the judge and gag order. the unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. maurice: president biden. we have the worst president in the history of our country. maurice: and the courtroom. it s freezing, by the way. maurice: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m maurice dubois. norah is on assignment. we begin tonight with day 2 of testimony in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. former national enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer michael cohen to hide negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. the prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. before today s testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. prosecutors urged the judge to fine trump thousands of dollars and hold h
the judge and gag order. the unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. president biden. the worst president in history of our country. and the courtroom. it s reason, by the way. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i maurice dubois. norah is on assignment. we begin tonight with a 2 of testimony in the criminal trial of former president donal donald trump. former national enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer michael cohen to heighten negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. the prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. before today s testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. prosecutors urged the judge to find trump thousands of dollars and hold him in contempt, while the former pr
committed the crime of falsifying business records with the intent to influence the 2016 election. then, the prosecution will recap their case and tied together testimony from their witnesses and the evidence including documents with handwritten notes accounting for just how the hush money payment was to be reimbursed to michael cohen, who testified that he did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald trump. closing arguments will take up most if not the entire day, st which will be followed by judge mershon giving jury instructions, which should last about one hour. and then the fate will be in the hands of the jury that could reach a verdict as early as this week. trump is already attacking the jury instructions on social media. there is a significant development in florida and the classified documents case against him. jack smith is asking eileen cannon to modify the conditions of release in the classified documents case after he told the very dangerous lie abo
arguments go. appreciate it. look forward to you explaining it all of us including me. donald trump will be back in court tomorrow morning for closing arguments in his new york election interference trial. he has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to haida hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 election for her alleged sexual encounter with donald trump. nbc news report said a dozen members of the public have already signed up and continuing to do so even in the rain to get a seat for this historic moment. closing arguments will be prosecution and defense s final chance to weed the evidence into the narrative of their case for the jury s deliberations. in new york, the defense goes first arguing that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump committed the crime of falsifying business records with the intent to influence a 2016 election. then the prosecution will recap i
his thumb is working! i do like this coin toss thing. why stop with the debate side? let s have the coin determine who wins the election. yep. it would be so much less stressful than five months of campaigning. just flip the coin! heads, it s trump. tails, it s biden. if the coin bounces and rolls into the sewer, it s rfk jr. i say he ll come out all jacked up, right? all jacked up. yes, all jacked up on metamucil. trump says he wants them to both submit to a drug test before the debate. do you have any idea how long it takes to get a urine sample from men close to 80? i m 74 and the only time i i don t have to pee is when i m pee ing! the great marty short filling in for jimmy kimmel this week. not a bad substitute. we are two days away now from the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. we will have the latest what we are learning about president biden s strategy for dealing with two different versions of donald trump. primary day in new york and colora