It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, scenes of devastation in michigan after tornadoes pommel homes and businesses ripping the sides off a fedex facility and wiping out an entire mobile home park. The risk isnt over. More than 50 Million People still under Severe Weather alerts told. Also told, Donald Trumps battle against the d. A. And his Georgia Election case. The new development as he tries to get fani willis thrown off the case. Plus, another campus crackdown, Police Moving into clear an encampment at Gw University as other schools scramble to salvage Graduation Ceremonies. The growing fallout. And the cease fire talks underway right now in the middle east. Can a deal get done, even with israeli tanks inside rafah. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin in michigan with nbcs Maggie Vespa Covering the after math of devastating tornadoes. What are you seeing . What are you hearing from folks on the ground . Reporter i mean, chris, i feel like we have been using the word devastation a lot the last few weeks, covering all of the severe spring weather. Here we are again. This house is flipped up so i had dune. It landed almost on its roof. Were told by family that a couple in their 60s was inside. Their cousin, therese, was trapped inside the home for a couple of hours. Her arm sticking out, trying to wave to first responders. Firefighters pulled her out. She is miraculously unharmed, completely okay. Her husband was tossed out of the house, he has a broken neck. He has been to the hospital and released. He should recover as well. We had three reported tornadoes touch down in the area last night, ten across the state more broadly. Again, this is just the latest round of Severe Weather to kind of strike the planes, the midwest, and now we know its all moving east. It turned deadly in oklahoma on monday. We have seen scenes of destruction all over the country. In this scenario, despite everything you see behind me. Officials say we havent had any reports of severe injuries or deaths, but they know this is part of a broader pattern and everyone here is just trying to wrap their minds around the fact that they are the latest ones hit. Chris. I cant wrap my mind around the story you just told, its miraculous that those folks are okay, and its good to hear. Thank you. Nbcs Blayne Alexander is in atlanta for us, so whats happening there . Reporter this certainly wont make the case move faster. Essentially what we learned is that donald trump and codefendants are now going to have an Appeals Court hear their position, their attempts to try and get fani willis thrown off the case. Youll remember a Fulton CountySuperior Court judge said she can stay on the case, as long as wade resign. The Georgia Court of appeals is going to be hear that and trump will have another opportunity to get her thrown off the case. Its important to put in perspective, we have seen other matters related to this georgia interference case go before the Georgia Court of appeals, most notably mark meadows. He was trying to get this whole thing move to federal court. The Appeals Court said well hear the case, and then they shut down the request. Just because of course its going to be heard before the Appeals Court doesnt guarantee an outcome. Certainly it is good news for trump and his team that it is going to be heard for appeal today. Chris. Blayne alexander, thank you. Well, security is tight today on the campus of the university of southern california, as usc tries to salvage its Graduation Ceremonies after all of those protests. Nbcs liz kreutz is live on campus. What is happening there today . Reporter hey, chris, well, the scaled Back Graduation Celebrations are getting underway today. This of course after usc game the First University to cancel its main Commencement Ceremony that was scheduled for friday. Today through friday, each individual College On Campus will be hosting their own graduation ceremony, so we are seeing students here in their cap and gowns, coming with their families, taking pictures here. One of the events happening today, a graduation is for the Education School here, and i sat down just moments ago with the dean of that school. Two of the speakers who were supposed to speak at the graduation backed out in protest with how the university has handled demonstrations here. The dean, interestingly, he 40 years ago was at uc berkeley, the leader of the Student Group pushing for the south africa Apartheid Movement to getting the university to divest from south africa apartheid. They were successful. I asked him what he thinks of this movement now, and heres what he had to say, take a listen. It does take courage. Many of them are willing to risk being expelled from the university or lose their jobs. That is not a decision thats taken lightly. At the same time, i think its important for them to organize others, to educate others about what theyre doing, why theyre doing so theyre not isolated. Reporter now, it continues to be so tense across campuses nationwide. Overnight