Katie fang in for ari melber. Another big day for Donald Trumps criminal collection trial, starting out with both sides butting heads. The prosecution asking the court for donald trump to be held in contempt of court, and Donald Trumps lawyers spinning those attacks as political. The judge frustrated, admonishing trumps attorney saying youre losing all credibility with this court, the judge adding, youve presented nothing. Well, well have more on that later in the show. But first, the prosecutions first witness back on the stand, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker, returning to detail to the jury his involvement in the multiple catch and kill plots to bury negative stories about donald trump. Pecker detailing his decades long relationship with trump, and his frequent communications with Michael Cohen. Testifying that in that now infamous 2015 meeting, pecker agreed to publish only positive stories about trump, promising to be trumps eyes and ears. Pecker going on to say ho
Insisted over the weekend that his phones had been tapped by president obama. President trump offered no basis for four twitter posts on saturday. They included, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process . This is nixon, watergate, bad or sick guy. Spelling and punctuation are the president s. The claim, which mr. Trump described as a fact, was repudiated by the f. B. I. Director and the former director of National Intelligence. Since his inauguration, mr. Trump has continually stamped rumors with the seal of the president , including millions of illegal votes for hillary clinton, terror attacks no one knows about, and describing the news media as a great danger to our country. But today the wiretap claims seem to cross a line. Democrats and republicans called for mr. Trump to provide evidence. Margaret brennan leads our coverage. I have recused myself. Reporter it began with attorney general Jeff Sessions decision thursday to recuse hims
And 53 of al qaeda related cases involve people born in the u. S. Tonight, the battle to liberate iraqs second largest city from isis has reached a critical stage. Iraqi troops, backed by u. S. Air strikes and American Special operations forces, are moving into the western part of mosul. Holly williams is there. Reporter isis is cornered, pounded by iraqi mortars. And the Brigadier General can smell victory. He estimates there are only around 2,000 isis fighters left. They dont have a chance. Reporter they dont have a chance . No. It has taken four months of bloody fighting to get here. 350 yards from an isis position where extremists were burning tires today to try to hide their location. The u. S. Military is also now inside mosul. This camera shy Marine Special Operations Team was 600 yards from the front line. With their backs to the wall, isis militants were sniping at iraqi soldiers. And deploying their favorite weapon, suicide car bombs laden with explosives and shielded with ho
Signed in january in front of cameras to take effect immediately, it caused chaos in airports and concerns about civil liberties. Federal courts quickly blocked it. For todays signing, the white house only released an official photograph while tillerson, attorney general Jeff Sessions, and head of Homeland Security john kelly laid out the rationale for the new order, which will take effect in ten days. There should be no surprises whether its in the media or on capitol hill. Reporter the order temporarily bars new visas from six countries for 90 days while the administration reviews vetting procedures. It does not include iraq. Unlike the first order which courts said raised constitutional red flags, it also does not apply to lawful permanent residents or people from those countries who currently hold valid visas. It also suspends for 120 days the nations refugee program, not indefinitely as the original order did for syrian refugees. And it does not include the provision that would ha
Was out of sight after he insisted over the weekend that his phones had been tapped by president obama. President trump offered no basis for four twitter posts on saturday. They included, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process . This is nixon, watergate, bad or sick guy. Spelling and punctuation are the president s. The claim, which mr. Trump described as a fact, was repudiated by the f. B. I. Director and the former director of National Intelligence. Since his inauguration, mr. Trump has continually stamped rumors with the seal of the president , including millions of illegal votes for hillary clinton, terror attacks no one knows about, and describing the news media as a great danger to our country. But today the wiretap claims seem to cro democrats and republicans called for mr. Trump to provide evidence. Margaret brennan leads our coverage. I have recused myself. Reporter it began with attorney general Jeff Sessions decision thursda