascending down the Escalaors At Trump Tower and during the president s time in white house. A visibly and nervous hope hicks who began to cry as crossexamination began. Hope hicks described the Meltdown Inside Trump world over the release of the access Hollywood Tape. She was the first person in the campaign to know about it when she got an email from a reporter with the Washington Post. He was seeking comment from her. Hicks sent the email to other staffers including Kellyanne Conway and steve bannon. One, need to hear the tape to be sure. Two, deny, deny, deny. Hope hicks said there was consensus the tap