2024. Stormy on the stand. The adult film star at the center of Donald Trumps hush money trial testifying in court. What Stormy Daniels told the jury about her interactions with mr. Trump and what led to the payments made to her. Moving in, Israeli Forces cross into the gazan city of rafah seizing control of the Border Crossing and freezing all humanitarian aid. Why israel is brushing off a ceasefire deal and where they stand now. Breaking news, fighting back, tiktok sues the u. S. Government over its potential nationwide ban. Why the chinese owned app claims the new law is unconstitutional. Saved from a stroke. Someone in the u. S. Suffers a stroke every 40 seconds but did you know that 80 of strokes are preventable . The one change you can make today that could save your life. Well, its so important and so good to be back with you. Very nice to have you back, zinhle. We begin with the day of bombshell testimony in former Donald Trumps first criminal trial. Today the jury heard intimate and at times explicit details from Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress who received the hush money payments at the center of this case. Today daniels testified about a sexual encounter she says happened after she met trump at a Golf Tournament in 2006. This photo was taken on the day they met. Trump denies the affair ever happened. After the first part of Stormy Daniels testimony, the Trump Legal Team then asked the judge to declare a mistrial saying her testimony was, quote, inflaming the jury. Judge juan merchan denied that motion. Leading us off, nbc news correspondent rehema ellis outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. Also with us, nbc news legal analyst danny so so vallow. Reporter in terms of Stormy Daniels taking the stand and testifying, that she did have sex but it was the details and the spiceness of her testimony to what the defense objected to and called for a mistrial and the judge said i dont think this is at the point where we need a mistrial. Your remedy is on crossexamination. And this was all before the jury was brought back into the courtroom after lunch. So they got through some of that business and they talked about how this deal almost fell through because Michael Cohen was getting the 130,000 to her at the time that she wanted it. It speaks to what some other jurors have testified some other witness, im sorry, have testified that Michael Cohen was frantic, if you will. Agitated state and thought the money wasnt coming through in a timely fashion and almost scuttled 9 deal. She was ready to cancel it until finally the money did come through and they signed this agreement and this was just days before the 2016 election. Zinhle. Rehema, stand by there and danny, let me ask you about the move by trumps team to ask for a mistrial. The judge denied it already. But explain why that happened . I totally agree with the defenses thrust which is that Stormy Daniels gave testimony that they say is different from what she testified before. The people disagree with that but the idea being all this stuff was so scandalous, so bad for trump, its okay if its bad but, for example, suggesting that this may have been a nonconsensual sexual encounter, maybe even potentially intimidating sexual encounter, thats the kind of thing that fatally prejudices trump and thats why theyre asking for a mistrial. Judge merchan denied it for the same reason that i was wondering during this testimony, i and other legal analysts, why arent they objecting . I think trumps team made wasnt clear from the google doc but may have said we raised this objection elsewhere. Its not clear, i cant tell, but the bottom line is should have been on their feet objecting. Danny, briefly, clearly the defense thinks Stormy Daniels testimony will be consequential. What impact go they want her to have on the jury. The defense thinks her testimony will be bad prejudicial against donald trump. If youre asking about the people, the prosecution, they believe Stormy Daniels gives context that in terms of the power of the evidence, its not that high. Really its about whether or not her story had value when she sold it but lets be honest, the real reason the prosecution calls a witness like Stormy Daniels is shes flashy and offers other testimony that makes the defendant look bad, nothing wrong with that. Thats what prosecutors do. Theyre very good at eight. Danny cevallos and rehema ellis, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Delegations from israel and hamas have arrived in cairo to resume talks towards a ceasefire agreement. Yesterday you may remember israel rejected a proposal that had been agreed to by hamas saying that the deal was, quote, far from its requirements. The new round of talks now comes as overnight israeli tanks pushed into the Southern Gaza city of rafah taking control of its border with egypt. Nbc News International correspondent raf sanchez joins us now live from tel aviv. Lets start with rafah. The tanks rolled in a day after they ordered civilians to evacuate. What can you tell us about