Vehicles. Have you ever missed an episode of the lead . You can listen to the show once you get your pi Breaking News tonight in the trump trial refuses to modify the gag order the trump team urging the judge to intervene after Stormy Daniels salacious testimony about her alleged sexual encounter with trump. This as a new transcript of daniels combative crossexamination has just been released. That offense repeatedly attacking her credibility and truthfulness while trying to use because her work as an Adult Film Star against her for the next hour, well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel as the historic hushmoney case unfolds breaking down all of todays most important developments and looking ahead to whats next. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in this room the trump trial today an. Eventful de, Breaking News in the trump trial kept by the judges backtoback rulings just a short while ago, denying
Captioning. Brought to you by meso book. Com if you or a loved one have mesothelial, will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 800 3214000 good evening. Welcome to our continuing special coverage of the trump, new york Hush Money Trial. I was privileged to watch some of day 11 hi, the courtroom today was both fascinating was fascinating to see up close. Hope hicks, once a top advisor to former president , testifying for the prosecution, recounting first the access Hollywood Tape coming out then the Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal revelations finishing her direct testimony with a potentially damaging account of what the former president s said in retrospect when the daniel story finally broken 2018, then moments later, hope hicks started crying. Hicks in that final answer saying, quote, it was mr. Trumps opinion that it was better to be dealing with it now and that it would have been bad to have that story come out. Before the election wh
Starts now good evening. Welcome to our continuing special coverage of the trump new york Hush Money Trial. I was privileged which to watch some of day 11 inside the courtroom. Today was both fascinating was fascinating to see up close. Hope hicks, once a top advisor to former president , testifying for the prosecution recounting first the access Hollywood Tape coming out, then the Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal revelations finishing her direct testimony with a potentially damaging account of what the former president s said in retrospect when the daniel story finally broken 2018, then moments later, hope hicks started crying. Hicks in that final answer saying, quote, it was mr. Trumps opinion that it was better to be dealing with it now and that it would have been bad to have that story come out before the flexion, which could bolster the prosecution case that the former president was motivated by campaign and not necessarily Family Concerns and suppressing both that and the Karen
Sides. Frankly, painting him as someone who had some time times in her words, go rogue, but also casting doubt on the Defense Theory that cohen paid off Stormy Daniels on his own initiative in general, the picture she painted was a handson donald trump deeply involved in the details of his business and his campaign, motivated largely by political considerations. And that he was fully aware of what the payment to Stormy Daniels had ball what him in 2016, weve just gotten the full Trial Transcript from today, including the context of hope hicks is final answer to the Prosecution Question about what then President Trump said in 2018 when news of the Daniels Payout finally broke and im quoting now from that transcript he wanted to know how it was playing and just my thoughts and impinge opinion about this story versus having the story a different kind of story before the campaign, had michael not made that payment joining us once again tonight, new york defense attorney arthur aidala, cnns
Cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im Phil Mattingly in for jake tapper today and we are live outside the new york courthouse where today one of dahman ill trumps most loyal aids in the first four, Trump White House employee to testify, took the stand in the hush money cover up trial. Hope hicks acknowledged to the jury she was nervous to testify at times she giggled in one instance, actually cried on the stand leading to a brief delay in the trial now hits describes starting to work for the Trump Organization weve 14 before becoming the Trump Campaign spokeswoman in the 2016 race. And ultimately, the White House Communications director. Now she testified about the campaigns panic behind the scenes when they learned of the now infamous this access Hollywood Tape that donald trump was upset when he heard the news and staffers agreed that this was a crisis. Picks one on the testify that showing learn about Karen Mcdougal, who alleged aid nearly yearlong affair with donald trump when