judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., dana perino, and tyrus. it s 5:00 in new york city, and this is the five. day 6 of the salem trump trials. it all started with the judge hearing the prosecution s request for trump to be held in contempt of court for allegedly violating his gag order ten times. aka, muzzling the leading presidential candidate in the think of an election. d.a. alvin bragg s team must ve gotten cold feet. today they said they don t want to lock up trump for speaking his mind, they just want to slap him with hefty fines. the judge hasn t made up his mind yet on what he is going to do. then to the main show. ex- national enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand. the prosecution hoping to convince the jury that trump tried to hide damaging stories ahead of the 2016 election. pecker testified that he has been catching and telling stories for a long time, which is perfectly legal, last time we checked, and pecker began doing it for trump star
all so very much. it s all there s a lot going on here and a lot we re eating. as you can read on your screen with us, it continues as we speak good morning and welcome to cnn, special coverage of the trump hush money trial. i m jake tapper in washington alongside kaitlan collins in new york this morning, the jury in donald trump s criminal hush money trial is back to work. the seven men and five women will ultimately decide whether a former president is convicted of felony crimes for the first time in the history of the united states of america. and mr. trump is in court awaiting their decision. we just learned that the jury has submitted it, yet another note. this is the third one about yesterday s request for the judge s instruction to be re-read. and another requesting for headphones to use with the evidence laptop yeah. clearly, a tech savvy jury because they asked specifically for a certain kind of headphones here. but take of course before those jurors left yesterd
good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera alongside my colleague and friend jose diaz-balart, bringing you special coverage as history unfolds this morning in a new york courthouse. closing arguments now under way in the first criminal trial of a former president. the dramatic final phase of donald trump s hush money case after 21 days in court, 22 witnesses and 80 hours of testimony. up first in today s closing arguments, trump s defense team. attorney todd blanche trying to convince a jury that the prosecution did not meet their burden of proof in this trial. nbc s yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. also with us, chuck rosenberg, former senior fbi official, daniel leven, former prosecutor, jeremy solante, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor and professor at cordosa law school. the defense closing is already under way. todd blanche saying to the jury, you should want or expect more than the testimony of michael cohen. what else are we hearing
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller, by By Breanna J. McDaniel. booklistonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from booklistonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A San Diego librarian shares her reading recommendations for all ages, from picture books to adult books, that celebrate Hispanic, Latina/o/x and Chicana/o/x identity.