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let's go back to vaughn hillyard for a moment. i want to go back to you, vaughn, on what is the latest from the courthouse as donald trump sits there really trapped in his own trial. >> reporter: right. right now, the prosecution has brought forward of the "national enquirer" headlines your were talking about that go back to the republican primary when particularly donald trump was running against the likes of ben carson, but notably, ted cruz, and there's a series of "national enquirer" pieces that were salacious and frankly unfounded in hurtful ones toward the likes of ted cruz. i was covering cruz's campaign there at the time, and there was one particular piece that is currently being discussed in which they alleged that there were multiple women ted cruz had had affairs with. this was a startling allegation at a time that essentially was a one-on-one race between donald trump and ted cruz, and currently, daefd picker who was at the time the publisher of the "national enquirer" is answering district attorney alvin bragg's offic
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vaughn what is the very latest? >> reporter: david pecker has now testified over the course of the last two hours, essentially corroborating public statements that michael cohen now made for years, that in august of 2015, at a meeting at trump tower between him, donald trump and michael cohen, that they concocted the catch and kill scheme. not only of salacious stories like what ultimately would become the stormy daniels story, but also to plant negative stories about his opponents, incluing from the likes of ted cruz to hillary clinton. we also have david pecker testifying this morning that donald trump was a micromanager, somebody who evaluated the invoices that were provided and the checks that were provided to him, and had a good understanding about the finances that he was involved in. and we have david pecker, over the course of these last two hours, testifying they have been friends, dating back to the 1980s and for the better part of a decade, they had a mutual relationship when donald trump was on the air w
vaughn what is the very latest? >> reporter: david pecker has now testified over the course of the last two hours, essentially corroborating public statements that michael cohen now made for years, that in august of 2015, at a meeting at trump tower between him, donald trump and michael cohen, that they concocted the catch and kill scheme. not only of salacious stories like what ultimately would become the stormy daniels story, but also to plant negative stories about his opponents,...
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frank, vaughn, thank you. susan craig, thank you. >>> a reminder for headlines and analysis of the trial, you can subscribe to the deadline legal newsletter. scan the qr code so you can have it delivered to your inbox. up next for us, our reporter is outside the courthouse making her way to the cam a ra. more on the last hour of the hearing. another quick break. don't go anywhere. we'll be right back. break. don't go anywhere. we'll be right back. to me, harlem is home. but home is also your body. i asked myself, why doesn't pilates exist in harlem? so i started my own studio. getting a brick and mortar in new york is not easy. chase ink has supported us from studio one to studio three. when you start small, you need some big help. and chase ink was that for me. earn up to 5% cash back on business essentials with the chase ink business cash card from chase for business. make more of what's yours. >>> hi, everyone. it's 5:00 in new york. court is adjourned for the day. opening statements will begin on monday. i
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let's start where vaughn left off. help us understand the sandoval hearing, what is it exactly and is it typical here in new york for a defendant to get sort of a preview of the type of questioning they could face on the stand? >> absolutely, ana. this is something that is standard procedure when you talk about criminal trials. in new york, particularly ones where defendants may take the stand. you have to give their defense team an opportunity to assess what is the extent of the bad act they will ask about and whether the judge will allow it in court. once you have had that information presented in front of the jury, whether it is objected to or not, it could be incredibly prejudicial. you cannot as we say unring the bell. before you even get into trial, you want to make sure that there are limits and understand what those limits are if you're the prosecutor in terms of what you can ask about, and what you can't, and then as a defense attorney, you want to have the opportunity to understand the contours of what they w
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this is fact. >> let's go back to vaughn because, vaughn, the jurors are hearing about another person who could be an important character in all of this, potential witness for the prosecution. fill us in. >> reporter: karen mcdougal, a former playboy model who is alleged to have had a ten-month affair with donald trump. she was paid in 2016 as well $150,000 to keep her story silent as part of this alleged catch-and-kill scheme. she was paid directly by ami, which david pecker was the head of. karen mcdougal's story is different from stormy daniels because donald trump nor michael cohen ever actually reimbursed karen mcdougal -- i should say ami for that $150,000 payment. mcdougal's story is important because it shows this was a part of a greater conspiracy, a greater scheme that extended beyond just stormy daniels. i also want to give everybody a little color of what is happening inside right now as this opening statement from the prosecution continues. we're expecting it to last about 40 minutes. donald trump is actively writing on pieces of paper per our laura jarrett and katie phan
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vaughn, let's start with the gag order. bring us all the details. >> reporter: the district attorney's office, ana, brought forward ten different allegations of social media posts made by donald trump over the course of two weeks that they alleged violated the gag order against him that barred him from attacking potential witnesses as it pertained to these criminal proceedings as well as jurors or potential jurors. and of those ten allegations brought forward by the district attorney, nine of them were found by judge merchan to have violated the gag order placed on donald trump. in his several page order, judge merchan writes that donald trump willfully violated the orders, not only attacking potential witnesses, stormy daniels and michael cohen, but also by discussing the jury and the implication that to a certain extent there could have been individuals who were trying to make their way on to this jury in an effort to taint them. liberal activists that they were referred to. the judge determined that reposts by donald tru
vaughn, let's start with the gag order. bring us all the details. >> reporter: the district attorney's office, ana, brought forward ten different allegations of social media posts made by donald trump over the course of two weeks that they alleged violated the gag order against him that barred him from attacking potential witnesses as it pertained to these criminal proceedings as well as jurors or potential jurors. and of those ten allegations brought forward by the district attorney,...
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i want to go back to vaughn hillyard who is outside the courthouse. vaughn, what's the latest? >> reporter: we were talking about just a few moments ago, guys, about the deliberations inside the courtroom between the prosecutors, the defense and the judge over the extent to which the access hollywood tape would be admissible as evidence in front of the jury, and judge merchan just ruled that the prosecution may use a transcript of the access hollywood tape but not actually play the tape, the video or the audio inside of the courtroom. of course todd blanche is pushing back against each of these pieces of evidence that the prosecution wants to bring forward calling it a side show. another issue was over the e. jean carroll deposition video in which robbie kaplan, the attorney for donald trump in a deposition with the former president specifically asked him about that access hollywood tape and asked him if stars were actually -- if he actually felt that stars were able to grab women by their private parts and donald trump responded, quote, historically that's true with stars. if
i want to go back to vaughn hillyard who is outside the courthouse. vaughn, what's the latest? >> reporter: we were talking about just a few moments ago, guys, about the deliberations inside the courtroom between the prosecutors, the defense and the judge over the extent to which the access hollywood tape would be admissible as evidence in front of the jury, and judge merchan just ruled that the prosecution may use a transcript of the access hollywood tape but not actually play the tape,...