the operation now, and what else is israel planning . Do we know . Reporter zinhle, israel says this was a limited operation with tactical military goals including seizing the palestinian side of the rafah crossing but then also this is designed to put pressure on hamas in the ceasefire negotiations saying this is not the beginning of the largescale ground offensive against rafah that Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and other israeli officials have been threatening for months now. At least 23 People Killed in that Israeli Attack according to the Health Ministry in gaza. We dont know how many are palestinian civilian, how many of them are militants but really crucially the rafah crossing is now shut following that fighting and that is, guys, of course, the key lifeline for humanitarian aid crossing from egypt into gaza. The kerem shalom crossing which is just to the east of rafah is also closed. That shut on sunday after hamas fired rockets killing four Israeli Soldiers in the area. When President Biden spoke to Prime Minister netanyahu on monday, he got a commitment from him that the kerem shalom crossing would reopen. The state department is saying that will happen in the next 24 hours or so, but if it doesnt, the u. N. Is warning that we could be plunged straight back into crisis in terms of humanitarian aid. Guys. Raf, it seems just yesterday that there might be a ceasefire deal when hamas had agreed to terms notably not israels terms, israel rejected the deal but still sent a delegation to cairo today. So where do those stand right now . Reporter so, those negotiations are happening right now as you said, zinhle, both israeli and hamas delegations in cairo, cia director bill burns is there alongside egyptian and qatari mediators and they have looked at both proposals and believes the gaps are not unbridgeable and it hopes that a final deal can come out of these talks in cairo. Ill give you an example of one of the differences. Hamas committed to releasing 33 hostages in the first phase of the deal, but hamas says that some of those hostages will be living people and others will be dead bodies, the israelis are saying that is a nonstarter and this is a negotiation for living hostages. Guys. All right, raf sanchez, thanks so much. Were also following breaking news involving tiktok. The social Media Company is suing the United States over that new law that could ban the app. President biden signed a law about two weeks ago. It gives tiktoks Parent Company based in china 9 to 12 months to sell the app or face a potential ban. Savannah sellers has been reporting on this for weeks. First off what exactly is tiktok saying in this lawsuit and had we heard from the Justice Department or the Biden Administration . Yes, 65 pages here and as you laid out this was sort of expected this would end up being this challenge. What theyre saying is that actually the exact language is banning tiktok is so obviously unconstitutional, that is on page 1 of what they filed today saying its a violation of their First Amendment rights and also pointing to the fact that a sale of tiktok they say this again quoting directly from this is not commercially, technologically or legally feasible and say the government was setting this up to be a ban which they are saying is unconstitutional. Now, for the government part were not hearing anything today. The Justice Department declined to comment on this tiktok lawsuit as of today but this is it got to this stage because of what we were hearing from congress, men and women, what they were hearing from National Security officials concerning the safety of american users data on the app. Is the argument they cant sell because theyre too big . Theyre not ever going to find a buyer. Thats a good question. Thats one of them of the first of all, there isnt a price tag and hasnt said it is for sale and nobody could afford it anyway. The other thing, the actual algorithm, that makes tiktok tiktok. Thats why they like it and say its different from an app like instagram or using reels on instagram owned by meta is the algorithm and that is actually specifically on chinas has to be approved. Are you going to buy it without the algorithm. China would not let it leave and be sold to another country therefore tiktok isnt tiktok anymore. So briefly what does this mean for tiktok users left in loim bow, legal limbo . Nothing as of now or delays you would see any type of change as they go through the Legal Process if and when it gets settled it would even either side appeals this and goes to the Supreme Court and potentially years long legal showdown which would delay any type of ban in the country. We know youll stay on it. Thanks. Time now for todays cnbc money minute, the boy scouts are changing their name. And snoop dogg is getting his own bowl game. Pippa stevens joins us now. The boy scouts are changing their name in its 114year history. The organization announced today it will become scouting america in an effort to be more inclusive. It comes as the organization tries to emerge from