Now, before the brd to sell mcd to the National Enquirer for a million dollars. At one point, prosecutors revealed the Text Exchange between davidson and the tabloids editor where davidson joked, throw in an ambassadorship for me. Im thinking aisle of man. When asked whoi he made the joke, he said it was a reference to trumps candidacy, that if the tabloid bought the story, it would help trump. I want to bring back in vaughn hillyard. Kimberly is a boston globe columnist and msnbc political analyst and jeremy is still with me. Criminal Defense Attorney and former prosecutor with the manhattan d. A. s office. If you were Donald Trumps Defense Attorney, what about this mornings testimony worries you most . Well, i think its established that not everyone had an agenda. You have farro whos connecting the dots. You have the sense of urgency. Establishing intent or basis. That court of texting you just referenced, im saving the future of potential president s backside. Everything is really s
Saw Stormy Daniels and trump tower. Prosecutors also grilling cohens banker helped the former president s fixer wire the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. So did prosecutors make their case three witnesses today, plus trump and his allies targeting a top prosecutor in the new york case, accusing him of being a plant for the white house so who is he why is trumps so . Obsessed with this one individual . And taylor swift at the center of a wild Conspiracy Theory is spreading like wildfire amongst trumps supporters. Special report ahead. Lets go out, friend and good evening. Im erin burnett and outfront tonight, the Breaking News, Stormy Daniels and trump tower, trumps longtime assistant on the stand late today. She said she saw Stormy Daniels and trump tower and she testified that she maintained contacts for both Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal for donald trump. Trumps longtime gatekeeper, rhona graff, was in many ways to trumps righthand for 34 years. And this moment on The Apprentic
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m josé diaz-balart. we begin in new york city where tensions are flaring inside the courtroom as former president donald trump has taken the stand in the $250 million civil trial that threatens his sprawling business empire. the case centered around accusations that trump along with his two adult sons inflated various trump assets to get more favorable rates from banks and insurers. trump and his children have denied any wrongdoing, and while trump just took the stand about an hour ago, the judge already accused the former president of treating this appearance like a political rally. the judge has urged trump s lawyers a number of times to control their client. let s go right to nbc s vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. vaughn. reporter: good morning, jose. donald trump just leaving here the courtroom for a morning break after a contentious first 90 minutes of donald trump on the stand and under oath, facing questions from the
without your hat on, put your hat on, maggie vespa, in that piece. got love to the taco kid. reporter: i didn t have one. that s how fast it hit. i love food. i love food. maggie vespa, thank you, appreciate it. that does it for me this hour, everybody. ana cabrera will be back tomorrow. you can catch me on the weekends on msnbc starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. right now, evacuations from gaza for the first time, hundreds of civilians including americans cross the border into egypt. we ll talk with an aid worker on the ground. it comes as israel defends itself after world leaders condemn a strike that reportedly killed dozens and injured hundreds. back at home, it could be a big day at former president donald trump s civil fraud trial in new york city. his son don jr. expected to take the stand. on capitol hill, the house goes back i
keep pushing forward with this, and there are a lot of other liars. to me, that s the weakness in the defense coming in. to point it out, it s 11:00 eastern, and 8:00 pacific right now. they did bring up the catch and kill yeah, and related it back to cohen. that specifically, duncan, the idea that catch and kill is not illegal. we have talked about that before and that s true. they brought out the testimony and he s bringing in during the argument other catch and kill instances, schwarzenegger, and others, and this is different. the reason it s different is catch and kill is not illegal and maybe it s a questionable journalistic technique but it s not illegal. prior to 2016, the national enquirer and donald trump never engaged in this together, and why is that? this is borne out by the testimony of david pecker, and then they talked to michael cohen about this, and the timing of it and the fact that it was taking place after the access hollywood testimony cam