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vaughn, said the stage. a lot of sidebars in the past hour. fill in the gaps. what line of questioning do you think the state is objecting to? >> reporter: right. over the course of the last hours, the defense team for donald trump is not explicitly saying to the jury, don't trust michael cohen, he lacks credibility. but they have brought up multiple instances with david pecker in their cross-examination that would lead the jury to question michael cohen and the extent he make exaggerate or take statements out of context. pecker's testimony was that michael cohen asked him to send paparazzi to a meeting he was going to have with mark cuban to essentially make donald trump jealous. a second example was in 2018, when the federal election commission sent a letter to david pecker about the alleged financial scheme, an arrangement they had pertaining to karen mcdougal and other efforts to suppress stories ahead of the 2016 election. david pecker testified just a moment ago when he called michael cohen about this fec letter, that michael cohen said in response, quote
vaughn, said the stage. a lot of sidebars in the past hour. fill in the gaps. what line of questioning do you think the state is objecting to? >> reporter: right. over the course of the last hours, the defense team for donald trump is not explicitly saying to the jury, don't trust michael cohen, he lacks credibility. but they have brought up multiple instances with david pecker in their cross-examination that would lead the jury to question michael cohen and the extent he make exaggerate...
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vaughn, a third fact witness. tell me what you are hearing from the transcripter. >> reporter: three witnesses and it's not lunchtime. after david pecker took three days to himself, the district attorney's office is bringing in new witnesses. two of the names in the last hour we had to quickly search who they were. one was the archivist for c-span videos. he worked for c-span for 37 years. he is out of indiana. the d.a.'s office brought him in authenticate two campaign rally speeches from october of 2016, for donald trump, as well as a press conference from january of 2017, shortly before donald trump was sworn in, in which he praised michael cohen as a great lawyer. he brought the c-span archivist was able to authenticate that they were real and accurate. now he there is the regional director of this transcript -- this deposition company that's authenticating the deposition video that donald trump took part in as part of the e. jean carroll trial. that video, the transcript was from october of 2022. this individu
vaughn, a third fact witness. tell me what you are hearing from the transcripter. >> reporter: three witnesses and it's not lunchtime. after david pecker took three days to himself, the district attorney's office is bringing in new witnesses. two of the names in the last hour we had to quickly search who they were. one was the archivist for c-span videos. he worked for c-span for 37 years. he is out of indiana. the d.a.'s office brought him in authenticate two campaign rally speeches from...
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vaughn, get us up to speed as to what comes next. there's a pause, right? >> reporter: right, they are currently in the morning recess. gary farro, who was the former first republic banker that worked with michael cohen to set up the account for the llc that was operating as the pass through for michael cohen to get the home equity line of credit to the attorney for stormy daniels, and that took place just before the 2016 election, and that banker that worked with michael cohen is off the stand. they are now in morning recess. it's not clear who the next witness is that the prosecution is going to bring here to the stand. gary farro, notably, when answering questions of the defense team under cross-examination testified he never was aware of donald trump directly ordering any of the accounts to be set up or for any money to specifically be transferred. instead it, he viewed it as he was directing with michael cohen as an independent entity. this is for the prosecution on the other hand, and also a witness, though, who was able to corroborate and authenticat
vaughn, get us up to speed as to what comes next. there's a pause, right? >> reporter: right, they are currently in the morning recess. gary farro, who was the former first republic banker that worked with michael cohen to set up the account for the llc that was operating as the pass through for michael cohen to get the home equity line of credit to the attorney for stormy daniels, and that took place just before the 2016 election, and that banker that worked with michael cohen is off the...
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so, vaughn, what is the latest there? >> reporter: right now they're going through the process, they finished the voir dire process which allowed the d.a.'s office to ask for about 30 questions -- 30 minutes, questions, specific questions of the 18 individuals who could potentially be jurors. that was followed by donald trump's attorney following up with his own set of questions. todd blanche was keen on asking the individuals their beliefs about donald trump. and multiple individuals, you know, for example, one juror saying that he felt he didn't need to share exactly what his opinion of donald trump was because he felt like he could compartmentalize his opinions about the former president and be able to be a fair arbiter in determining whether donald trump is guilty or innocent. there was another juror, though, who commented he didn't have much of an opinion about donald trump truthfully, but the courtroom, the team inside, broke out into laughter when this individual said about trump, quote, he walks into a room and se
so, vaughn, what is the latest there? >> reporter: right now they're going through the process, they finished the voir dire process which allowed the d.a.'s office to ask for about 30 questions -- 30 minutes, questions, specific questions of the 18 individuals who could potentially be jurors. that was followed by donald trump's attorney following up with his own set of questions. todd blanche was keen on asking the individuals their beliefs about donald trump. and multiple individuals,...
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joining me now, nbc's vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse, former federal prosecutor paul butler is back with me. former assistant new york attorney general tristan snell is in studio, and jeremy soland, criminal defense attorney and former manhattan prosecutor. i'm going to start with you because you're a defense attorney and you're new to this table. it's a challenge, right, no matter how many times the defense keeps going back and back and back to david pecker, trying to show this wasn't about the campaign, which is what you did, this is standard operating procedure, they said that over and over and over again yesterday. let me give you one of the later pieces of back and forth, and this is steinglass trying to, again, disprove that bove had just done, the defense attorney. how many, meaning of these stories, did you coordinate with a presidential candidate for the benefit of a campaign. . it's the only one. in this case, did you suppress stories to help a presidential candidate, pecker, yes. how do you think the defense is doing when that's what they're faced with? >> i think th
joining me now, nbc's vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse, former federal prosecutor paul butler is back with me. former assistant new york attorney general tristan snell is in studio, and jeremy soland, criminal defense attorney and former manhattan prosecutor. i'm going to start with you because you're a defense attorney and you're new to this table. it's a challenge, right, no matter how many times the defense keeps going back and back and back to david pecker, trying to show this wasn't...
