avenatti arguing this case is just a fee dispute.atement to abc news this week, avenatti saying, the government is spending millions of dollars to prosecute me for a case that should have never been filed. meanwhile, they continue to allow trump and his coconspirators to walk free and suffer no consequences for their criminal conduct. that is not justice. >> based on all of michael avenatti's legal troubles, especially the conviction in that nike case, he's actually disbarred and not able to practice law as an attorney. however, in this case against stormy daniels, he's representing himself pro se, as anyone is able to do, regardless of whether or not you have a law degree or are barred as an attorney. >> reporter: avenainue to oss e daniels. a feud few would have predicted. >>> up next, the colorful former mobster sammy "the bull." why he turned on john gotti. you are an electric vehicle. electricity powers your heart. want to feel your heart beat faster? drive an electric car. made by a company whose evs have gone five billion mile

avenatti asking daniels, how do you speak with the dead?metimes, that's the premise of the show. >> we had an idea to do a ghost hunting show called "spooky babes." let's do it. >> reporter: the show, a ghost hunting web series "spooky babes." >> i'm stormy daniels. yes, that stormy daniels. as i get asked a lot what got me into the paranormal, i always make the joke the paranormal got into me. >> michael avenatti seems to be going in a roundabout way to try to attack strls' credibility in bringing up her belief in the paranormal, where a group of individuals, as the title would suggest, babes, explore the paranormal. whether it be vampires or speaking with the undead or ghosts. michael seems to be trying to show that this is a person who maybe has a loose relationship with reality. >> all of that is definitely an effort by avenatti to undermine stormy's credibility, kind of be like, if she believes this, what else does she believe? >> reporter: in court an unexpected reminder from the duo's high-flying days. michael cohen himself. in 2018,

avenatti is representing himself. started to cross-examine stormy daniels but only got ten minutes into the thing before the court adjourned for the day. he told the court he plans to question his former client stormy daniels for six hours as avenatti put it, he's completely innocent of the wire fraud and identity theft charges against him. nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos here. pretty unusual to have avenatti defend himself here. >> it said that a lawyer that represents himself has a fool for a client i'm not so sure that is the case here yet that remains to be seen. but it appears at least from filings and questions so far that avenatti's theory of the case is that, look, i'm a lawyer i was supposed to get paid she doesn't have any document that says that she wasn't going to give me money from this book advance. so there's reasonable doubt that she was supposed to pay me quick problem with that, though. it went in and out of client trust accounts allegedly, and that is a huge no-no for lawyers. >> right i have

avenatti will be the one cross-examining her. ana?n legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joeg joey jackson. you're an accomplished attorney. would you ever represent yourself? >> i would not. good to be with you. good afternoon. i would hope there would not be a reason to but should that purpose arise, i think it's a mistake. a lawyer who represents themselves has a fool for the client. there's a reason for that. you need to really, when you're analyzing a case, not look at it from a personal point of view but look at the long view. and sometimes you can't do that when you're in the trenches really trying to fend for yourself. but i think that he is of the view that he can do it better, that he's a lawyer himself, that no one could represent himself better than he could. and, therefore, he's taking the chance. and i think the breakdown relates to being told what to do. listen, every lawyer, ana, does things differently. none of us have a monopoly on wisdom. i might want to approach a problem with respect to getting to the truth

now, avenatti went to the substance.d the statement saying she didn't have an affair with donald trump and she didn't receive any hush money payments. daniels escaped that michael cohen, then donald trump's lawyer, also in court today as a spectator, had written that statement, making that denial. she called that denial complete b.s. but used more explicit terms. she said her attorney at the time, not avenatti, had told her she had to sign it. part of avenatti's defense was that he was entitled to money. that's why he claims he took $300,000 from daniels. he showed the jury bank statements today that the prosecution had admitted as evidence where it shows that he made a $100,000 payment to buy two videos before her 60 minutes appearance. now, avenatti said he showed the line items there showing one of the payments he said went to a person named bubba the love sponge. the jury didn't learn what was on those videos outside of their presence. they joked by saying people would want to know but they wouldn't. the prosecution

avenatti himself grilling her as she testified today.> reporter: wolf, it was only about ten minutes of one-on-one questioning and avenatti opened by asking stormy daniels a question they heart of this case. prosecutors say that avenatti had stole $300,000 from daniels as part of a book advance. daniels had testified for three hours questioned by the prosecution in which she said that according to this deal and this agreement, which the prosecutors put up on a screen for the jury to see, that she was going to pay him $100. that he would deduct expenses from some online crowd fund-raising effort and that if they had agreed that avenatti would receive a reasonable percentage of any book deal. daniels testified they never did reach an agreement so avenatti's first questions off the bat to her was asking if she had any text messages, emails, voice mails or recordings of avenatti actually saying that. she said she didn't. she had previously testified that michael avenatti had told her he wouldn't take a penny from her, that she was an america

