A very good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. We begin with an emotional conclusion and week three of Donald Trumps hush money trial. A onetime top advisor to former president trump, hope hicks, testified for the prosecution, breaking down in tears at one point. She recalled the crisis in Trump Campaign with the access Hollywood Tape became public and then the chaos that followed. Von hilliard gives us a look. Reporter alex, hope hicks was a crucial witness for the prosecution. She was somebody that was part of a very close knit, small group of Campaign Advisors in 2015 and in 2016 for Donald Trumps campaign. She was a confidant who came on board even before he was a president ial candidate, joining the Trump Organization in 2014 and then she ascended to the post of Communications Director at Trumps White House in 2017 and 2018. She was one of former president trumps most trusted advisors. We want hope. For friday, hope hicks wal
Good friday morning, it is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with Breaking News in a courtroom in manhattan where Witness Testimony has just resumed in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, and back on the stand is the forensic specialist from the manhattan d. A. s office who inspected data from Michael Cohens phone including Text Messages and secret recordings. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is standing by for us outside the courthouse. Also with us former u. S. Attorney, former State Court Judge carol lam, and State Attorney for palm beach county, florida, Dave Aronberg. Vaughn, start us off here. The judge started everything by pushing back on some of trumps comments yesterday about his potential testimony in this case. What can you tell us . Reporter right. Trump has repeatedly bemoaned the fact that this gag order has been placed on him preventing him from speaking about witnesses as this pertains to this criminal proceeding, but also the jury. But donald trump notab
Is we are winning this trial. If we had a fair trial and a fair judge i dont think he wouldve allowed this trial to take place. Everything is legal. They are doing this because for politics they want to get biden elected. Sandra here we got a big day of testimony in new yorks criminal trial against former President Donald Trump perry former president , his former aide i should say hope is that my kicks is on the stand they are facing questions from prosecutors. We are following every moment of this. Welcome everyone i am sandra smith in new york, john gray to be with you. John going to be with you, sandra i am john roberts This Is America reports. Before we keep going i have a question perry did you run up 12 flights or did you take elevator . I casually took the elevator, i had seconds left tv magic. John all right while you were a runner in college. Still got it in you. Taking the stand and talk about her transition from working with the Trump Organization to working for a president
Right now. Dana thank you so much. We have to get some other Breaking News. Lots of Breaking News today. Im sure well see you again as the day rolls along. Thank you. This is the most violent resistance we have seen, i think, anywhere in the country so far. You want cops on the ground tackling somebody. These cops are definitely going to get injured in there today. I might be scared if i saw this coming at me. Dana a fox news alert. Riot police cracked down at ucla overnight if you are just waking up, this is what happened. Bill Hundreds Of Officers went in and tore down the barricades, made a lot of arrests taking Decisive Action to clear the campus there in los angeles. A lot of folks coming out with masks and they were removed. Many of them. Most were taken off their faces. They were led away on camera. Officers moving in breaking up an aggressive confrontational antiisrael mob that had been set up for more than a week. Dana massive Law Enforcement and Cleanup Operation is underway.
Administrators wont take action, the mayors and the governors of these campuses should. And so should joe biden. [chanting] when you are talking about screaming at jewish students and rabbis saying no longer is this University A Safe Place for you to be it violates the very principles all of these universities supposedly stand for. The universities need to put an end to this now. Which brings us to the top of the new hour and any moment now we are expecting an update from the white house. Karine jeanpierre has stepped up to the microphone. What will they say about the chaos on College Campuses which are now in full blown crisis mode . The latest flareup where antiisrael protests have emerged in the last hour hello and welcome im sandra smith in new york and john, imagine a moment where it takes a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers to step up and say antisemitism is bad and wrong. Thats where we are. John i imagine it takes a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers to stand up and say that but some ar