Thank you all. That is all in on this tuesday night. Today donald trump was back in a court where hes facing 34 Felony Counts related to the Hush C Money Payments he paid t adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair and specifically to keep ms. Daniels quiet in the leadup to the 2016 election. Today the lawyer that negotiated that T Hush Money Agreement for Stormy Daniels, keith davidson, took the stand. And were going to get to that in justto a minute, but the big news out of todays trial happened before any witnesses actually b testified. Today the judge in this case, judge juan merchan, ruled on two matters pertaining to trump himself. One is that trump will be allowed to attend his very tall son barons graduation on may 17th, so he can look forward to that. The other matter was also somewhat of a win for donald trump. Today judge merchan found trump in Criminal Contempt for violating his gag order. The judge ruled that trump violated the gag order nine tim
infects in cambodia. and it s a special day for us and for ringo starr. the beatles legend joins us this hour on his birthday to celebrate, of course, with us, and to talk about his new album and the motivation behind his continued success. slow and steady is proving to be a losing combination for hundreds of thousands of people across the mid-atlantic and northeast who have been without power now for a full week. and it will be getting even hotter in many cities today. the record-breaking temperatures are blamed for several deaths and catastrophes for many businesses. emily schmidt joins us from springfield, virginia, with much more on that. emily, tell us what the situation is there. reporter: hi, randi. the power back on in this neighborhood, but you can see the storm very still much top of mind here with the mess that remains. and in the washington area, there are thousands of people who are waking up after just enduring their eighth straight night with no power. to
times for people who aren t rich players or owners. take san antonio. the spurs are the only major pro sports team. some 4,000 people depend on them for a living. and then cities like sacramento, orlando, portland, salt lake city, the nba is the only major pro sport in that town. we ll see the economic impact there for sure in those cities. so, let s talk more about this with mike pesca from mpr. mike, it s a complicated money dispute, no doubt. what is the main sticking point at 9:01 eastern time on this tuesday? money. lots and lots of money. the players get 57% of all basketball relate under come and the owners get 43% and the owners are saying just not a high enough percent for us to have this be a viable business. inowners are saying 22 of the 30 teams don t make a profit. they re willing or at least publicly saying they re willing to blow up this system. nba players are very well paid. the best in professional sports in the world. their average salary is between $5 mi