a former american president and his fixer and a big time ally of his in the tabloid media. it was a plan crafted to cast then candidate donald trump in a positive light in the all-important tabloids. using stories that were favorable to him and silencing ones that weren t and smearing everybody that got in the way. the witness on the stand today on the hush money trial, details exactly how this scheme worked on a day-to-day basis. david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer described a relationship with donald trump that dated back to the late 1980s and noted that trump was one the first people to call him and congratulate him when he bought the national enquirer back in 1999. so tlir friendship was already long standing by the time donald trump decided so to run for president. the questioning today was the details an the operational aspects of that explicit agreement between trump, his lawyer michael cohen, and david pecker. and what they did to boost tru
later, the backing of democratic royalty, the majority of the kennedy family set to endorse president biden rejecting one of their own. what it reveals about the race and the state of our politics. thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. let s get right to our breaking news this morning. a new twist in the jury selection in donald trump s hush money trial. one of the seven jurors already sworn in and seated just dismissed, after expressing concerns about her ability to stay impartial, so we re now back down to six jurors seated, meaning six more, plus six alternates to go. court resuming this morning after being dark wednesday, a day trump spent complaining about the process and testing the limits of the gag order against him. nbc s vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse, also with us barbara mcquade, msnbc legal analyst and former u.s. attorney. ankush khardori, former federal prosecutor, and harry litman, former d
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israel releasing its report on the air strike that killed seven aid workers calling it a grave mistake and dismissing top ranking officials from their posts. we have reaction from world central kitchen and the white house. plus, on the donald trump legal fight, on that front, a judge rejecting trump s bid to throw out the federal classified documents case, as legal experts warn the special counsel could be close to pressing a legal nuclear button. also ahead, president biden heads to baltimore. his message following that deadly bridge collapse. and later, total eclipse of the sun. we ll help you get ready for monday s big show in the sky. thank you so much for joining us on this friday. i m ana cabrera. it is 10:00 eastern, and we begin with the breaking news. the idf releasing the results of its investigation into that deadly air strike that killed seven aid workers from world central kitchen in gaza. the report calling it a grave mistake and detailing how the idf
fallout from the israeli airstrike that killed of afghanistan amid the us withdrawal? no time to prepare, no emergency plan in place and no safe place to go and a judge rejecting donald trump s last-ditch effort to delay his hush money trial an unprecedented moment, lins looms over the campaign trail all right, 6:00 a.m. here in washington and also in new york, the statue of liberty shining, bright this morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. and just hours because the white house says president biden will quote, express his frustrations to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the phone call will mark the first time that two liters have spoken since these seven world central kitchen aid workers were killed by an israeli airstrike in gaza a senior administration official says, biden is increasingly frustrated and angry, but the white house also emphasizing that there s been no shift in us policy supporting israel s military