the judge told avenatti he wanted his eyes wide open.y high, but he found avenatti was competent to do so. he would need to abide by the decorum of the courtroom. >> do you kneavenatti has decided whether or not to take the stand in hiown defense? >> so he hasn't said yet, but in court filings in december, his attorney said there was a strong likelihood that avenatti would testify in his own defense. of course, that raises a lot of issues here. how would that actually happen? i covered a civil trial in federal court where a person represented herself. she sat on the witness stand and asked herself a question and then answered it. it will be up to the judge to decide how that would take place here and whether avenatti would do the same or one of the other attorneys would do the questioning. >> do you know when stormy daniels might testify? and under this scenario, would avenatti be the one cross-examining her? >> yeah, i mean, this is quite a showdown. these two were the dynamic duo who were taking on former president trump. now they will

shep >> sharon, thanks. >>> things got weird again during michael avenatti's fraud trial today.wyer is representing himself in federal court. today he once again cross-examined his alleged victim and ex-client stormy daniels. michael avenatti is accused of swiping 300 grand from that former adult film actress and repeatedly lying to her. avenatti picked up where he left off yesterday grilling stormy daniels about the paranormal he asked her if, years ago, a dark entity entered her home through a portal daniels replied, that's what i was told by a medium she also testified that she can speak with the dead, and once saw the image of a woman crying over a dead child in her kitchen. michael avenatti has said he is completely innocent of the wire fraud and identity theft charges against him. he says he's very strongly leaning towards taking the stand himself and testifying in his own defense. but he hasn't made a final decision nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos is with us again tonight. danny, another day of odd topics discussed during this trial. is he trying to make her look li

avenatti asked him to do that, he asked him what authorization he had when avenatti provided him withrmy daniels and said he forged her signature. that's the basis of this fraud case. now, interestingly today, on cross-examination, avenatti's lawyers spent 45 minutes asking the booking agent numerous questions, continuing from two hours of cross-examination yesterday. about 43 minutes, the judge abruptly stopped the lawyer from asking questions and told him to sit down. then outside the presence of the jury, the judge said to avenatti's lawyer he thought he didn't ask one single relevant question but his involvement in getting the book deal signed and trying to hshow how involved avenatti was. stormy daniels because of the work he did but the judge had it, told him to sit down and said they would move on to the next witness and they took a short break. another lawyer came into the courtroom and judge may want to represent in the case. would take it up later at the lunch break and expecting ave avenatti's office assistant and testifying remotely and getting under way right now. a lot o

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this is a huge risk for avenatti. >> reporter: oh, absolutely, john.in the courtroom already. it was just after the lunch break that avenatti told the judge there had been a breakdown between the relationship between him and his court-appointed counsel that went to the heart of his ability to mount a defense. avenatti's court-appointed counsel had recently been cut off by the judge. he was doing cross-examination of the first witness, stormy daniels' book agent. in 43 minutes of question, avenatti's lawyers did not ask one relevant question. he said after the lunch break he wanted to represent himself. they were about to begin direct examination of the former office manager. he said he wanted to directly cross-examine her because he knew the most specific information about this, more than anyone else. after going back and forth, the judge allowed it. prosecutors said they didn't object but noted this could be a strategy at play. the judge said, yes, one could warn this is gamesmanship. but you the judge said you need to abide by the quorum of the court

avenatti told the judge he will cross-examine her for six hours. cross-examination. jake. >> did you say spooky babes? >> reporter: yes,dy. and she has an instagram page according to stormy daniels. >> okay, interesting information. so avenatti was her attorney, how, in her view, did he steal her money in what was the way he did it? >> reporter: so the prosecution over their three hours of direct testimony had her walk through the whole relationship, how they met at the waldorf astoria in beverly hills and then she strikes the book deal and she entitled to her advance over the four installments and then she sent wiring instructions to pass on to the bub lisher and and she never got the second or third advance. she was emailing avenatti on whatsapp for five months asking have you spoken to the publisher. where is my money. and the prosecutors have already showed the jury was that avenatti had set up an account in her name that he controlled and told the publisher and the book agent to wire the money to that account. stormy daniels found out the trut