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hallie. >> vaughn hillyard live for us in new york. thanks. >>> also tonight, the urgent search for two women missing in oklahoma, nowhere to be found, even with four people now arrested. george solis has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, there are new developments in the desperate search for missing kansas moms veronica butler and jilian kelley. authorities arresting these four people saturday in connection to the women's disappearance. butler and kelley vanished on march 30th somewhere near rural northwest oklahoma. authorities say the pair left hugoton, kansas, to pick up their children but never made it. their car later found abandoned near the kansas-oklahoma border. tonight we spoke with hunter mckee with the oklahoma state bureau of investigation. >> we are still looking for these women, and we cannot confirm that they are dead. however, based on the evidence, we did believe that it is necessary and appropriate to charge all four suspects with first-degree murder. >> reporter: in custody tonight, tad cullum, tifany adams, and co
hallie. >> vaughn hillyard live for us in new york. thanks. >>> also tonight, the urgent search for two women missing in oklahoma, nowhere to be found, even with four people now arrested. george solis has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, there are new developments in the desperate search for missing kansas moms veronica butler and jilian kelley. authorities arresting these four people saturday in connection to the women's disappearance. butler and kelley vanished on march...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard joins us again from outside the courthouse. vaughn, what are we hearing? >> reporter: right, at this point in time, ana, we're working our way to find the five alternates, the five remaining slots that must be filled to round out the jury pool that could lead to opening statements taking place on monday. just one example of one of the individuals who has so far gone through the 42 questionnaire but not been booted at this point is a woman -- sorry, a male who said, quote, that he volunteered for getting out the vote for the democratic party during the clinton campaign and attended the women's march in 2017. now, this is the process where this individual also said that he currently doesn't hold strong opinions about donald trump, he's made it through this 42-question questionnaire, we'll get to the voir dire process and close to an hour from now and that's where the defense team for donald trump will be able to further ask this individual questions. but this is a moment where on the flip side you also have seen another juror say that they had read "art of a
nbc's vaughn hillyard joins us again from outside the courthouse. vaughn, what are we hearing? >> reporter: right, at this point in time, ana, we're working our way to find the five alternates, the five remaining slots that must be filled to round out the jury pool that could lead to opening statements taking place on monday. just one example of one of the individuals who has so far gone through the 42 questionnaire but not been booted at this point is a woman -- sorry, a male who said,...
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vaughn hilliard with the latest for us. thank you. >>> israeli and iranian leaders are staying largely silent today after israel launched a retaliatory strike against iran overnight. >> a source familiar with the situation tells nbc news that israel carried out a limited strike inside iran. the strike was near a city that is home to a military base and a nuclear site. it's all in response to iran's drone and missile attack last week. secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. was not involved, but a source tells nbc news the u.s. was informed ahead of time by israel. >> nbc news international correspondent matt bradley is with us in beirut, lebanon, and also joining us is tel aviv bureau chief, martin fletcher. good to have you both. matt, first of all, it seems like regionally speaking, they thought this could explode, but it's de-escalated in a sense. you spoke with hezbollah's second in command. could we see iranian-backed proxy groups like hezbollah respond and make it worse again or what do you think? >> yeah. i m
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. >> we've been joined by the one and only vaughn hillyard. >> good to see you again, my friend. we have 23 minutes left here until the day one of the criminal trial of donald trump comes to an end. judge merchant erchan said he will conclude this evening regardless of where they are at. two thirds of the 98 jurors were dismissed from the outset. one of the first four potential jurors who went through the entire questionnaire quote, do you have any strong opinions about former president donald trump that would interfere with your ability to be a fair and impartial juror. that one question i lone, that potential juror said yes and was dismissed. when you go back to david pecker, the ceo of the parent company of "the national enquirer" and planned out a catch-and-skill team, and per michael cohen, with the a plan to plant stories that were negative about people like marco rubio, and ted cruz through the primary process. this case tells the story of, you look at michael cohen, an individual who flipped on donald trump. you look at allen weisselberg, currently in jail because he stoo
. >> we've been joined by the one and only vaughn hillyard. >> good to see you again, my friend. we have 23 minutes left here until the day one of the criminal trial of donald trump comes to an end. judge merchant erchan said he will conclude this evening regardless of where they are at. two thirds of the 98 jurors were dismissed from the outset. one of the first four potential jurors who went through the entire questionnaire quote, do you have any strong opinions about former...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse. also with us, john sale, watergate assistant prosecutor and former federal prosecutor, and jessica roth, also a former federal prosecutor. thank you all for joining us. vaughn, what's happening so far there this morning? >> reporter: right, yesterday on the stand during the cross examination, it was only able to last about one hour before ultimately court ended, and that's where this morning the cross examination from donald trump's defense attorney emil bove continues of david pecker. the focus so far this morning has been on two specific parts, number one, the extent to which hope hicks was involved in that august of 2015 meeting, asked about whether hope hicks was an active participant or spoke during that meeting, david pecker conceded that, no, she did not actively participate or speak during that trump tower meeting that was engaged between michael cohen, donald trump, and david pecker, only going so far as to say that she was in and out of the room. the second part of donald tr
nbc's vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse. also with us, john sale, watergate assistant prosecutor and former federal prosecutor, and jessica roth, also a former federal prosecutor. thank you all for joining us. vaughn, what's happening so far there this morning? >> reporter: right, yesterday on the stand during the cross examination, it was only able to last about one hour before ultimately court ended, and that's where this morning the cross examination from donald trump's defense...
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let's check back in with nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. what's the latest, vaughn? >> reporter: there is back and forth right now. they're literally going post by post, again, the judge is looking at ten different social media posts that the prosecution alleges donald trump to have violated his gag order on over the course of the last week and a half. and now after the prosecution went post by post, todd blanche, donald trump's attorney, is now responding, saying, quote, there is absolutely no willful violation of the gag order. and he's making a distinction between donald trump responding politically versus responding as it pertains to the legal proceedings. and making the case that, quote, the three posts were in direct response to comments by these witnesses, referring to stormy daniels and michael cohen, not about these proceedings. and he was not talking about their testimony. but instead, responding to public comments that they had made about him. now there is notably a name that we're going to bring up here that folks will recall. michael avenatti, the former
let's check back in with nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. what's the latest, vaughn? >> reporter: there is back and forth right now. they're literally going post by post, again, the judge is looking at ten different social media posts that the prosecution alleges donald trump to have violated his gag order on over the course of the last week and a half. and now after the prosecution went post by post, todd blanche, donald trump's attorney, is now responding, saying, quote, there is...
