tabloid reporter that show the frantic scramble to stop it from going off the rails. the chaos that ensued when the hush money payments came to light. on the stand right now is a man named doug daus. he s a tech expert who works at the da s office. he comes after hours of extraordinary testimony from keith davidson. the jury saw the agreement between david dennison and peggy peterson alongside a side letter written by keith davidson that, as he puts it, decodes the agreement between the two and specificically mentions donald trump. the deals was done before donald trump s election night upset, a shocker to both keith david sop and national inquire editor lance howard. quote, keith davidson text the editor in chief of the national inquirer around 3:00 a.m. eastern on the night of the 2016 election. quote, what have we done, keith davidson text. oh, my god, he text him that night. asked what he meant in his text, keith davidson said this was humor. he said there was an understa
monday. it s 4:00 in new york. so each of the civil and criminal cases brought against donald trump and at this point there are plenty to choose from, slice right to the core of his persona in unique and distinct ways. contempt for the rule of law, a disregard for our very democracy, even an embrace of political violence. but the trial that started today in manhattan that $250 million civil fraud lawsuit brought by new york attorney general letitia james against donald trump, trump s company and his two adult sons is fundamentally different from those. it cuts deep into trump s most base instincts, his compulsive need to exaggerate the size of all things. his woefully and knowingly penchant for lying over and over again. his defrauding, defrauding his customers and the public. well, at least that s according to attorney general tish james. today both sides delivered opening statements, the attorney general s team sought to convince the judge in this case that trump should be
spectroscope and that, that energy field, i would be very interested in hearing what she has to say. to me, it was completely indiscernible. standby, mary trump has the y answer. thank you, rachel. for the jury filed into the courtroom today to hear testimony in the case of the people of the state of new york versus donald j trump, judge merchan issued his ruling to the lawyers of what would actually happen to donald trump if he were to testify in his own defense in this trial. no, of course, before the judge issued his ruling about what evidence the prosecution would be allowed to use to attack donald trump s credibility as ad witness, there was absolutely no reason to believe donald so trump was going to actually testify in his own defense. donald trump is incapable of telling the truth and that would become quickly obvious to the jury, who would probably ju find themselves watching donald trump commit perjury and probably concluding that they were watching him committi
tonight on the reidout i gotta say, chris, now i m looking at there s a man on fire, chris. in the middle of a square in front of me where protesters were standing. an individual has now set himself on fire. nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian today reporting on the shocking self emilation of a man outside the trump trial. as it happened, this as the historic trial draws media attention from around the world. also tonight, just a short time ago, judge merchan denied a last-minute appeal by trump and declared to the former president and everyone else in court, we re going to have opening statements on monday morning. this trial is starting. and we begin tonight with our new reality as a country, and in the media, as our first ever criminal trial of a former u.s. president is slated to get under way bright and early monday morning. in the state of new york versus donald trump. the jury of 12 plus six alternates was sworn in this afternoon, much more quickly
at a total solar eclipse. parents convicted of their child s mass school shooting. getting them to sentence. you failed us parents. the punishment that you face will never be enough. this 50 year battle took it out of federal hands and brought into the hearts, minds, and the vote of the people of each state. it is up to the states to do the right thing. arizona supreme court ruled a total abortion ban on the books since the civil war is enforceable. a new york judge rejecting his third effort in three days to get out of his hush money trial. the remedy that the defendant seeks is adjournment. personally responsible for generating much if not all of the surrounding publicity with his statements. with his unrelenting media post attacking those who he believes to be responsible for his plight. this is not new to him and is part of his own doing. without ruling, the judge slamming the door shut on his attempts to delay the inevitable. on monday morning, the case of th