before i get into it, this is exactly what we expected to happen before the former president was allowed to testify, whether or not he would be allowed to testify is kind of laying the ground rules, and the judge has said this repeatedly, over and over, that this was already litigated. the former president sexually assaulted e. jean carroll. this cannot be relitigated. let me read some of what you said. the jury unanimously concluded that you sexually assaulted her and his claim that he did not was false and defamatory. there are no do overs a prior action cannot be relitigated. trump sexually abused ms. carroll. and let me talk about the details to which he sexually abused her. i won t talk about that on television. and they said that the statements that were made in 2019 were false. carroll, in fact, did not make up those claims. this is a judge talking here as well. and he goes on. he s kind of laying out the ground rules to which there would be testimony allowed from the
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. for about three minutes, a former president of the united states and current front runner for the republican presidential nomination was on the stand today. in case that seeks to hold him accountable for his words. that extraordinary courthouse moment today came on day four of ft defamation trial. donald trump testified in his defense. his attorney allowed to ask him only one question. do you standby your deposition? he said, 100%. he also added that he considers carroll s allegation false. that was stricken from the record immediately. that single question by his attorney is the result of a lengthy back and forth between the judge and trump s attorneys in which the judge warned trump not to relitigate the first trial in which he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll. there are no do overs. he ruled out the kind of statements trump has made outside of court. carroll s attorneys entered into evidence some of those statements in
Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. We begin with Donald Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonished trumps lawyers for insinuating that actress Stormy Daniels has changed their story. The judge said i disagree with your narrative there is any new account here. Daniels wrapping up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and basically rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have. It got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers. All of this about trying to make a bet that the jury wouldnt be as offended by some of the line of questioning as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised on her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today as she grilled Stormy Daniels during cross examination. It bordered on shaming a sex worker. Stormy daniels getting the most attention. You see dona
and then, the twin boys, it turned out, were not even related to each other. the parents of one of those boys in tears speaking out tonight. the major airline this evening accused of shaming a mom, who is a doctor, because of what she was wearing. what flight attendants allegedly made her do. there is news tonight about the death of a popular young disney star. what his family is now revealing about his private health battle. and a homecoming fit for champions. the world cup champs given the keys to the city. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin tonight with the state of emergency, as a tropical storm now bears down in the gulf. in fact, it could become a hurricane. in fact, hurricane watches are up tonight across several states already. and new orleans already under water. tonight, authorities there are bracing for what could be a major test of the levee system after katrina. dark clouds and a water spout there on lake pontch
that 60 in d.c. will be great. so the weekend weather pattern sets up like this. a big train storm developing in the deep south. moving to the southeast on sunday. that will meet in with a cold shot of air for the great lakes. it s in the in between region that we re worried a about. pretty much from northern virginia to d.c. but the potential for st. paddy s day snow. every single week it seems, right? for over a month. i ve given up on march. i ve had a enough. shaming a member of congress to apologize to another member? we ll tell us about that. plus, this is the scene before firefighters arife at the massive explosion in harlem. and the 21-year-old man who drove into a crowd at south by southwest had previous run-ins with the law. [ male announcer ] zzzquil.