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vaughn hillyard is at his post outside the courthouse for us. joining us is former manhattan district attorney catherine christian. vaughn, there's 17 perspective jurors being questioned. there are five slots left. i understand that one of the perspective jurors actually broke down in tears and was dismissed for cause. is that correct? >> reporter: that's right. the big question here over the next however -- before the lunch break is, are they able to find five alternates out of the batch of 17 who are remaining? five have been dismissed from the batch of 22 who are facing this more intense line of questioning. you noted that there was a potential juror who broke down crying in the courtroom saying that she was anxious and nervous because her father is a longtime friend of governor chris christie. when she had answered and testified to that earlier today, that brought the attention of donald trump directly eye to eye with her. now they began asking her further questions, she said she did not think that she would be able to withstand the pressure
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the process will speed back up. >> vaughn, joyce, thanks to both of you. we will bring you back if we get clarity on juror four and what his situation will be. thanks again for being there. >>> minority report. a closer look at how many house democrats the speaker might need to get his foreign aid bills across the finish line. first, it has to get out of the rules committee. that's where it's being argued over right now. we will have a live report next when "andrea mitchell...
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there's vaughn. if not in total viewers. and in republicans' ability to keep the house or win back the senate. you're seeing the sausage being made, folks. the former president quote, needs to be sensitive to where he's strong and where he's weak in the political map. joining us now, as i mentioned, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard whose face you saw half of a moment ago, "new york times" political correspondent who wrote a new piece on trump and evangelicals, mike bender joins us as well, and dispatch senior writer and author of "in trump's shadow," david drucker. good to have you. vaughn, there are clearly concerns about what trump being trump means to down ballot voters. does the campaign have any concerns about trump being trump? or is the campaign only about trump and that's all? >> trump being trump is how they feel like they won in 2016, and how donald trump claims he won in 2020, and if you look in 2016, he won 90% of the republican vote. in 2020, he won 94% of it. they intend to win that gop vote again, and a
there's vaughn. if not in total viewers. and in republicans' ability to keep the house or win back the senate. you're seeing the sausage being made, folks. the former president quote, needs to be sensitive to where he's strong and where he's weak in the political map. joining us now, as i mentioned, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard whose face you saw half of a moment ago, "new york times" political correspondent who wrote a new piece on trump and evangelicals, mike bender joins...
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i know vaughn has been on talking about it. i'm sitting in the overflow room just listening to him, watching him on a screen. very credible witness. he's very even and he laid out quite a story. he talked about how he first met donald trump at mar-a-lago years ago. he was brought to the resort. he was a guest of nick rivas who worked for donald trump. and he just talked about their relationship and he, you know, they had kept in touch during the apprentice. they had this mutually beneficial relationship when donald trump became a star on the apprentice where david pecker would get stories about the apprentice, about contestants. this continued for years then in june 2015, donald trump is running for president and he gets a note from michael cohn asking him if he'd like to come to the announcement donald trump is running for president and michael cohn actually said in his note, no one deserves to be there more than you. david pecker came and he attended. then a few months later, david pecker found himself in that now infamous me
i know vaughn has been on talking about it. i'm sitting in the overflow room just listening to him, watching him on a screen. very credible witness. he's very even and he laid out quite a story. he talked about how he first met donald trump at mar-a-lago years ago. he was brought to the resort. he was a guest of nick rivas who worked for donald trump. and he just talked about their relationship and he, you know, they had kept in touch during the apprentice. they had this mutually beneficial...
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how did she go about this, vaughn? it started out near the top. >> the fake certificate and sent it to washington, d.c., these other seven individuals, the likes of john eastman, rudy giuliani, to christina bobb thai are still redacted in this indictment because they have yet to be actuallydi served here, these areve individuals that we tougher targets here and part of a greater conspiracy that is outlined by chris mayes, this investigation we first reported on this last summer and clearly she had what i call easier targets. she could havel focused on the electors but chris mayes who came into office in january last year intended to target and make it clear that this conspiracy was not only ath threat to the 2020 election but also the 2022 election and also future elections and clearly made the decision to proceed in a decision that castpr a wider ne. if i may what is notable about her indictment here is the fact she specifically outlines the fact sheal contends the 11 electors as well as these other 7 who are indicted
how did she go about this, vaughn? it started out near the top. >> the fake certificate and sent it to washington, d.c., these other seven individuals, the likes of john eastman, rudy giuliani, to christina bobb thai are still redacted in this indictment because they have yet to be actuallydi served here, these areve individuals that we tougher targets here and part of a greater conspiracy that is outlined by chris mayes, this investigation we first reported on this last summer and...
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as vaughn suggested the cross only went on a little bit today. you can be sure that will continue tomorrow. we're going to continue to track everything happening and bringing back our friends. she's going to join us as soon as she can make her way from the courthouse to our camera location where vaughn is. we'll talk about and look ahead to tomorrow about what else the cross-examination of david pecker will include. "deadline: white house" continues after a short break today. don't go anywhere. day. don't go anywhere. anthony: this making you uncomfortable? good. when you've got type 2 diabetes like me, you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack or worse death. even when meeting your a1c goal. discomfort can help you act. i'm not trying to scare you. i'm empowering you... to get real with your health care provider. talk to them about lowering your risk of stroke, heart attack or death. (vo) if you have graves' disease... ...gritty eyes could be more than a rough patch. people with graves' could also get thyroid eye disease, or t-
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kara, dismissed this morning. >> what a fascinating conversation, vaughn hillyard, thanks very much. thank kara for being with us. thank you both. >>> joining us now, as we continue to have this conversation, michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and an msnbc political analyst. he is the host of the michael steele podcast. always contributing in so many ways. it's always great to see you, my friend. >> nice to see you, my friend. >> we are 6 1/2 months from the presidential election. trump starting his first criminal trial, day two today. what kind of impact do you think this will have or could already be having on voters? >> that's an interesting question. i was thinking about that over the last 24 hours. one of the things that occurs to me is, this idea of the -- when something is far away, the idea of it is sort of a myth. it could be this. we don't know if it will have this impact and how people will respond to it. now that it's here, i think it lands differently for folks. i think it lands a lot differently for voters. he is in -- he is actually th
kara, dismissed this morning. >> what a fascinating conversation, vaughn hillyard, thanks very much. thank kara for being with us. thank you both. >>> joining us now, as we continue to have this conversation, michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and an msnbc political analyst. he is the host of the michael steele podcast. always contributing in so many ways. it's always great to see you, my friend. >> nice to see you, my friend. >> we...
