And kill stories to help mr. Trumps 2016 campaign, including a doormans claim he fathered a child out of wedlock, and the moment the judge warned his attorney was, quote, losing all credibility. Also tonight, College Campuses on edge as propalestinian protests spread across the country from california to minnesota to new york, where Police Arrested 120 protesters at nyu overnight. Columbia going hybrid the rest of the semester. The new developments tonight. After victims of former Usa Gymnastics dr. Larry nassar accused the fbi of botching the investigation, the major new settlement tonight. The Senate Advancing a 95 billion foreign aid package that could also potentially ban tiktok. My exclusive interview with fbi director Christopher Wray on that tiktok firestorm. The unprecedented threat level in the u. S. , and donald trump calling the january 6th defendants hostages. Do you see those individuals who took part in the january 6th riots as hostages . How he answered. And the miracle
Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. Any moment now, testimony will resume in former president trumps hushmoney trial. The National Enquirer publisher, david pecker will be back on the stand detailing what prosecutors call a conspiracy to win the white house in 2016. Trumps lawyer denied any willful violation of the judges gag order. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying Business Records related to a hushmoney payment made to an adult film actress, Stormy Daniels. With us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, outside the courtroom in manhattan, and senior fbi official, gerald coleman, and a former prosecutor, and a former new york Assistant Attorney General who led the investigation into Trump University. So as we await, vaughn, court to resume, take us what we have been seeing this morning so far . Reporter over the course of nearly an hour and a half, the gag order hearing that was in the works for the better part
Describes the secret meeting to catch and kill stories from Karen Mcdougal and Stormy Daniels before they could sink Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Now, that is not illegal. So, how does testimony from pecker help the prosecution prove that trump committed a crime . Plus, trumps attorney tieing himself in rhetorical knots, trying to defend trumps Social Media Posts and convince the judge trump has not violated his gag order. Todd blanche saying the president is being very careful and the frustrating judge responding, quote, youre losing all credibility with this court. Why is he waiting to rule . And taking its toll, with reporters observing trump as looking thinner and older, against many parts of todays proceedings with his eyes closed and venting his frustration on social media, what will be the impact on this trial and the race for president . We have got more on that coming up. But we start with former National Enquirer ceo david pecker back on the stand right now. One of t
Thanks for watching. Breaking news tonight explosively, testimony in the trump trial. After Heating Clashes between the judge and the former president s lawyer for the next, hour well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel as the historic Hush Money Criminal Case unfolds, Tabloid Executive david pecker has wrapped up a second day on the stand as were awaiting the judges ruling on Whether Trump violated his gag order are reporters and experts are standing by to break down all of 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 in our trial coverage tonight, former National Enquirer executive, david pecker, details his efforts to quote, catch and kill negative stories about donald trump with the express goal of helping trumps first president ial campaign. The testimony getting to the heart of the prosecutions a
kayleigh: remarkable six-month turn of events involving hunter biden. gone a sweetheart deal and no jail time to looming gun charges and tax charges in california. it could impact his father a political campaign, in which president biden is struggling to. this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with co-host emily compagno, fox bus business s cheryl casone, fox news contributor lisa boothe and former new york congressman lee zeldin. hunter lawyers are expected to file papers asking a judge to dismiss gun charges today. he was indicted on nine tax charges in california on thursday and expected to premiere for a preliminary hearing in that case this week. this as house republicans plan to vote on formalizing impeachment proceedings against joe biden. the president s son is speaking out on the podcast moby. hunter says the media is trying to kill him, who covered for him and trying to destroy his father s presidency. i will survive this, i will survive it clean and