sara, avenatti says he plans to cross-examine daniels for six hours.pecting fireworks? >> on a six hours? i mean, this is michael avenatti on full display, going for the jugular, but he did spend two days to cross-examine a former employee in a similar case in california involving embezzlement from client funds, so i expect he's going to take the six hours but you have to understand that typically, even though we overestimate the time we need with witnesses, and i'm the queen of that, it really doesn't take that long. i mean, this is something that could be done in two or three hours, but of course, for him, it's six. more importantly, i think, ana, what this will be is the cross-examination is both awkward and very effective. it's awkward because he's going up against a former client, and he's confronting and cross examining her. but it's very effective because he has what most of us trial lawyers don't have, which is this intimate witness familiarity. for over two years, they were partners in crime. they went up against donald trump for his hush mone

comcast business: powering possibilities. >>> michael avenatti, the ce >>> michael avenatti, the celebrityr who skyrocketed to fame representing stormy daniels when she sued the the then president donald trump. now avenatti is on trial himself, and today we learned he'sdefending himself in federal court. avenatti is accused of defrauding the adult film actress. prosecutors say he cheated stormy daniels out of 300 grand that she was supposed to get from her book deal he's accused of using it to pa for a ferrari, hotel stays, dry cleaning, and to make payroll at his law firm. the feds say avenatti lied to stormy daniels and told her the book publisher never even sent the money. the attorneys made opening statements yesterday, and today a judge granted his request to represent himself for the rest of this criminal trial it's happening in manhattan. fo avenatti pleaded not guilty and says he's completely innocent of the wire fraud and identity theft charges against him. >>> put away those number 2 pencils once and for all and forget all about filling in your answer bubbles completely because t

avenatti sought to show the jury he was entitled to money from stormy daniels.told what was on the videos. daniels' testimony wrapped around 2:00 p.m. on friday. he ended by saying, ms. daniels, thank you. prosecutors say they expect to rest the case on monday. avenatti said he'll take the weekend to decide whether he's going to testify on monday. he's leaning toward it. >> michael avenatti is kmarjed one count of wire fraud and identity theft. cnn analyst and criminal attor defense attorney joey jackson is with us now. first i want to get your take on stormy daniels and are you surprised the judge ruled that her thoughts on paranormal activity might affect her testimony and how it reads to a jury? >> what you're doing is really speaking to issues relating to that credibility and, you know, believability, can we trust you in the final analysis, is what jurors have to decide when you're evaluating things. so to your question of whether the judge could have or should have allowed, otherwise permitted cross-examination in that area, yes, the judge has wide discreti

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but avenatti saying he had six hours of questions for daniels.of the presence of the jury that he thought that often less is more when it comes to cross-examination and has the authority to cut avenatti off. expected to delve into daniels' finances and also asked her a number of questions about statements she had made hoping to be min prison trying to get some bias but a long day of us ahead of this epic showdown. >> showdown indeed. kara scannell, thank you. >>> back to our breaking news. alarming images out of pittsburgh where you see there a bridge collapsed on what's being called a major artery in the city. fortunate, there are no known deaths. we'll speak live to the fire chief just ahead. hey lily, i need a new wireless plan for my business, but all my employees need something different. oh, we can help with that. okay, imagine this. your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. we cut to downtown, your sales rep lisa has to send some files, like asap! so basically i can pick the right plan for each employee. ye

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. >>> disgraced attorney michael avenatti cross examined his former client, stormy daniels, in court things got a little bizarre when she said she could speak to dead people nbc's tom winter has the details. >> reporter: michael avenatti and film actress stormy daniels going head to head in court. >> as i learned a long time again, to thy own self be true >> reporter: representing himself cross examining his former client. the attorney trying to undermine daniels, getting her to admit that in the past she said she could speak to the dead and chat she has conversations with a haunted doll named susan who has her own instagram account. the two had famously teamed up in 2018 to take on then president donald trump they immediately made headlines. >> ultimately the american people and others far more educated than us will decide whether the president is fit to remain in office >> reporter: preventing her from talking about an affair she says she had with trump, an affair trump denies >> do you think you've got the president of the united states running scared >> he's not smart enough to r

