still don t have drinking water or power, and more than 1,000 people have been rescued so far. in the dominican republic, mudslides and sinkholes are a big concern. this is just what we can see. rescuers are still trying to reach remote areas that are cut off. and also the immigration fight, a texas sheriff now look into the florida s unprecedented move to fly immigrants to martha s vineyard. donald trump s legal team has one more hour to respond to a justice department request for a partial stay of the march largo special master order, and in three hours, that same special master will hold a hearing with the trump team and doj, and it comes as trump s team is pushing back one of the requests made by one of the lawyers they retained. and what will you be watching for once this conference gets started at 2:00 p.m. eastern? right, i think there s going to be a lot of lead up to that 2:00 p.m. hearing at the brooklyn courthouse, and you will see trump s attorneys meeting alo
releasing the search warrant itself. the doj arguing the road map was too sensitive to be released. citing witness protection and ongoing investigation. the doj lost that argument today. the judge finding that those prosecutors failed to meet the burden to prove the entire of adate should remain sealed, ordering the garland doj to file their secret proposed redactions within a week. so that s a loss for them on process and a win for getting more information about this operation, as a general citizen, if you are interested in learning even more about what s going on there, well, that s a win. most news outlets wanted the outcom outcome. trump also wanted that outcome. he went from hiding the original warrant, which he had the whole time, then saying he wanted it released, then the judge releasing some new materials as well today like more of the warrant application with sites he illegally possessed contrabrand at mar-a-lago. it is in early stages as they review the evidence th
Special coverage of Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial. The crossexamination of Michael Cohen already back under way this morning with the defense expected to wrap by mid morning followed by a likely redirect from the prosecution. After that we expect the defense to get its turn. Its still unclear at this point how extensive the defenses case will be, or will it be a defense at all . Joining us to discuss all that, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, a Criminal Defense Attorney and kristin gibb bin fed din, along with former prosecute bernard villalona. Well head out to the courthouse in just a moment as we establish our contact with Yasmin Vossoughian on scene. We can take our viewers inside a little bit to whats happening with this crossexamination, a lot of discussion about what cohen was dealing with in his own Business Dealings during the time of the 2016 election, from his Taxi Medallion Business down to then dealing with david pecker. Theyre also talking about what was he d
Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york alongside Chris Jansing for what could be the end of testimony in Donald Trumps criminal trial. Michael cohen is on the stand for a second day of crossexamination. Katy tur will join us in a moment. Trumps attorney, todd blanche, is pressing the president s onetime loyal ally turned adversary. The defense highlighting the many times cohen admits he lied under oath. Is he lying now . The only person who can counter much of what cohen is testifying about is donald trump himself. We are still waiting for a final decision on whether he will take the stand. With us in the studio, danny cevalos, catherine christian, and Criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor jeremy sala. Catherine, very low expectation that donald trump will take the stand. One of the things we are interested in, a 19minute sidebar before Michael Cohen came in. We are waiting for the transcript, which should hit during these hours. There was a provocative
Good morning. Its 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News in lower manhattan, and the case is in recess. Farro was a banker that worked with cohen. Earlier this morning the judge found trump in Contempt Of Court fining him 9,000 for nine violations of the partial gag order imposed on him, and threatened to put trump in jail if he continued to violate that order. With us to talk about this, nbc news correspondent, Vaughn Hillyard, and maya wiley, and david marcus, a Criminal Defense Attorney and a professor at the university of miami school of law. Vaughn, get us up to speed as to what comes next. Theres a pause, right . Reporter right, they are currently in the Morning Recess. Gary farro, who was the former First Republic banker that worked with Michael Cohen to set up the Account For The Llc that was operating as the pass through for Michael Cohen to get the Home Equity Line of credit to the attorney for Stormy Daniels, and that took