headquarters here at 30 rockefeller center. donald trump s eldest son goes under oath in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the former president and his family business. donald trump junior took the stand late today in a new york courtroom, and before he testified managed to do what he loves to do most, crack a joke. i should ve worn makeup. today, prosecutors focused on his job running the trump family business with his younger brother eric, a role his father announced before entering the white house back in 2017. my two sons, who are right here, don and eric, are going to be running the company. they are going to be running it in a very professional manner. they are not going to discuss it with me. these papers are just some of the many documents that i ve signed turning over complete and total control to my sons. donald trump jr. is not just a witness in the case, he is also a defendant, along with his brother and his dad. and we see s laura jarred has more
tonight, donald trump jr. takes the stand, in new york civil fraud case against the former president. wait under earth about his family s business. then, house speaker mike johnson looking to tie aid for israel to cuts to the irs. a move that would add billions to the deficit and hookup rich tax evaders. and i go one-on-one with the funds himself, henry winkler breaks down the impact of his iconic character. you do not want to miss this as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live at nbc headquarters here at the rockefeller center. donald trump s eldest son goes under oath in the 250 million dollar civil fraud trial against the former president and his family business. donald trump junior took the stand late today in a new york courtroom, before he testified managed to do what he loves to do most. crack a joke. i should ve won make of. today prosecutors focused on his job running the trump family business
Intricate and women on women in. Theres a whole political cast to it that has been pretty much been lost to history. Its a historical moment would we all think we know about women forget the crucible is a work of fiction. It has rather, Arthur Miller took some liberties. We think the witches burned but, in fact, they hung. In america we didnt burn which is already i think thats the political propaganda which conflicconflict with the and agt the 19th century. Is all the basic facts are wrong. Salem, massachusetts, 1692, what was it like . They were to salems. Accountaccount is whether trial. There were a village which is an outline Community Next door where the first begin to convulse and rise and show what we think were symptoms of witchcraft. You have to salems, and wrote community is very isolated outpost to farmers and salem counties somewhat more sophisticated, congenial community right on the water, slightly more elaborate homes, slightly wealthier in a more urban focus then had t
And she can correct me in a few minutes. So tourism in new england began in the colonial era. Ford was the first great tourist city, followed by a city near boston. Beginf tourism cannot until the 1840s, coinciding with industrialization. Salems tourism lagged. We were not a Tourist Destination. If we wanted to, we went to the scenesn a lighted that 1879, there was a Steam Railway which was in salem. There was also a horse drawn trolley that went down at six street essex street. There,ere gazebos down the methodist summer camp changed over to be secondhome ownership. The wealthy of salem lived there. A small secondtier tourism destination in the 1880s. It is not lost that this was the home of the witchcraft hysteria in 1692. It was always part of our history. Apparently, in the 1880s, both the witch house, and the old goal of the basement remained. It was on federal street. Now since gone. Theyre both private residences. And you can arrange to visit both places. And that was perhaps th
I will say about the title. That was almost the title for me book. And i was pleased actually when the gang thought it would be a good title for this day. It seems to me the trials of 1692ment as we all know those of us who live and work and hang around salem that there are other trials that are related to the trial. And to some degrees thats what were talking about this afternoon. And our sessions on witch city and keynote speech by professor foot on hill. Just one thought from me before i introduce the panel, and that is that its my sincere hope that the work of the past couple years to recognize the execution site of proctors ledge and hopefully be a new start of fresh beginning for salem to really recognize officially and formally this troubled troubled history. And i just want to say i probably should have said this this morning. But the mayor and her staff and everyone in the city of salem i think has just been incredibly supportive. When we first came forward to them and told th