Up witness david pecker who is at times combative, and jurors largely avoiding looking at trump, but according to those inside the room, giving pecker their rapt attention. For a day filled with details and inside baseball legalese, no small feat. We have a panel of experts standing by to explain it all. Plus, nothing matters more than how the jury is interpreting the Witness Testimony weve seen so far. How are attorneys on both sides analyzing what jurors are taking away from the questioning. Well ask a Jury Consultant. And for the political stakes of this trial, the campaign. The former president announcing new Campaign Events when hes not in the courtroom while President Biden just made a promise that could have a major impact on novembers race. So a lot to get to. We begin with that Redirect Questioning of key witness david pecker, which began just a short time ago. Prosecutors jumping straight into rebutting some key threats from the defense. One key, for example, steinglass, is t
Im dania korea along with Jesse Watters and brian kilmeade. Its 5 00 in new york city. This is the five. It ready, everyone. It is the new normal right smack dab in the middle of an election season. The leading president ial candidate is off the trail and on trial for a donald trump was back in the Defense Table Listening to new york prosecutors lay out their case against him and grill their first witness. David pecker the x publisher of the national inquirer. He tried to illegally influence a 2016 president ial election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. Covering up a large Hush Payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels or as they put it it was Election Fraud, pure and simple. Lawyers countering that none of this was a crime in the case should never have been brought. It is an attempt to kneecap is campaign. President nine defending himself was dismissed. To keep me up Like Campaign trail. I should be in georgia now. I should be in florida no
To limit what donald trump can say about his federal election interference trial. And then, Kevin Mccarthy, his shrinking speakership. The republican Leader Caving to the radical right with his impeachment push. The intensifying effort to block donald trump from State Ballots in 2024. My conversation, oneonone, with the harvard constitutional law professor. That is coming up soon. Lets get started. So, developing late last night, special counsel jack smith asked judge tanya to issue a gag order against donald trump, prohibiting him from attacking prosecutors. Including the judge herself, or potential witnesses who may testify in the federal criminal trial, seven from his effort to subvert the 2020 election. Prosecutors said, quote, the defendants past conduct, including contact that is taken place after, and as a direct result of the indictment in the case, amply demonstrates the need for this order. Adding that trumps pass all those had already resulted in harassment of potential witn
Trump has abused various forms of media to attack celebrities and politicians and others who he thinks has scorned him. The practice persisted throughout his presidency as a use social media and other platforms to riddick cool his own cabinet, among them many others by the way. The behavior has continued over the past few months as the indictments piled up against different jurisdictions around the country. He made disparaging comments about the prosecutors who brought the cases against him and the judges who are assigned to those cases as well as people in could be potential witnesses. About a month ago, just a few days after he was criminally indicted for a fourth time donald trump posted an alarming threat in all caps on truth social which read, if you go after me, im coming after you. The post was cited in an earlier motion raising their concern with the judge that the former president might use evidence related to who his legal team to improperly target witnesses and in this lates
Confrontation with a homeowner during which shots were fired. Kim jongun has arrived in russia. We are waiting to see where and when he meets with Vladimir Putin to discuss a potential arms deal. The war on ukraine. And who. Weighing in on the trump indictments. He says it shows the u. S. Political system is rotten. Congress is back. Speaker Kevin Mccarthy has his work cut out for him. He is juggling a potential Government Shutdown and pressure from the hard right to impeach President Biden. And after all the hype, quarterback Aaron Rodgers debut with the New York Jets lasted less than five minutes. Cnn this morning starts right now. Here is where we begin. Scary developments in this ongoing manhunt for an escaped murderer in pennsylvania. Sources tell kyw that a man matching Danelo Cavalcantes description stole a rifle with a scope in a violent confrontation with a homeowner last night. That homeowner opened fire but its not known if the fugitive was hit. Police rushed to the area. It