News, Thanks Sister staying up late. Ill see you tomorrow. We are reporting on one of the most significant days yet in trumps trial. I will tell you why it was so significant. The defendant lost this long awaited gag order clash. Began the second week of testimony. And as i mentioned, nicole, today i was inside that courtroom and then reporting from out front afterward. I watched the witnesses, defendant, and the jury with my own eyes. And that can matter more on a case where we have no Video Cameras so tonight, i will be reporting what i saw inside the courtroom. Just as our other Court Recorder haves been doing. As you look on your screen, the text you see, quote, and this is criminal evidence, did he cheat on melania was displayed inside the room. I saw a version of this, maybe not as beautifully colored. The green was what was held up in the room. Did he cheat on melania. The star witness was Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougals former lawyer on the stand. He hurt trumps defense toda
David, who used to run the Southern District of new york, which makes him a great guest, i learned from him, to pull a lawrence is hard to do. I dont have his experience. Going. I dont have his sunny disposition. Sometimes he will say hey rachel or nicole, tonight we have a Sketch Artist from inside the courtroom. We have Justice Stephen breyer, more from that interview. We have emily, former manhattan d. A. Official, and my thoughts from being inside the courtroom. I want to tell you that is what is coming up. Your show is the go to during any time, but especially now. I am upset it takes me as long as it does to get to my office because i dont want to miss anything. I will see you soon. Thank you. I say all that in salute to all of our colleagues. We are reporting tonight on one of the most significant dave yet and trumps criminal trial i will tell you exactly the evidence for what it was so significant. The defendant lost this long awaited gag order clash, began the second lease of
out as though big, huge loss to the president, he s now essentially indicted in something occurring on january 6th. that s not proper reporting. that s not proper tone. that s not proper storytelling. it s wrong. howard: i think you make press does it consistently. howard: i think you make a fair point. there might not be a single sentence in those documents, we don t know, that shows anything negative about the former president s handling of those events. but, tara, and fox s coverage with news briefs, the fact that three, the three trump appointees on the supreme court joined in ruling clarence thomas was the only dissenter i would think would boost the news value of the ruling at a time when the court is so frequently attacked by both sides. right. it was a very significant ruling, and it s natural for the press o donnell aside who is, i would say, a liberal pundit howard: he s a liberal pundit on a major network. right, exactly.
the full extent of the criminality in the trump administration without necessarily proceeding to an impeachment vote. now obviously this is not the end of the story because these are only district courts that have ruled. the trump administration and trump s lawyers are going to appeal this to higher level courts and we will see now whether the republican strategy over many years of stacking the appeals court and the supreme court with very ideological conservatives, whether that s going to pay off for them here or whether these republican appointees to these higher courts will show independence from trump and will rule based on the merits of the case or whether they ll be enthralled to this unitary executive theory that bill barr is such a proponent of. i think that test remains to be seen but certainly, and this is not by any means complete, but i think certainly we ve seen the fact you ve had these rulings and you ve had them very quickly i think shows that it will be possible, or mo
are only district courts that have ruled. the trump administration and trump s lawyers are going to appeal this to higher level courts and we will see now whether the republican strategy over many years of stacking the appeals court and the supreme court with very ideological conservatives, whether that s going to pay off for them here or whether these republican appointees to these higher courts will show independence from trump and will rule based on the merits of the case or whether they ll be enthralled to this unitary executive theory that bill barr is such a proponent of. i think that test remains to be seen but certainly, and this is not by any means complete, but we ve seen the fact you ve had the rules and you ve had them very quickly i think shows that it will be possible, or more likely that the congress can actually force documents and witnesses out of his administration. john dean, a lawyer for the trump organization responded to the deutsche bank ruling saying they will