daniels to be quiet? it was not about legal fees. so has the defense explain the $130,000 number on the weisselberg notes as to him being absent everybody on that jury knows how close weisselberg and mr. trump were the defense does not deny that mr. weisselberg chose not to testify. he is in prison for perjury because he is so close to mr. trump, that will be the jury's fair inference, and that's up to the jury to decide and respect that. but the one 30 i would repeat to lord, nobody can say that $130,000 was for legal fees unless the defense can say that and persuade the jury that $130,000 paid to stormy daniels to keep her quiet, was for legal fees. that's evidenced beyond a reasonable doubt, in my opinion donald trump's guilt. >> lady, was i don't suppose you've had a chance to speak with michael cohen at all about how he views the way he was characterized in this trial very, very briefly. >> no, i haven't i've deliberately left michel alone. it's been a very difficult time for him to hear the word liar, liar, liar, liar. when it says if he's the on

we've reached out to meta and daniel defense, but have not heard back. the man behind the uvalde lawsuits is a lawyer who the new york times says is trying to hold gun makers responsible for mass shootings. he took on the company behind the rifle, you in the sandy hook elementary mass shooting and reached a 73 million settlement for the families joining me now, josh koskoff the lawyer presenting the uvalde families. josh, thank you so much for being here every time we are reminded about what happened in uvalde, it just breaks our hearts all over again now, to learn about the latest that you're talking about. i in this lawsuit. it goes after school or social media company the video game company, the gun manufacturer and i'm wondering in your eyes how this lawsuit came to be and holding a trying to hold all three companies responsible well thank you. >> laura it it really came

the defense today accusing daniels of lying. trump attorney susan necklace hammering daniels' years of acting and directing in the porn industry saying it gave her, quote, a lot of experience in making phony stories about sex appear real. daniels fighting back, that if the trump story was untrue, i would have ridden it a lot better. their exchanges growing heated. "you've acted and had sex in over 200 porn movies. but according to you seeing a man sitting in bed in a t-shirt and boxer shorts was so upsetting that you almost fainted?" daniels defiant, noting mr. trump was twice her age and bigger. necklace saying you made this up , right? daniels forcefully responding no. necklace pressing, your story has completely changed, hasn't it? daniels again answering no, saying this signed statement where she denied an affair with mr. trump was done while she was trying to comply with the terms of a nondisclosure agreement in which she was paid to keep silent. today the defense argued daniels has a financial stake in trying to take mr. t

the families claim the gun manufacturer daniel defense, marketed guns to minors through instagram.ms the gunman spent hours every day on instagram, followed gun content and liked posts featuring the rifle. he ultimately brought the bought the day that he turned 18. activision which makes the video game call of duty, pushed back on some of the lawsuits, claims neither daniel defense nor meta have commented. >> all right. our annual zip trips are back here on ktvu on mornings on two. yeah. >> coming up, the family owned and operated drive in we caught up with today in concord and the holiday weekend. >> it is here. meteorologist mark tamayo will be back in just a few minutes. he is tracking some cooler temperatures. you probably noticed it tonight. boy, did we. yeah, we're in the middle of... livin' large! and having a big day! the meeting point of humanity and history. in the middle of being the fun uncle! in the middle of being a kid again! beep! beep! ♪ there's something for everyone in illinois. the middle of everything! ♪ hopefully you joined us for the return of zip trips this

daniels. the defense attorney blunt, “am i correct that you hate president trump?” "yes," daniels responded.ble.” when the day was done, stormy daniels was quickly taken from the courthouse. donald trump coming out to address reporters. >> so, this was a very big day, a very revealing day, as you see, their case is totally falling apart. >> reporter: trump did not mention stormy daniels at all. he is under a gag order that prevents him from attacking witnesses. the defense objected to her explicit testimony, but the judge said it was no grounds for a mistrial, and prosecutors argued her graphic descriptions were relevant, because they're the very details they said that trump wanted to hide from voters in 2016, and trump still denies

