A very good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. We begin with an emotional conclusion and week three of Donald Trumps hush money trial. A onetime top advisor to former president trump, hope hicks, testified for the prosecution, breaking down in tears at one point. She recalled the crisis in Trump Campaign with the access Hollywood Tape became public and then the chaos that followed. Von hilliard gives us a look. Reporter alex, hope hicks was a crucial witness for the prosecution. She was somebody that was part of a very close knit, small group of Campaign Advisors in 2015 and in 2016 for Donald Trumps campaign. She was a confidant who came on board even before he was a president ial candidate, joining the Trump Organization in 2014 and then she ascended to the post of Communications Director at Trumps White House in 2017 and 2018. She was one of former president trumps most trusted advisors. We want hope. For friday, hope hicks wal
For the last word, to report once again. Tonight, dramatic moments in Donald Trumps criminal trial, and his lawyers go after a key prosecution witness. What happened in the courtroom and why trump says he may not testify anymore. A Surprise Speech from President Biden, what he say about unrest on college campuses. Later . Im talking to you, Robert De Niro. He sounds the alarm about another trump term as The 11th Hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, again. We are now 187 days away from the election, but Donald Trumps attorneys were on attack mode in his new york criminal trial. They went after key witness, keith davidson, the lawyer who negotiated has many deals for Stormy Daniels and karen mcdougal. They used him to go after another star witness, Michael Cohen. Reporter former President Trump arrived in court today, watching his defense team go on offense, casting a key prosecution witness as out to extort him for money. The defense hoped to discredit keith davidson
We expect remarks just like any day before entering day 11 of his Criminal Trial proceeding. Stand by. Well bring it to you when theyre available in lower new york, lower manhattan. Meanwhile, it is first columbia, then ucla this week. Now another response to antiisraeli protests on campus. This time the nypd is moving in to clear out an encampment at nyu. So good morning as we say hello. Well see how this goes. Watched it earlier today. It is friday and im bill hemmer. How are you doing . Dana im great. How are you . Bill im better. Dana im dana perino and this is americas newsroom great to be here with you today. With less confrontational scene at nyu. Some protestors obeyed orders to disbursed and they left their tents. After so much conflict and turmoil there is a jewish student at nyu describing living in fear. Are you regretting choosing this university . To be honest im a little ashamed i go to nyu. My friends all go to scharff yeah university and protected and safe. Ive been Wa
Proposed to coast on College Campuses vandalism trespass breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations. Non of this is a peaceful protest threatening people timid at people. Its filling fair and people is not peaceful protests. Its against the law. Meanwhile, independent senator Bernie Sanders is expressing concern about the war that the protesters are talking about between israel and hamas. Sandra says the war might ultimately prove to be bidens vietnam plus brandnew standoffs between police and protesters at encampments on College Campuses coasttocoast at George Washington university so the here in washington, dc, Dueling Protests with faculty from gw and other areas schools, risking their jobs to try to protect the propalestinian antiwar crowd at Portland State University Police in riot gear showed up trying to clear an encampment, sayyed at the Schools Library and leading this, our Donald Trumps latest false claim concerning his Hush
Tabloid reporter that show the Frantic Scramble to stop it from going off the rails. The chaos that ensued when the Hush Money Payments came to light. On the stand right now is a man named doug daus. Hes a tech expert who works at the das office. He comes after hours of extraordinary testimony from Keith Davidson. The jury saw the agreement between David Dennison and Peggy Peterson alongside a side letter written by Keith Davidson that, as he puts it, decodes the agreement between the two and specificically mentions donald trump. The deals was done before Donald Trumps Election Night upset, a shocker to both keith david sop and National Inquire editor lance howard. Quote, Keith Davidson text the editor in chief of the National Inquirer around 3 00 a. M. Eastern on the night of the 2016 election. Quote, what have we done, Keith Davidson text. Oh, my god, he text him that night. Asked what he meant in his text, Keith Davidson said this was humor. He said there was an understanding betwee