Good morning and welcome to the final day of the third week of Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial, where the former president just reentered the courthouse here in manhattan. Were you all again go before the prosecution as they are going to bring a witness back on the stand, a witness that we saw yesterday . Should i stillman that older testimony when court ended, soon again, trump will be part of that captive audience that is going to be listening to the prosecutions version of a trump tale, a sexual when counter with the Adult Film Star that the former president allegedly tried to keep hidden. From american voters. Yesterday for the first time, the jury actually got two hear trumps boys and thats secretly recorded audio tape. Good morning. Im Kaitlan Collins here in new york thank caitlin. Im John Mccarthy austin here in washington. And you are watching cnn Special Coverage of Donald Trumps hush money cover up, trial in minutes from now, testimony, resumes and zeros in on trumps
Swift,les kelce thing is too much . Judge jeanine i think its great. I love them both. Bret thank you. Have a United States evening. Im bret baier. Former President Trump quiets speculation of his candidacy for House Speaker by endorsing ohio congressman jim jordan. The uproar out of virginia liberal arts College Transgender athlete on the womens Swimming Team and how would robert f. Kennedy running for president as an independent affect the 2024 election . Bret breaking tonight, President Biden is touting an unexpectedly strong jobs report for september. The nations employers added 336,000 jobs. The largest monthly rise since january. But his critics and even some of his allies are still talking about the stunning reversal on building a southern border wall. There is also strong reaction tonight to a comment by former democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton about people who support the man who defeated her in 2016. White house correspondent peter doocy has all of that tonight
Of the unrest. Also, Secretary Of State blinken is in the middle east pressing ahead on a peace deal for gaza. Amid new concerns within the Israeli Government that the International Criminal court might issue an Arrest Warrant for Prime Minister netanyahu. Former President Trump sits down with a former gop rival to allegedly bury the hatchet. What came out of the meeting with Florida Governor desantis . In just a moment. And andreas interview with Sheryl Sandberg on a new documentary detailing the poor Israeli Women experience at the hands of hamas On October 7th. Most of the victims of the Sexual Assault are dead. They were killed On October 7th and this documentary and brave people like amid, their brave voices are all we have to remember these victims and make sure this never happens again. Good to be with you. Andrea is traveling today with Secretary Of State blinken in the middle east as he works to calm tensions in the region. Meeting with saudi arabia today on normalization with
Who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution . Lets talk about the trial this weekend. All weekend long. Twitter was going wild. Also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more Military Support for israel, as well. The bill now heads to the Senate Despite efforts by Marjorie Taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. Kind of sums it up. It does. Good morning. It is monday, april 22nd. Welcome back the morning joe. Former aide to the Bush State Department and white house, elise jordan. From the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And financial editor at the financial times, ed luce is with us. Well get to the lead story in one moment, which are Opening Statements in Donald Trumps hush money trial. First, jon meacham, i dont want to ever be melodramatic on things like this, but that saturday vote was one that wil
Mare in this kind of warehouse and then it became the symbol of jewish success, where when i went to columbia about a third of the class was jewish and then now there was his place of acceptance of jewish triumph in america. And then now to come full circle to see the ways in which jewish students dont have a basic sense of safety on campus. It feels like a parable about america. Very remarkable. Thanks very much to our panel for being with us this morning. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn understands. All starts right now all right. History three in the courthouse Opening Statements set to begin in the Criminal Case against donald trump, and breaking this morning roared on who the first witness will be. Some one who bought embarrassing, damaging stories about donald trump. Columbia universitys president. President is calling for a reset. All class going virtual today he has university grapples with the ongoing propalestinian protests on campus. And jewish students now being urged