Not happen . Initially i dont think theyre going to say, theyre going to know whether or not trump knew about this deal or not. They have gone all over the place. Trump, the ceo, too high, doesnt know whats going on and then something else. I think theyre undecided. As a defense lawyer, you do that at times. You dont have the burden of proof. The prosecution does. So when you stand up and close it, youre going to say, i dont even have to be here to stand up, the only person you have to hear from is them. If i did nothing and the judge would tell the jury and they didnt prove their case, my client needs to be acquitted and thats what the law requires, but i do think jurors as reasonable people expect a counternarrative that makes sense. Theyre here to bring the rational to judge and the prosecution put forward a documents heavy rational and this counterrational of attacking stormy and going on and on again and get morgue and more tangential is undermining their case. How much does the w
To disagree. A conversation to be continued. Its our turn to hand it off to our colleagues. Thank you all so much for being with us. Our reporters continue to update us from the courtroom and outside the courthouse. Its been a great couple of hours with you at home as well. Chris jansing and Andrea Mitchell pick up with much more news next. Stormy daniels back on the Witness Stand for her second day under only in the criminal trial against former president donald trump. The defense team portraying daniels as a liar looking for quick cash. Prosecutors taking their Second Chance to question their witness after the defendant and presumptive president ial nominee on his way into court promised very interesting things electric todays proceedings. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell, along with my colleague, Chris Jansing here in new york. For the next three hours, we will bring you live updates on exactly what is going on inside that manhattan courtroom. What has been going on all day long. Thats
Good to be with you. Im katy tur, the state has called their next witness, rhona graff, Senior Vice President of the Trump Organization and Donald Trumps former long time Executive Assistant. Described as the gate keeper, his right hand by his side since 1987. She just said she is testifying pursuant to a subpoena. And that her lawyers are being paid for by donald trump. She also confirmed she kept Donald Trumps calendar and contacts and most crucially, handled all of his emails. Since he did not use email himself. Joining us now from outside of the courthouse in New York City is Nbc News Correspondent vaughn hillyard. I know shes testifying as we speak, vaughn, and shes talking about having contacts for Karen Mcdougal and Stormy Daniels. What else can you tell us . Reporter right. Karen mcdougal not only physical addresses but also Phone Numbers, and then a Cell Phone Number for, quote, stormy. And this is the most significant here is that she said that she had, quote, Vague Recollect
welcome back to morning joe. you re looking at the top of the comcast tower of love, they re calling it, mika. in the pent house delivering her diatribe. welcome back to morning joe. it s tuesday, november 30th. i m glad junior is still with us. thank god, mika. joining us a republican strategist susan del percio who still calls herself a republican, and director of redirect, it s not only the way you look at the news but your back swing, john heilemann. he s also host of hell and highwater .
all right, thanks so much. we ll check back with you. so very much to talk about here, i have cnn presidential historian, he is the former director of the nixon presidential library, global affairs analyst, online news director for the new yorker and international correspondent clarissa ward, good to see all of you. nice to be here. okay. so there is a lot overshadowing the international trip. so, you know, david you first, what does president trump need to happen? what does he want, you know, to happen from this journey to try and get out in front of redirect the dialogue about all of this controversy in the cloud hovering over the white house? very simply he needs to keep the word russia out of the headlines. this is his trip, i think, to sort of scuttle, very scripted events, he s delivering the speeches. he should be able to have nine days of images of him meeting with other leaders and changing the narrative that has come to