. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a busy breaking news day with us. the fbi searching joe biden s rehoboth, delaware home right now. this as the special counsel is investigating how classified documents ended up where they don t belong, marks his first day on the job. plus, the speaker summit. today kevin mccarthy finally si sits down with joe biden at the white house for the first time as house speaker. expectations are low, but the stakes, including for you, are quite high. nikki haley is ready to take the 2024 plunge. cnn learned a formal presidential campaign announcement is coming. she would be the second to declare, others timid because donald trump went first. we all know he s never kind to competition. we begin the hour with a remarkable legal event happening right now. the fbi is searching president biden s vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware. the president s attorney plays down the significance s
To quote Stormy Daniels, when somebody attacks me, im going to defend myself. Those were some of the final words from the Adult Film Star before she was excused from the stand in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It is good to be back with you. Im chris jansing, alongside my colleague, andrea mitchell. Defense lawyer suggested she was trying to extort him, and capitalizing on his fame with merchandise, prosecutors for their part pointing out that daniels was the target of nasty, threatening tweets for even coming forward about an alleged affair with donald trump. They asked daniels been telling the truth net positive or net negative in your life. Daniels response, negative. Over the next hour, well bring you live updates from the courtroom, the latest witness who will be back after the lunch break, a bookkeeper at the Trump Organization who handled checks, including of course the key checks, the ones in question in this hush money case. So lets bring in the panel joining us now, nbc Nati
Good morning, 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Right now testimony has resumed in former president Donald Trumps new york hush money trial. Former National Enquirer publisher david pecker is back on the Witness Stand Being questioned by trump attorney boefy. Prosecutors wrapped up their questioning yesterday by asking about the tabloid purchasing the story of Karen Mcdougal, another woman who claims to have an affair with trump. Trump denies having an affair with mcdougal. Pecker testified about how trump sought to block stories that could hurt his campaign. With us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent Vaughn Hillyard outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, Glen Kirschner, former federal prosecutor and host of the Justice Matters podcast, Kimberly Atkins store, boston globe columnist and cohost of the sisters inlaw podcast, and danny cevallos, criminal Defense Attorney. Glen, kimberly and danny are msnbc contributors. Vaughn, what has been
Room, i will see you soon for two full weeks in the courtroom, the Hush Money Case the payoff to adult film star Stormy Daniels with testimony from Michael Cohens banker. Also on the stand, trumps longtime assistant, rhona graff, known for her appearances on The Apprentice. Why hur testimony left her former boss smiling all of this after tabloid executive david pecker wrapped up his pivotal testimony for the next hour for will take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel. Are reporters and experts are all standing by to break down all of todays most important developments and to look ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I will blitzer with a Special Report in this room that trump trial today and lets get right to the Breaking News, the trump trial gets closer to the heart of the criminal charges against the former president , Michael Cohens bank are starting to testify on the arrangements for the Hush Money Payments to Stormy D
On a potential Gag Order Violation by donald trump will have all the moments as this rather salacious case, it gets going was one key name on the witness list. What former Trump White House aide hope hicks, has already said on the record and what that might mean for her former bosses case. And israels war cabinet meets again weighing how to strike back after irans unprecedented direct attack. What cnn is hearing about the calculations theyre making welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. We begin with our Breaking News Jury Selection in former president Donald Trumps criminal trial in new york city is underway, but moments ago more than half of this first batch of prospective jurors were sent home packing. Why . Well, they said they could not be filled here or impartial. And just about 30 minutes, Donald Trumps first day in this trial will come to an end. But before Jury Selection even began, prosecutors were already asking judge juan merchan to find donald trump. They were accusing him o