finance laws. good morning. listen, we don t know what happened if there is going to be an indictment. they say it s pointing that way. no one knows. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. the testimony you just saw that, was from four years ago. now will this be the case that finally sticks against the former president sflum donal trump? we re tracking a violent mexican drug cartel that written an alleged apology letter saying, sorry for the deadly kidnapping of four americans that killed two of them. did they actually turn over their own gunmen? we ll investigate. new trouble for tiger woods. his ex-girlfriend is now suing and trying to tear up a nondisclosure agreement. we re going to discuss all of. that but we re going to begin with this story that we told you off the top. donald trump hush money and a potential indictment that could be coming soon. the new york times is reporting the district attorney s office here in manhattan is signalling trump will face cri
had the chief of the local police department on scene here, and what role did they play and why didn t they step up and say, listen, we need to go in, we need to stop this gunman. the fact that he s been singled out by the director of the dps certainly made him unhappy, has ruffled some feathers here, but there are so many more questions and then yesterday, john, you know, we were told here that the swearing in for chief arredondo who was elected on the city council seat was not going to happen, and then we get word here late last night that, you know what, it did happen. they did not invite the media to witness any of this, it was supposed to be a public event, that did not happen, what they did was they had every new city council member come in, on their own, just so that they wouldn t have to call a public meeting for this swearing in, john. shows you their state of mind about maybe what they think of the visuals there. shimon, this door, the door that the killer used to
Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonishing trumps lawyers for insinuating that actor Stormy Daniels changed her story while rejkting the mistrial request. The judge said, i disagree with your narrative that theres any new account here. Daniels wrapped up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have we dont have the cameras but we have a lot of reporting from people inside the room that it got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers, trying to make a bet the jury wouldnt be as offended by the line of questions as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised around her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today, as she grilled Stormy Daniels during crossexamination. It bordered on, i think, shaming a sex worker. Of course Stormy Dani
Across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. Todays the day. Actress Stormy Daniels taking the stand against defendant trump for the first time. His defense argues she is lying. So prosecutors had an important goal here today. Showing the jury that she is believable. That she is telling the truth. That the facts are on her side. And while defendant trump is not on trial for lying about the underlying encounter, that would not be a crime. They want to use the da, this testimony, to show that this was part of the first of many lies by trump. Some of which prosecutors argue are crimes. This is daniels First Time Ever under oath. And her chance to be heard in a Legal Process that spanned years and involved many claims about her at the center of this scandal. Donald trumps personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with republican candidat
Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. And Today Is The Day actress Stormy Daniels taking the stand against donald trump in the trial today. Shes the key witness. So prosecutors had an important goal here today, showing the jury that shes believable, that shes telling the truth, that the facts are on her side. And while defendant trump is not on trial for lying about the underlying encounter. That itself would not be a crime and is not charged, they want to use the d. A. , this testimony to show this was the first of many lies by trump, trump of which if prosecuted are crimes. This is her chance to be heard in a Legal Process that has spanned years and often said has involved many claims about her at the center of this scandal. Donald trumps personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with the republican candidate for president. The former president accused of paying 100,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels. Stormy daniels became a H