sarah, it s the first thing i thought of because we re covering trump gavel to gavel keep in mind, we just heard a sandoval hearing in donald trump s case. there s two things that this is directly impactful to donald trump s case. first prior bad acts evidence coming into the courtroom. the second, the appellate courts finding that harvey weinstein basically could not testify because so much was going to be allowed in on cross-examination the same type of argument would apply to donald trump at the sandoval hearing. that s where prosecutors are told by the judge what can come in if donald trump were to testify, they opened up the gates. the judge to the e jean carroll case, to the new york state attorney general, civil fraud case because of that, donald trump will have a similar argument that he s hamstrung. he couldn t possibly testify because of everything that s going to come in on cross-examination. it s directly related to the appellate division decision that we just h
that moment, according to pecker house, karen doing two which pecker says he replied, quote, she s doing well, she s quiet. everything is going good in another conversation, pecker said trump preferred to mcdougal is our girl. pecker also suggested that trump was angry about the interviews i did with her and stormy daniels when each broke their silence will bring you excerpts in our coverage tonight. in washington, the supreme court oral arguments were underway and the conservatives who as we know, have a majority on the court, appeared to embrace at least some form of criminal immunity for presidents, the liberal minority, by contrast, focused on the temptation that might be it for a future president if they have that what i m i more worried about using to be worried about the president being chilled. i think that we would have a really significant opposite problem if the president wasn t chilled if someone with those kinds of powers, the most powerful person in the world
do you get these calls in secret where guys go listen, i can t say it publicly but i m for you and i m going to vote for you. i m a republican but screw it, i can t vote for this guy? they re not saying they re going to vote for me, they re saying i agree with you. do you say to them, why don t you say something publicly? where is jeb bush, where is george bush, where are these guys? why don t they say, hey, i m interested in saving democracy for our grandchildren? i don t 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 12-member jury empanelled in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. today w
good day, i am chris jansing along with my colleague katy tour. this is a historic day for america. a fair and functioning judicial system. today in two courtrooms, two very different cases but with one central character, donald trump and one central question. will there be consequences for his alleged attempts to break the law either now or in the future if he s reelected. here in new york city, also even more testimony from david pecker and the hush money trial about the lengths to which he, donald trump and michael cohen, went to protect his image during the 2016 campaign. we re going to tell you exactly what he testified to along with a phone call that david pecker says he received from donald trump three days before the 2016 election. also, how donald trump is reacting and he was reacting. at the same time, in washington, the supreme court spent hours hashing out donald trump s claims of presidential immunity. the questions of whether a future president is above the la
tells you what some of them stand in this day and age. all right. jason carroll. thank you very much and thanks so much to all of you. anderson starts now good evening. welcome to cnn special primetime coverage. the trump hush money trial. the first ever criminal trial. bill, former president, and there s a lot to bring you from a truncated but busy day six. that s all the judge wanted defense attorney. he s losing credibility. also testimony from david pecker, the former tab hi boy publisher, who became the trump campaigns eyes and ears. and tonight new reporting and discussions are underway about what to do if the former president is actually jailed for contempt. quite a de, a lot to get to judge merchan s warning came as trump attorney todd blanche tried to answer prosecution evidence during contempt hearing with the jury, not present the judge saying, quote, you re losing all credibility with the court but making no decision on the matter. then testimony continued fro