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welcome back to the weekend, everyone. prosecutors in donald trump trials that they could rest the case as early as next week. this after stormy daniels testified. criminal charges don t hinge on stormy daniels testimony. this case is about concealing the hush money payment that went to her. that is how michael cohen s testimony will come into play and he is expected to take the stand on monday. joining us now are our guests who are with us. it s so good to see you. if someone was not watching this week, if they were not following it be right be by be, what was your big take away from this we cracked i think a few things. monday, stormy daniels let the headline grabber this weekend but monday was important because we saw some ploys from the trump organization to walk through some of the documentation. and how it traveled its way through the trump organization. and then down to the white house were checks for side and came back up. that is really important because ....
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we begin with donald trump s criminal trial. the judge late today denying another attempt by trump s lawyers to just run away from this thing. indeed, the judge admonished trump s 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 trump s defense lawyers. all of this about trying to make a bet that the jury wouldn t 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 trump s lawyer today as she grilled stormy daniels during cross- examination. it bordered on shaming a sex worker. stormy daniels getting th ....
trump s criminal trial. the judge late today denying another attempt by trump s lawyers to just run away from this thing. indeed, the judge admonishing trump s lawyers for insinuating that actor stormy daniels changed her story while rejkting the mistrial request. the judge said, i disagree with your narrative that there s 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 don t have the cameras but we have a lot of reporting from people inside the room that it got very tense with the questioning from trump s defense lawyers, trying to make a bet the jury wouldn t 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 trump s lawyer today, as she grilled stormy daniels during cross-examination. it bordered on, i think, shaming a ....
. yes. and that. oh, okay. happy wednesday, everybody. okay. let s get to the jokes. presidential candidate junior claims that a while back, a worm eight part of his brainik came true, which led to memory problems. when reached for comment, the worm wh said. he was just trying to level the playing field. ying i kid. that s somethingel joe bidende will never have to worry about. a brain according to stormyg tos daniels testimony yesterday. she donald trump with a forbesto magazine in a secret hoteld rendezvoustr. steve forbes claims that counts as him having. but forbes magazine denies saying it s all just a rumor. but hey, we re getting it straight from horse s mouth. in a related story in court, trump has been holding up one of stormi s shoes for good luck due to due a rise in youth crime. the makers of the swiss armya knife are offering a new version without a bladrm e. i know a swiss army knife without. on kn a knife. so nowif we re transitioning. . what s a ....
across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. today s the day. actress stormy daniels taking the stand against defendant trump for the first time. his defense argues she is lying. so prosecutors had an important goal here today. showing the jury that she is believable. that she is telling the truth. that the facts are on her side. and while defendant trump is not on trial for lying about the underlying encounter, that would not be a crime. they want to use the da, this testimony, to show that this was part of the first of many lies by trump. some of which prosecutors argue are crimes. this is daniel s first time ever under oath. and her chance to be heard in a legal process that spanned years and involved many claims about her at the center of this scandal. donald trump s personal attorney paid a porn star named stormy daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship ....