the evening after his arraignment. the criminalist district ernie because he illegally leaked massive amounts of grand jury information. [applause] for what you should be prosecuted, or, at a minimum, he should resign. i have a trump hating judge, with a trump hating wife, and family, whose daughter worked for kamala harris, and now receives money from the biden harris campaign, leading up to the judges decision, and today s hearing, prosecutors actually argued that, quote, the order was necessary in part because of trump s repeated public trashing of two of the witnesses of their case, former trump attorney michael cohen, and stormy daniels. those previous filing, storms players counter to the order was, quote, extremely restrictive, it would be an unprecedented and extraordinarily broad muzzle on
cohen, the key witnesses in the 34 felony count criminal case alleging that trump falsified business records. trump can only see cell phone records that are pertinent to the case as approved by the judge. he s also restricted to viewing certain evidence only in the presence of his defense lawyers, and finally, the order shields the names of personnel working for the district attorney s office until jury selection. now, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg s order says it was necessary, because of trump s long history of targeting witnesses, jurors, judges and prosecutors with harassing, embarrassing and threatening statements. trump s attorneys argued against what they say amounts to a gag order, the people have proposed unprecedented and ordinarily broad muzzle on a leading contender for the presidency of the you state. now, the judge approved the order insisting it does not
need for life saving care. but state democrats, medical associations, and abortion advocates say the changes will put more lives in danger. it feels like a slap in the face, a muzzle on our mouths, and a straitjacket on our bodies. meanwhile in south carolina, protesters making their voices heard today, as lawmakers in the state house reconvened after debating for more than 12 hours on tuesday on an abortion bill that would ban most abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. so, what you are currently advocating for is real. this is affecting women in your district within your state. this is detrimental. south carolina s general assembly finished its legislative session last week. but republican governor henry mcmaster called lawmakers back for a special session to continue to work on the bill. so, let me say this. it is some of these look frivolous and absurd. prior to tuesday s debate, democratic lawmakers filed over
commonsense. it balances protecting the life of the unborn child. it balances that with a woman s need for life-saving care. reporter: state democrats, medical associations and abortion advocates say the changes will put more lives in danger. it feels like a slap in the face, a muzzle on our mouths and a straitjacket on our bodies. reporter: in south carolina, state lawmakers reconvened after debating 12 hours on tuesday on an abortion bill. what you re currently advocating for is real. this is affecting women in your district and your state. reporter: south carolina s general assembly finished its legislative session last week, but the republican governor called lawmakers back for a
amendment rights and would be a, quote, extraordinary broad muzzle on a leading contender for the presidency of the united states. instead they are arguing for a scaled down version of the order. still ahead here on way too early, the writers guild of america is calling a strike after last minute negotiations broke down. we ll look at how it could impact many popular television shows and movies. plus what republican governor glen youngkin of virginia is saying about a potential white house run. those stories and a check on weather and sports when we come right back. weather and sports when we come right back and this is ready to go online. any questions? -yeah, i got one. how about the best network imaginable? let s invent that.