we saw video from George Washington university where Law Enforcement stormed into an encampment there, broke up that encampment, used pepper spray to disburse the crowd. We have seen students at the Rhode Island School of design, barricading themselves inside a building and tense clashes at University Of Massachusetts Amherst at the Fashion Institute of technology in new york where there have been arrests. Were seeing crackdowns continue on campuses as these graduations begin. At usc, its tense here, and theres a lot of security. They have ramped up security and students have to actually scan their i. D. Badges, even have some of their bags checked at times to get on campus. No one is allowed. Media not allowed. Just people with the i. D. Badge can get on campus right now. Liz kreutz, thank you. Gaza cease fire are in negotiations, which is where we find hala gorani. Reporter the country is frustrated that the u. S. Has suspended Arms Shipments to israel, that included 2,000 pound bombs that israel has been using in the last seven plus months in military operations in gaza. This is happening as Aid Shipments of humanitarian supplies and fuel and medical equipment have been halted with the rafah Border Crossing between egypt and gaza remaining closed after the Israeli Military sent tanks and reoccupied that area between the two countries. And the Karim Shalom Crossing to the east. Israeli officials promised it would reopen but palestinian sources are telling us it has not opened yet. It is all happening against the backdrop of intense negotiations, to try to get to some sort of Cease Fire Agreement between israel and hamas. There are still gaps between the two sides. And bill burns, the cia chief and a veteran diplomat has been in israel today, trying to get that deal over the line in meetings with the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. In the meantime, we are hearing that Inside Of Gaza, dozens of people have been killed as the Israeli Military continues its offensive. One of our sources who have spoken to our crew Inside Of Gaza has said that there have been nonstop bombing attacks since this morning there. Back to you. Hala gorani, thank you. In 90 seconds, the judges warning to donald trump for what he was saying during Stormy Daniels testimony, plus, what to expect when the Adult Film Star Returns To The Stand tomorrow. Returns to the stand tomorrow t safelite. This customer had auto glass damage, but he was busy working from home. 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Com hire its clear now that the gloves are off at Donald Trumps hush money trial, with Stormy Daniels back on the stand tomorrow, both sides are dealing with a courtroom that is now in some ways reflecting the defendant, angry, bombastic, and at times, crude. After what the Washington Post describes as a day of rage, Court Transcripts now show that judge merchan called trumps lawyers to the bench to warn that he is cursing audibly and he is shaking his head visibly, and thats contemptuous. It has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that. The judge also suggested that daniels was difficult to control, giving graphic testimony that will continue tomorrow about what she says was a sexual encounter at a Golf Tournament in 2006, a meeting that as the New York Times puts it, should shape american history. With the stakes and emotions so high, and given that this is not a case about sex, but about financial records, what do lawyers do now . Joining me is veteran journalist, Jacob Weisburg with the outlet pushkin, one of the first journalists to speak with Stormy Daniels in 2016 when he was editor and chief at slate, and also with us, yasmin vossoughian, she was actually in the courtroom for daniels testimony. Good to have both of you here. Jacob, i noted in an interview, you said that while Stormy Daniels testimony was remarkably consistent to what she told you back in 2016, in terms of the facts, you think her feelings have changed. Tell us your impressions. Yes, the story she told about her encounter with donald trump is the same story she told me in 2016, down to all the details, except there are some more details she didnt tell me back then. But back then, her attitude towards it was that it was no biggie. She didnt like him, and it wasnt a positive experience, but at that point, she wasnt saying it affected her negatively or she was upset about it. And i think as shes had time to process it and shes certainly well within her rights to change her feelings about what happened, she feels more negative about it. I think she didnt used the term coercion, but wished it didnt happen. Didnt know why she was there, and regrets it. There is this ongoing debate about exactly what her testimony was, whether she said too much. Not just locally, but emotionally. Right . Several observers have written about how it had echoes of some Sexual Assault cases that they have covered. Although this is not. Lets say it, a Sexual Assault case. She has always said this was consensual. But Jessica Bennett