former hedge fund ceo dave mccormick. their positions have been flip-flopping all night long. thousands of votes still left to be counted. as things stand this race will almost definitely trigger an automatic recount. in the governor s race in pennsylvania trump backed candidate doug mastriano with a clear lead, cnn projects he has won the republican nomination. he is pennsylvania s leading far right figure. he has championed efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. he will face democrat josh shapiro the state s attorney general. shapiro is the first nonincumbent to run unopposed in a gubernatorial primary since 1930. also in pennsylvania john fetterman easily won the democratic senate primary, he might be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he is out of surgery this morning after suffering a stroke and receiving a pacemaker just hours before the polls closed yesterday. we will hear from his wife on his condition in just a bit. meanwhile, north carol
Happy friday, it is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial just resuming this morning with a former Trump White House aide facing cross examination. Madeleine westerhout back on the stand, shes testified about trump signing checks and Michael Cohen visiting the white house. And speaking of cohen, we just learned that the prosecutions star witness will take the stand on monday. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is outside the courthouse for us. Also with us our legal panel for the hour White Collar Defense Attorney and former federal prosecutor sarah krisoff, and criminal defense attorney bernard via low na. Vaughn, catch us up. Whats happening inside that courtroom this morning . Reporter hey, good morning, ana. Madeleine westerhout who was the trump Executive Assistant inside of the white house for his first two and a half years there is currently testifying Under Cross Examination by Susan Necheles. Theyre currently looking at an email in which a
2016 campaign. Those words were in a text message sent from Keith Davidson, hes the attorney for both of the women at the heart of the story. Playboy playmate Karen Mcdougal and porn star Stormy Daniels. It was a text sent to the National Enquirer, dylan howard. And davidson is on the stand right now on day nine of the donald trump Election Interference hush money trial. With Explosive Testimony being given right now about his dealings with ami and Donald Trumps inner most circle. Earlier today, he told the court and the jury that dylan howard texted him back a response, quote, talk first thing. I will get you por than anyone for it. You know why. Davidson said that he understood even back then that the owner of the National Enquirer, that david pecker and donald trump were good friends. Two weeks after the texts were exchanged, Karen Mcdougal met with howard, where she alleged that she had an affair with donald trump that went on for several weeks to months. And ami declined to pick u
Investigation to subpoena Hunter Bidens tax records . Once you proceed along the impeachment, the constitution is on your side. The calendar is not. You have to quickly determine if this information will be withheld to seek judicial review. Thats one of the things that i encourage you to do so that you certainly dont you should not terry in an Impeachment Inquiry. Mrs. Oconnor, you agree with that . Completely. Mr. Dubinsky, would you like to see those bank records . Absolutely. Heres the thing, this is the bottom line. If Vice President knew, helped or engaged in any conduct while hi knew his son was involved in helping move forward the interest of russia and china are two strategic adversaries on the world stage, this would have been no. If the former Vice President knew his son was doing it or helped in any meaningful way, the American People deserve to know. If the president ial candidate for the Democratic Party in 2019 knew about any of those things, the American People deserve t
jesse: i am jesse watters along with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., sandra smith and will cain, it s 5:00 in new york city, and this is the five. ron desantis and gavin newsom throwing down in the epic red versus blue state debate on hannity the governor s talking trash for months and finally getting the chance to hammer each other s record face- face-to-face. it s because they taxed too much, they regulate too much, they have a political agenda, they have lost a lot of companies. a 21 state population combined, the fifth largest economy in the world. he had the kids locked out of school because of the teachers union, that s having a generational impact. speak of the last guy you want to talk to on the interview is immigration. lying to migrants promising them jobs and housing, sending them to an island, martha s vineyard prince because this is where they plop the human that are found on the streets of san francisco. jesse: also taking some vicious pe