Fox news alert. Minutes ago the defense for donald trump rested and the former president will not be taking the stand in the new york versus trump trial. The final witness for the defense was shot down. I mean every time he opened his mouth according to people in the courtroom, there was either a challenge or a reaction from the prosecution. And then the judge shut him down. What is really going on inside that courtroom . Whats really happening here . Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Court is now in a break until 2 00 p. M. Eastern. So we have some time to digest what just happened. The drama unfolding from the very moment in this trial especially when Michael Cohen was on the stand, four days of him. The prosecutions star witness who lies as he breathes. And when he left, it was all added upon by the fact that he admitted to stealing 60,000 from the Trump Organization. That happened yesterday. Cohen confessed to stealing the money from the Trump Organization while
Of violent clashes with protesters breaking barricades and Fire Crackers going off. Where do things go from here . Plus, Columbia University asking police to stay on campus for weeks after a chaotic night where officers went into a building where protesters were barricaded. The school now going remote for the rest of the semester. And donald trump taking advantage of a day off from court. The former president plans miz his First Campaign rally since his criminal trial began. Were live in battleground, wisconsin. And a new decision from the Federal Reserve on Interest Rates. What it means for your bottom line and the never ending battle against inflation. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Steve Patterson who is at ucla where police are standing by. Steve, whats the latest there . Chris, the latest is happening behind me right now. Its the most action we have seen all day. Im going to step off and show it to you. Take a look. You can
it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.
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gillian: a highly usual law being floated in california right now could end up sending thousands of goats to the slaughter house completely unnecessarily and putting goat herders there out of work. william la jeunesse explains tonight from oceanside, california. hi, william. the goats are very versatile in the sense that a lot of what we have is on mountain sites and slopes. oceanside, california. 200 goats clear brush under power lines ahead of fire season. the livestock have a popular ecofriendly alternative to bulldozers and chemicals. this could end, however, and you bill backed by the california labor federation that turns goat herders into hourly farm workers paid time and a half even when they are not working. former assembly woman lorena gonzalez who sponsored the law says it s about protecting workers. to make sure that the workers who are associated with it