Us on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Then we got to the Porn Starriness. Trumps defense, i never slept to Stormy Daniels and didnt pay her to be quiet. Michael cohen paid her to be quiet. Hes such a great guy who i hope is torn apart by wild dogs. And i only paid him what i thought were legal fees. If i did anything at all, i did everything, which i didnt do, to protect my wife from finding out about the things i never did. Stephen colbert. Well go through the consequential day in court in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial with his former fixer and Attorney Michael Cohen on the stand. It will continue today. Well have expert legal analysis on the testimony and what we should expect in a few hours. Also ahead, well go through major developments in gaza. Israels military battling regrouped Hamas Terrorists in the north while weighing a fullscale assault on rafah in the south. Plus, the latest from ukraine and the surprise visit today by u. S. Secretary of state Antony B
Big Breaking News stories this morning. Donald trumps Hush Money Trial resuming moments ago, and the judge just issued a ruling on Gag Order Violations. Finding trump in contempt. Well have the latest from the courthouse. Were also tracking Breaking News from Columbia University, protesters storming and occupying a Campus Building overnight. The new warning from the school this morning. Good morning. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with our Breaking News at the courthouse in lower manhattan, where the second week of Witness Testimony just resumed in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. And the judge starting the day with a new decision on trumps Gag Order Violations, ruling just moments ago that trump did in fact violate the gag order nine times. And fining him 1,000 for each of the violations. Lets bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, former prosecutor charles coleman, and attorney and Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson. Vaughn, l
Good morning and thanks so much for joining us at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Reporting from new york, im ana cabrera. Beginning overnight on the Virginia Tech campus as colleges and universities are following a weekend of propalestinian protests and counter demonstrations across the country. Our Antonia Hylton is on the campus as well as a new report there . We have a new report from the Columbia University who says that they are not going to divest from the businesses who do business with israel, and they have no plans from the students who are going to walk away from the encampment, and the students are inspired from the encampments from across the United States from of course, here in new york, and tennessee and all of the way to california. The students have taken as a message of strength in the movement, and they are clearly sending a message and not just to their respective administrations, but really across the country now. We are seeing the schools handling this very differently, and
And the debate over campus debates in a moment. But first, heres whats happening right now. Columbia university is trying to clear the encampment on its main lawn to prepare for graduation ceremonies. It gave students a 2 00 p. M. Deadline to leave or risk suspension. So far they have not left. With columbias president saying in a statement, one groups rights to express their views cannot come at the expense of another groups right to speak, teach and learn. Let us get right to the campus. Joining us now is nbc news correspondent guad venegas. No, its antonia hylton, im sorry about that. Also nbc news digital senior white house reporter, peter nicholas. Sorry. Antonia, talk to me about what you have seen. So far it doesnt look like anybody has left . Reporter they have not left, and if anything, theyre emboldened at this point. As you can see behind me here, the encampment is still very much in tact. I have not seen a single tent come down. And actually, there arent that many students
Breaking news welcome to the lead on jake tapper, right now, right this minute. I knew witness in Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial. The prosecution just called its third witness. His name is gary pharaoh. Gary pharaoh is a banker who worked with Michael Cohen at the time that the payments were made to former playboy model, Karen Mcdougal and porn actress and director Stormy Daniels, both of whom alleged romantic entanglements of sorts with mr. Donald trump. This comes after rona graph was called as the second witness in the trial. Rona graph, shes on the screen right there. Shes a longtime trump assistance. She worked for trump since he hired her in 1987 after she cold calls to Trump Organization were on a graph, testified id two contacts you maintained at the Trump Organization were for Karen Mcdougal Stormy Daniels run a graph was on the stand for less than half an hour earlier today, trumps attorneys crossexamined david pecker, the former Tabloid Magnate and longtime friend o