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vaughn and tristan are still here with us. vaughn, you've covered donald trump for a very long time, and for every michael cohen who i guess you could say has turned, there is a david pecker who says basically i think he's a great guy. what is it about the people in trump world that make them so devoted to donald trump or what is it about donald trump? >> reporter: what is it about donald trump is a good question, chris. donald trump has staying power in so many ways. well, you may lose an election like the one in 2020, you also continue to have a following that is indignant upon any efforts to undermine him or the prestige of the trump organization or the political following, one that did garner more than 80 million votes in 2020, and folks are not naive to that, so even when donald trump loses an election or endorses candidates in 2022 who do lose, he continues to hold power to a great extent and also financial power, and that is what michael cohen for all those years had a full understanding of. hope hicks is going to take
vaughn and tristan are still here with us. vaughn, you've covered donald trump for a very long time, and for every michael cohen who i guess you could say has turned, there is a david pecker who says basically i think he's a great guy. what is it about the people in trump world that make them so devoted to donald trump or what is it about donald trump? >> reporter: what is it about donald trump is a good question, chris. donald trump has staying power in so many ways. well, you may lose...
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vaughn, barbara, ankush, stay close. we're going to keep our close eyes and ears on that manhattan courthouse and update you with the latest on jury selection in the donald trump hush money case. >>> a speakership showdown. could a fight over foreign aid cost mike johnson his job, or could democrats save him. >>> and 911 outages across four states. what happened? we're back in 60 seconds. your. and none of the things it won't. hair that feels deeply nourished, soft and lightweight. new herbal essences. here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. (vo) if you have graves' disease... ...gritty eyes could be more than a rough patch.now. people with graves' could also get thyroid eye disease, or t-e-d, which may need a different doctor. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com. >>> house speaker mike johnson says he is moving ahead with votes on aid to israel an
vaughn, barbara, ankush, stay close. we're going to keep our close eyes and ears on that manhattan courthouse and update you with the latest on jury selection in the donald trump hush money case. >>> a speakership showdown. could a fight over foreign aid cost mike johnson his job, or could democrats save him. >>> and 911 outages across four states. what happened? we're back in 60 seconds. your. and none of the things it won't. hair that feels deeply nourished, soft and...
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there's a lot of the back and forth -- >> vaughn, i'm going interrupt you because donald trump has come out of court. >> and i don't even know, a gag order. which to me is totally unconstitutional. i'm not allowed to talk to people. so they can talk about me, say whatever they want. they can lie, but i'm not allowed to say anything. i just have to sit back and look at why the conflicted judge has ordered me to have a gag order. i think anybody's ever seen anything like this. i'd love to talk to you people. say everything that's on my mind, but i'm restricted because of a gag order and i'm not sure that anybody's ever seen anything like this before. and even somebody writes an article, if i read every one of these in complete, i'll look at headlines and the case is a sham. but i can't read the whole thing. i'd be reading, this is like reading a novel. so i put -- and then some of these names, somewhere deep in the article and i'm in violation of a gag order. i think it's a disgrace. it's totally unconstitutional. i don't believe it's ever not to this extent happened before. i'm not allow
there's a lot of the back and forth -- >> vaughn, i'm going interrupt you because donald trump has come out of court. >> and i don't even know, a gag order. which to me is totally unconstitutional. i'm not allowed to talk to people. so they can talk about me, say whatever they want. they can lie, but i'm not allowed to say anything. i just have to sit back and look at why the conflicted judge has ordered me to have a gag order. i think anybody's ever seen anything like this. i'd...
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pecker responding "yes, it was." >> vaughn, what did mr. trump's lawyers focus on during david pecker's cross examination? >> reporter: lester, for one, that donald trump was not the only celebrity he helped squash negative stories for, in exchange for good ones. but instead, that this was a mutually beneficialy here in new relationship dating back to the '90s, when donald trump was a celebrity here in new york city. cross-examination will continue tomorrow. lester? >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> new protests flaring up across the country today as pro-palestinian demonstrations escalated, and more people were arrested. and with graduation season practically here, liz kreutz reports schools are making tough choices. >> we will not go! >> reporter: in an unprecedented move, the university of southern california tonight canceling this year's main commencement ceremony, attended by roughly 65,000 people, citing new safety measures put in place amid protests on campus. this stunning decision coming a day after nearly 100 protesters were arre
pecker responding "yes, it was." >> vaughn, what did mr. trump's lawyers focus on during david pecker's cross examination? >> reporter: lester, for one, that donald trump was not the only celebrity he helped squash negative stories for, in exchange for good ones. but instead, that this was a mutually beneficialy here in new relationship dating back to the '90s, when donald trump was a celebrity here in new york city. cross-examination will continue tomorrow. lester?...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard is with me here on set. vaughn, so i wonder how in your observation arizona republicans are approaching this ruling and how it's going to land with the folks there, the voters in particular. >> right, you can say that republicans, a great many of them have deep moral, justifiable convictions on the abortion issue, but the issue in 2022 when roe v. wade was overturned was that was a moment in time. and two years later, suddenly states including archaic laws like an 1864 territorial law that bans all abortions even in the cases of rape and incest suddenly becomes real life. and real life stories start to come forward and also the political ramifications. that's where even kari lake changed her position and said even two years ago she would have defended her governor and called it a state law. take a look at her statement in which she says i speak to more arizonians than anyone and it is abundantly clear that the pre-state hood law is out of step with arizonians. listen to her two years ago and compare that sta
nbc's vaughn hillyard is with me here on set. vaughn, so i wonder how in your observation arizona republicans are approaching this ruling and how it's going to land with the folks there, the voters in particular. >> right, you can say that republicans, a great many of them have deep moral, justifiable convictions on the abortion issue, but the issue in 2022 when roe v. wade was overturned was that was a moment in time. and two years later, suddenly states including archaic laws like an...