refusing to declare a mistrial, but agreeing some of daniels' testimony would have been better left unsaid. all leading to a heated cross-examination. the defense zeroing in on testimony daniels gave about an unknown man she says confronted her in a parking lot in 2011, a story she recounted to "60 minutes." >> a guy walked up on me and said to me, "leave trump alone," and then he leaned around and looked at my daughter, and said "a beautiful little girl. it would be a shame if something happened to her mom." >> reporter: the defense pressing her about why she didn't call police or tell her then boyfriend at the time. the testimony stretching far afield from the criminal charges the former president faces for allegedly disguising how he reimbursed michael cohen, his former fixer and attorney, who paid daniels the $130,000 to stay quiet just before the 2016 election. the judge chiding daniels to move it along at times. >> their case is totally falling apart. they have nothing on books and records. >> reporter: daniels telling the jury today she was focused on selling her story, but "my motivation wasn't money, it was to get the story out." addin

the families claim the gun manufacturer daniel defense, marketed guns to minors through instagram. the suit claims the gunman spent hours every day on instagram, followed gun content and liked posts featuring the rifle. he ultimately bought the day he turned 18. activision, which makes the video game call of duty, pushed back on some of the lawsuits, claims neither daniel defense nor meta have commented. >> a high school student in santa rosa has been arrested for allegedly pulling out a knife during a fight on campus. this happened at montgomery high school on wednesday, police say a video appears to show a 15 year old boy holding a folding knife during a fight with another student, but that blade was not extended on the knife during the fight. the teen is now facing several charges, including felony assault with a deadly weapon. the knife used in the fight was not found to westbound lanes, which had been blocked for hours on the bay bridge. >> following a big rig fire, have now reopened. several more lanes were also shut down earlier, while crews worked to clear that scene. the s

daniel said that was in response to someone else's post. so the defense says you are responding to the post, someone else's post there, daniels. yeah, someone calling me a human toilet. so i capitalize on the joke defense. the other posts, michael cohen and stormy daniel's, aka the human toilet, or their star witnesses, right? daniels? yes. defense you said exactly making me the best person to flush the orange turd down? daniels. yes. i don't see instrumental or jail. there you're putting words in my mouth i mean she's right she was putting words in their mouth. does that hurt the attorney no i think if you're putting words, they're not accurate and then the prosecution comes back and challenged it effectively, or the defendant or pardon me, the witness challenges that effectively. it makes it look a little sleazy. it makes him look a little bad as an attorney. but again, this is a sideshow. i think part of the argument right here of what the defense is trying to do is make it about stormy daniels, because if you can make it about stormy daniels and you c

i think that, you know, if you're the defense, it is a question of what you use to attack stormy daniels is going to be a reflection of how the prosecution seeks to inject her into their closing arguments. so, whatever it is they say, the defense is immediately going to pounce on from a place of credibility. but, the monkey wrench, if you will, that the prosecution can throw the defense is that they don't rely on stormy daniels very much. in which case the lack of credibility that she has displayed, if you feel that way, as a juror, becomes less and less relevant because the prosecution isn't even basing their case on their arguments or getting where they need to go on her testimony. and that could be a problem for the defense because now you spent all this time hammering home on something that ultimately doesn't even matter. >> the fact that you just said hammering home, i keep thinking about donald trump watching this and seeing his attorney in action and the way she's -- to use charles' word, hammering stormy daniels. he's got to be happy about that, knowing the way he operates. >> we

>> reporter: jury was captivated, david, as stormy daniels sparred with defense attorneys. the jury box became a tennis stadium. the jurors going back and forth between the attorney and the witness. there's no way to know how the jurors took in the more explicit details, and the defense said they were so prejudicial it warranted a mistrial. but the judge said, absolutely not, because donald trump denies having sex with stormy daniels, the judge said, the jury is left

noted she was selling burke merchandise related to trump indictments online, daniels replied, not unlike mr. trump. did the defense'sategy potentially make stormy daniels look sympathetic to the jury? >> some jurors may have had sympathy for stormy daniels, and some jurors may have had contempt for her. >> reporter: late today, trump's lawyers pushed the judge to modify the gag order so that he could comment on daniels' testimony, but the judge denied that, saying it would remain in place because of trump's record of attacking witnesses with "vitriol" and also rejected and of our call for a mistrial. >> norah: and robert, still another highly anticipated witness. michael cohen. what do we expect there. >> reporter: all eyes on a long time trump fixer and trump lawyer. he will be the key witness for the prosecution in the coming days. expected to take the stand. if you thought today was rough

