Good morning. Bill been a day already, hasnt it . Im bill hemmer. Good morning at home. Night of rage from coast to coast continues in some parts at this hour. Police in riot gear responding to chaos at colleges in various parts of the country. You are looking at the University Of Wisconsin In Madison right now. New york citys Mayor Holding a News Conference blaming the outside agitators for driving the violent occupation at places Like Columbia University and also thanking his Police Officers who entered the campus and arrested hundreds of protestors inside. He said job well done. There was a movement to radicalize young people and im not going to wait until it is done and All Of A Sudden acknowledge the existence of it. This is a global problem that young people are being influenced by those who are professionals at radicalizing our children. Im not going to allow that to happen as the mayor of the city of new york. Bill lets get to it all. Brandnew hour begin. Jacque heinrich from t
Country, the antisemitism, all of the problems going on. They ever being overrun. Never seen anything like it. Ran because of charlottesville. If the people that know cheacialtsville, when you extend the statement its a big hoax what they say was said. And they understand that. And charlottesville is peanuts compared to what you are looking at now. This whole country is up in arms. Breaking into colleges, knocking the hell out of Columbia University. They took over. I know the building very well. They took over a building. That is a big deal. Bill welcome to our team fox conch right now. Eric shawn keeping tabs on the trial. Griff jenkins reports at George Washington university in d. C. And Jonathan Turley has legal reaction to all of this and where we might be headed, next. First though, top of the hour. And top of the news with bryan llenas who has been at Columbia University since, i think, 4 00 this morning. Bryan, bring us up to date at 10 00 eastern time now. Hello. Bryan bill, g
Court is back in session as the leadoff Witness For The Prosecution returns to the stand in the new york criminal case against former president donald trump. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, bill hemmer is off today but shannon is my partner in crime and down at the courthouse. Shannon good to be with you. Im Shannon Bream. Right now the Trump Defense is continuing its Cross Examination questioning that former publisher of the National Enquirer. The major update out of the trial since court began 30 minutes ago, the judge began todays session by pushing back next weeks Gag Order Hearing from wednesday afternoon. It is now going to be thursday morning at 9 30 eastern. Well have you covered on that. As Cross Examination began a member of the prosecution began the questioning yesterday was unclear when he was referencing federal and state prosecutors. Dana on his way to court he said he should be on the campaign trail, not new york city. Yesterday went very well in this courtho
That will be nothing short of consequential, im dana perino and bill is off today. Good morning, gillian. Gillian thanks for having me im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. Well begin out of new york. Former President Trump just received a heros welcome preparing for day seven of his criminal trial. [crowd chanting we love trump, we love trump] dana the former president meeting with Construction Workers before heading back to Court Earlier this morning. Today former magazine executive david pecker will resume his testimony and were also waiting to see if the judge holds trump in contempt for accusations of violating a gag order. That kicks off at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. Gillian the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether the Justice Department can prosecute trump for interfering in the 2020 election. The question before the court is quote, whether and if so to what extent does a former president enjoy president ial immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged t
No other president has been indicted like this. Trumps lawyers arguing he should be immune, basically totally immune because he was president during those efforts. That is a new relatively made up claim which they lost unanimously before the respected d. C. Court of appeals. Keep that in mind. That is the recent precedent and context for today, and you may remember that was the now infamous hearing where the trump lawyer openly claimed that as President Trump could have a license to kill american opponents. That was the kind of chilling talk that many, many people across the spectrum rebuked then. That kind of talk was back today with grave questions about murder and coups and trumps lawyer saying its okay or it all depends. Lets say this president , who ordered the military to stage a coup. Orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts. I think it would depend on the circumstances. It would depend on the hypothetical. It raises questions. O