Number. Com im more than liebermann at the pentagon. And this cnn welcome to our special ive read your former President Trumps historic Hush Money Criminal Trial. Im Briana Keeler in washington, Phil Mattingly is outside of court in new york where phil here on day seven of testimony, jurors were hearing from one of the most trusted members of trumps inner circle, hope hicks, of course, who was both a top aide on his 26th its team campaign. And in the white house when he was president and court of course now fill is just taking a lunch break, just Getting Started yeah thats right. Briana. But there have been a number of really critical moments over the course of the last several hours, we know who picks, had several phone calls with Michael Cohen, the trump lawyer who silhouetted the Stormy Daniels payment in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign. And we know from a prior witness, hicks was on a called discussing the Karen Mcdougal payment . After Trump Took Office when hicks was then
Big Breaking News stories this morning. Donald trumps Hush Money Trial resuming moments ago, and the judge just issued a ruling on Gag Order Violations. Finding trump in contempt. Well have the latest from the courthouse. Were also tracking Breaking News from Columbia University, protesters storming and occupying a Campus Building overnight. The new warning from the school this morning. Good morning. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with our Breaking News at the courthouse in lower manhattan, where the second week of Witness Testimony just resumed in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. And the judge starting the day with a new decision on trumps Gag Order Violations, ruling just moments ago that trump did in fact violate the gag order nine times. And fining him 1,000 for each of the violations. Lets bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, former prosecutor charles coleman, and attorney and Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson. Vaughn, l
north korea. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the showdown over the payroll tax cut lasted for weeks, but the stalemate ended in a matter of minutes today after house republican leaders bowed to overwhelming pressure and gave into the democrats. today, the house approved the bill that got almost 90% of support in the senate. president obama signed it into law and the threat of a new year s day tax hire for 160 working americans is over. let s go straight to dana bash who s watching this on capitol hill. must be pretty empty. it was exciting for a few minutes today. a few minutes, underline the word minutes. look, there is a lot of relief that this battle that consumed congress in these final days is over. especially for house republicans. the house will be in order. it was john boehner s decision to back down and he backed it up by presiding over passage of a short-term tax cut that many call a gimmick. hr 3765. a bill to extend the payroll tax holida
with only youth and killing them and they have no way to escape, that s a cowardless act. live to norway in a moment. and from britain, word that pop singer amy winehouse according to published reports there, was found dead in her apartment in london. no word yet on the cause of her death. her struggles with drug and alcohol abuse and mental health issues often made headlines and were the premise of her hit song rehab. the grammy award-winning singer was just 27. back in this country, u.s. house speaker john boehner says he will try to reach a debt deal with lawmakers instead of with president barack obama. boehner ended talks with the white house yesterday over tax hikes which republicans are refusing to consider in any deficit reduction plan. he and other congressional leaders then met with the president at the white house this morning. we ll have more on those talks in a live report straight ahead. about 4,000 faa workers could be furloughed today. congress adjou
see his best laid plans hijacked by the seemingly endless israeli-palestinian problems. it s our top story. we ll have more on it in a moment, but, first, a look at the other stories we re drilling down on tonight. he is indicted, but he is getting out on bail. details from dominique strauss khan s indictment for attempted rape, and the politics of peace. the united states of america was founded on the belief that people should governor themselves. president obama reaches out to the middle east, but how is it playing here in the united states? then the truth has to hurt. edie hill goes one-on-one with bush s attorney general. do we need torture to kau catch the next bin laden? to our headliner segment. a moment of opportunity. that s how barack obama described the chaotic and historic change we re witnessing in the arab world. in a speech the good old american reason in the fever sweeping the region. instead, he may see the temperature soaring. yesterday i heard somet