and caitlin, there was a section during the defense cross-examination of stormy daniels today that seemedimed at painting her in a certain light. >> tell us about it. yeah, a very delicate exchange, but in intense exchange from defense attorney susan necklace questioning stormy daniels. she asked, let's just go back to the room. so you say you came out of the bathroom and he donald trump was on the bad in his t-shirt and boxer shorts, right stormy daniels? yes. >> and according to you, when you saw him sitting on the bed, you became faint. >> the room started to spin and the blood left your hands and feet? yes. yes. it was a shock surprise the defense attorney asked, just so i can be clear on what you were saying. you've acted and had sex in over 200 porn movies, right? stormy daniels replied 150 ish? yes. >> and there are naked men and women having sex, including yourself in those movies, right? >> yes. >> and but according to you, seeing a man sitting on a bad in a t-shirt and boxer shorts was so upsetting the you got lightheaded blood left your hands and feet and you almost fainted rig

today, the families filed more lawsuits, this time against meta, microsoft and gun maker daniel defensethe families claim those companies marketed weapons to teenagers through social media and the video game called call of duty. the companies have yet to respond. rapper sean kingston and his mom, both arrested on fraud and theft charges. the mom, janice turner, appeared in a fort lauderdale courtroom today. she's facing eight charges ranging from organized fraud to grand theft. her attorney asked the court to reconsider her bond, calling it excessive. the judge stuck to the $160,000 bond and said the 61 year old must surrender her passport. turner already has a 2005 conviction for bank fraud. her rapper son was arrested in california. he will be transported back to florida to face similar charges. morgan spurlock, the documentary filmmaker who chronicled a 30 day period when he only ate mcdonald's, has died. his family says spurlock died yesterday at his home in new york due to complications of cancer. spurlock was best known for the oscar nominated super size me, the film where he subj

company, meta, the video game company activision, which makes the popular game "call of duty," and daniel defense the ar-15-style rifle used in the massacre. the families argue that these companies enabled the gunman. activision tells us in part that "millions of people enjoy video games without turning to horrific acts." we are awaiting responses from the other companies. the documentary filmmaker morgan spurlock has died. >> the double quarter pounder with cheese meal. >> large or super size? >> i think i'm going to have to go super size. >> maurice: he was best known for his oscar-nominated film "super size me," in which he ate only mcdonald's for a month to demonstrate the health risks of fast food. spurlock followed that up with a sobering look at the poultry industry. morgan spurlock died from cancer at the age of 53. "on the road" is next. inflammn might be to blame. over-the-counter eye drops can provide temporary relief. xiidra can provide lasting relief. it targets inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. xiidra? no-o-o! xiidra treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. don't

and these are wrongful death lawsuits targeting not only the gun manufacturer — daniel defense — theor this shooting had one of their guns, but also in these lawsuits targeting the developers of the video game call of duty and instagram. and the claim being that, in effect, these three organisations collaborated to market assault—style weapons to teenage boys, that these adolescent boys were, in effect, groomed to carry out the violent video game experiences, things that they had watched, but they were carry out those fantasies in real life. that is the claim. and instagram's parent company, meta, are accused of having lax oversight of this process. now, these lawsuits are quite separate to another one, a $500 million lawsuit that has been filed against almost 100 law enforcement officers, the police officers who went to the scene of this shooting. but as has been now widely reported and criticized in a justice department report, it was a response that was lacking in urgency. it took more than an hour, 77 minutes, for those officers to eventually move in to the part of the school whe

am i correct that you hate president trump, daniels, "". defense, "you wanted to go to jail?" that is neither here or there but i guess the defense is trying to show is that she has an agenda, right? >> yes. sheet they try to show -- she is out to get president trump. she will say and do anything including lying understand to get this president behind bars. she said she'd be happy if he were put in jail. so that -- what that does, the defense questioning that an aggressively questioning her which is necessary to show her and -- inherent bias towards this man and that she should not be believed. her credibility is at issue. that is very important to the jury -- and that is than what we follow the course in closing statements as to every point that the difference believe stormy daniels lied. >> jesse: you know, >> neil: i guess going through the exchange that we were getting from some of the notes producers were taking that it did seem on this epic, historic events in this country, got super childish while i only did business because he started this, you know, i had said the thin

defense attorney. we have talked about the demeanor of stormy daniels. ique position that you can see the defense table. you can see donald trump. i was thinking in one of the notes that we got from the producer inside that toward the end of stormy daniels' testimony, her voice was shaking when she was talking about the nasty tweets. i think that's the same area where she was talking about safety issues. what was the demeanor of donald trump through all of this? as we know, he got into a little trouble with the judge yesterday who felt that he was perhaps intimidating the witness or trying to influence the jury with the comments he was making within earshot of both. >> until we see -- there were a number of sidebars, discussions in private between the lawyers and judge. those may have just been legal issues. we don't know yet whether any of that was directed at a repeat performance of what so rightly irritated the judge yesterday. from what i could see, i did not see donald trump doing anything. again, from my vantage point, you would not have been able t

