Trumps lawyers are looking to shred david peckers testimony and damage his credibility. Plus, whats next after Supreme Court arguments on president ial immunity, and the prominent republican who now says president s should not be immune from prosecution. Also ahead, dramatic demonstrations continuing on College Campuses as propalestinian protests lead to hundreds of arrests. Good morning, and happy friday. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news out of a manhattan courtroom where the first witness called in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case is back on the stand this morning. This time facing questions from trumps attorneys. Now, trumps team attempting to poke holes in david peckers testimony. Pecker is the former publisher of the National Enquirer who has testified that he was involved in efforts to catch and kill stories that could have hurt trump during the 2016 campaign. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is outside the courthouse. Also with us, jo
Versus donald j trump. I should be a lot of different places right now campaigning. Im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors layout a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight, the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense and the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david. Rachel maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a road map as to how the case is going to go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old, tired, and mad. Tonight, which maddow, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, msnbc legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Now. Thank you for joining us tonight for this special Primetime Recap of the first ever criminal trial of former u. S. President , the first ever criminal trial of a major parties summative nominee as their candidate for president. I know R
The people of new york versus donald j. Trump. I should be in florida now. I should be in a lot of different places campaigning, and im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors lay out a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense. And the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david Rachel Maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a real road map today as to how this case is going to go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old and tired and mad. Tonight Rachel Maddow, joy reid, chris hayes, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, jen sake, stef knew rhule, katie pham, and nbc legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins now. Thank you for joining us tonight for this special Primetime Recap of the first ever criminal trial of a former u. S. President
The election is being rigged by corrupt media, pushing completely false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect her president. Reporter donald trump trailing in the polls and plagued by allegations of Sexual Misconduct is falling back on his favorite safety net. The election is rigged. Its rigged like youve never seen before. The investigation of Hillary Clinton was rigged. Its all rigged. Its all rigged. The gop nominee now insisting theres a monumental conspiracy to rig the entire election against him. Trump tweeting today, of course there is largescale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican Leaders deny what is going on . So naive. But trumps claims arent true. Theres no evidence of widespread voter fraud. And the candidates claims are putting Election Officials, even those in his own party, on edge. Today, ohios Secretary Of State, a republican, who plans to vote for trump, blasted the candidates claims as reckless. Its irresponsible. He sho
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. His plea agreement, including that he stole some hundreds of thousands of dollars from Paul Manafort, rick gates did, by filing false expense claims. So really, just a long list. It was remarkable to be there in the courtroom as rick gates over the course of 80 minutes detailing that long list of alleged crimes. So allegedly, theyre both Stealing Money through not paying taxes and other means, and then gates is also Stealing Money from manafort . Thats exactly right. So you have listen, this is one of those cases when i was inside there, anderson, having followed a mob priel or two, it struck me as you had the case of the bob boss there with his capo testifying against him. Of course in many cases like this, the person who is gates witness doesnt have the cleanest record himself. And that certainly holds true for rick gates. I should mention he also pleaded guilty to lying to federal prosecuto