Im dania korea along with Jesse Watters and brian kilmeade. Its 5 00 in new york city. This is the five. It ready, everyone. It is the new normal right smack dab in the middle of an election season. The leading president ial candidate is off the trail and on trial for a donald trump was back in the Defense Table Listening to new york prosecutors lay out their case against him and grill their first witness. David pecker the x publisher of the national inquirer. He tried to illegally influence a 2016 president ial election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. Covering up a large Hush Payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels or as they put it it was Election Fraud, pure and simple. Lawyers countering that none of this was a crime in the case should never have been brought. It is an attempt to kneecap is campaign. President nine defending himself was dismissed. To keep me up Like Campaign trail. I should be in georgia now. I should be in florida no
It is real, though. Bret good evening. We are following two major stories. Antiisrael posttest pop up at more schools across the country despite efforts by administrators and police. Columbia University Cancels in person class amid concerns about violence. We begin with opening statements. The start of testimony and the historic trial of donald trump. Nate foy is outside the state Supreme Court with the latest. Day one of this trial. Good evening. During opening statements, the d. A. s office accused former President Donald Trump of conspiring to influence the 2016 president ial election. While he and his lawyers maintain he did nothing wrong and say this trial is an effort to influence this years election. During opening statements, the prosecutor said this case is about a criminal conspiracy and a coverup involving trump, his former lawyer and the states first witness, david, prosecutors argued they engaged in catch in kill, where people who wrote he paid Stormy Daniels to suppress t