Much for watching. Our Special Coverage continues right now on plead with jake tapper cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper, the criminal hush money coverup trial. A former President Donald Trump is well underway right now in manhattan on the stand, right now is a man named douglas doubts he works for the Manhattan District Attorneys Office, but as opposed to previous days that were focused on bank records today. We are knee deep in shady deals and sleazy details mentioned today, were other Celebrity Scandals involving all cogen and Charlie Sheen more on that in a second. But the reason we heard all of this today was because of this man Keith Davidson, who took the stand. He is the attorney who represented both Stormy Daniels the Adult Film Star and director, and Karen Mcdougal, the 1998 playboy playmate of the year. When negotiating Hush Money Payments arrange to keep them twice quiet about alleged sexual encounters they had with donald trump, ones that mr. Trump d
Im Josh Campbell on the ucla campus in los angeles. This is cnn welcome, to, cnns Special Coverage day ten of Donald Trumps hush money, Criminal Trial. I, wolf blitzer in washington, Phil Mattingly just outside court in manhattan. Court just broke for lunch until about 2 15. But before that, trumps Defense Attorney was grilling Stormy Daniels, former lawyer, Keith Davidson davidson was a point person for the deal to pay daniels to stay silent about her alleged affair with Trump Davidson then dealt with trumps thenattorney, Michael Cohen, phil yeah. Grilling is the right word, wolfe, the sixfigure deal. The parties crafted involved confidentiality and even fake names for both daniels and donald trump the. Question is whether Michael Cohen took it upon himself to draw it up, or if he was actually just doing trumps bidding cnn chief Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid is with me now. Paula. There has been a need to have a Pop Culture Encyclopedia if my 2005 to 2010 but more importantly
Situation room. I will see you tomorrow. Got to transcript of todays but the Adult Film Stars such money deal. And the prediction that if for Affair Allegations went public, it could be the final nail direct quote, your final nail in the coffin for trump just weeks before the 2016 election, the explosive testimony wrapping up shortly after trump was forced to take take down inflammatory post complying with the judges ruling. That is violated. His gag order. Trump. Now, i noticed that he could be jailed. Yes. Jailed if hes found in contempt. Again for the next hour, well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel are reporters an experts are standing by to break down on todays most important developments and look ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in the Situation Room, the trump trial today Donald Trumps historic criminal trial is set to resume on thursday with more compelling and poten
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
Makes him so bullish. This name just delivered a strong quarter, strong guidance, the stock is up 3 , but its a crowded space. The closest competitor just entered the public market. The ceo is not worried, not pulling any punches, either. Hell join us live ahead. We begin with the markets with dom chu. Its red and getting worse. Were just near session lows right now, and the dow industrials, that means a 414 point decline, 1 to the downside. 37,971. The broader based s p 500, 5,065 the last trade there, down about 1 , as well. And to give you perspective, at the highs, were down 353 53 poi at the low. The nasdaq, down about a percent or so, 15,798. Big technology trade, amazon is going to be the big focus because the earnings report. Were putting a big circle around that 1 decline around amazon shares. But broadly speaking, big technology, microsoft down 1. 75 . Apple, the standout to the upside, its up 0. 1 . Nvidia down 1 . Alphabet down 1 , as well. So that Mega Cap Technology trade