Hi, everyone, its 4 00 in new york. The expresident today on the verge of snatching jail time from the jaws of civil liability. Donald trump taking The Stand Today in His Civil Fraud Trial in new york after being ordered by the judge to testify about comments he made regarding a court clerk. Now, you all know this. We dont normally air his remarks for fear of amplifying them, particularly when they are so clearly tied to threats of violence and intimidation. Were going to play them for you right now, because they led to near immediate liability for the expresident. This judge well, because this judge is a very partisan judge with a person whos sitting very partisan, sitting alongside of him, perhaps even more partisan than he is. On the stand for just one minute after saying that, trump claimed that he wasnt talking about the person sitting next to the judge. He was actually talking about Michael Cohen. Who at the time was in the middle of his second day of testimony. The judge was not
do the straight reporter question. but i m going give to it you anyway, mckay. i don t know you as well. here we go. who wins a national nomination fight in the primary tonight in 2020 if it come downs to mike pence and nikki haley? who wins? geez, i have no idea. i m betting on nikki. i m betting on the ambassador. jeremy, you want to take a shot at that? it s a free fire shot. who looks better? i think that a republican that has much distance as possible from trump is probably the one in a situation like that for whatever reason trump leaves office early who is going to have the best shot. now nikki haley has her own political brand. mike pence s political brand right now is so wrapped up in donald trump s that there is no daylight between the two of them. nikki haley has been pretty clever. exquisitely answered by a straight reporter. thank you so much, jeremy peters and mckay coppinss. up next, it was a striking contest today. trump were on hand for the