Historic moment. A former american president could sue be a convicted criminal that this coming tuesday, Closing Arguments are expected to begin in former president Donald Trumps trial. There has been weeks of testimony from former members of his inner circle including people like Michael Cohen. Who faced a grueling Cross Examination but his former Attorney Says the real smoking gun in this case is in from any witnesses, its a document that outlines how the hush money payments were made to Stormy Daniels and lanny davis joins us now. The formal Legal Adviser to Michael Cohen and former Special Counsel to bill clinton. Good to see you and thank you for being with us. Good morning. Lets talk about this document. If folks had not been following the case and everything that has been happening in court, they might be hardpressed to believe that the crime was written down. Well, it is a document that is in him writing and has been admitted into evidence from Allen Weisselberg, the closest pe
U. S. President. So we are all in luck. We know that Closing Arguments at Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial begin tuesday. They are expected to take most of the day, and then its a matter of how long it takes a jury to reach a verdict. That is, if they are able to reach a verdict at all. Were going to get back to that. But first, lets not forget that this Hush Money Trial is just one of Donald Trumps many indictments. There was bad news for him this week and one of the other cases against him. And trumps classified documents case, the one in which he is accused by federal prosecutors of illegally hoarding classified documents at mara lago and then trying to hide them from the federal government, newly unsealed documents this week revealed new evidence of more possible Obstruction Of Justice by the former president. Quote, once trump realized that Security Cameras at maralago could capture his employees moving classified Government Information that officials were attempting to ret
Lifestyle. Also ahead, the starstudded event with an obama cameo. How a state dinner for kenya became a showcase for the allies who President Biden is keeping close during the heat of the campaign season. Plus, they were bitter rivals, but is donald trump warming to the thought of nikki haley on his team . Also could he be reading too much into her comment that she would vote for him. And the Memorial Day Rush is on. What you need to know if youre planning to skip town for the weekend. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian on that hearing for hunter biden. Just got a slew of rulings from the judge about what can and cannot be referenced at trial. What can you tell us as this wraps up . Reporter thats right, chris. The hearing does appear to be over now, and the judge worked through a series of motions by the prosecution and the defense to admit or deny certain evidence. This is a w
Government and another partly run by supporters, shaped to execute his vision. There is understandably an urgent focus on that third branch. Today, even it is clearer than ever that the sanctity of our american judiciary and foundational role played in ensuring our freedoms is under the spotlight. This week flags flown outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito many homes, symbols also used by January 6th Insurrectionists called Into Question his ability to fairly and impartially rule on matters having to do with Donald Trumps attempted coup. Joining us now, House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and msnbc legal analyst Andrew Weissmann and the host of politicsnation president of the National Action network reverend al sharpton. Leader jefferies, thank you for being here. Spoke a moment with with senator whitehouse about Justice Samuel alito and these flags. He seems to think its pretty clear there needs to be a discussion about recusal for Justice Alito. Where do you stand . A circumst
What you would see from just the turbulence. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Truly a nightmare at 37,000 feet on a flight from london. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. This was the scene on board a Singapore Airlines plane. Debris strewn everywhere, dents in the overhead compartments after unbuckled people slammed into them during severe turbulence on the way to singapore. One person is dead, dozens are injured, tonight seven are in critical condition. The chaos lasted less than 2 minutes, forcing the pilots to make an Emergency Landing in bangkok. Cbss Kris Van Cleave has more on what happened from passengers who experienced it. Reporter passengers describe a sudden drop during a meal service that left passengers bloodied, overhead bins and oxygen masks dangling, dented ceilings, and debris everywhere. During the few seconds of the plane dropping, there was awful screaming. Reporter it happened about ten hours into Singapore Airlines flight 321