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prosecutors accuse avenatti of stealing nearly $300,000 from daniels. she's due to take the stand today and will be cross examined by avenatti at some point. >> i'm a trial lawyer. it's what i've done for two decades. it's my arena. it's where i'm most at home, and i think it gives me the best chance at winning, and it gives the best chance of the truth and the evidence to come out >> avenatti has pleaded not guilty to the charges. >>> it has been two years since nine people including kobe bryant and his daughter gianna were tragically killed in a helicopter crash a los angeles sculptor is honoring the victims with a bronze statue. the artist hiked with the statue and placed i hills above calabasas, california. the base incluts the names of all nine people who lost their lives. >>> single digit temps with subzero wind chills ahead for millions let's bring in janessa webwith your forecast. we need to know this stuff to make our plans >> yeah, it's definitely cold and that's really not going away upper midwest now headed into the east coast this morning.

so michael avenatti going after her, i don't think it's going to be good, is it televised?eral court so they have a federal rule that can be televised. but we are getting really great tweets coming out of the courtroom sort of live tweeting the transcripts will be released at some time so you and i should do a dramatic reading of the transcripts. kennedy: can we do that on my podcast? >> absolutely, that would be great. kennedy: my heart is fluttering. thank you so much, have a wonderful night. you're brilliant, you are hired. [laughter] you can't be her lawyer. topical storm is next. speaking of storms. ♪♪ every day in business brings something new. so get the flexibility of the new mobile service designed for your small business. introducing comcast business mobile. you get the most reliable network with nationwide 5g included. and you can get unlimited data for just $30 per line per month when you get four lines or mix and match data options. available now for comcast business internet customers with no line-activation fees or term contract required. see if you can save

avenatti is accused of defrauding the adult film actress.stormy daniels out of 300 grand that she was supposed to get from her book deal he's accused of using it to paw for a ferrari, hotel stays, drycleaning and to make payroll at his law firm. the feds say avenatti lied to stormy daniels and told her the book publisher never even sent the money. the attorneys made opening statements today and today a judge granted his request to represent himself for the rest of this criminal trial >> it's happening in manhattan, avenatti pleaded not guilty to says he's completely innocent of the wire fraud and identity theft charges against him. put away those number 2 pencils once and for all and forget all about filling in your answer bubbles completely because the s.a.t. is going digital, and that's not the only major change at the college announced just today. the new test will take about two hours now instead of three calculators to be allowed in the entire math section. math problem, they say will be less wordy and reading passages will be shorter.

cross examined by michael avenatti. accused of stealing $300,000 from daniels from the book deal.ll live at the white house watching all of this play out. what is happening? >> reporter: a recipe for a lot of attention. cross examining daniels for two hours this morning. he picked up where he left off yesterday asking her about her belief in the paranormal, asking her about statements she's made about having seen shadows and hearing voices and sounds and even seeing a woman she claimed in the kitchen of her then new orleans home. daniels doesn't deny any of it. she says that those are all true statements and that she's also filming this for a show she has in production called "spooky days" and after the 30 minutes, avenatti shifted into the substance of the case whether, he, as he claims, entitled to any money as part of the book deal. he was walking daniels through the contract going line by line asking her at one point, the attorney shall be entitled to some money. the deal was reached. very entitled, yes. and also asked her, shouldn't an attorney get paid for their work and sai

avenatti's cross exam of daniels will continue on friday. examination. >> i wish that there were cameras allowed in the courtroom, because both of these people, stormy daniels and michael avenatti, are tough customers. neither of them are easily intimidated. i think it will just be fascinating to watch them interact with each other. >> how does this go on for six hours, though? >> how would we do a dramatic reading for that long? >> we'll only do 20 minutes or so. >>> nasa says it's monitoring a rogue spacex rocket booster that could crash into the moon in early march and leave behind a crater. the rocket has been floating around since its launch back in 2015. >> look, all i want to say is pick up your space junk. space debris, bad. that's it. >>> "the lead with jake tapper" starts now. >>> a new way for joe biden to make history. "the lead" starts right now. president biden says he's made one decision when it comes to naming that replacement for retiring supreme court justice stephen breyer. >>> then, a warning from the pentagon, russia add

