With donald trump. That means Stormy Daniels testimony, the testimony that wrapped up today, will be the only testimony this jury hears that is directly from a woman accusing donald trump of trying to keep her quiet about affair before the 2016 election. Now, there are lots of reasons why Karen Mcdougal might not want to testify and there are lots of reasons why the prosecution might not want to call on her to testify. We are going to get some expert help unpacking all of that and what that means for this case in just a second. But, Karen Mcdougal not testifying also makes the testimony we did get today from Stormy Daniels all the more important and it makes the crossexamination of Stormy Daniels today, it makes that all the more important. The defense crossexamination today is probably most accurately described by a phrase i am loath to say, that it really does describe what happened today when Stormy Daniels was questioned by trumps lawyer, Susan Necheles. The focus was pointing Stor
Out protesters from its campus. Well show you how it happened and bring you the latest on demonstrations across the nation. Plus, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has more defiant comments on a possible invasion of Southern Gaza ahead of his meeting today with americas topay diplomat. Plus well get expert legal analysis on everything that happened in court yesterday in Donald Trumps ongoing hush money trial. Good morning and welcome to way too early on thisgo wednesday, may 1st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the nypd clearing a Columbia University building that wasng seized by protesters. Dozens of officers arrived on campus late last nightwearing riot gear. They used a ramp to get inside hamilton hall, the main Academic Building which was occupied by protesters overnight on monday. Video shows special police units entering the building through a second story window. Officers say about 40 people were arrested inside.
Defense production. Of all the support, russia ramped up its air strikes against ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure. Rain down munitions on Brave Ukrainians defending their homeland. And now americans are going to send ukraine the supplies they need to keep them in the fight. This weekend, the reports, i find this amazing. The reports of cheers breaking out in the trenches in ukraine, probably came from one of your folks, a reporter or someone, im not sure who it came from, cheering as they watched the house vote in support for ukraine. Not like they dont understand what we have done. Not like they dont understand how critical this is for them. Im im making sure the shipments start right away. In the next few hours, a few hours, were going to begin sending in equipment to ukraine for air defense munitions, for artillery, for rocket systems, and armored vehicles. This package is literally an investment. Not only in ukraine security, but in europes security. And our own securit
reporting from new york. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. this morning, major political fallout on capitol hill as republicans formally launch their impeachment inquiry into president biden, hours after his son defied a subpoena to speak with lawmakers behind closed doors. meanwhile, new developments in the federal criminal case surrounding former president donald trump. why a new court ruling threatens to push back the trial s start date, even further, into the presidential election year. this morning in an unexpected twist, former trump lawyer rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his multimillion dollar civil defamation trial. we ll take you live to the courthouse and breakdown what is next for this case. as democrats are considering major concessions on the border, we re going to take you live to one port of entry officials had to close after being overwhelmed with new arrivals. we re also goin
(hooves trotting) 20-year-old swimming star brock (somber music) turner, the 19-year-old former all-american. the star swimmer at stanford university. contender for the olympics. raping an unconscious woman. intoxicated, and unconscious. one passed up behind the dumpster. drunk behind a stanford dumpster. [sirens] your honor, if it is all, right i would like to address the defendant directly. you don t know me, but you ve been inside me, and that s why we are here today. but the victim of that headlines, by releasing a heart wrenching letter, detailing the rape and its aftermath. he s got over 15 million views on buzzfeed alone. you don t know me, but you ve been inside me. and that s why we re here today. i was found unconscious, with my hair disheveled, long necklace wrapped around my neck. my bare skin and head have been rubbing against the ground behind a dumpster, while interact freshman was hunting my half naked, unconscious body. i read that a