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vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: i mean, this is new. i was just having a conversation with lisa and suzanne during the lunch break there about some of the details that david pecker has been providing here. almost statements that seemingly didn't need to be provided, right, like the comment about michael cohen, you know, not even paying for his own lunch because he relied on donald trump's authorization for every transaction. almost to the extent that david pecker has been quite a witness over the last three days of his testimony. and now what we are learning here is the fact that the district attorney's office has had an agreement with david pecker dating back to october of 2019 which when an individual goes as a witness before a grand jury, they're offered immunity for what they say inside the grand jury room. this immunity agreement dating back now almost five years has provided the district attorney's office the ability to work with david pecker in a much more detailed way here. and this is also, you could green from the likely exten
vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: i mean, this is new. i was just having a conversation with lisa and suzanne during the lunch break there about some of the details that david pecker has been providing here. almost statements that seemingly didn't need to be provided, right, like the comment about michael cohen, you know, not even paying for his own lunch because he relied on donald trump's authorization for every transaction. almost to the extent that david pecker has been quite a witness...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin are with me now. let's talk, first of all, vaughn, if we can about the relationship between hope hicks and donald trump. he broke with a lot of his former white house aides. what do we know about that, and what information she might have? >> hope hicks has been kind of quiet. >> very quiet. >> the last time we were talking about hope hicks is when one year ago she testified in front of the grand jury specifically to this hush money case. hope hicks, per federal court records dating back to michael cohen when he pleaded guilty, he contended at the time that there was a phone call in which she latched not only michael cohen but with donald trump together, and so there's questions about on october 18th, 2016, the day stormy daniels came forward to the "national enquirer" and said she was ready to tell her story, that there were conversations that hope hicks was allegedly a part of and then we know she was on another phone call later that month on the actual day that michael cohen agreed to pay that $130,
nbc's vaughn hillyard and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin are with me now. let's talk, first of all, vaughn, if we can about the relationship between hope hicks and donald trump. he broke with a lot of his former white house aides. what do we know about that, and what information she might have? >> hope hicks has been kind of quiet. >> very quiet. >> the last time we were talking about hope hicks is when one year ago she testified in front of the grand jury specifically...
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. >> we start with nbc's vaughn hillyard, senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, and msnbc co-host of "the weekend" and former rnc chairman michael steele and federal prosecutor and legal analyst paul butler. so, vonn, first to you. easter sunday, donald trump's anger social rant on truth social. talk to us about how this rolled out. >> there are more than 75 posts over the course of several hours on easter for donald trump's sake as we have seen him do over the course of especially the last year. two particular posts he shared pieces written by right-wring commentators. one that with the headline, quote, the crucifix of donald trump, and donald trump is the chosen one, and using donald trump's plight as coming from the supernatural and that donald trump in november will return america to greatness. you also saw him mock transgender day of visibility on a couple other posts. you also saw him in one particular post say, quote, happy easter to everybody, even those who despise me. for donald trump, of course the easter holiday, he spent it at mar-a-lago, for him using his fai
. >> we start with nbc's vaughn hillyard, senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, and msnbc co-host of "the weekend" and former rnc chairman michael steele and federal prosecutor and legal analyst paul butler. so, vonn, first to you. easter sunday, donald trump's anger social rant on truth social. talk to us about how this rolled out. >> there are more than 75 posts over the course of several hours on easter for donald trump's sake as we have seen him do over the...
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nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard joins us now from green bay, wisconsin, vaughn, what's trump's messaging on the trail today? >> reporter: he's got two stops here today, one in michigan where he's currently taking part in roundtable of local officials and in grand rapids he's about to take to the podium at any moment where he plans to address 100 supporters. honing in on immigration, we've heard more severe rhetoric from him suggesting that the migrants coming into the u.s. are poisoning the blood of the united states. he intends to highlight individuals who have been killed in places like michigan by undocumented immigrants. listen, though, hear from a voter we just talked to in wisconsin, this is going to be his first stop of the 2024 cycle in wisconsin, a state that he lost by just over 10,000 votes, i want you to hear from this one particular voter. >> i don't ever remember having inflation like this in my life. it's tough. i have a lot of health issues from an antibiotic that i took four years ago. everything i use for supplements has tripled in price, so i mean, it's hard
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vaughn, i start with you. this is another day where every time i read my notes, i had to stop, i was that person on the sidewalk staring at my phone. some really gone smacking information for people on the outside of the hush money scheme. talk about the testimony today. >> right. in the text messages that were transferred between keith davidson who was the attorney representing stormy daniels, and michael cohen, and dylan howard, the editor in chief of the national enquirer bringing us in real time, hour-by-hour as the deliberations were unfolding particularly around the reveal of the access hollywood tape and the suggestion that the came was all about over at that point. but i think an important takeaway here was the conversation that you and i, we were all having coming into this trial. what corroborating testimony and evidence would there be to michael cohen? we now have david pecker and keith davidson who are corroborating and providing backing to claims that michael cohen has made publicly heading into t
vaughn, i start with you. this is another day where every time i read my notes, i had to stop, i was that person on the sidewalk staring at my phone. some really gone smacking information for people on the outside of the hush money scheme. talk about the testimony today. >> right. in the text messages that were transferred between keith davidson who was the attorney representing stormy daniels, and michael cohen, and dylan howard, the editor in chief of the national enquirer bringing us...
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at the courthouse is vaughn hillyard. we start with you. i heard you tell the story to my colleague joy reid last night. talk me inside this "wall street journal" story. remind us why it was so important and tell us the role you had in it. it kale up for a second time today. >> another surreal moment where i'm reliving this past life of where i was the executive editor of the inquirer. it was flushed out to the jury today. this story the "wall street journal" wrote on the eve of the election. i had a phone call from a reporter. he said someone from the investigative team has come across and we need your help. do you know anything about a woman named karen mcdougal. dillon was the former editor this chief, he was only sitting a little away from me. i said i'll call you back. i went down on the elevator and i said i'm going to risk everything if i am helping you. and just so you know, david pecker and dylan will ruin me. i knew if i used an old school tabloid term, it would give me some cover. i said this was a catch and kill. he said to me,
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back with us, vaughn hillyard, live from outside the courthouse. and joining us, a trial attorney that represented white house employees during the clinton scandals. vaughn, what has been going on in the courtroom as of right now? >> reporter: this is the second day for david pecker on the stand. yesterday he was only able to testify for about 30 minutes. we are about five minutes into his testimony here today with the jury back in the jury box. i can tell you that the prosecution is currently going through the early meetings of donald trump and david pecker. of course, the former publisher of "the national enquirer," who is a crucial witness to the prosecution dating back to the meeting between michael cohen and donald trump and david pecker, when they concocted the catch and kill scheme. what the prosecution is doing in real time is asking david pecker when he first met donald trump. he's now telling the story of back in the 1980s at mar-a-lago when he met mr. trump, and he pointed to defendant trump in the courtroom, and notably he said their re
back with us, vaughn hillyard, live from outside the courthouse. and joining us, a trial attorney that represented white house employees during the clinton scandals. vaughn, what has been going on in the courtroom as of right now? >> reporter: this is the second day for david pecker on the stand. yesterday he was only able to testify for about 30 minutes. we are about five minutes into his testimony here today with the jury back in the jury box. i can tell you that the prosecution is...