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this sets the stage, oddly enough, for michael avenatti to cross examine stormi daniels. it's high risk for him. it could backfire. the jury will be watching this. i wouldn't like the dynamic if i was on michael avenatti's end of this of having to cross examine his own former client who claims she was robbed by him. very risky move. i think he's shown he's nothing, if not highly unpredictable. >> dfair enough. thank you. >>> now to this. new york's attorney general is asking the state supreme court to stay its ruling. in other words, keep the mask mandate in effect until the appeal's process is done. >>> pfizer is starting trials for its omicron vaccine. could it be too late. >> we'll ask the expert. (man) oh, no, no, after you. wahoooo! (vo) you can be well-groomed. or even well-spoken. (man) ooooooo. (vo) but there's just something about being well-adventured. (vo) adventure has a new look. discover more in the all-new subaru forester wilderness. love. it's what makes subaru, subaru. do your eyes bother you? my eyes feel like a combo of stressed, dry and sandpaper. stry

a avenatti suggesting daniels' testimony today was a lie because she had lied in 2018.e did a lot of work for stormy daniels and that he was entitled to the money prosecutors say he stole. he asked her about several statements she made including one to "the new york times." he said miss daniels, did you tell "the new york times" in 2018 every time i watch him work, i think this is what it must have been hike to see the sistine chapel being painted? daniels says, yes, that's what you told me to say. he also showed some financial transactions, bank statements in which he paid $100,000 he claimed on stormy daniels' behalf to buy two videos of her right before her interview with "60 minutes." one of those interviews was from a man called bubba loves sponge. now, prosecutors say they will reco rest their case on monday. avenattisy says he is consider whether he will testify, strongly leaving in favor of that and will tell the judge monday. >> kara scannell in yoshlg york for us. a powerful and emotional tribute to the slain new york police officer jason rivera, one of two of

. >>> opening statements are scheduled to start in the federal criminal trial of michael avenatti.is on trial in new york for allegedly stealing 300,000 from stormy daniels in connection to her book deal. daniels and avenatti became household names in 2018 for lawsuits against former president trump of the the adult film actress who claims to have had an affair with the former president is scheduled to testify tomorrow. avenatti says he is not guilty of taking money from daniels. >>> meanwhile the former alaska governor sarah palin's defamation lawsuit against "new york times" goes it trial today. the former vice presidential candidate sued the paper in 2017 over an editorial times later admitted was incorrect. times implied palin's political action committee had somehow inspired shooting of representative gabby giffordss in 2011. the paper corrected and error and apologized and a judge initially dismissed it. >>> get ready for a new season of star trek picard. a preview of what you can expect from the sci-fi show. >>> today on the drew barrymore show drew talks euphoria season 2.

avenatti faces a maximum sentence of 22 years in prison if convicted.rmative action in college admissions. the justices announced they will hear challenges against policies that use race among other criteria. she is a substitute teacher, answering the call. the democrat launched as initiative asking state employees and national guard members to step up. >>> thank you for listening we'll see you tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, i'm ana cabrera. we have several major stories, including ukraine and how the u.s. is right now identifying troops for possible deployment amid russian tensions. wall street is in deep red against. but, first, news on the pandemic as we have dr. anthony fauci standing by. here is a look at the latest om

avenatti cross examining daniels himself even. >>> plus, quick pick.ts pushing for a speedy confirmation process. a member of the senate judiciary committee will join us live to discuss. >>> and leading this hour, universal solution. while public health experts push for covid booster shots, behind the scenes they are working to create a universal vaccine against covid to protect against any possible variant. dr. sanjay gupta went inside one of the labs working on this science to see how close it all is to reality. >> right now, it's a race. >> there's going to be variants for a long time. >> the virus against the vaccines and the boosters, and possibly more boosters. >> the company is forging ahead with omicron-specific vaccine. >> but scientists have been working on what could be a better solution. >> the urgent need of a universal coronavirus vaccine. >> it's just what it sounds like, a vaccine that covers the circulating virus, yes, but also future variants we haven't even seen yet, and potentially other types of coronaviruses as well. >> that means

attorney is accused of stealing $300,000 from the adult film star it was an advance for a book deal avenatti is currently under house arrest after being convicteded of extortion in a different cases two years ago. >>> and then there were four a wild weekend in the nfl with divisional round games coming down at the wire >> from the 19 and 17 seconds. down the middle to the end zone and there it is. >> in the fourth quarter, full of lead changes, the bills got ahead with 13 seconds left, only for the chiefs to storm down field and force overtime and in o.t., the chief won and on their way to a title game and earler the yin the day, tom brady and the buccaneers erased a 22-point lead but left the rams a little too much time on the clock. the last-minute drive led to a field goal the buck stops for tampa bay and tom brady. and on saturday, both number one seeds fell at home to last-second field goals, setting up the conference championship games. >>> and history in women's college basketball kansas state 's ayoka lee needed a ranked game against oklahoma lee put up 61 points good for an ncaa div

