better and i think it is really, that test really starts now. italy becomes the first western country to block the ai chatbot chatgpt over privacy concerns. president zelensky attends ceremonies being held in bucha, a year since the town was recaptured by the ukrainian army. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the precise charges against him have not yet been made public, but they re thought to relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a porn star during the 2016 election campaign. it s alleged stormy daniels was paid off in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. mr trump is expected to appear in court in new york to face the charges and enter a plea next tuesday. he denies any wrongdoing and the affair saying the indictment is political persecution . live now to new york where we can speak to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. thank you forjoining us. so aid day has passed and i am won
full hostage, unquote. and he did not tell him truth, as he saw it, he would breaker kneecaps. john berman here in for anderson, those words from the federal criminal complaint spell out an attempt to take how speaker nancy pelosi captive, interrogator, and beat her savagely if the answers did not come out right. the complaint says the suspect considered a certainty. today we saw a separate state charges as well, including attempted murder, more on that shortly. but just stop and think about what is already on the table. according to federal authorities who have now charged him with assault on paul pelosi, and attempted kidnapping of nancy pelosi. this man says he wanted to break the kneecaps of a detour old woman and do it to make a political point. quoting again from the filing. of course, the interview the palpitated that if you nancy as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party. the document goes on in graphic detail about what the suspect said he inte
John throughout the whole process the prosecutions star witness admitted time and time again today that he lied under oath in many situations from being deposed, from being in front of congress, all kinds of opportunities where he was facing legal jeopardy and lied under oath. All of that laid out by todd blanche in great detail. Also making it vary clear that 1 of his deepest hopes is to see the former president locked up. Well be under the presumption that theres Justice For All Of Us what cent me to prison needs to turn around and sent to the send this guy as well. John martha the former president calling the case scam and a sham and saying he didnt commit any crime. This was a case that was not going to be done and when i announced i was running it couldve been done 7 years ago. They wanted it smack right in the middle of an election. Martha the underlying misdemeanours exceeded the statute of limitations your ago to the form years ago to the former president s point. Thats how he
Caitlin clark. Reporter tonight, her pro career officially begins bringing in new fans and transforming the league. Stephanie gosk, connecticut. Clark and her teammates will be in New York City this weekend taking on the liberty. If you want to goings you better get your tickets soon. And on that note, i wish you a very good night. Ari melber is up next and you do not want to miss tomorrow nights show. Senatormitt romney will join me for an exclusive interview. He is reflects on his final year in congress and offering his view on how conservatives should approach the 2024 election and beyond. Thanks for staying up late with me. Good to be back. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. The final witness for the prosecution. I have lied but i am not a liar. Reporter back on the stand. He went through all his legal troubles. Reporter under Cross Examination from the defense. He is obsessed with revenge against donald trump. Thats what they are saying. Reporter as donald trump rolls in with a f
Welcome to our new special, new york versus donald trump im ari melber here. We will break it down for you on the first ever criminal trial of former president and current candidateace well. Tough for the defendant. Gripping, dramatic testimony from the woman of the center of the hush money plot. Of all of the witnesses she is the most famous with her encounter with trump. There was testimony and key days of testimony from witnesses who were in trumps orbit that can speak about what she said and corroborate some of the financials for the jury. We have more on that as well. Prosecutors have been laying out the pieces of this scheme and we can tell you as we recount why it was such a tough week for trump we know, according to the public remarks here, we are working off of the public evidence, we know we are near the end of this thing. We have two witnesses. The star witness Michael Cohen, he will begin on monday. One other witness and they will be able to rest as soon as the coming week.