so what will happen if his hands are tied? former president trump appeared in new york courtroom this afternoon. this time via zoom, in the hush money case involving stormy daniels. this hearing, the first since he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records last month laid out what donald trump and his lawyers can and cannot say publicly about the case. more on what that entails in a moment and what was said in the courtroom. also in manhattan today, another lawsuit against the former president. this one familiar. e. jean carroll has amended her suit against donald trump. she s now asking for at least $10 million in damages after she says donald trump defamed her again, calling her a whack job at the cnn town hall he participated in the night after he was found liable for sexual abuse. we ll also explain how that case will proceed. joining me from outside the courtroom now for that hush money case first is lisa ruben. lisa, you were inside that room
ground. and down to the wire. with nine days until default, where negotiations stand right now as the white house and capitol hill race to strike a deal. plus, a ground breaking new agreement to manage an incredibly precious but endangered resource. the three states working together to ensure the colorado river doesn t go away. also back in court. any minute, former president trump expected to appear virtually in court for the first time since he pleaded not guilty to felony accounts of falsifying business records last month. we ll have a live report from outside the courtroom. our reporters are following all the latest. i want to start in new york. ron allen is there. ron, what s the plan as we know it for today? reporter: well, this begins around 2:15, very shortly. as you said, mr. trump will appear virtually. he is not required to be here. most of this is going to be about a protective order. an order designed to protect the evidence and integrity of the case. it spec
debate tonight. nbc news has learned that includes not just his pre-taped interview with tucker carlson, but also sending a throng of high profile surrogates, conservative fire brands to the debate for him. and that s all the more extraordinary because it s happening right as a growing number of trump s codefendants are surrendering, one by one, grappling with the reality of facing felony charges and potentially years behind bars. at least six have now turned themselves in, including two of the so-called fake electors. finger printed, height and weight recorded, mug shots released to the public. number 7 will likely be ex-new york city mayor and trump attorney rudy giuliani, who talked to reporters ahead of his surrender, which is expected later today. this will be proven to be like all the rest, a lie, dishonest, crooked, you want to destroy the constitution of the united states. and if we don t change it.
spaces with the tech billionaire mogul, elon musk. they will be in a discussion moderated by david sax who is a supporter of the governor. this is an unconventional way to step into this announcement, but what the campaign is looking to do is use the reach of elon musk s more than 140 million twitter followers step by traditional media and get directly at conservative voters. look, the staff, the campaign, the now official campaign almost has watched twitter become an increasingly friendly space for conservative fire brands. they ve watched as tucker carlson has migrated his presence and show there an they feel this is a space where he can really have an impact with this announcement. both in terms of reach and in
it has become an increasingly friendly space for conservative fire brands under elon musk s control and they see this as a platform not just for that reach, but also as a way to sort of contrast desantis with trump. the sources i ve been talking to tell me the way this campaign is going to be frame school district is future talk versus action and this is a way with an all lie who is supportive of desantis and musk, who is very much future looking. sources have told me that are familiar with conversations tell me musk has signalled he does not believe former president trump can win a general election. that he wants to see a republican win the white house and he believes that it is florida governor desantis who can do that. how this exactly will be executed remains to be scene. we know they will be having a