surprised it. She blacked out, and lay naked. She felt like the room moved in slow motion. She said she fumbled with her shoes, gold heels, she had troubled fastening because her hands were shaking so hard. To the point of the mistrial that was asked for but not granted, what were your observations, particularly about the jury as she was describing this, and also donald trump. Can we take a moment and remind folks that when i was sitting in the courtroom, this was being described and the former president of the United States was sitting 8 feet away from Stormy Daniels when she talked about that alleged night that took place in 2006. Two rows behind him was his son, boris epshteyn, as focused as we were, on the google doc we follow, very closely every single day, the jury was intently focused on her testimony. I mean, their bodies were turned towards her as she recounted every hour, every minute of that day, from the moment in which they met. The issue with some of her testimony, though, when it comes to the jury was after that night in 2006, that allegedly she said that they had sex. It was the recounting of the moments in which she was in the parking lot and says she was approached, and she was threatened and she was scared. It was the recounting of when she decided to share her story, why she decided to share her story, and part of the reason that i recognized that was happening with the jury that they were kind of losing attention. And not necessarily empathizing, it seemed with her, was because they were taking cues from the judge, it seemed, and judge juan merchan continuously chided her. Im sure as you saw in the document, there were moments, many moments in which there were objections and judge merchan said sustained. At one point he said sustained without an objection, and all of this was because he felt as if she was kind of droning on, and giving more extraneous information that was not necessarily needed for her testimony. At what point did donald trump make the kind of comments that juan merchan sent his lawyers to the bench. Im looking at the back of his head, and hes four to five rows ahead of me. I saw a lot of talking to todd blanche, moments in which there was a Bench Meeting, and bove would talk to the former president , likely bringing him up to speed as to what was happening and why there was a Bench Meeting called. He seemed at times to be more animated. In jury selection, in the early days of the testimony of the trial, the former president was not as involved. We had some of that reporting saying his eyes were closed. At one point, im closing my beautiful blue eyes, trying to think about how to make the country great again. Paraphrasing there. Nonetheless, he was very involved in this testimony. He seemed to be watching her testimony from a monitor that is in front of him, just so you know, she cant necessarily see him. There is like 2 feet of kind of wall between where she is and testifying and where donald trump is. She has to look around the corner, and when she was asked, do you see the defendant in this room, donald j. Trump, yeah, i see him, she looked around and joking about it and pointed around the corner. I couldnt see the moment in which he was using those remarks and the reason why it was. He talked a lot, you said, at least to his lawyers. He talked a lot. This is the first time that Stormy Daniels has been face to face with trump in years. Observers say she was nervous. We know from looking, following the doc that she spoke so quickly, the judge asked her several times to slow down. Does anything about the demeanor surprise you . Does she sound like the person who you talked with . Well, very much so. I think the difference is she would like to be seen now as a kind of whistleblower who did this because donald trump did something bad that she wanted to expose, and thats the one place where her testimony didnt really match my experience. I think she wanted to sell her story in 2016. And my impression is she was indifferent whether she sold it to the press or sold it to Michael Cohen to kill this. She thought the story had value, and she sort of bridled when that was brought up by the defense at the end of the trial, and i dont think thats exactly what happened. You know, there is a very hard line that judge merchan has to draw here between what does a jury need to know to understand what donald trump wanted to cover up, why he paid hush money. He paid hush money because it happened. When does it cross over into details that are prejudice, ie Stormy Daniels saying this is a disgusting old man, and i dont want to say unsee, but you cant get the mental image out of your head. That is a tough line. She wasnt going to draw it nor does she have to draw it. Its up to the defense to object and the judge to say that goes over the line. Looking to tomorrow, i want to ask about her demeanor because one of the things that she and the prosecution clearly wanted to get across, shes not just a porn star. Shes a businesswoman. Shes a mother. Shes a director. A survivor