attorney called daniel's defense attorneycial and the judge was doing everything he could to control the witness including unsocketing to d aniel's testimony himself. he also agree that had it would have been better if some things were left unsaid. all of that and very little comfort to trump if his legal team and argue the the prosecution inflamed with the lured testimony that served no purpose. adding daniels has been trying to sell a story about an alleged consensual sexual encounter since 2016. the judge says nope, no m istrial. however, during a break, trump vented his anger on truth social and capital letters and no prosecution and no case and has gone too far. mistrial, exclamation point, s tu. stuart: thanks, ash. now this, the view cohosts want to see donald trump get thrown in jail. roll it. >> i don't want it to sound like i'm doing wishful thinking but which prison would be best? i'm okay if he goes to alcatraz and they reopen it? what about wan tan mo bay? stuart: welcome back to the s how. how will voters react

about how to approach women in this world, and now he's alone in a hotel room with stormy daniels, and the defensequestion that was denied, wants to suggest so that jury that donald trump alone with stormy daniels in that hotel room did not have sex with her. i don't see any possible way a juror is going to be able to argue that point in the jury room. >> it's chris jansing here, lawrence. there was one fairly long section where susan necheles kept, it seemed like, trying to get her to say what the meaning of the word dinner was when she really didn't eat, and you're wondering why is she going on and on and on. that is one of the things that took place in that room. but there are also then all of these questions about whether she was just saying all of this, making it up obviously is the clear implication here. in fact, she basically said that because she wanted to make money. i'm going to read you a couple of quick little back and forths that you actually saw and heard. they were talking about the documentary that was on peacock. you were paid $125,000 for the doc. no, i was not. i have not recei

trump's lawyers called daniel's testimony "pure embarrassment" meant to "inflame the jury." the defense arguing daniels was out to extort trump, saying she saw a "time to strike" after the release of the "access hollywood" tape where trump was caught on camera bragging about groping women. >> when you're a star they let you do it. you can do anything. >> reporter: prosecutors called that "access hollywood" tape the equivalent of a category five hurricane hitting the campaign. but the defense said it wasn't a "doomsday event," trump was merely "concerned about his family" and his wife. before his closing was finished, blanche with his final words to the jury, "this isn't a referendum of your views on president trump, this is a very easy and quick not guilty verdict." but then it was the prosecution's turn, putting trump at the center of what it called "a conspiracy and a cover up" that "could very well be what got president trump elected." that trump was deeply concerned daniel's story was "capable of costing him the whole election and he knew it." so prosecutors argued that's what motiv

at times, daniels defiant and defensive on the stand. hael cohen, wired $130,000 to daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election, in exchange for her silence about her alleged sexual encounter with trump back in 2006. prosecutors allege trump repaid cohen and illegally characterized it as a legal expense, charging him with falsifying business records. trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denies that encounter with daniels necklace, asking daniels, you have no personal knowledge of trump's involvement in that agreement and what he did and didn't do. daniels responding not directly. on tuesday, daniels walking jurors through her alleged night with donald trump in explicit detail. daniels adamant that she's telling the truth, adding that doing so has cost her, saying she's hired security and moved several times. >> stormy daniels job on the stand for prosecutors was just to set the scene of what happened. that was a story was a night that donald trump never wanted to see come to light of day, because this is all the details of wha

again, brynn, what are you learning about what the what the defense team is planning now, what's in what changes? >> yeah. so when stormy daniels was being questioned by defense attorneys on tuesday, when we last tab court, she had been on the stand for about 90 minutes it's and we were told from sources that the defense really didn't have much more questioning to do. however, after the prosecution has asked its questions and basically according to the fence stormy daniels alleged that the relationship between donald trump and/or insinuated, i should say that the relationship between donald trump and stormy daniels was not exactly i click consensual apparently, the defense didn't like that. and so now they're going to fire a lot more questions at her. so that's why we're learning from sources. they now say they have a while to go in there cross-examinatio n with stormy daniels. of course, in that 90 minutes that they've covered so far, they really attacked her credibility. they questioned her motives with coming forward with her story, and they really were hammering home questions one after another with her. so it's going to ce

