Its good to be with you, im ana cabrera in for katy tur, and we are covering two major stories unfolding right now. Hamas says it has agreed to a cease fire and Hostage Deal Proposal from egypt and qatar. Though an israeli official tells nbc news that the framework is not what they had agreed upon with mediators. Well lay out what we know so far and what the white house is saying. But we begin this hour at the courthouse in manhattan, from a crime witness on the stand last week to Balance Sheets and ledger reports this afternoon, and Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial has taken a clear pivot today. Right now, Deborah Tarasoff is on the stand, the first Current Trump Organization Employee to testify. This morning, former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey Mcconney testified before the court and his crossexamination on the stand just wrapped a short time ago. What he revealed about the strange paper trail that followed the alleged Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels, and how much of it,
White House Press Secretary under president obama and msnbc political analyst. Adam pollock, and charles coleman, an msnbc legal analyst. Vaughn, i want to start with you. You have kind of lived all of this from the beginning to the end. As you watched what unfolded today, help us understand it, but also put all of that testimony by Hope Hicks Which was pretty dramatic in the context of what we knew at the time. Reporter exactly, its dramatic because hope hicks was somebody who testified today that she was intimately involved with donald trump in what was a very Small Campaign brass that included keith shiler and Corey Lewandowski and Michael Cohen, the outside personal lawyer voice who maintained a quasi role with the campaign, representing donald trump. In this, for hope hicks and for the jury here, is a key, crucial witness that knows donald trump so well, but also was a trusted adviser and aide, somebody whose words were never really highly scrutinized, somebody who donald trump ha
Who are more sincere. So it seemed inconceivable that given his current state joe biden would choose someone so transparently onedimensional as Kamala Harris. Someone is he is. It would be the first entirely hollow president ial ticket in American History and we thought it would never happen. But they are doing it anyway. Bidenharris, thats what they are going with. The choice tells you a lot about the current state of the Democratic Party. America is still technically a democracy yet either biden nor harris has ever been popular with actual voters. This is joe bidens third run for president. The first two attempts ended in embarrassing disasters. The third was headed at high speed in that direction and then a series of unforeseen flukes in a highly crowded primary field. The last in the race. He was clearly shocked by his own victory. On election night, the night he clinched the nomination in march,h, biden was so rattled he mistook his sister for his wife during the acceptance speech
Backed up with traffic. Not looking too good. Forecasters say the storms winds will top 140 Miles Per Hour before landfall. It could be the strongest hurricane to slam in to floridas east coast in a generation. Back when hurricane andrew killed dozens in 1992. The projected path shows Hurricane Dorian hitting around palm beach county, which is where president trumps maralargo resort is located. Forecasters warn with days left to go, all of florida including miami, palm beach, even orlando, could be in the storms cross hairs. Executives at disney world say theyre closely watching the storm on what was supposed to be a crowded labor day weekend. At the Kennedy Space center in cape canaveral, nasa Scientists Say theyre moving a 380 foot high mobile launch platform. Floridas governor says the time to get ready is now. The time to act is now. This storm is slower than thought four or five days ago, which means, you know, were looking at i think the Tropical Storm force winds probably coming
And well talk to a report wloer wreporter who was in the room this week with joe biden. All right. Lets start with President Trump who is in camp david this morning. He canceled his planned trip to poland he said in order to monitor Hurricane Dorian stateside. Hes opting to send Vice President mike pence to poland in his place. Were following the path and strength of the storm which overnight intensified to category 4 in magnitude. Heres a view of dorian from space. You can see the turning eyes with sustained winds of up to 140 Miles Per Hour. It is expected to make a devastating impact on the northern bahamas before hitting the east coast of florida late monday into tuesday. Last night President Trump spoke to reporters in part about the approaching storm. The hurricane is roaring, it could be a big one. Were hoping it maybe makes a right and goes up north, thats about a 5 chance. Its not looking good. Its one of the biggest hurricanes weve seen in a long time. Here with an update mom