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good morning and welcome to the final day of the third week of donald trump s criminal hush money trial, where the former president just reentered the courthouse here in manhattan. were you all again go before the prosecution as they are going to bring a witness back on the stand, a witness that we saw yesterday? should i stillman that older testimony when court ended, soon again, trump will be part of that captive audience that is going to be listening to the prosecution s version of a trump tale, a sexual when counter with the adult film star that the former president allegedly tried to keep hidden. from american voters. yesterday for the first time, the jury actually got two hear trump s boys and that s secretly recorded audio tape. good morning. i m kaitlan collins here in new york thank caitlin. i m john mccarthy austin here in washington. and you are watching cnn special coverage of donald trump s hush money cover up, trial in minutes from now, testimony, resumes
strikes many americans as contrary? most fundamental democratic principles, yes, he said, no. in fact, he said, i think a lot of people like it all right. eric, thank you. and thanks to all of you. it s time for ac30, 60 good evening. thanks for joining our special palm time coverage and the trump hush money criminal trial. they nine saw something remarkable former president held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time. and the lawyer who represented two of the women who alleged affairs with trump, testifying about the deals he made to buy their silence, the contempt ruling made history and made the man you see there, a convicted criminal, judge, juan merchan, finding he violated the gag order. he is under nine times quoting from his ruling, this court rejects defendants arguments and finds that the people have established the elements of criminal contempt beyond a reasonable doubt. criminal contempt, no, sitting or former president has ever been found guilty o
meanwhile, those who need it most have little faith and lawmakers, i would say most likely than not going to do anything beacon past things with a drop of a dime. it afters on both sides of the party and you know, both parties agree there should be zero resistance and this should have been done yesterday. instead of people fearing rather losing this one day. jason carroll, cnn, eureka illinois breaking overnight arrests on college campuses as pro-palestinian protests grow across the country. the only thing standing between the people well, gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. new comments from secretary of state antony blinken after israel proposed what he calls an extremely for narrowly generous ceasefire deal, the damage is unbelievable. what one governor is saying as deadly, severe storms the country. sara is out, i m john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news central this morning, college graduations or right around the corner with pro-palestinian can t-miss set up on
us everyone inside politics is up next and your lawsuit breaking news new cnn poll reveal significant challenges for president biden i did how he stacks up against trump. he does numbers moments away, plus under oath, we sit here day after day after day trump s delete tactics appear to pay off his hush money allegations. oil the race right. always prefer somebody that didn t have an extramarital affair. new reporting and how that gop plans to target red-state democrats plus boiling as college campuses, real polygons, pounds go back to class and stop the nonsense. he will biden, handle the fall. this is not about politics, it s about doing what s right. and presidential punchline now once that s your trump days lately, you might call it stormy weather. celebrities and journalists gather in washington to roast and be roast like many of you here tonight, i pretend to do news on tv inside politics that s reporting from inside the corridors of power starts now good mor