In 2024, bottom line . At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be Donald Trumping and im excited to get back to low inflation, low unemployment, and more enthusiasm. Senator, yes or no, will you accept the Election Results of 2024 no matter who wins . That is my statement. Senator tim scott of south carolina, who is considered to be a strong contender to be Donald Trumps running mate, dodges a question about accepting the results of about the november election. Well have more on that important exchange in just a moment. Well also goat you caught up on Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, which resumes later this morning in new york. It comes after some emotional testimony on friday from the former president s longtime aide hope hicks. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, may 6th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us, and well begin this morning with some new developments from the middle east. Nbc news and the Asso
Tonight, warnings of a bloodbath as israel could be just days away from a Military Operation On Rafah Fareed Zakaria joins us. Lets go out front good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. A dramatic moment in court as trumps former gatekeeper and confidant, hope hicks, broke down on the stand hicks was sitting just feet away from her former boss. This is the moment caught by the Sketch Artist immediately got emotional when trumps team began the crossexamination and asked her about her time at trump organization. Now, that was that particular moment. The reality is from the moment hope hicks walked into that courtroom, the atmosphere change. This is an important witness. Are reporters who were there say it was almost electric in terms of the change in the room . Hicks is as inner circle for trump as it gets. And she did prove to be a key witness of the witnesses so far, revealing never before known details that frankly were crucial to both sides for the prosecution. When asked if M
Id front next israel could be just days away from a military operation on rafah. Fareed zakaria joins us. Lets go out front good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. A dramatic moment in court as trumps former gatekeeper and confidence on hope hicks broke down on the stand. Hicks was sitting just feet away from her former boss. This is the moment caught by the Sketch Artist immediately got emotional when trumps team began the crossexaminatio n and asked her about her time at Trump Organization now, that was that particular moment. The reality is from the moment he picks walked into that courtroom, the atmosphere change. This is an important witness. Are reporters who were there say it was almost electric in terms of the change in the room, hicks is as inner circle for trump as it gets and she did prove to be a key witness of the witnesses so far revealing never before known details that frankly were crucial to both sides for the prosecution. When asked if Michael Cohen would have
Credit for 500,000. He basically doubles the amount he can borrow against his apartment. He later uses that money, he says, to pay Stormy Daniels in october 2016. And Rudy Giuliani has told us there are several other issues that he settled for trump and that he was reimbursed for. It is possible, though we dont know how he spent the remaining amount in his increased credit line that he may have used that for some of these other issues and thats one of the things thats under investigation. Thats such a Key Line Saying mr. Cohen resolved other problems similarly for mr. Trump. How significant is that . We have Rudy Giuliani giving a variety of figures about how much money was used here, when it was used. Walk us three visavis the size of those payments. Rudy giuliani said he was getting north of 400,000 for a year of Retainer Payments and
that was to reimburse him for things he took care of. It leaves open the possibility of up to another couple hundred thousand dollars that he might hav
clients. that runs counter to what we ve heard from rudy giuliani to the role that the fixer is playing here. rudy giuliani is saying this is a lawyer s duty to do this on behalf of his client. help me understand the ethical obligations of a lawyer when it comes to making payments along the line of those we ve been reporting for. there s so many inconsistencies. there s been lying, there s been deception, there s been misrepresentation, all of which are actionable by any state bar. you have cohen staying i negotiated the terms of this nda and paid $130,000 to stormy daniels without trump s knowledge or consent. he already violated client consultation and client goodl e guidelines within the rules of professional conduct. then we find out he lied and that violates ethical rules because he lied.