Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york and it is all happening today. We are picking up our special coverage of the tangled legal web now being faced by the four times indicted expresident donald trump today. A collision of two of his criminal cases with massive consequences, not just for the man, the party he leads, but also for the presidency. Our countrys democracy. The Supreme Court heard arguments this morning on trumps claim of president ial immunity leaving the fate and timing of the federal Election Interference trial, a big blank Open Question for now, but what is happening at this hour and what is certain is that the trial that could end up being the only criminal trial that expresident faces before americans go to the polls again in 2024 is the one brought by alvin bragg over falsifying Business Records to cover up hush money to a porn star and keep that silent ahead of a national election. Former National Enquirer ceo david pecker is still on the stand and hes being cross exami
Good morning and welcome to World Wide Exchange on cnbc. Im sara eisen. And im wilfred frost. Plenty to cover this morning and well do that in just a minute. Da day three of the republican convention, make America First again. Donald trump is now the official gop nominee. Among those scheduled to speak tonight in prime time are former rival ted cruz and marco rubio. Well have a live report from cleveland a bit later this hour. Welcome back from the land of brexit. Its good to have you back. Its moved on. Its not the land of brexit. Its the land of changing of the guard in uk policy. Lets get a global check on markets this morning. Looks like the gains are set to continue. Its been a bullish session. You left wilfred and the stock market shot right up. Dow futures up 62. Up six. Nasdaq up 23. The s p actually did pause for the rally yesterday, but the dow did manage to close higher for an eighth session in a row making a new alltime high following in the footsteps of europe this morning
Purr supet to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, utah, 40 votes, trump. Ms. Hudson vermont, 16 delegates with the following delegates. Eight, trump. Thank you, madam secretary. We are proud in vermont to claim you as one of our own. From the great state of vermont home of the 30th president of the United States was nominated in cleveland in 1924 with his running mate from ohio, Charles Dodge from marietta, ohio, one of Calvin Coolidges many votes dont expect to going down the week by pulling down the strong. One vote for john kasich. Two votes for rand paul and 13 votes for donald j. Trump. [applause] pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules convention, one vote kasich, two votes paul. Ms. Hudson, virginia, 49 delegates. 17 trump, eight cruz, 16 rubio. Five kasich. Three carson. Na mass te, mr. Chairman. Namaste, mr. Chairman. Digital, grown into the dominion. Virginia is truly about opportunities. Im the delegate from virginia. And
It is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. Congratulations, dad. We love you donald trump makes it official. We are going to make America Great again. I say now is the time for us to rise up and take america back. Is this election more about what disqualifies Hillary Clinton or what qualifies donald trump. It is about both. It is about both. The wizard of oz. Lots of sound and furry, but when you pull back the curtain, it was just donald trump with nothing to offer to the American People. The fast moving brush fire sent smoke over the whohollywoo hills. The Entertainment Industry is mourning the loss of one of its most prolific writers. You never yell cut. The governor of new york saysing it nothing short of a miracle when a construction crane crashed on to the tappan zee bridge. Austin texas, a man says he went down a water slide, he flew off the side. Make america work again. As opposed to mondays theme, make scott baeos work again. Th
Recorders from the airliner that crashed on saturday. To the us, because the democrats have formally begun the process of impeaching President Trump for a second time. Hes accused of inciting the attack on the capitol last week. They have also first proposed that Vice President mike pence invoke the 25th amendment to the constitution in order for him to take power. Heres what happened. House resolution 21, resolution calling on Vice President Michael R Pence to convene and mobilise the principal officers of the executive departments of the cabinet to activate section four of the 25th amendment to declare president donald] trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting president. For what purpose does the gentleman from West Virginia rise . I object. Objection is heard. As you could see there, the republicans objected to the resolution in the house of representatives calling for the 25th amendment to be used. But it could be still vote