trump tower to rikers island, but the trump organization was sentenced today for felony tax fraud. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg joins me. plus, he needed help and was killed. those are the word of black lives matter cofounder patrice colors on the death of her cousin, keenan anderson. anderson went into cardiac arrest and died after being repeatedly tased by los angeles police. patrice colors joins me tonight. but we begin in september 1941. when a federal prosecutor named william power meloni on orders from the justice department was investigating the infiltration of nazis in the united states. a story that you probably never learned anything about in school. at the time, during the 1930s and 40s, there was a pretty darn massive far right movement literally supported by the hitler government in germany that was plotting violent attacks in the u.s. to overthrow the u.s. government and install hitler friendly fascism here. and in some cases, they went through with actual at
It is good to be back with you for this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. Todays testimony in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial turned to some of the most Critical Evidence yet, the invoices, vouchers and checks at the heart of the criminal case against the former president. While it may not have had the same shock value as, for example, Stormy Daniels testimony, it is setting up the jury for whats expected on monday, testimony from the most highly anticipated witness in this case. Donald trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen, the man who says he paid off the adult film star at trumps direction. The prosecution revealing today that they expect to call one other witness besides cohen. Its entirely possible that they rest by the end of next week. I want to bring in nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian whos reporting from outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, also with us, former u. S. Attorney and msnbc legal analyst, Chuck Rosenberg. In studio, jessica roth, a former federal prosecutor for the so
From Donald Trumps legal team. Well get expert legal analysis on that and what we can expect in court today. Meanwhile, the former president in his campaign seem to be growing concerned about robert f. Kennedy jr. Based on Donald Trumps new rant about the Third Party Candidate on his social media site. Plus well have more reaction from capitol hill on President Bidens decision to with hold some weapons shipments to israel over a possible invasion of rafah. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, may 10th. We made it to friday. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with the donald trump hush money criminal trial, which picks back up later this morning, a day after Stormy Daniels finished taking the stand, testifying more than seven hours over a twoday period. Yesterday the defense aggressively tried to poke holes in daniels credibility, accusing her of extortion, rehearsing her testimony, and chan
Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. We begin with Donald Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonished trumps lawyers for insinuating that actress Stormy Daniels has changed their story. The judge said i disagree with your narrative there is any new account here. Daniels wrapping up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and basically rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have. It got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers. All of this about trying to make a bet that the jury wouldnt be as offended by some of the line of questioning as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised on her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today as she grilled Stormy Daniels during cross examination. It bordered on shaming a sex worker. Stormy daniels getting the most attention. You see dona
Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonishing trumps lawyers for insinuating that actor Stormy Daniels changed her story while rejkting the mistrial request. The judge said, i disagree with your narrative that theres any new account here. Daniels wrapped up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have we dont have the cameras but we have a lot of reporting from people inside the room that it got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers, trying to make a bet the jury wouldnt be as offended by the line of questions as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised around her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today, as she grilled Stormy Daniels during crossexamination. It bordered on, i think, shaming a sex worker. Of course Stormy Dani