Good to be with you. Im katy tur. It was an explosive day in criminal court today. Donald trumps one time ally and friend, david pecker, laid out in detail what he, Michael Cohen, and donald trump agreed to do to protect his campaign. And then how they did it. Describing multiple conversations and multiple moments of the campaign on multiple topics including times when pecker directly advised trump saying quote, i think you should buy it, about Karen Mcdougles story, to which trump responded he would think about it according to pecker and have cohen call him back. The question for jurors was any of this illegal. Pecker is the man at the center of trumps catch and kill scheme in the run up to the 2016 election and he could be a more Essential Witness to cohen. Because pecker is corroborating when cohen has long alleged. That there was a 2015 meeting in trump tower where he, pecker and trump hatched a plan to protect trump and hurt his opponents in his campaign for president. Today, peck
It is good to be back with you for this second hour. At this hour, is a former Tabloid Publisher the star witness in the people versus donald trump . What david pecker revealed about his close friendship with the former president and the catch and kill scheme before the hush money scandal exploded. Plus from the courtroom to a meeting with japan. Trump prepares to host another International Leader as the campaign tries to show theyre just doing business as usual. And standing by for a judges ruling. Will trump be held in contempt for violating a gag order . Well tell you what happened during a heated hearing this morning. And code name, plazic echo. What a newly unsealed document reveals about the documents case and a witness who warned trump to just give everything back. Our nbc News Reporters are following the latest developments. We begin outside the courthouse in Lower Manhattan with vaughn hillyard. Vaughn, david pecker was the only witness again today. He was questioned about con