daniels herself will testify during the trial avenatti is currently under house arrest after being convicted >>> when the family started receiving mysterious furniture shipments, they had no idea who placed the massive order and here's the toddler behind it all. >> reporter: 22 month old precocious in more ways than one. >> he's so cute and we were laughing too much. >> reporter: he may not be old enough to form a complete sentence or tell you his last name but he somehow managed to order close to $2,000 worth of furniture to his family's home in new jersey. >> i have emails your package is on the way like, 10 emails i have >> reporter: packages have been showing up all week, mostly accent chairs that she had been browsing for her new home. at first she couldn't figure out who ordered the items. the dad said he didn't do it and the older children said they didn't either. which left one person. he got ahold of his mother's phone and knew how to check out, using her saved information. raised around four people doing plenty of screen time, this so-called covid baby may be walmart's ever online

where is michael avenatti. liars all.n we watched what mapped in the election a couple years back. i have eyes, i can see. i was up at 4:00 in the morning when i saw president biden go from 400,000 votes to zero for president trump. i have known him for almost 20 years and he's a kind man. he was talking about the cancel culture and how he's a fan. we got to talking. and i'm excited for the years ahead because i think i'm -- based on our conversation, i think we'll see him on the ballot again. brian: you will be on the cabinet. you will have to work hard again. appreciate you talking to us on the very first show. i hope i will be talking to you in december how you are in cooperstown and you will have to come to new york to get inducted. curt schilling, thank you. china's crazy olympic rules. get ready to buy a burner phone. we'll find out if we should be going to the genocide games. who let us down and who lifted us up this week. this is "one nation." brian: that was former olympic coach bob cox. communist china's record

stormy daniels in federal court says she speaks to dead people and talks to a haunted doll michael avenatti's the news on cnbc >> i will select the nominee worthy of justice breyer's legacy of decency. >> filling the vacancy, the president outlining when and how he'll make his choice as stephen breyer delivered a message to america. >> waiting on putin, the russian president weighing his next move after america's response to his demands appears to

by the way this is the same show that called michael avenatti a serious presidential contender and trumpnd stalin bind. when you use joe lockhart of all people as a reliable source. >> ashley: i want to get to this i had a double and triple take on this when that los angeles "l.a. times" doubled down on locking up the unvaccinated. this is shocking. you don't people to say this. what are your thoughts on this. >> it's a racist argument, mocking the unvaccinated because when you look at vaccination rates along racial lines, african-americans, that community, they are the least vaccinated and i think it's supposed to on trump supporters. when you look at the numbers. i don't think these columnists realize who are insulting. we have seen this when florida had a spike in deaths last year. jimmy kimmel went on a show and mocked those who died because they were unvaccinated and, you know, it was in florida. ron desantis. good way to hit him now. who does this when people die in such horrible ways? and by the way kimmel didn't do the same when there were spikes or california nor should he have.

as part of the curriculum playing sound bite after sound bite of cnn slobbering all over michael avenattin the korma brothers between the covid misinformation era? okay? [indiscernible]. exactly. >> yeah, well, the ladies at "the view," got on the misinformation bandwagon as well. this was their reaction to joe grogan's podcast. >> i do think is the podcast platform, you have to have some sort of guidelines. how about a disclaimer on his podcast that says this is misinformation. how about removing some of the podcasts that disseminate this information? >> you could try to get fox offer cablevision. >> there should be a disclaimer. >> they are calling for networks to be removed, laura. podcasts to be removed. that would be bad enough but now government officials are joining this misinformation crusade. if this is the surgeon general of the united states of america. >> this is not just about what government can do. if this about companies and individuals recognizing the only way to get past information -- miss information is careful about what we see, use the power that we have to speed lim

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this morning as adult film star stormy daniels faces off in court with her former lawyer, michael avenattith wire fraud, identity theft, and has pleaded not guilty. he said he mostly worked unpaid for daniels and had an agreement to receive a cut of her book proceeds. daniels is expected to testify tomorrow. >>> also this morning, jury selection begins in sarah palin's defamation lawsuit against the "new york times". she is suing the paper over a 2017 editorial linking her to the shooting of gabby giffords that showed crosshairs of a map of democratic electoral districts. "the times" quickly apologized and correctly the error, and a judge dismissed the case. it was revived in 2019. the trial is expected to last two weeks and could reflect a reframing of first amendment protections for the press. >>> today also marks the first day of federal trial for three former minneapolis police officers who were on the scene of george floyd's deadly arrest. they're accused of violating his civil rights by failing to provide medical karas derek chauvin kneeled on his neck for nine minutes. omar, what ar