Alongside andrea mitchell. Our continuing coverage will continue with jose diazbalart next. Good afternoon, great to be with you. Im jose diazbalart in for katy tur. It has been a roladex of witnesses. The director of oval office operations, Madeleine Westerhout is on the witness stand. During her time she was known as trumps gate keeper. Westerhouts testimony comes after Stormy Daniels second round on the stand earlier today. Daniel was grilled on the details of the alleged sexual encounter and the 130,000 payment that followed. I want to start with whats happening right now inside the courtroom. Joining us from outside the New York City courthouse is Nbc News National Correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian, criminal defense attorney, and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and new York Law School professor and former manhattan assistant district attorney, rebecca. Bring us up to speed on whats happening now. Reporter im not a lawyer. Im trying to be one on tv. The way im seeing this, and
Good to be with you. Im katy tur, the state has called their next witness, rhona graff, Senior Vice President of the Trump Organization and Donald Trumps former long time Executive Assistant. Described as the gate keeper, his right hand by his side since 1987. She just said she is testifying pursuant to a subpoena. And that her lawyers are being paid for by donald trump. She also confirmed she kept Donald Trumps calendar and contacts and most crucially, handled all of his emails. Since he did not use email himself. Joining us now from outside of the courthouse in New York City is Nbc News Correspondent vaughn hillyard. I know shes testifying as we speak, vaughn, and shes talking about having contacts for Karen Mcdougal and Stormy Daniels. What else can you tell us . Reporter right. Karen mcdougal not only physical addresses but also Phone Numbers, and then a Cell Phone Number for, quote, stormy. And this is the most significant here is that she said that she had, quote, Vague Recollect
crisis of 2008. in the end, and in this case, they take their blood money and they head to saint bart s for thanksgiving and they laugh. they get away with it every single time. but once it would be nice if people like the sacklers got what they deserved. it might make the rest of us a little less cynical. well, you may not have heard her name before but until a few days ago madeline wester how the was the personal assistant to president trump. by all accounts she worked hard and did they re job. hard to find anyone in washington who doesn t like her. now she is unemployed and humiliated. how did that happen? she made the mistake of eating dinner with a the washington post reporter called phil rut rutger. he made caddie remarks about the president s daughters. unwise but hardly without precedent. that can happen at dinners where wine is served. what s stunning, what is really unusual is what happened next. the meal was explicitly off the record and for journalists that is a bright
gma is holiday central on this special holiday. and good morning, america. i m david muir. and i woke up the luckiest man in america this morning. amy robach, paula faris, ginger zee, and lara. lara, you ve been called in to make sure we believe. if you ve been called in to make sure we behave, we re in trouble. the usual cast of characters, having a lovely day off. so happy to be with you guys. they re calling me charlie this morning. what can we get for you? wow. how about that? we want to remind everyone, this is memorial day. while we re having fun, it s also to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for our country and its freedom. we are looking live at the tomb of the unknown at arlington cemetery, a very clear reminder of why we celebrate this day. sa lieutenant a fast-moving developments in oregon. police say they have stopped a frightening plot to blow up a high school. the suspect, planning to cause more death than columbine. police say weapons