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late today donald trump's executive assistant took the stand. here's laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, the prosecution closing out the first week of testimony by offering the jury a peek inside the inner workings of the trump organization from one of the people who knows the former president best. the state briefly calling ronna graff, mr. trump's longtime executive assistant to the stand this afternoon. graff confirming contacts were saved on the company's computer system for karen mcdougal and stormy, an apparent reference to stormy daniels. prosecutors say both women were shopping stories of sex with mr. trump ahead of the 2016 election, encounters he denies. >> are you nervous about stormy daniels' testimony? >> reporter: at the heart of the case, a $130,000 payment michael cohen made to daniels, so she wouldn't go public and how prosecutors say that payment was disguised, but graff shed no light on that testifying even though she no longer works for the trump organization, the company is paying her legal bills. the jury also hearing from
late today donald trump's executive assistant took the stand. here's laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, the prosecution closing out the first week of testimony by offering the jury a peek inside the inner workings of the trump organization from one of the people who knows the former president best. the state briefly calling ronna graff, mr. trump's longtime executive assistant to the stand this afternoon. graff confirming contacts were saved on the company's computer system for karen...
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have a great day tomor >>> tonight, the supreme court hearing donald trump's claims of immunity as his hush money trial resumes. the supreme court now weighing whether the former president can be tried for plotting to overturn the 2020 election, and if so, will it happen before november? what the justices appear to signal. >>> mr. trump, meanwhile, back in a new york courtroom. david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher, back on the stand, testifying about the alleged catch and kill scheme to help mr. trump's 2016 campaign. the tense conversation pecker says he had over paying off stormy daniels. >>> also tonight, usc canceling its main commencement after the arrest of dozens of pro-palestinian protesters. the new clashes as campus unrest spreads. police at atlanta's emory university tasing a protester in handcuffs. restraining others with zip ties. >>> harvey weinstein's rape conviction in new york overturned. the egregious errors the judge is accused of making. will it lead to a new trial? >>> tracking severe storms across several states tonight. >>> the school principal
have a great day tomor >>> tonight, the supreme court hearing donald trump's claims of immunity as his hush money trial resumes. the supreme court now weighing whether the former president can be tried for plotting to overturn the 2020 election, and if so, will it happen before november? what the justices appear to signal. >>> mr. trump, meanwhile, back in a new york courtroom. david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher, back on the stand, testifying...
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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 trump called him. he says we have an agreement with stormy daniels that she cannot mention my name. trump later denied knowledge of the arrangement. on cross-examination, mr. trump's lawyers challenging pecker's credibility and business practices. at a campaign event earlier in the day, mr. trump addressed the testimony of his long-time friend. >> david has been very nice. a nice guy. >> did you give the payment to stormy daniels before the 2020 election?
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...
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and donald trump calling the january 6th defendants hostages. do you see those individuals who took part in the january 6th riots as hostages? how he answered. >>> and the miracle baby born out of tragedy in gaza. >> announcer: this is >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. the jury in the donald trump hush money trial was introduced to the soft underbelly of the supermarket tabloid business today. their guide, prosecution witness david pecker, former "national enquirer" publisher. pecker describing made-up stories published to damage trump opponents. he testified about a payment to a new york doorman for a salacious but untrue story about mr. trump, and described a key meeting in which he says he pledged to be donald trump's eyes and ears, ready to alert to negative stories that could appear about him during the 2016 presidential campaign. the prosecution hoping to prove it all leads to paying off a porn star and an illegal scheme to disguise the transaction through altered business records. once
and donald trump calling the january 6th defendants hostages. do you see those individuals who took part in the january 6th riots as hostages? how he answered. >>> and the miracle baby born out of tragedy in gaza. >> announcer: this is >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. the jury in the donald trump hush money trial was introduced to the soft underbelly of the supermarket tabloid business today. their...
