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
Gingrich says hes destructive to the party. Many are equally ticked off at democrats who could have, in many republicans minds, should have saved mccarthys job. Well tell you what theyre doing to settle the score. We start in washington where a chaotic new chapter in the history of the House Of Representatives has begun, and just when it seems things couldnt get any uglier, they have. Republican supporters of Kevin Mccarthy Furious Over Democrats unwillingness to protect them and protect the speaker from conservatives are now exacting revenge. Over the past 24 hours, two democratic leaders, nancy pelosi and steny hoyer have been told to vacate their offices inside the capitol. Pelosi is blaming acting speaker Patrick Mchenry for the move, although its not clear who made the final call. Mchenry is just one of at least six lawmakers who are now testing the water indvan of next weeks vote for a new speaker. Others include Steve Scalise, Judiciary Committee chair, jim jordan who confirmed
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According to our reporters, the former president s lawyers at times seemed to be arguing for an audience of one, and it wasnt the judge saying maralago was worth at least A Billion Dollars, and so was doral. That real estate valuations are subjective coming down to whatever a person is willing to pay. That there was no harm. The banks made money, and quote, there was no intent to defraud, period, the end. What was curious is that trumps lawyers were making some of the same arguments the judge has repeatedly thrown out, and they were doing it confrontationally. Were going to ask our experts why, since this was a bench trial. And Michael Cohen, Donald Trumps old fixer really is the quote, lynch pin of this case, as the defense argues, and whether his sworn testimony that the valuations of Donald Trumps properties were based on trumps desire to be be quote, higher on the forbes list are credible, and more importantly legally relevant. Now that Court Appears to be back in session after the
Thats five pm on the east coast, and the nations eyes are on washington. On capitol hill. We are a stopgap federal Spending Bill is now in the hands of the senate. After being passed in dramatic fashion by the house, just a couple of hours ago. To fund our government and avoid a shutdown with just seven hours left on the clock to do so. We have a lot to cover on our show tonight, but we start with a possible shutdown at midnight. Nbcs Ali Vitale Is Standing by on capitol hill. Elie, give us the latest. Right, things have been fast around here, because if you had told me when i left late last night, that Speaker Mccarthy was going to effectively look left and do this in a partisan fashion, i would have told you, absolutely not, no way. But it was a recognition on mccarthys part that within his conference those republicans that continue to block his path forward were not going to change and is that it was him who had to change the strategy. Now what this does is by the house, and by prox