Just went down. Images of the crash just in tonight. First, Donald Trumps criminal trial. The former publisher of the National Enquirer on the stand, testifying about how this worked before the 2016 election. Buying stories and then killing them to protect trump. And the story the former publisher admitted today was made up. Tonight, the dramatic images coming in, student demonstrators facetoface with police in riot gear. Chairs and bottles thrown at police during a protest at nyu. Protesters occupying buildings, clashing with riot police at cal poly. Officers sweeping through campuses, hundreds arrested during propalestinian demonstrations. Tonight, the urgent manhunt for a former Police Officer suspected of killing two people, including his exwire wife and another victim. Now believed to be on the run with his 1yearold son. Tonight, the Justice Department agreeing to a massive settlement with victims of disgraced gymnastics dr. Halarr nassar. President biden hoping to put florida in
Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague and friend, Chris Jansing, as history is being made in that Lower Manhattan courtroom. Donald trump is the first former president of the United States to stand as a defendant in a criminal trial. At any moment, could be facing the first witness to testify against him. Thats expected to be former National Enquirer publisher, david pecker. Hes likely to be pressed about alleged efforts to bury damaging stories about donald trump during the 2016 election. Earlier this morning, prosecutors gave their open statement, accusing mr. Trump of a criminal conspiracy to hide embarrassing relationships by preventing them from getting into the press, thus influencing the outcome of the 2016 election then covering it all up. The defense followed saying that mr. Trump did not commit any crimes, describing him as not just the republican nominee, but as the frugal business man, also a husband and a father. Defense lawyer todd bla
Mare in this kind of warehouse and then it became the symbol of jewish success, where when i went to columbia about a third of the class was jewish and then now there was his place of acceptance of jewish triumph in america. And then now to come full circle to see the ways in which jewish students dont have a basic sense of safety on campus. It feels like a parable about america. Very remarkable. Thanks very much to our panel for being with us this morning. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn understands. All starts right now all right. History three in the courthouse Opening Statements set to begin in the Criminal Case against donald trump, and breaking this morning roared on who the first witness will be. Some one who bought embarrassing, damaging stories about donald trump. Columbia universitys president. President is calling for a reset. All class going virtual today he has university grapples with the ongoing propalestinian protests on campus. And jewish students now being urged
welcome to prime time weekend. i am nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse to defamation to suddenly in an instance in liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it is the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. the republican party has followed him willingly down the rabbit hole toward autocracy. the country now has to grapple with it as well. having already spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control defendant donald trump will be subject to the rules and processes of the criminal justice system. he has been convicted of a felony. his right to vote even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to remain only because of a quirk in his current home state of florida. the washington post reporting if the former president have been convicted in republican dominated florida or most other states, he would not be allowed to v
all right, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation to suddenly, in an instance, disgraced, convicted, twice-impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it s just the beginning of the beginning, the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. and because the republican party has followed him willingly down to the rabbit hole toward autocracy, the country has to grapple with it as well. having spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control, defendant donald trump will now be subject to the rules, the demands, and the processes of the criminal justice system, just like any other american citizen, who s been convicted of a felony. his right to vote, even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to survive only because of a quirk of the law in his current home state of florida