bankruptcy after compensating more than 80,000 victims of sexual abuse. Meantime, disney is planning to add titles as they launch a streaming service. Bob iger said u. S. Subscribers will be able to watch live games and studio programming. The move comes after hulu launched on disney in march for bundled subscribers. And Rapper Snoop Dogg is getting into the bowl sponsorship business. Gin and juice will be the presenting sponsor of the arizona bulls, a multiyear sponsorship deal that will be the first time an ncaa sanctioned bowl game will be presented by an alcohol product. Back to you. I want to go back to the boy scouts. Now its scouting so it can include boys and girls. And anybody who identifies any which way. All right. Pretty cool. Pippa, thanks for bringing those stories, we appreciate it. Coming up, you know selfcheckout lines at stores may soon be a thing of the past. What is behind the new push to bang them . Plus, an american soldier is detained in russia after being arrested but were learning about the vo struggling with moderate to severe Crohns Disease or Ulcerative Colitis . Talk to your doctor about 1 prescribed entyvio. 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Mit is threatening to suspend students still protesting. Demonstrators there broke through fencing to retake a camp monday. Dana griffin joins us now and has been following some of the action from arizona. So, dana, were learning about a confrontation involving a faculty member from Arizona State university. Can you explain . Reporter we got video from our affiliate. Kpnx happening at rally, a woman got into a heated confrontation. Lets look at that first. You are literally im literally in your face. Youre disrespecting my religious boundaries. Literally. What does this have to do with religion . Youre spewing hate. Get the [ bleep ] out of my face. So theres only 58 seconds of this video and does not show the moments before and after the altercation. But it is listed as a post Doctoral Research student this afternoon interview he did with the news station moments before that altercation and responded to a question about campus protests across the country. He said, campuses are being taken over by supporters of terrorism and jewish students are being intimidated. Zinhle. Yeah, dana, this highlights what is happening is not just bleeding into students but faculty members speaking up or getting involved in different capacities. Have we heard anything from this faculty member specifically or the school, Arizona State . Reporter yeah, so we reached out to and he has not responded to our request but Arizona State university released a statement they say asu is aware of the allegations against Jonathan Yudelman and dr. Yudelman is on leave pending the results of the investigation. Thanks so much. There is an urgent diplomatic situation in russia after an american soldier was detained by russian authorities last week. The army says Staff Sergeant gordon black was based in south korea but traveled to russia on his way back. Theyre accuing him of stealing from a woman. Courtney kube has been tracking this. The army says this soldier went into russia on his own, right . Do we know why and what charges hes faceing . Reporter we do and learned about his background of the hes been in the u. S. Army, Staff Sergeant gordon black has been in the army since 2008. He served on several deployments including iraq and afghanistan during that time and was deployed to korea but actually had finished his tour there and was heading back to the United States when he made this stop in eastern russia in vladivostok an know according to a number of officials here at the pentagon that he was going there to visit a woman he was involved in a romantic relationship with. Now, we learned from russian authorities today that he was hill on some criminal charges. He is being accused of stealing, stealing some money from a woman. Its not clear if its the same woman he was involved with or not, kate, but that is what officials here believe to be the case. Now, hes being held in pretrial confinement until at this point early july, so nearly two months before we may see him. The big question is, will russian the russian authorities allow the u. S. Some sort of consular access to him . At this point were told they have not gotten consular access but are still actively seeking it. You think about the context, the history here where russia has taken brittney griner, the basketball player but a number of americans have been held. Does this story have any parallels . Reporter thats the huge concern, the state Department Warns americans not to travel to russia, because of the concern they could be wrongly detained as you mentioned. Brittney griner you mentioned and two others paul whelan and Evan Gershkovich so the state department and officials at the pentagon are concerned despite no matter whether he actually carried out these alleged criminal acts or not theyre concerned this soldier could be used as a political pawn, kate. Courtney kube at the pentagon for us, thank