mr. trump lashes out at journalist bob woodward with a $49 million lawsuit over audio book recordings of their interviews. george santos is responding to criticism over multiple lies about his resume and calls for help to step down in his district by agrees to step down from his committees. under pressure from community activists, the memphis police and first responders were continuing to clean house over the fatal beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols. a seventh memphis police officer has been relieved of duty. three emts have now been fired by the city s fire department after an internal investigation found out they violated protocols by failing to immediately treat nichols when they arrived at the scene. nbc news reached out to these three but has not heard back. more charges could be coming in addition to the murder charges against the five original officers. joining me now, priscilla thompson, danell hargin and former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. priscilla, there hav
Hope to see you tomorrow. Thats tonights last word. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle begins right now. Former president Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial is off today as the former president attends his youngest sons High School Graduation in florida. For a moment it looked like the House Republicans might lose control of the floor because so many republicans have been going up to see donald trump at his criminal trial. There are things we could say that President Trump is unjustly not allowed to say. The judicial system in our country has been westernized against President Trump. This is a scam, it is a sham, it is a show. That courtroom is depressing. One of the most depressing places i have been in my life. Im sitting here. Michael is the prosecutions star witness. Hes the only one who has testified before the president had advanced knowledge of the plan to pay off daniels. Does any reasonable, sensible person believe anything that Michael Cohen says . The defense says theyl
Another week of testimony in former president Donald Trumps criminal trial coming to a close today. Right now in the Morning Break which lasts about 15 minutes or so. During the last witness were told that manhattan d. A. Alvin bragg himself actually walked into the courtroom and took a seat in the front row. Adult film actress stormy dane yells wrapped up her testimony yesterday. It may have backfired on the prosecution given the trial is all about the former president s business records. The prosecution says its star witness former trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is set to testify on monday. Good morning and welcome to the the faulkner focus. Im Bill Melugin In For Harris today. The judge denied another motion for a mistrial yesterday. The judge also denying a Trump Team Request to modify his gag order. It would have allowed him to talk about Stormy Daniels testimony now that its over. They think they will get away with this. If this country allows them to get away with this gag
pushing a plane away from the gate. more than a million without power on the heels of a deadly holiday weekend. the massive explosion at a chase bank in ohio. debris blowing across the street. multiple injuries reported. israeli forces entering the heart of rafah for the first time. and deadly new strikes as outrage grows over the attack on a tent city that killed 45 people. the new study on preventing peanut allergies in children. what parents need to know. and the needle in a haystack search. the divers on a mission to reunite a couple with a wedding ring lost 25 years ago. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. after 21 days of trial, the opposing lawyers in the donald trump hush money trial have spent today appealing directly to the jurors. today s closing arguments the last chance for each side to convince 12 everyday new yorkers of donald trump s guilt or innocence. the former president facing 34 felony counts of
children, as both sides made their final cases. the prosecution accusing mr. trump of trying to illegally influence the 2016 election by covering up a payment to adult film star stormy daniels. the defense attacking michael cohen as, quote, the greatest liar of all time. and the chaos outside the court. actor robert de niro clashing with pro-trump protesters. also tonight, severe storms slamming texas. flash flooding on the highway in dallas. vehicles trapped. a church and homes possibly hit by lightning. hurricane-force winds pushing a plane away from the gate. more than a million without power on the heels of a deadly holiday weekend. the massive explosion at a chase bank in ohio. debris blowing across the street. multiple injuries were reported. israeli forces entering the heart of rafah for the first time. and deadly new strikes as outrage grows over the attack on a tent city that killed 45 people. the new study on preventing peanut allergies in children. what par