this is really an attack or a political opponent that s all it is. jessica dean, cnn washington thanks for joining us. the news continues here on cnn it s tuesday, april 20. right now on cnn this morning, a hearing to determine whether donald trump violated his gag order yes. hush money trial set to begin in just hours the senate preparing to take up a foreign aid bill that could save ukraine and potentially sink tiktok and tensions rising on college campuses as pro-palestinian protests erupted across the country all right 5:00 a.m. here in washington alive. look at new york city on this tuesday morning, the sight of all today s political news. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us in just a few hours. the judge in donald trump s hush money trial will hear arguments to determine whether the former president violated his gag order in the case prosecutors argue that trump has failed to comply with it at least ten times and just hours b
thanks for watching. breaking news tonight explosively, testimony in the trump trial. after heating clashes between the judge and the former president s lawyer for the next, hour we ll take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel as the historic hush money criminal case unfolds, tabloid executive david pecker has wrapped up a second day on the stand as we re awaiting the judge s ruling on whether trump violated his gag order are reporters and experts are standing by to break down all of today s most important developments and look ahead to what s next welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer with a special report in the situation room, the trump trial today in our trial coverage tonight, former national enquirer executive, david pecker, details his efforts to quote, catch and kill negative stories about donald trump with the express goal of helping trump s first presidential campaign. the testimony getting to the heart
history of athletics the us justice department is saying about its deal to try to close the books on its investigation into the larry nassar s sexual abuse case against girls and women in gymnasts next, we re going to get reaction from the attorney representing the gymnast survivors of larry nassar s abuse, and leaning this our a-major de and the new york city pasha funny cover-up case. a key witness for the prosecutors was back on the stand. his name? david pecker, the former tabloid publisher, and he detailed how he says donald trump used the national so enquirer tabloid to help his 2016 presidential campaign cnn s paula reid has a look now at today s task testimony as former tablet executive pecker went from killing damaging stories about trump to spilling all on the witness stand. former national enquirer publisher, david pecker, back on the witness stand today, where he shared details of his decades-long friendship with donald trump and how he eventually used his posit
set. so marshall, this is a big day for the country, a big day in history. a lot of it, it was this wall be happening behind closed doors with no cameras in the courtroom. but what can we expect? we won t see anything. we won t hear anything will be totally reliant on our colleagues in the room. they can provide real-time updates in writing and sketches. of course, look, it s been a long time coming. here we are. donald trump faces 34 felony counts. these are state charges. he can t pardon himself. if he is ultimately convicted. and the theory of the case is falsification of business records all about that. hush money payment to stormy daniels how they use the ledger of the trump organization to funnel that money to michael cohen after the fact and the prosecutor say that it was essentially a cover up, cooking the books so a lot of the names, a lot of the people who are involved in this trial are quite familiar to anybody who s been following trump s travails for the pa
need 77538, 383882, or visit home serve i m rafael romo, the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn on trial opening statements are expected tomorrow, and the criminal trial of former president trump is a witch hunt with case in the hands of the justice system. will he accept the results? trump supporter and potential vp pick south dakota governor kristi noem joints me exclusively next and head-to-head while trump s on trial, president joe biden is ramping up his campaign travel from scranton all across the country. and as he faces rising third-party challenge, and he expand a map, this ball, the stakes couldn t be higher, fresh off the campaign trail for biden, illinois governor jb he pritzker is coming up plus taking a stand after a torture journey through congress. the house passes aid for israel, ukraine, and taiwan the bill was passed. now can speaker mike johnson keep his job? our panel of experts are here to discuss hello i m dana bash in washington where th