over to investigators. good morning. it is sunday, august 7th. thanks for waking up with us. the alarm went off this morning, i was a little bit in pain and i thought at least i m not a capitol hill reporter right now. i was in pain this morning as well and i was excited to come in because i m glad to be anchoring with a capitol hill insider, or what do you call yourself, a procedural nerd? i called you last night to get some study points. a technical term. and that s exactly where we re going to start. up first, senate democrats pulling that all nighter as they move toward final passage of the sweeping climate and healthcare bill. right now senators are nearing their seventh straight hour of considering amendments in a so-called vote-a-rama. we didn t make that term up. that s what it is called in the senate. that marathon process began when the senate voted to advance the bill with vice president kamala harris breaking the tie. on this vote, the ayes are 50, the nay
Moments ago asked when she first heard the name Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal, two women at the heart of this case. And for the last 90 minutes or so, hicks has been telling her story under oath just feet away from her old boss donald trump. Will her testimony Connect The Dots for the prosecution in his Hush Money Trial . Plus hope hicks is todays headliner, not every witness can be a household name. Why the less flashy witnesses testifying about Cell Phone Data and cspan tapes could be the glue that ultimately holds the prosecutions case together. And with trump constantly complaining that he cant be out on the Campaign Trail, should he be moving more quickly to find someone to help him out. What nbc news has learned about his search for a new running mate. Thats coming up. We start in the New York City courtroom where it would be hard to overstate the legal drama thats playing out. When court resumes after a lunch break, Donald Trumps longtime aide, hope hicks, someone he treated
2016 campaign. Those words were in a text message sent from Keith Davidson, hes the attorney for both of the women at the heart of the story. Playboy playmate Karen Mcdougal and porn star Stormy Daniels. It was a text sent to the National Enquirer, dylan howard. And davidson is on the stand right now on day nine of the donald trump Election Interference hush money trial. With Explosive Testimony being given right now about his dealings with ami and Donald Trumps inner most circle. Earlier today, he told the court and the jury that dylan howard texted him back a response, quote, talk first thing. I will get you por than anyone for it. You know why. Davidson said that he understood even back then that the owner of the National Enquirer, that david pecker and donald trump were good friends. Two weeks after the texts were exchanged, Karen Mcdougal met with howard, where she alleged that she had an affair with donald trump that went on for several weeks to months. And ami declined to pick u
Seem to have everything thats been a response to everything that the democrats have done. They announced impeachment charges, Michael Horowitz report. Bill barr is out there. Articles are introduced. Horowitz testifies today. On one hand they get exactly what they want. They create sort of confusion about mueller, the obsession to get trump. That story is out there. It seems as if this is part of a strategy the way the Trump Administration has used the government to respond to impeachment. Last night in hershey, pennsylvania, i was there, covering President Trumps rally. He talked about the ig report. He talked about the ongoing Impeachment Inquiry. He claimed that he was spied on. This is the counternarrative that has been building on the Trump Campaign, on the white house side, the Republican Party for a long time. When you read the igs report there was not an intention, according to horowitz, to spy. What was going on was Counterintelligence Investigation about possible russian inte
canton. it is incredible. good morning, amara and phil. about 23,000 players have played in the nfl in the last century, only 362 have earned that gold jacket. only every player in the nfl will tell you without hesitation that what that which drives them in life is their family, the loved ones who helped them make their dreams reality. well, that s why they work hard, they study and focus so hard and for 49ers great bryant young one of those lives is his son colby. bryant and his wife kristen lost their son to cancer in 2016 when he was 15 years old. colby sensed where things were heading, and had questions. he didn t fear death as much as the process of dying. would it be painful? would he be remembered? we assured colby we would keep his memory alive and continue speaking his name. on october 11th, 2016, god