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vaughn, what has been going on right now inside that courtroom? >> reporter: right, jose, there have been multiple efforts by the defense team in front of this jury during its cross examination of david pecker, the long time publisher of "national enquirer," who is the crucial witness to the prosecution as they build out their case of alleging this conspiracy between the likes of donald trump with michael cohen and the "national enquirer" to suppress the stories of individuals like stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. and what you are hearing from emil bovy, the one executing this cross examination of pecker is multipronged effort here. in one of those facets of this is by trying to undercut the idea of this conspiracy that was at play, we have heard repeatedly about karen mcdougal through the prosecution's line of questioning of pecker and now what is coming up here is the questioning around stormy daniels, and whether david pecker had any intention to be involved in an effort to silence her story. and just part of this exchange, emil bovy, donald
vaughn, what has been going on right now inside that courtroom? >> reporter: right, jose, there have been multiple efforts by the defense team in front of this jury during its cross examination of david pecker, the long time publisher of "national enquirer," who is the crucial witness to the prosecution as they build out their case of alleging this conspiracy between the likes of donald trump with michael cohen and the "national enquirer" to suppress the stories of...
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i want to bring back in vaughn hillyard. kimberly is a boston globe columnist and msnbc political analyst and jeremy is still with me. criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor with the manhattan d.a.'s office. if you were donald trump's defense attorney, what about this morning's testimony worries you most? >> well, i think it's established that not everyone had an agenda. you have farro who's connecting the dots. you have the sense of urgency. establishing intent or basis. that court of texting you just referenced, i'm saving the future of potential president's backside. everything is really starting to establish to keep the proof beyond a reasonable doubt that there's intent and knowledge and there's a reason why it's still happening. >> so carol, i want to go back to 2019 and that is when davidson did an interview with abc. he talked about the hush money payments. why he thought they happened and here's what he said back then. >> the access hollywood tape was the motivating factor and this case actually resolved. i
i want to bring back in vaughn hillyard. kimberly is a boston globe columnist and msnbc political analyst and jeremy is still with me. criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor with the manhattan d.a.'s office. if you were donald trump's defense attorney, what about this morning's testimony worries you most? >> well, i think it's established that not everyone had an agenda. you have farro who's connecting the dots. you have the sense of urgency. establishing intent or basis. that...
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vaughn, what else are you seeing? >> reporter: right. if i may say as we're going through this google doc, appreciate the folks like catherine here who are able to fact check us and make sure we're right as we learn this legal process in real time. as we're looking at this through here, there's acknowledgment by judge merchan they need six more individuals to be added to the 12-person jury pool plus the six alternates as well. the jury is now, the jurors are now being sworn in. being told you will decide the case against donald j. trump to the best of your aeblty and follow the evidence. getting the commitment of these six individuals to return on monday and fulfill the duties they have claimed they can do. that is to look at this trial through a fair and impartial lens and be able to also be here every single day. monday, tuesdays, thursdays, and fridays for however long this trial may last, six to eight weeks, and fairly work with the other jurors to determine if trump -- >> merchan is saying will you decide the case against donald j.
vaughn, what else are you seeing? >> reporter: right. if i may say as we're going through this google doc, appreciate the folks like catherine here who are able to fact check us and make sure we're right as we learn this legal process in real time. as we're looking at this through here, there's acknowledgment by judge merchan they need six more individuals to be added to the 12-person jury pool plus the six alternates as well. the jury is now, the jurors are now being sworn in. being told...
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nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard. gary farro is the gentleman called by the prosecution, the third witness. what is he testifying to? >> reporter: he was a banker at first repuck lib here in new york, katy, and this can begin to answer the questions for the jury about that $130,000 wire transfer that took place in october of 2016 from michael cohen to the attorney who was representing stormy daniels at the time, and there was an e-mail correspondence that at the time there on october 26th, 2016, in which it was gary farro who is the individual, the next witness now testifying that was a confirmation to michael cohen that money had been transferred to his account. again, there were questions at the time, michael cohen in 2018 when this story first broke purported that this arrangement was made with stormy daniels outside of the trump organization or the trump campaign, and the e-mail that was linked to michael cohen was using his trump organization e-mail. this goes to potentially the prosecution's efforts to directly
nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard. gary farro is the gentleman called by the prosecution, the third witness. what is he testifying to? >> reporter: he was a banker at first repuck lib here in new york, katy, and this can begin to answer the questions for the jury about that $130,000 wire transfer that took place in october of 2016 from michael cohen to the attorney who was representing stormy daniels at the time, and there was an e-mail correspondence that at the time there on...
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here is vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: on his third day on the stand, former "national enquirer" publisher of david pecker told the jury he refused to catch and kill stormy daniels' story about her relationship with then candidate donald trump. pecker said he told his right hand man at the "enquirer" not to pay daniels the $120,000 she was seeking because they'd already shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to keep other stories about mr. trump quiet. if anyone should buy it, pecker said, it should be donald trump and michael cohen, trump's former fixer. pecker says when he told cohen, quote, he was upset and responded that the boss, that's referring to trump, would be furious with me. pecker said today he believed mr. trump or his company had paid daniels until cohen told him in december of 2016 that he was the one who paid her. prosecutors are seeking to prove mr. trump doctored internal business records to cover up that payment. pecker also testified trump was aghast when he saw stormy daniels on "60 minutes." >> was it hush money to stay silent? >> yes. >> reporter: pecker says trum
here is vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: on his third day on the stand, former "national enquirer" publisher of david pecker told the jury he refused to catch and kill stormy daniels' story about her relationship with then candidate donald trump. pecker said he told his right hand man at the "enquirer" not to pay daniels the $120,000 she was seeking because they'd already shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to keep other stories about mr. trump quiet. if anyone...
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hillary vaughn, she's now live on capitol hill. this whistleblower, hillary, is a veteran boeing engineer, hillary vaughn. he testified on capitol hill today the, the right? >> reporter: senators heard bombshell testimony from an engineer who is blowing the whistle on major safety concerns saying that the 787 dreamliner jet has sections of skin that are not properly fastened and could bust apart. he also raised questions about parts of the boeing 777 jet that he says were being forced to fit, a shortcut he says could turn fatal for passengers. the whistle blower says boeing ignored his concerns and muzzled him from talking to experts to try to fix the problem. >> boeing hid problems pushing pieces together with excessive force to make them appear that the gaps don't exist even though they exist. effectively, they have putting out defective airplane as. i literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align. i was told to shut up. i received physical threats. my, my, by boss said i would have killed someon
hillary vaughn, she's now live on capitol hill. this whistleblower, hillary, is a veteran boeing engineer, hillary vaughn. he testified on capitol hill today the, the right? >> reporter: senators heard bombshell testimony from an engineer who is blowing the whistle on major safety concerns saying that the 787 dreamliner jet has sections of skin that are not properly fastened and could bust apart. he also raised questions about parts of the boeing 777 jet that he says were being forced to...
