Good day. Im jose diazbalart back with you for another hour. Andrea mitchell is on assignment. We are keeping watch on the Manhattan Courthouse where the jury is back in the courtroom and Donald Trumps defense team is starting crossexamination of a key witness in the former president s first criminal trial. The questions towards Stormy Daniels former attorney. Earlier today, a Second Gag Order Hearing for additional alleged violations after judge merchan found trump in context tuesday and warned the only way to deter further violations might be jail time. The state insisting its not what they are after in hopes of Keeping Disruptions to a minimum. The first violations were done on social media on his campaign website. We begin this hour with nbcs Yasmin Vasiljevs and jeffrey sloman. Whats the latest from inside the court . The question going into this was, what was the purpose of davidsons testimony when it comes to the prosecution . That was setting up the purpose, the context of how
sending out an audio message with what he says is his side of the story. hi. this is congressman charlie rangel and i really want to take this opportunity just to bring a few facts to your attention. as you know, the ethics committee procedure is under way and that i initiated it. i hope that the ethics committee process will move forward without a rush to judgment. for the first time, the president of the united states is weighing in saying it may be time for rangel to bow out of politics. i think charlie rangel has served a very long time and served his constituents very well. but these allegations are very troubling and, you know, he is somebody who is at the end of his career, 80 years old. i m sure that what he wants is to be able to end his career with dignity and my hope is that it happens.
bush and the republicans had so many things going against them. the economy, a huge deficit, katrina, iraq. and, yet, it was the mark foley scandal, when that broke, that republicans looked at each other and said, that s it, we re going to lose control of congress. i m sure democrats are very concerned out on the campaign trail right now about the same thing happening in 2010. real quickly. two quick subjects for you here, joe. boy, nancy pelosi is not over robert gibbs comments yet is she some. she s not! call him the president s employee. ish! i don t know if you saw the new york times story yesterday but house democrats are striking out against the white house. they are being asked whether the white house is doing enough. they are getting turs no comments. right now is there a division between the white house and the house of representatives. that s just a political reality. their political interests are diverging right now. and that is not a good thing for house democrati
i don t spent a whole lot of time thinking about what the employeee s of the president say. we have a solid plan messaging and mobilizing grassroots level and managing of our campaigns and we have a 2-1 advantage money wise. so we feel very confident about where we are, whether that s well known to that gentleman or not. whether it s well known to that gentleman. her fight with robert gibbs notwithstanding, she has a lot of on her mind as we come into november whether it s maxine and rangel or other problems and, quote, draining the swamp, as she pledged to do. no doubt about it. of course, yesterday, the new york times had a story talking about the tensions between the white house and congress. mike, some members telling the new york times they did not want the president to come to their districts and others, when asked if the president was doing enough, just bowing their head and saying nothing. so these the tension continues to rise between the
against settling potential house ethics charges for her potential role or her alleged role in steering federal funds to a bank where her husband served on the board of directors and owned at least 500,000 dollars worth of shares. waters reportedly, according to this group, did not tell treasury department officials that she had personal and financial ties to that bank. meanwhile, new york congressman charlie rangel fighting back against his own ethics charges. the 80-year-old took to twitter yesterday saying in an audio message with what he says is his side of the story. hi. this is congressman charlie rangel and i really want to take this opportunity just to bring a few facts to your attention. as you know, the ethics committee procedure is under way and that i initiated it. i hope that the ethics committee process will move forward without a rush to judgment. charlie rangel defending himself on twitter. for the first time, the president of the united states is weighing in sayin