problematic authoritarian tendencies throughout the society. now, that warning was followed by the announcement of that year s pulitzer prize for national reporting which went to the new york times or and the washington post, for quote relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest on russian interference in the 2016 election,ru and its connectionso the trump campaign, the president-elect transition team, and his eventual administration. now that choice naturally drew the ire of then president donald trump, who did not stop complaining about the decision, even after he left the white house. it actually led the pulitzer board to open two separate independent investigations into the awarding of those prizes. and this week, the pulitzer board has announced the results of those investigations, and here is part of what they said. no passages or headlines, contentions or assertions in any of the winning submissions were discredited by facts that subsequent to the con fe
her mission. so how many names did you have? about 2,300 names. could cutting-edge technology crack an ice-cold case? i was like, no way. i believe in the devil, and people that don t believe in the devil, i think, they re in for a big surprise. hello and welcome to dateline. michella and jenni were just like most kids their age. they loved riding bikes, and playing outdoors. the fun-loving girls didn t know each other. but they would be forever connected, through tragedy. decades later, a detective would leave no stone unturned, on a quest for justice. and in the process, uncovered a twist that left investigators speechless. here is keith morrison with evil was watching. again and again, she came here. stood under the ancient canopy. walked the damp, narrow paths, to the places the killer used to hide what he had done. as if looking, once more, after all these years would tell her something. as if the dense undergrowth would part and finally reveal a name
Welcome to a special twohour edition of the beat. Im katie phang. Were nearing the end of the first Criminal Trial of a former u. S. President donald trump. Next week the case could be in the hand of the jury. Before that happens, Michael Cohen will be back on the Witness Stand Monday for a third day of cross examination by trumps defense attorney todd blanche. The defenses focus so far has been to try and portray the states key witness as a serial liar, someone who cannot be trusted and who is only out for revenge against his former boss. The word lie was used more than 60 times in court yesterday. Through what felt at times like A Meandering Cross Examination Blanche may have been able to poke a hole in cohens credibility as a witness during questioning about one of the phone calls from october 2016 that cohen testified earlier in the week he had made with trump, allegedly telling him the payoff to Stormy Daniels was being handled. Yesterday cohen admitted that he was having trouble
Up, ted cruz is On Fox Defending Trump by saying the opposite. Theres no person on planet earth that believes donald trump has been sell celebate all of his life. Thats not news. We have a lot on Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial. What a week it has been. Stormy daniels wrapping up testimony with a contentious and bizarre crossexamination from trumps legal term. Well get expert legal analysis on that and what we can expect in court today because its not over yet. Plus, we have reaction from capitol hill to President Bidens threat to withhold some Weapons Shipments to israel over its possible invasion of rafah. More republicans are krilt criticizing the president and hes facing backlash from democrats. And Kevin Mccarthy is having a hard time coping with the fact that mike johnson did something he could not. Well show you mccarthys dig at his successor. It seems, i dont know, not okay, will legal, good morning, and welcome to morning joe. Its friday, may 10th. With us we have the
At times as money grubbing, inconsistent, driven by personal hatred, even rolling out that shes crazy line of attack against her. At one point Attorney Susan Necheles said you have, quote, a lot of experience making phony stories about sex. To which daniels replied wow thats now how i would put it. The sex in the films is real just like what happened to me in that room. To try to prove that Stormy Daniels profited off her association with donald trump, trumps Defense Lawyers pointed out stormy sold merchandise to which Stormy Daniels fired back, quote, not unlike mr. Trump. Team trump also suggested that Stormy Daniels opposed trump politically and wanted to take him down. A line of questioning that comes with a lot of risks for the expresident s team. As nbc news reports the defense spent considerable time trying to prove that daniels had a political motive for wanting to out trumps story, trying to hurt his election bid. Wouldnt that bolster the prosecutions arguments trump had for w