today, adult film star stormy daniels returned to the witness stand and faced off against trump's defensein a very interesting cross-examination. my coley, laura jarrett, has more. >> tonight, stormy daniels leaving court after a blistering cross-examination former president trump's defense team suggesting she's been trying to cash in on her story of sex with mr. trump at a celebrity golf tournament, 18 years ago which he denies ever happened. the defense today, accusing daniels, of lying. trump attorney susan necheles hammering daniels years in theindustry said it gave her a lot of experience about making sex appear real daniels fighting back saying if the trump story was untrue, i would have written it a lot better, their exchanges growing heated, you've acted and had sex in over 200 movies but according to you, seeing a man sitting in bed and a t-shirt and boxer shorts was so upsetting that you almost fainted? daniels, defiant, noting mr. trump is twice her age and bigger, necheles saying you made this all up, right? daniels, forcibly responded, no, and necheles pressing, your story ha

second, it opened the door for the district attorney to start questioning stormy daniels on things the defense was not expecting. >> interesting, katie, the prosecution got into these lurid details of stormy daniels alleged sexual encounter with donald trump in 2006. when she was 27 and he was 60 years old. he wrote about the ick factor of the testimony and you say it is relevant. why did it have to be so detailed? >> the headline is misleading, when i say the ick factor, not her testimony but how icky it felt when a 60-year-old man is answering the door inside pajamas and is in boxers after she comes out of the bathroom laying in wait for stormy daniels. the ick factor, even if you didn't want to hear it, you heard it. nobody wants to be running for president of the united states and have possible voters here that. the timing is important, this conversation, this incident did not happen in a vacuum. in terms of when it was leaked. we have the access hollywood tape that comes out in 2016 on the eve of the november election. that is when stormy daniels is paid to be silent because donald trump

the question for me would be, katie, what does the defense have to do after the prosecution finishes with stormy danielsng her story? we have not gotten to the part where she alleges to have had a sexual encounter with him? >> i reasonably anticipate the only woman on the defense team to get up and do the cross. there's a certain energy you would not want to see if a male lawyer got up to cross examine a female witness about these issues. when susan gets up, and susan is the most skills when it comes to trial and litigation, that's susan necheles. she will narrow it down into specific areas, and she will not get into all this. she will specifically get into stormy's motive for having her lawyer want to shop this story out to be bought. that will help the trump defense that stormy was just looking to get paid for this. it's going to be very difficult for the defense to get into the he said/she said of this, and it doesn't make sense for susan to get into the weeds it never happened, did it, stormy? because there was only two people there, right? >> that issue is being brought back up by judge juan marcha

i want to talk about necklace defense council and stormy daniels. so let's get into it. necklace defense attorney for trump. so just so i can be clear on what you were saying, you've acted and had sex in over 200 porn movies, right? stormy daniels, honored 50 ish? yes defense counsel necklace. and there are naked men and naked women having sex, including yourself in those movies, right daniels? >> yes. necklace defense attorney, and bought according to you, seeing a man sitting on a bed in a t-shirt and boxer shorts was so upsetting that you got lightheaded blood left your hands and feet and you almost fainted, right daniels? >> yes. when you were not expecting a man twice your age to be in their underwear? i have seen my husband naked, almost every day. if i came out of the bathroom and it was not my husband and it was mr. trump on the bed. i would probably have the same reaction. defense council and necklace and that made you feel like you were going to faint, stormy daniels? absolutely. if i came out of the bathroom and i saw an older man and his underwear that i wasn'

stephanie ruhle, 14 days in to donald trump's criminal trial, stormy daniels returned to the witness stand and faced off against trump's defense team in a very interesting cross-examination. my colleague laura jarrett has more. >> reporter: tonight, stormy daniels leaving court after a blistering cross-examination. former president trump's team suggesting she has been trying to cash in on her story of sex with mr. trump at a celebrity golf tournament 18 years ago which he denies ever happened. the defense accusing her of lying. trump's attorney, susan necheles, hammering her years of acting and directing the poor in industry, saying it gave a lot of experience in making funny stories about sex appeal or -- appear real. she fired back and said that the story was untrue i would have written it a lot better. and they grew heated, you've acted and had sex in over 200 poor movies but according to you, singing man sitting in bed and a t-shirt and boxer shorts was so upsetting that you almost fainted? daniels defiant, saying he was twice her age and vigor. and susan necheles said you made this all up right? and stormy daniels says no

