Describes the secret meeting to catch and kill stories from Karen Mcdougal and Stormy Daniels before they could sink Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Now, that is not illegal. So, how does testimony from pecker help the prosecution prove that trump committed a crime . Plus, trumps attorney tieing himself in rhetorical knots, trying to defend trumps Social Media Posts and convince the judge trump has not violated his gag order. Todd blanche saying the president is being very careful and the frustrating judge responding, quote, youre losing all credibility with this court. Why is he waiting to rule . And taking its toll, with reporters observing trump as looking thinner and older, against many parts of todays proceedings with his eyes closed and venting his frustration on social media, what will be the impact on this trial and the race for president . We have got more on that coming up. But we start with former National Enquirer ceo david pecker back on the stand right now. One of t
Score. Do i mean at time. Com . Cnn this morning with kasie hunt next its monday, april 22, right now . Now on cnn this morning, Opening Statements set to begin in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. New cnn reporting on who prosecutors plan to call as their first witness. A foreign aid bill passed by the house, leaving hard right republicans and hamas infuriated. And a crisis on campus jewish students at Columbia University urged to stay home for their own safety all right 5 00 a. M. Hearing washington, but this is a live look at New York City on this Monday Morning where openings statements are set to begin in the donald trump trial. Good morning, everyone. Im casey hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us Opening Statements in the historic Criminal Hush Money Case against donald trump set to begin just a few hours from now, cnn has learned that david, the former chairman of the national enquirer, is Parent Company company is expected to be the first witness called by the manhattan das of
Jon day five anti israel protests at Columbia University in New York City burned a rabbi at the Schools Organization for jewish students is warning them to leave campus immediately for their own safety. Good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. More that 100 protesters have been arrested over the past few days of demonstrations but one jewish professor on campus is called for the nypd National Guard to help drive the protesters off the campus. Cb cotton is alive in Columbia University with the latest. The chance from droves of protesters here behind me are encouraging students on the campus of Columbia University who have pitched another round of tense and pledging to stay in them until Columbia University cuts ties with israel and calls for a permanent ceasefire in gaza. The white house is now weighing in. Lucas tomlinson will have more later in the hour. The white house Statement Reads in part quote while every american has the right for peacefully protest calls for vio
5:00 a.m. in gaza as we continue our coverage of the war in israel day 28 on america s late news, fox news at night. and we are now getting word that is rally defense forces have surrounded gaza city but it comes as president biden is now calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting and many believe that s simply a different way of saying ceasefire. one us publication says that maga and christian nationalism are bigger threats to america than hamas. we have team fox coverage. lucas tomlinson in tel aviv, steve harrigan in northern israel. but we begin here in the u.s. where the war in israel has customs and border protections sounding the alarm on just how easy it is for terrorists to just walk across our southern border. bill melugin is live with calls to shut down the border all together. reporter: as we speak we have a new massive caravan headed to the u.s. border and now some county leaders in san diego are calling for the border to be closed amid terror concerns. j
we have done very well. sioux falls, thank you very much, sioux falls. so sioux city, how many people come from sioux city? how many people? not just the wrong city but also the wrong state. he says biden s losing it. that was trump on sunday, just hours before judge tanya chutkan reinstated the gag order in the federal election interference case. which he may have already violated. also tonight, my commentary on the violence in the middle east, and the questions we all should be asking. plus, the war s impact on politics here in the u.s. as republicans escalate their extreme rhetoric and president biden shows signs of political vulnerability, despite the good economic and labor news that just keeps rolling in. but we begin tonight with donald trump getting a taste of what he has long complained he s always wanted, the same treatment under the law as every other american citizen. it comes in the form of a reimposed gag order from judge chutkan overseeing his federal elect