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trump and described a key meeting in which he says he pledged to be donald trump's eyes and ears, ready to alert to negative stories that could appear about him during the 2016 presidential campaign. the prosecution hoping to prove it all leads to paying off a porn star and an illegal scheme to disguise the transaction through altered business records. once again tonight, here is laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, mr. trump's long-time friend david pecker, the former publisher of the "national enquirer" offering the jury a rare glimpse into the underworld of tabloid tactics, as the state seeks to prove the former president doctored his internal business records to cover up the payoff of an adult film actress just days before the 2016 election. >> mr. trump, what do you think of david pecker? >> reporter: pecker describing a meeting at trump tower in 2015 with mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen, where pecker says he agreed to serve as the eyes and ears for rumors that could hurt mr. trump, adding, "what i would do is publish positive stories about trump and publish negative s
trump and described a key meeting in which he says he pledged to be donald trump's eyes and ears, ready to alert to negative stories that could appear about him during the 2016 presidential campaign. the prosecution hoping to prove it all leads to paying off a porn star and an illegal scheme to disguise the transaction through altered business records. once again tonight, here is laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, mr. trump's long-time friend david pecker, the former publisher of the...
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donald trump denies having had an affair with miss daniels and has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges. laura jarrett was in the courthouse and has the latest. >> reporter: tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president trump in their opening statements during his hush money trial, a case mr. trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. >> reporter: but today prosecutors said it is mr. trump who is guilty of election interference by paying off an adult film star to silence her before the 2016 election. telling the jury, "this case is about a criminal conspiracy to bury a story that could have cost him the presidency and then lying in his business records over and over again to cover it all up." the alleged scheme stretches back to 2015, a meeting at trump tower between mr. trump, his former fixer and attorney michael cohen, and david pecker, the long-time publisher of the "national enquirer." this is where prosecutors say the trio hatched a plot for the tabloid to buy and bury any damning s
donald trump denies having had an affair with miss daniels and has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges. laura jarrett was in the courthouse and has the latest. >> reporter: tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president trump in their opening statements during his hush money trial, a case mr. trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. >> reporter: but today prosecutors said it is...
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. >>> tonight, the opening statements and the first witness taking the stand in donald trump's historic hush money trial. the former president back in a new york court as both sides laid out their cases. prosecutors accusing mr. trump of a criminal conspiracy to cover up a payment to adult film actress stormy daniels just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. the defense calling it merely a legal expense, saying it's not illegal to try to influence an election. and the first witness, the former publisher of the "national enquirer." the key role prosecutors said he plays in the case. >>> also tonight, clashes on college campuses. nearly 50 pro-palestinian protesters arrested at yale as another ivy league university, columbia, moves classes online, citing safety concerns after a campus rabbi warned jewish students to go home. >>> the senate poised to pass a bill that could ban tiktok nationwide. what it means for tiktok's 170 million users in the u.s. that tiktok bill part of a $95 billion foreign aid package passed in the house after the speaker mike johnson put himself
. >>> tonight, the opening statements and the first witness taking the stand in donald trump's historic hush money trial. the former president back in a new york court as both sides laid out their cases. prosecutors accusing mr. trump of a criminal conspiracy to cover up a payment to adult film actress stormy daniels just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. the defense calling it merely a legal expense, saying it's not illegal to try to influence an election. and...
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the prosecution in donald trump's hush money trial drew the sharp outlines of its case against the former president today, telling the manhattan jury mr. trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt. during a 40-minute opening statement a prosecutor told the panel hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels to assure her silence over an alleged affair and were illegally disguised as legal expenses were part of a planned long-running conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. in his opening statement a lawyer for mr. trump firing back saying there was nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. the prosecution putting on the stand as its first witness the former publisher of the "national enquirer," who the state says was central to an effort to quash negative stories about mr. trump during the 2016 presidential race. donald trump denies having had an affair with miss daniels and has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges. laura jarrett was in the courthouse and has the latest. >> reporter: tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president trump in their
the prosecution in donald trump's hush money trial drew the sharp outlines of its case against the former president today, telling the manhattan jury mr. trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt. during a 40-minute opening statement a prosecutor told the panel hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels to assure her silence over an alleged affair and were illegally disguised as legal expenses were part of a planned long-running conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. in his...
