Reviewing it. We are also expecting additional comments from the white house. The Daily Briefing happens a little later this hour with john kirby, so we will get new information we expect then. The other big story were following, just about 15 minutes, testimony will resume in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It has been quite the morning. The jury spent it hearing from jeffrey mcconney, a former Top Executive at the Trump Organization. He handled the reimbursements to Michael Cohen for paying off Stormy Daniels. There are a pile of documents were seeing for the first time, including these checks. If youre familiar with Donald Trumps signatures, those are checks that were signed by donald trump himself after an explanation about the difference between a trust, which was an account for the company, and a, essentially, private account for donald trump. Well, mcconney detailed how he kept notes and Bank Statements related to cohen stored in a locked door and how the Hush Money Checks had t
Fection next, a conversation with an unlikely republican maverick, at cross currents with his party, supporting a new arms control party, advocating repeal of don t ask, don t tell, and opposing a republican-led ban on earmarks. senator richard lugar grew up in the heart of the midwest and still managing his family s 600-acre farm outside of indianapolis. he was elected mayor of indianapolis at the age of 35 and in pre-watergate days was dubbed president nixon s favorite mayor. elected in 1976, lugar is a reliable conservative with a reputation as a straight shooter willing to take risks. he opposed the bush administration s surge in iraq as not worth the risk. and though a mccain supporter, he infuriated republicans for praising candidate barack obama s foreign policy. lugar is a steadied and powerful