Bill theyre going nowhere. It is plunging campuses into chaos. The demonstrations forcing at least one Major University to cancel graduation all together. They arent even going to do it. Good morning, everybody. Monday morning. Im bill hemmer. Hope you had a great weekend. Dana im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Great to have you back. Bill thank you. Dana im back from helping my friend getting ready for her Pilgrimage Walk in spain and were ready to go. Lets get to the protests sweeping the country leading to hundreds of arrests over the weekend. One demonstration at ucla turned violent. Watch there. [shouting] bill we have seen similar scenes at dozens of campuses over the weekend. Police arresting 300, 900 arrests have taken place over the past two weeks. Dana students want schools to divest from companies linked to israel is what they say. Until that happens they say they arent going everywhere. Lets get to bryan llenas at Columbia University where this has not ended. No
Room, i will see you soon for two full weeks in the courtroom, the Hush Money Case the payoff to adult film star Stormy Daniels with testimony from Michael Cohens banker. Also on the stand, trumps longtime assistant, rhona graff, known for her appearances on The Apprentice. Why hur testimony left her former boss smiling all of this after tabloid executive david pecker wrapped up his pivotal testimony for the next hour for will take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel. Are reporters and experts are all standing by to break down all of todays most important developments and to look ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I will blitzer with a Special Report in this room that trump trial today and lets get right to the Breaking News, the trump trial gets closer to the heart of the criminal charges against the former president , Michael Cohens bank are starting to testify on the arrangements for the Hush Money Payments to Stormy D
Breaking news welcome to the lead on jake tapper, right now, right this minute. I knew witness in Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial. The prosecution just called its third witness. His name is gary pharaoh. Gary pharaoh is a banker who worked with Michael Cohen at the time that the payments were made to former playboy model, Karen Mcdougal and porn actress and director Stormy Daniels, both of whom alleged romantic entanglements of sorts with mr. Donald trump. This comes after rona graph was called as the second witness in the trial. Rona graph, shes on the screen right there. Shes a longtime trump assistance. She worked for trump since he hired her in 1987 after she cold calls to Trump Organization were on a graph, testified id two contacts you maintained at the Trump Organization were for Karen Mcdougal Stormy Daniels run a graph was on the stand for less than half an hour earlier today, trumps attorneys crossexamined david pecker, the former Tabloid Magnate and longtime friend o
Do you get these calls in secret where guys go listen, i cant say it publicly but im for you and im going to vote for you. Im a republican but screw it, i cant vote for this guy . Theyre not saying theyre going to vote for me, theyre saying i agree with you. Do you say to them, why dont you Say Something publicly . Where is jeb bush, where is george bush, where are these guys . Why dont they say, hey, im interested in saving democracy for our grandchildren . I dont think the election is over yet on that score. If you notice traffic was especially snarled in New York City today, asked and answered. That was President Biden in midtown, manhattan today to be interviewed by radio legend howard stern. While former President Donald Trump was in Lower Manhattan back in a courthouse for his criminal trial. And that is where we begin tonight. At the end of the first week for a 12member Jury Empanelled in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. Today was the final day of the prosecu