Good to be with you, im alex witt in for katy tur. Lets go to the courthouse, joining us from outside the courtroom, Nbc News National Correspondent yasmin vossoughian, 3 00 p. M. Eastern, catch us up on todays testimony and what is happening right now. Reporter Hope Hicks Integral to the prosecution here, alex, connecting the dots, and i want to talk to you first about a moment that just took place regarding the article in january 2018 that came out, revealing the payoff to Stormy Daniels from Michael Cohen, and how hope hicks framed that payoff, and let me read the verbiage inside the courtroom. Can you describe the conversation and hope hicks saying this, it was the day after michael told the New York Times he made a payment without trumps knowledge and trump said he spoke to michael and he paid this woman to protect from a false allegation and michael had done it to protect him and had not told him anything about it. I had known cohen for three and a half years. I did not know mich
Moments ago asked when she first heard the name Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal, two women at the heart of this case. And for the last 90 minutes or so, hicks has been telling her story under oath just feet away from her old boss donald trump. Will her testimony Connect The Dots for the prosecution in his Hush Money Trial . Plus hope hicks is todays headliner, not every witness can be a household name. Why the less flashy witnesses testifying about Cell Phone Data and cspan tapes could be the glue that ultimately holds the prosecutions case together. And with trump constantly complaining that he cant be out on the Campaign Trail, should he be moving more quickly to find someone to help him out. What nbc news has learned about his search for a new running mate. Thats coming up. We start in the New York City courtroom where it would be hard to overstate the legal drama thats playing out. When court resumes after a lunch break, Donald Trumps longtime aide, hope hicks, someone he treated
And i was becoming increasingly concerned that we were damaging we were damaging his legacy. What did the president say in response to what you just described . He said something along the lines of, you know, nobody will care about my legacy if i lose. So that wont matter. Hope hicks revealing that conversation to the january 6th committee. Now she has a chance to add to trumps corrupt legacy. Testifying today in his criminal trial in new york. Also tonight, the political fallout from the Campus Protests and why its time to start focusing again on whats actually happening in gaza. And kristi noem would prefer to let sleeping dogs lie. But sadly, she killed the dog, and now a bunch of lies are being exposed in nomes new book. We begin tonight with a blast from Donald Trumps past. Hope hicks. The former greenwich, connecticut, model turned white house adviser. Hicks, who has not seen trump in nearly two years since she testified about the insurrection her former boss incited, acknowledge
Described Michael Cohen to prosecutors on the stand as the alleged affair became public. Asked the lawyers what the point of the line of questioning was because it opened the door to what we have been watching from the defense during crossexamination, which by the way, just ended. Theyre trying to use Michael Cohens onetime loyalty against him. Asking Keith Davidson about calling, he was devastated donald trump wasnt taking him to washington, d. C. , saying, quote, after everything i have done for the blank, you can guess what the word is, guy, i cant believe im not going to washington. Ive saved that guys blank so many times you dont even know. Davidson testified cohen complained to him, quote and that davidson thought he was going to kill himself. The defense wants cohen to seem like a spurned lover, out for revenge. The question is does that discredit what is at the heart of the case, falsified documents. Lets find out from our team covering all of this. Joining us now, Nbc News Nat
Of the 2016 election. To really understand why the socalled catch and kill scheme wasnt just about preventing negative press, just something all celebrities do, as Lindsey Graham tried to spin it a few days ago, well get in our Way Back Machine and take a trip down mem memory lane. After donald trump clifrm clinched the republican nomination and there is referred to his women problems, among female voters. The low Approval Ratings were fueled by his own rhetoric and his attacks against ted cruzs wife, a republican candidate carly and his long history of crude and vile remarks, not to mention his Flagrantly Misogynistic approach to his opponent Hillary Clinton and look at how that showed up in the polls for him. 73 of voters had a negative view of donald trump by midmarch of the election year. 64 of women voters in April Of 2016 said they have a quote, strongly unfavorably view of trump. In the middle of all of this, attorney Keith Davidson sends a text to the editor at the National Enq