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vaughn says she woke up to more than 100 text messages. people including fellow abuse survivors letting her know that harvey weinstein's rape conviction in new york was overturned. the court of appeals ruling 4 to 3 that the original trial judge had improperly allowed testimony about weinstein's actions from women who were not part of the legal case against him. it's upsetting and its. >> i'm afraid it will have a chilling effect on other victims coming forward. >> there are dozens of women nationwide who have accused weinstein of misconduct. so vaughn, who was a reporter originally from long island, gave depositions to the prosecution in both the new york and la rape cases. she says weinstein cornered her in a manhattan restaurant in 2007. he, you know, masturbated in front of me. >> and it really have a choice in the matter. i was told to just be quiet. weinstein's attorney said his client is ready to testify at a retrial. the court of appeals >> deserves a tremendous amount of credit for doing this based on the not based on opinion, not
vaughn says she woke up to more than 100 text messages. people including fellow abuse survivors letting her know that harvey weinstein's rape conviction in new york was overturned. the court of appeals ruling 4 to 3 that the original trial judge had improperly allowed testimony about weinstein's actions from women who were not part of the legal case against him. it's upsetting and its. >> i'm afraid it will have a chilling effect on other victims coming forward. >> there are dozens...
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here is nbc's vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: at this lower manhattan courthouse, an unprecedented case just hours away. the first ever criminal trial of a former president of the united states. >> wow. when i walk into that courtroom, i know i will have the love of 200 million americans behind me. >> reporter: donald trump this weekend rallying supporters before the start of jury selection in his criminal trial monday over the alleged hush money scheme to cover up payments to adult film actress stormy daniels just before the 2016 election. >> i go into court over nothing. it's not a crime. >> reporter: trump has said he did nothing wrong. same with his supporters. >> if they do find him guilty -- >> who? trump? i won't believe that. >> reporter: nbc news has learned some 6,000 new yorkers have been summoned as potential jurors. >> this is a case that's going to burn through a lot of potential jurors during jury selection, and it's probably because a lot of jurors are going to have very strong views one way or the other about the defendant. >> reporter: prospective jurors will be asked
here is nbc's vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: at this lower manhattan courthouse, an unprecedented case just hours away. the first ever criminal trial of a former president of the united states. >> wow. when i walk into that courtroom, i know i will have the love of 200 million americans behind me. >> reporter: donald trump this weekend rallying supporters before the start of jury selection in his criminal trial monday over the alleged hush money scheme to cover up payments to...
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vaughn hillyard. amazing reporting. deep arizona knowledge. deep cuts from in the arizona election interference. really appreciate your time tonight. >> thanks alex. >> lisa, stay with me. we got a lot more for you. coming up, trump hads a new nickname tonight. unindicted coconspirator number one. tomorrow he will be back in a manhattan courtroom and known as defendant trump in his criminal hush money trial. we'll have more on the former president's escalating legal dramas coming up next. escalatil dramas coming up next. (♪♪) ohhh crap, that's a really good gift. now we gotta get france something. wait! we can use etsy's new gift mode! yes, what do the french like? ...anyone? cheese... they like cheese! brilliant. done. plateau de fromage! oh la la! [cheering] don't panic. gift easy with gift mode, new on etsy. slowing my cancer from growing and living longer are two things i want from my metastatic breast cancer treatment. and with kisqali, i can have both. kisqali is a pill that when taken with an aromatase inhibitor helps delay cancer f
vaughn hillyard. amazing reporting. deep arizona knowledge. deep cuts from in the arizona election interference. really appreciate your time tonight. >> thanks alex. >> lisa, stay with me. we got a lot more for you. coming up, trump hads a new nickname tonight. unindicted coconspirator number one. tomorrow he will be back in a manhattan courtroom and known as defendant trump in his criminal hush money trial. we'll have more on the former president's escalating legal dramas coming up...
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>> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> new protests flaring up across the country today as pro-palestinian demonstrations escalated, and more people were arrested. and with graduation season practically here, liz kreutz reports schools are making tough choices. >> we will not go! >> reporter: in an unprecedented move, the university of southern california tonight canceling this year's main commencement ceremony, attended by roughly 65,000 people, citing new safety measures put in place amid protests on campus. this stunning decision coming a day after nearly 100 protesters were arrested for trespassing after a contentious rally where pro-palestinian demonstrators clashed with police. >> even if they have to cancel every single commencement, that's up to them. >> reporter: the school's administration had already canceled the graduation speech for their pro-palestinian valedictorian asna tabassum citing safety concerns. coast-to-coast protests growing from george washington university to northeastern to emory in atlanta, where police in riot gear today clashed with demonstrators. law enforce
>> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> new protests flaring up across the country today as pro-palestinian demonstrations escalated, and more people were arrested. and with graduation season practically here, liz kreutz reports schools are making tough choices. >> we will not go! >> reporter: in an unprecedented move, the university of southern california tonight canceling this year's main commencement ceremony, attended by roughly 65,000 people, citing new safety...
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vaughn hillyard is standing by. what's happening, vaughn? >> reporter: it's a version of hunger games in lower manhattan. this is a moment here where new yorkers are coming into this courtroom and could potentially be serving anywhere from the next six to eight weeks on making the determination on whether the former president of the united states is guilty of multiple felony charges but also potentially the future president of the united states. we're looking at the fact that an individual could be sentenced to prison time in the heart of the summer around the republican national convention here. really putting the prospects of this race in clear focus. one thing i wanted to mention, while the jury selection process here begins, though, is the mention just a bit about about the sandoval hearing. catherine was beginning to explain it, and tomorrow morning, when folks wake up for day two of the trial, at 9:30 a.m., a sandoval hearing will commence. what is the sandoval hearing. this came at the request of the district attorney's office to pres
vaughn hillyard is standing by. what's happening, vaughn? >> reporter: it's a version of hunger games in lower manhattan. this is a moment here where new yorkers are coming into this courtroom and could potentially be serving anywhere from the next six to eight weeks on making the determination on whether the former president of the united states is guilty of multiple felony charges but also potentially the future president of the united states. we're looking at the fact that an...