eastman. one day after, january 7th, eastman was still talk at trying the get some way to overthrow then president-elect biden s incoming administration, preserving information out of georgia. this is the new testimony. eastman i don t remember why he called me, or he texted me or called me, wanted to talk with me, and he said he couldn t reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia, preserving something potentially for appeal. and i said to him, are you out of your eff ing find? i said, i only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on orderly transition. i said i don t want to hear any other eff ing words come out of your mouth other than orderly transition. repeat your words to me. what did he say? eventually he said orderly transition. i said, good, john. now i m going to give you the best free legal advice you re ever getting in your life. get a great criminal defense lawyer. you re going to need it. and then i hu
Week three of Donald Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial. I, wolf blitzer in washington, Kaitlan Collins is outside the courthouse in new york, right . Now, the prosecution is questioning Keith Davidson, the former attorney for Stormy Daniels, and Karen Mcdougal to women who say they had affairs with trump anywhere paid to keep quiet. Jurors also heard from the banker who processed the Stormy Daniels payment. He said he was misled about that transaction caitlin yeah. Wolf, its been fascinating inside that courtroom because also remember at the start of today, the judge ruled that trump violated his gag order in this case nine times. He find trump the max its a mum of 1,000 per violation and even floated the possibility of jail time for future ones. Cnns paula reid and Phil Mattingly are here covering all of this with me. I should note that the court has just taken a break for lunch, which means Keith Davidson is off the witness stand. Donald trump is leaving the courtroom, so as the judge
what is interesting is the role of the high level officials that some of which are obviously played out in public view. in the end, fani willis decided for whatever reason that she was not going to bring those charges, perhaps because of the additional political implications of it, and the difficulty that it would present for her case, kate. interesting. evan, thank you so much. paula, as well. they will continue to work their sources on this. sara? we wanted to talk to some of the politics of this, and we want to go to chief congressional correspondent manu raju up on capitol hill. and you talked to senator graham about this, and the biggest revelation about this, and really what we have here is who the grand jury thought should be indicted and who wasn t indicted and what the law is, and we don t have the details of the how they got to that place and the evidence that was put before the grand jury in this 25, or 26-page report. but you have had a conversation with linds
here is where we begin with a live look at capitol hill where ukrainian president zelenskyy will arrive any moment. he will be making a last-ditch plea to congress to stop stalling and approve billions in additional aid in their fight against russia. lawmakers are deadlocked and time is running out quickly to reach a deal before they go home for the holidays. in an hour zelenskyy will enter the united states capitol speak to the entire senate. later he has meetings with president biden at the white house, house speaker, republican speaker mike johnson. zelenskyy will be facing a much colder reception from republicans compared to less than one year ago when he received this hero s welcome. thank you. [ applause ] that was december of last year when a joint session of congress gave zelenskyy a standing ovation during his first visit of the war. he received an american flag from then-speaker nancy pelosi. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. lauren, it is such a differe
you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, more on the breaking news just in the last hour, an unexpected move from special counsel jack smith. he wants the supreme court to immediately take up whether donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. what it means for a criminal trial starting before the election. plus, israel s prime minister says it s the beginning of the end of hamas. the escalating push into southern gaza as aid groups warn of apocalyptic scenes on the ground. six killed, dozens injured as more scenes of destruction emerge. and alex jones, the conspiracy theorist who claimed sandy hook was a hoax and made money off of it returns to x and gets a warm welcome from elon musk. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that breaking news on that fascinating legal move by special counsel jack smith. msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin is with me. i know you ve had time now to start going through