happy friday, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and donald trump s hush money trial just resuming this morning with a former trump white house aide facing cross examination. madeleine westerhout back on the stand, she s testified about trump signing checks and michael cohen visiting the white house. and speaking of cohen, we just learned that the prosecution s star witness will take the stand on monday. nbc s vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse for us. also with us our legal panel for the hour white collar defense attorney and former federal prosecutor sarah krisoff, and criminal defense attorney bernard via low na. vaughn, catch us up. what s happening inside that courtroom this morning? reporter: hey, good morning, ana. madeleine westerhout who was the trump executive assistant inside of the white house for his first two and a half years there is currently testifying under cross examination by susan necheles. they re currently looking at
revelation that new wall will be built at the border. the fury from fellow democrats and another move to deter migrants announced overnight. hot off the presses, a surprisingly strong september jobs report. that is good news, but could it also mean higher interest rates are here to stay? well, we made it to friday. thanks for being here. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and this morning as tensions simmer on capitol hill, donald trump is inserting himself into the mad scramble to find the next speaker of the house. the de facto head of the gop endorsing long-time ally jim jordan overnight calling him a, quote, great choice. this as multiple sources confirm trump is consideration a visit to the capitol next week, right as jockeying and votes for speaker are expected to reach a crescendo. also significant, it would mark his first visit to the hill since the january 6th attack. joining us now, nbc s julie tsirkin on capitol hill, brendan buck, pr
an american trapped more than 3,000 feet deep in a cave in turkey. his emotional plea as rescuers work around the clock to get him out. and vice president kamala harris fielding a question about president biden s age. her response when asked would she be prepared to step in if necessary. our nbc news reporters are following the very latest developments. we want to begin with that breaking news on that special grand jury report out of georgia. nbc s garrett haake is following that for us. garrett, some very surprising names included here. give us the headlines. reporter: yeah. the special grand jury had recommended charges against nearly 40 individuals in what became the 19 individual racketeering and conspiracy case that was filed last month. among the names recommended for prosecution but not actually charged by the second grand jury are three united states senators, two former, one current, david perdue, kelly loeffler of georgia, lindsey graham of south carolina, and
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