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the prosecution set to begin its case against former president donald trump tomorrow. the new details on who will testify in the hush money trial of mr. trump and what the opening statements may reveal about the strength of the prosecution's case. prosec >>> chilling video of a suspected drunk driver speeding into a building holding a birthday party. two children killed. more than a dozen other people seriously hurt. >> why them? >>> the new warning to jewish students after heated protests at columbia university. the campus rabbi who says they're not safe and need to go home. >>> summer travel crunch. more americans than ever set to fly, but for some airlines, maybe fewer planes. what it means for the price of your summer vacay. >>> a car on fire. a driver trapped. how a group of good samaritans saved his life. >>> and kick off your sunday shoes because we are there as kevin bacon goes back to the school where he filmed "footloose" to make students' prom dreams come true. >> the power that this movie has had just kind of brings people together. >> announcer: this is "n
the prosecution set to begin its case against former president donald trump tomorrow. the new details on who will testify in the hush money trial of mr. trump and what the opening statements may reveal about the strength of the prosecution's case. prosec >>> chilling video of a suspected drunk driver speeding into a building holding a birthday party. two children killed. more than a dozen other people seriously hurt. >> why them? >>> the new warning to jewish students...
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tonight the criminal trial of donald trump has quickly reached a key milestone. the jury and a panel of alternates are now fully seated with opening statements set to start as soon as monday, but for many connected to this case, it will be hard to shake the horrific and unexpected turn in the atmosphere of the trial. the images we must warn you hard to watch. a young man in the crowd outside the courthouse setting himself on fire, engulfed in flames as bystanders work desperately to extinguish them. the tragedy not expected to impact the trial. the new york hush money case against former president trump, which is moving at a quicker pace than many observers anticipated. it could be the only one of the four criminal cases he faces to reach the trial stage before the november election. laura jarrett has the latest, and, again, some of the images in her report are disturbing. >> reporter: tonight, the full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates officially sworn in to hear the hush money trial of former president trump, but it was a chaotic and disturbing scene just acro
tonight the criminal trial of donald trump has quickly reached a key milestone. the jury and a panel of alternates are now fully seated with opening statements set to start as soon as monday, but for many connected to this case, it will be hard to shake the horrific and unexpected turn in the atmosphere of the trial. the images we must warn you hard to watch. a young man in the crowd outside the courthouse setting himself on fire, engulfed in flames as bystanders work desperately to extinguish...
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. >>> tonight, the full 12-person jury now selected in donald trump's hush money trial, after two jurors were dismissed. the judge declaring, said we "we have our jury," after seating the 12 people that will decide the former president's fate, including an investment banker, a retired private wealth manager, and a speech therapist. and the two jurors that were dismissed, a nurse and i.t. worker. why they were excused. our team at the courthouse. >>> also tonight, columbia university's president calling in the nypd to arrest more than 100 pro-palestinian protesters a day after she testified before congress about anti-semitism on campus. >>> the widespread 911 outage in four states. millions unable to call for emergency help. the cause now being traced to a single light pole. >>> the 18-year-old arrested in maryland threatening to shoot up schools. the chilling 129-page document and more that led a friend to call police. >>> the close call at reagan national airport. two planes nearly colliding on the runway. you'll hear the frantic call from the tower. >>> 15 members of rfk jr.'s family s
. >>> tonight, the full 12-person jury now selected in donald trump's hush money trial, after two jurors were dismissed. the judge declaring, said we "we have our jury," after seating the 12 people that will decide the former president's fate, including an investment banker, a retired private wealth manager, and a speech therapist. and the two jurors that were dismissed, a nurse and i.t. worker. why they were excused. our team at the courthouse. >>> also tonight,...