that third ballot, where he failed to get the votes. it s been back to the drawing board for ken mccarthy and his allies. we have seen supporters going into his office. we are told he has been working the phones. he still hoping to negotiate and not planning to drop out. but meanwhile, i spoke to a gop lawmaker. this is some breaking news here. this lawmaker texted me and said this is someone who supported mccarthy. they said they have just gotten a phone call from one of the never kevin republicans, who is trying to grow their opposition and is trying to get that number to flip. essentially what you have here is kevin mccarthy and his office in the capital, trying to get to 218. and you have this opposition digging in and trying to work directly against him. look, this is one of the potential drawbacks of doing the motion to adjourn. there is a lot of concern initially about whether, if they were to send members home, about whether the opposition would have time to grow, whe
A very revealing de, as you see there cases its totally falling apart i mean, big de is an understatement, but looking past the trump spin, distort daniels move the needle and favor of the prosecution . Or the defense . Welcome to a Special Edition of laura coates, live alongside api fella right here in new york and log date 13 of trumps Manhattan Hush Money Trial is now officially in the books. And it did not disappoint for nearly four hours. Adult film actors and directors for me, daniels was on the stand just a few feet away from drum there. First phase two Phase Encounter in years and yes she went there taking us all instead of Lake Tahoe Hotel room where she alleges the two had sex back in 2006, now, trump says is absolutely never happened but his past niles did not stop her from painting quite the picture. It was salacious. It was uncomfortable and it was compelling. The former president watched with rapt attention. He was more invested than we have seen him at this trial. He was
actions that were admitted to were outside the scope of the official chief of staff duties and crossed into possible hatch act violations in terms of using a federal titled to achieve a campaign goal. as the defense attorney, how surprised were you that mark meadows grew up today and took the witness stand? you heard at 10:05 as this morning was the sound of every defense attorneys job in america dropping. it was stunning, i received text from people making sure that i didn t he took the stand in his own defense. the they could ve called it the bonuses perhaps mr. meadows thought was really and the only one who can tell this judge what i did on a day-to-day basis i m gunman who has the news. nonetheless, it was a shocking turn of events. amy, is there anything, in
using a federal titled to achieve a campaign goal. as the defense attorney, how surprised were you that mark meadows grew up today and took the witness stand? you heard at 10:05 as this morning was the sound of every defense attorneys job in america dropping. it was stunning, i received text from people making sure that i didn t he took the stand in his own defense. the they could ve called it the bonuses perhaps mr. meadows thought was really and the only one who can tell this judge what i did on a day-to-day basis i m gunman who has the news. nonetheless, it was a shocking turn of events. amy, is there anything, in
be information you gleaned from getting a masters and working towards a doctorate in criminology that can be helpful. but i will say this; when you are the suspect have a very complicated, very serious crime, now you are the focus of that attention and so, it is difficult to stay thinking strategically like you would as a student as you navigate your way through the criminal justice system. for most offenders, they can t do that. they become overwhelmed and fearful of every step of the road. it remains to be seen what the alleged suspect s behavior in response will be in this case. the suspect s lawyer in pennsylvania says his client, and he seems to be only his client for the extradition proceeding. he believes he will be exonerated. that is what the attorney said. how much do you read into that in terms of what is likely to happen in court in idaho? and any subsequent legal strategy? yeah. so what happens is the defense