Now cnn Breaking News yann, welcome to the lean. Im ticked tapper. Were following Breaking News out of new york where Donald Trumps hush money coverup trial its currently underway right now. Attorney Keith Davidson is on the stand. He is the lawyer who represented both 1998 Playboy Playmate of the year, Karen Mcdougal, who alleged an affair with down from and horn actress and director Stormy Daniels, who alleged to a Brief Dalliance with trump. Trump denies both. This afternoon, davidson and as testified about his negotiations with National Enquirer editorinchief, dylan howard to sell the womens stories to that august to publication and how interest in buying Stormy Daniels accounts spiked after the access Hollywood Tape was released in early october 2016, before todays testimony gotten underway, judge juan merchan ruled that donald trump had violated the gag order against attacking members of the jury and witnesses with nine distinct posts on his truth social page, as well as his webs
Power that it already is. The the soft power, its position on north korea will be significant. I understand why china takes the position it takes now because it still serves a purpose in terms of a strategic a strategic buffer, but i think the longer china continues to be a patron of this road state that has been determined by the United Nations as a country that commits crimes against humanity, that turns a blind eye to the nonproliferation regime, it is going to be a huge burden on china increasingly. I believe in the mid to longterm perspective, the sooner china is able to shut this headache the sooner china will become a leader that we will are in its respect, and certainly from south korea. Professor moon. Yes, a pressing priority for all of us. Very shortterm thinking on my part, which is lunch. [laughter] thank you again. Lets give a big hand to our prestigious speakers. [applauding] [inaudible conversations] q a is ten years old, and to mark a decade of compelling conversations
Just saying, sue serio. Ted williams always said, sue, hitting a baseball is a single hardest thing to do all in sport. Ive gone that event and i can tell you firsthand that is so true. Yes, well, hopefully we will be seeing some pictures . I hope not video. Thats what i want, video. Anyway hey look, earth day green on our map today. But a lot of this isnt necessarily making it to the ground. Just few widely scattered showers in lancaster county, berks county, and Montgomery County the western part there, zoom in just little bit more and see maybe around upper providence, might be seeing sprinkle or two. Not even enough to use the windshield wipers maybe. But there are a few more showers on the way. We have 52 degrees right now in philadelphia, southwesterly wind at only 5 miles an hour. Those winds will be picking up later on. Relative humidity at 63 . Now 6 14 sunrise getting earlier and earlier so great. Here is your foxcast for today. Some showers around, but also, some sunshine, w
Watched. Because many of us have taken issue with the stand your ground and the castle laws we feel could lead to people doing what is wrong to innocent people. This verdict was important to say lets pause and look at these laws. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Back to iraq. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start with the u. S. Military action right now over iraq. This evening, washington time, president obama sent u. S. Planes into Northern Iraq in order to drop water and Food Supplies to those trapped or threatened by the relentless onslaught of
Insurgent Forces. With the militant Islamic Group isis trapping or threatening many of the religious minorities including thousands of christians in the sinjar mountains of Northern Iraq, the United States has its military planes ready to strike should the group attack either our relief planes or a nearby american consulate. The white house released a photo of president
Assumption that there is a price somehow for which kim jongun and his predecessor, his father and his grandfather, would give up this Nuclear Program. Im not sure thats right because the Nuclear Program, to their mind, is the one thing that guarantees their survival. And the moment that they give it up, theyre in the position that Mow Mar Qaddafi was in when he gave up his nas entitle Nuclear Program in 2003. And he got a lot of promises of integration with the west and of course as soon as his people turned on him, the United States and europe and the arab states all joined in to drive him from power. The koreans were very, very aware of this and i would doubt that there is a price out there for which they would give up everything. And therein lies the big problem. Let me go to you, ambassador. We tend to look at this through our own eyes, thinking like, why in the world would anyone want to risk being even using the artillery on the southern border
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