Contentious day in court Stormy Daniels begin are detailing or alleged sexual encounter with donald trump and the Hush Money Payment to buy her silence Defense Attorneys please do note time hitting back during a very combative crossexaminatio n, Attacking Daniels credibility and prompting her to testify under oath that she hates trump and wants to see him held accountable for the next hour, well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel will break down all of todays most Important Development and look ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in Situation Room the trump trial today our coverage begins tonight in new york, where the trump Hush Money Trial, just wrap for the day after the prosecution put one of its star witnesses on the stand, Stormy Daniels the alleged affair, the Hush Money Payments, and daniels credibility, all very much under the microscope for the jury first, lets go to see as
Good monday morning. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial resuming moments ago in a manhattan courtroom. Week three of this trial saw dramatic and at times emotional testimony. Today, week four is kicking off with the judge Finding Trump in contempt once again and issuing a new warning of jail time. While a new witness, the Longtime Trump Controller has taken the stand. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is outside the courthouse. With us our legal panel, carol lam, former u. S. Attorney and former judge, adam pollock, The New Yorker new york assistant attorney general. Vaughn, we have a new witness on the stand and action related to the gag order already this morning. Walk us through it. Reporter Jeffrey Mcconney just took the stand. He was the former controller of the Trump Organization. He worked at the trump org for 35 years before leaving his post this last year. Folks may recall that he testified for several days in the Civil
Aides and tragedy in texas floodwaters sweep away little boy as his parents trying to get the family to dry land. And today millions are under threat of more severe weather. Im kate baldwin was sara sidner and john berman in this is Cnn News Central happening now as possible Ground Invasion of Eastern Rafah in gaza could be imminent with hostage and Ceasefire Negotiations teetering on the brink of collapse. We have brand new video, justin of a plume of smoke. After a loud explosion in rafah Israeli Forces could putin launched what they are calling a limited scale operation. The idf Drop Leaflets with a map to socalled safe zones in the message, evacuated immediately. This has a direct impact on as many as 100,000 people, cnns Jeremy Diamond is in jerusalem. Jeremy was the latest your hearing from there . Elmilitary thousands of leaflets on Eastern Raffa, ordering an area were about 100,000e currently living to begin evacuating north to what the Israeli Military is describing as an expa
Trump continues to violate the gag order, citing a Radio Interview when the former president said the jurors were all democrats and had been chosen hastily. Hes not supposed to talk about the jurors. Well is a live report in a few moments. Also this hour, how the politics of the trial are playing out for both former President Trump and President Biden and their campaigns. Plus, striking comments from donald trump during a mass audition for Vice President at maralago over the weekend. And new details about a phone call between President Biden and netanyahu as israel is ordering residents to start moving out of rafah. Despite u. S. Warnings, it could end with a hostage deal and a cease fire. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. In court this morning, the judge in new york is fining the president again for violating the gag order, putting him on notice that the next violation could lead to him being jailed. Judge merchan calling it a last resort saying hes fully aware of
Good day. Im jose diazbalart back with you for another hour. Andrea mitchell is on assignment. We are keeping watch on the Manhattan Courthouse where the jury is back in the courtroom and Donald Trumps defense team is starting crossexamination of a key witness in the former president s first criminal trial. The questions towards Stormy Daniels former attorney. Earlier today, a Second Gag Order Hearing for additional alleged violations after judge merchan found trump in context tuesday and warned the only way to deter further violations might be jail time. The state insisting its not what they are after in hopes of Keeping Disruptions to a minimum. The first violations were done on social media on his campaign website. We begin this hour with nbcs Yasmin Vasiljevs and jeffrey sloman. Whats the latest from inside the court . The question going into this was, what was the purpose of davidsons testimony when it comes to the prosecution . That was setting up the purpose, the context of how