grand jury investigating former president trump sources now, say the district attorney there has been asking questions about a second hush money case involving trump and efforts to cover up his alleged affair with a playboy model and as nashville mourns and prepares to bury six victims. new 911. calls from the school shooting were just released. stand by for that breaking story, and i ll get reaction from the national mayor who s joining us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight another u. s citizen is in custody in russia. this time a journalist for the wall street journal accused of espionage. cnn s alex marquardt has details on the arrest and why this particular reporter may have been targeted by moscow. this video from russian media appears to show american wall street journal reporter evan herskovits arriving at a moscow court today. the russian security services arrested h
Defense for donald trump and spent a whole lot of time asking questions about what they originally objected to. The details of her alleged trust with the former president of the United States. Now, the crescendo of this hourslong stint on the Witness Stand. All led up to this trumps attorney, susan necklace, heavy handedly, the asserting that the Adult Film Actress had made it all up necklace youve bragged about how good you are about writing porn movies and writing really good stories and writing really good dialogue, right daniels . Yes. Necklace. And now you have a story youve been telling about having sex with donald trump, right . Daniels. And if that story were untrue, i would have written it a lot better. There was laughter in the courtroom Daniels Hover of course, is not the only headline witness to take her turn under the oath. The jury also heard from Madeline Western Out thats a former for gatekeeper really to the president and the head of oval office operations. Shes out ri
And the white house. That is the show for this evening. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Alex, ben rhodes and jen psaki, i could listen to them going on and on. Keep them running through the top of the hour. At this table tonight, all four of us were at the courthouse today, in the courtroom, listening to the judge who may have had the most important stuff to say today and of course, Stormy Daniels had a lot to say today. She sure did. I will be watching. Have a good show. Tonight we begin at the end, because this time the end tells you everything you need to know. About what came before that in the courtroom today, where donald trump was called the orange turd repeatedly by Stormy Daniels and by his own lawyer. Thats right, that is how Donald Trumps day went today. The woman he has paid more money to than any woman he has not married, criminal defense attorney necheles, repeatedly called her client, donald trump, the orange necheles he, on what she thought was
To know about what came before that in the courtroom today. Where donald trump was called the orange turd repeatedly by Stormy Daniels and by his own lawyer. Thats right. That is how Donald Trumps day went today. The woman he has paid more money to than any woman he hasnt married, criminal Defense Attorney Susan Necklace repeatedly called her client donald trump the orange turd. On what she thought was an effective crossexamination of Stormy Daniels. So imagine donald trump sitting in that courtroom today slumped in his chair, leaving hissies closed for long stretches being forced to listen with eyes closed or eyes open to one of his Criminal Defense Lawyers on whom he has lavished money. Listen to her repeatedly call him the orange turd. And donald trump is of course the most Vain Human Being who has ever entered that courthouse. But his colossal vanity combined with his more colossal stupidity leaves us unable to tell what he was experiencing. A normal person couldnt be more humiliat
Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. We begin with Donald Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonished trumps lawyers for insinuating that actress Stormy Daniels has changed their story. The judge said i disagree with your narrative there is any new account here. Daniels wrapping up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and basically rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have. It got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers. All of this about trying to make a bet that the jury wouldnt be as offended by some of the line of questioning as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised on her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today as she grilled Stormy Daniels during cross examination. It bordered on shaming a sex worker. Stormy daniels getting the most attention. You see dona