daniels. on cross-examination, defense attorney todd blanche getting cohen to admit under oath that he'd stolen $30,000 from the trump organization. and then, after the prosecution rested its case, the defense calling a surprise witness, ushering in an explosive courtroom confrontation. robert costello, a lawyer who advised cohen in the days after his hotel room and office were raided by the fbi in 2018. costello testified cohen was “manic,” and “suicidal,” quoting him saying, "my life is shattered, my family's life is shattered. i really want you to explain to me, what my options are? what's my escape route?" costello said he told cohen all his problems would go away if he just told the feds the truth about donald trump and the deal with stormy daniels. but he said cohen insisted “trump knew nothing about those payments, that he did this on his own.” saying, “i swear to god bob, i don't have anything on donald trump.” throughout costello's testimony, prosecutors objected. and when judge juan merchan upheld those objections, costello audibly reacting from the witness stand. "geez," he said one

of the trump presidency but the day started with the cross-examination of stormy daniels by the trunk team, the defensedaniels is work in the adult film industry to try to discredit her one exchange, reading quote this is necklace, susan nechele, trump's attorney. >> you have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real daniels responds, wow, that's not how i would put it. the sex and the film's is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room. she's referring to the room with donald trump. the sex is real. that's why it's pornography. and at another point, necklace seem to insinuate that daniels wouldn't feel upset by seeing a near naked trump because she is a porn star necklace saying you acted and had sex in over 204 movies daniels, 150 necklace nechele. but according to us, seen in a man sitting on a bed in a t-shirt and boxer shorts was so upsetting that you got lightheaded. the blood left your hands and feet and you almost fainted. joining me now is jury consultant leslie ellis and leslie, we're monitoring this this testimony right now from madeline western

the more lurid and more salacious details of what happened with donald trump and stormy daniels, when the defense failed to object, that's why the jury heard it, so despite the move for a mistrial during the direct examination testimony of stormy daniels, judge merchan said to the defense you know, i honestly expected you to object more so despite there being quote, guardrails that were put up to ensure stormy daniels didn't veer too far off the beaten path, because the defense failed to object and even when judge merchan said you might want to make sure you stay on the straight and narrow, the jury ended up hearing it anyways, so they left today with the recess for no court tomorrow and wednesday with that very seared into their minds images of what stormy daniels said happened with donald trump. >> barb, let's talk about the cross-examination. trump's lawyers are clearly trying to paint the picture that stormie is out to get trump, she has a vendetta against him. even if she does, if the facts are on her side, does it matter? >> yeah, it really does not. i think there are two ways to look at th

but right now, the defense has been pointing out the fact that stormy daniels has refused to pay legal fees. she owes donald trump he sued her right for defamation, something like that and at what point the defense attorney says to daniels, let's bring this quote up. you hate donald trump. >> stormy daniels says yes, the attorney says you want him to go to jail. stormy daniels says, i want him to be held accountable the defense attorney, you want him to go to jail. stormy daniels says, if he's found guilty? >> yes how might that play with the jury here you have one of the star witnesses, although she's not she knows nothing about the actual crime per say, but michael cohen and stormy daniels, both of them by their own admission low with the defendant load. right. and look, this is a classic cross-examination technique. you go after the witness for their bias, their prejudice against the defendant. the idea being that if you can show she harbors massive personal resentment against donald trump, which she clearly does. that potentially would undermine her overall credibility in the eyes

daniels as a liar and extortionist. what more do you expect to see from the defense today? >> jonathan, i think they are far from done from attacking stormy daniels, and i think they need to be careful. you know, if defense attorneys go too hard after a witness, it can tend to backfire. you know, it's interesting because neither stormy daniels nor karen mcdougal have anything that is directly relevant to the falsifying of business records. now, they have relevant testimony because what they're providing is evidence of sexual encounters or relationships that they had with donald trump that donald trump through his council maintained never happened. so in a very real sense, this pits stormy daniels and karen mcdougal directly against donald trump. and once the jurors make the all important determination about whether stormy daniels and karen mcdougal are telling the truth, if they conclude, yes, they're telling the truth about these encounters and relationships, that will really damage donald trump, and it will potentially damage the balance of his defense like the jurors migh

the former president's defense team as they accused her of making up a sexual encounter >>> als reports of tornadoes today in the southea with mr. trump and profiting off it. danielsenying those claims. the defense asking for a mistrial but rejected again. and a star witness no longer expected to testify. >>> also tonight, new reports of tornadoes today in the southeast after severe storms left a deadly trail. we're trackit.

he made to cohen were for legitimate legal expenses and not a hush money payment for stormy daniels, defense lawyers say they are hopeful the jury will rule in trump's favor. it looks like they're really going to scrutinize the evidence, and we believe that if they do that, if they take their job seriously, they have no choice but to acquit. since the verdict must be unanimous, it's possible the case could end in a mistrial if jurors can't reach consensus in new york. rebecca castor, fox news. governor gavin newsom has unveiled a new plan to keep insurance companies in california. >> the governor's proposal would speed up the approval of home insurance rate hikes. newsom says this will help lure some insurers back to the state, but consumer watchdog groups argue the move will cost homeowners billions in the next half hour. allie rasmus will join us in the studio with details on the plan and its potential effect on california. we want some viewer reaction this morning. we're asking, has homeowners insurance affected you recently? your options are. yes. can't find coverage? no not yet. or in f

the lawsuit claims that the gunmaker, daniel defense, the publisher of the call of duty video games,sion, and social media giant, meta, all partnered to market the weapon to underage boys in the games and on social media. the lawsuit was filed twos years after the mass shooting that took the lives of 19 students and 2 teachers. whit? >> whit: louisiana's governor signing a bill claiming two abortion pills should be classified as controlled substances. opponents say the new classification will make it harder to prescribe the pills. but supporters say it'll protect women from coercive abortions. possessing the drugs without prescriptions could lead to possible jail time. >> janai: it is memorial day weekend and the unofficial start of summer. the air show has served as the unofficial kick off to summer there. brittany bell is there and joins. good morning, brittany. you got to fly with them. >> reporter: i did and it was fantastic. i'm still a little sore this morning, but, yes, this marks the unofficial kick off to summer, and this is a highly anticipated event. we're at jones beach a

he made to cohen were for legitimate legal expenses, and not a hush money payment for stormy daniels defenseawyers say they are hopeful the jury will rule in trump's favor. >> it looks like they're really going to scrutinize the evidence, and we believe that if they do that, if they take their job seriously, they have no choice but to acquit. >> since the verdict must be unanimous, it is possible the case ends in a mistrial. if jurors can't reach consensus in new york. rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> elon musk will reportedly testify in a federal investigation into his purchase of san francisco based twitter. the securities and exchange commission is looking into whether musk follow the law with that $44 billion deal back in 2022, according to court documents. musk agree to appear for no more than five hours of questioning. the sec is looking into his statements and disclosures before his takeover of the social media platform, now called ex. health officials say thousands of people may have been exposed to measles after an infected traveler flew from munich, germany, to l.a. and then

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cross examination at the criminal trial over an alleged hush money payment he made to stormy daniels. . the defenseiming to undermine his credibility, raising his history as a convicted liar. cohen is crucial witness for prosecutors. he received $130,000 check from donald trump that ultimately led prosecutors to indict the former president on 34 counts of this is fraud. a contingent of far right congressional republicans attended thursday's trial, including mike gates andy biggs, and lauren bogart's. the latest in a -- the latest in ballast is to visit the courtroom. our reporter was inside the court for the trial and joins us now. thank you for being with us. another day of evidence from michael cohen. we will be back next year -- next week. what information did we learn from him today? >> look, a really -- it really struck me how composed michael cohen remained on to stand as he had to weather the most intense round of questioning yet from donald trump's lawyers. they certainly went on the attack about the numerous times that michael cohen has lied. really trying to paint him as not somebody who

daniels. the defense attacking star witness michael cohen as, quote, the greatest liar of all time. and the chaos outside the court. actor robert de niro clashing with pro-trump protesters. >>> also tonight, severe storms slamming texas. flash flooding on the highway in dallas. vehicles trapped. a church and homes possibly hit by lightning. hurricane-force winds pushing a plane away from the gate. more than a million without power on the heels of a deadly holiday weekend. >>> the massive explosion at a chase bank in ohio. debris blowing across the street. multiple injuries reported. >>> israeli forces entering the heart of rafah for the first time. and deadly new strikes as outrage grows over the attack on a tent city that killed 45 people. >>> the new study on preventing peanut allergies in children. what parents need to know. >>> and the needle in a haystack search. the divers on a mission to reunite a couple with a wedding ring lost 25 years ago. ♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. after 21 days of trial, the opposing lawyers