so right now we an acting president martha smith she is taking over that position and margaret has been officially removed from the ccsd board. thank you. >> great, thank you. >> thank you, our next written public comment is from c bear if you would like to come up to the podium. >> speaker: good afternoon, i'm c bear from the loan' nation, i'm a representative of jfk towers and vice president. i would like to say thank you so much for recognizing any people to have a moment and time of your day even to recognize us. that is a pleasure to know. my colleague here is lilly wong, she is chinese and she is my treasurer for jfk. i would like for to you recognize lilly and she is an elder, so am i, so we're trying to make it to your meeting to address you and say hello. >> speaker: okay, sorry i don't speak english well. can i have a translator? and -- ~>> yes, can you hold on one moment, what language do you speak? >> cantonese. >> cantonese. >> give me one moment. >> translator: just when you thought the housing authority wouldn't perform quickly, that took about 45 seconds to have a transl

. >> martha: interesting. because brad smith would be part of that i imagine.n't allow us to bring our expert witness, you said basically that you can only talk about, you know, what color is grass and what color is the sky in terms of the svc and, you know, brad smith has been out there talking a lot about how he would've basically come in and said this is not a violation of federal election law and beyond that we know that already because the dc chose not to bring any charges in this case. had all the information, the ftc of the doj and they said, yeah, we don't have anything here. >> martha: >> judge jeanine: what's even more propagating is the fact that michael cohen and david parker both said to the jury that they believe that there was a federal election campaign violation. that was allowed into evidence and to prevent interference from having the head of the ftc come in and say this is not a campaign violation because it is beyond that can of the average juror, a supreme card -- that is when you actually need an expert to come in and explain it. but that

. >> martha: so stephen hayes smith has an alternative option for democrats who still want to make ahat michelle obama would win right now if she would run. i think that michelle obama would hand down with the next president of the united states if she would run against trump. >> martha: a lot of people complaining about the current candidate from jim carvel david axelrod and stevens meant. what do you say to them, mark? >> like catalano power and presidential incumbency whether it's the likely voters are what this comes down to after the conve conventions. joe biden is the nominee counter is not changing. he may be behind donald trump right now by is is certainly within striking distance. it's not ten or 15% or what --'s this is still a close race. is a viable candidate and he is not going anywhere. >> martha: lisa can joe biden can easily in the next five months move towards the middle as mark penn has said he needs to do and stop worrying about the french left. if he does that, he clearly could win. >> where i am right now is cautiously optimistic with some pessimism sprinkled in

smith. the story with martha maccallum begins now. >> martha: thank you both good afternoon everyone i'm martha maccallum this is the story. the gloves are off and there are 2 presidents, 1 current in 1 form or who say they will step into the ring to debate for the american people and their votes. it will happen this summer. the sparring seems to be well underway already though as president biden started the day with this shot at his opponent the former president. >> make my day powell will do it even toys. let's pick the date donald i hear you're free on wednesdays. >> martha: that is of course the day there is no court. likely the way thanks are going it will be wrapped up before it begins. president biden also posted, trump said he will arrange his own transportation and i will bring my plane to. i plan on keeping it for another 4 years. former president trump came at him with this. i am ready and willing to debate crooked joe at the 2 proposed times in june and september. i would strongly recommend more than 2 debates and excitement purposes a very large venue although biden is supposedly a

. >> sandra: i'm centra smith the story with martha maccallum begins. >> announcer: good afternoon i'm traced in for martha maccallum this is the story. right now former president donald trump face-to-face with his ex trace: attorney in court michael cohen getting into specifics about conversations he said the former president had about a payment to porn star stormy daniels during the 2016 election. at the crux of the case is whether prosecutors prosecutors can prove trump intentionally falsified documentation of the payment. cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress the former president saying again today he did nothing wrong. watch... >> i'm innocent. this is a political witchhunt. this trial is rigged. it's a disgrace to new york and it's a disgrace to the country. i should be out campaigning now instead of sitting in a very cold courthouse. all day long. >> trace: former federal prosecutor andy mccarthy study my butt first to nate foy live for us outside the courthouse and/or manhattan. good afternoon nate front-mack good afternoon trays. michael cohen right now if you seconds ago

smith. the story with martha maccallum live outside the courthouse starts now. [ ♪♪ ] >> martha: thank you veryh john and sandra pack a beautiful day here in lower manhattan. good afternoon everyone in martha maccallum. today the story is live outside the manhattan courthouse where former president trump is standing trial in the stormy daniels case. i was inside throughout this morning's proceedings and i will tell you a bit about what we heard in their. part of the business from this morning was the judge hearing the latest on the remaining gag order violations he is considering and later we heard some pretty hellacious back-and-forth questioning peer heated moments were interesting, it became an interested -- interesting witness in keith davidson. he brokered the deals for stormy daniels and karen mcdougall but he really got his feet help to the fire by both sides. so, also today on the other big story we've followed all week for you, today we heard from the former and current president. they addressed the chaos unfolding in the early morning hours at ucla and across the country. watch this..

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smith. the story with martha starts right now. >> afternoon. i martha maccallum and this is the story. we have to warn you with this first video that it's very disturbing hard to watch video that appears to show sean 'diddy' combs attacking his ex-girlfriend cassie ventura back in 2016. cnn obtained this video just a short while ago. you see him running after her in the hallway on throwing her to the ground. it seems to back up the accusations and venturers lawsuit that she settled last year. we have reached out to diddy us test representative and will have more details on what this means for any potential charges against him and were all of this might be heading. very disturbing development breaking late this afternoon in the diddy combs situation. also ahead this hour michael collins former legal advisor bob costello who has become very central and a lot of what surrounds the remaining days and hours of this case. he says is called upon he is ready to testify that cohen told him over and over again that he had nothing on former president trump. years before cohen became the prosecuti

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smith. the story with trace gallagher in for martha starts right now. >> thank you. it afternoon.m and this is the story. we are now waiting to hear from former president trump and his

smith. the story with trace gallagher in for martha starts right now. >> thank you. it afternoon. i am trace gallagher in for martha maccallum and this is the story. we are now waiting to hear from former president trump and his criminal trial wraps up for the day in new york city. former communications director hope hicks faking business recoo cover up a payment to porn star stormy daniels before the 2016 election. he says he did nothing wrong and should be on the campaign trail not on trial. >> courthouse in georgia where courthouse instead of being anyone back i would say 10 states where i would like to be right now. you have 10 states. we are already marked down months ago. marked down to be in georgia today. >> trace: judge janine pierrot standing by but first mate for is live outside the courthouse in the manhattan. afternoon. >> good afternoon. former trump advisor hope hicks is still on the stand answering questions, mainly so far about her time as press secretary during former president donald trump's 2016 campaign. really notable moment within the past 20 minutes or so.

smith the story begins right now at charlotte -- shannon outside the courthouse. hello shannon. >> reporter: hello and good afternoon everyone i'm shana greene and for martha maccallum this is the story. we are waiting to see what the jury does next here in new york city as we enter our 10 of deliberations. earlier requested the judge reread portions of the jury instructions and also what to hear testimony from michael cohen and david packer about the crucial 2015 trump tower meeting as well as testimonies surrounding karen mcdougall. we are told jurors were engaged and were taking notes and now we wait for them. here is the president before deliberations began today. >> a very sad day for america the whole world is watching and it's a very said day for new york. doctor 2 of these trials already. the same kind of a judge its all rigged. the whole thing the whole system is rigged. >> shannon: okay cohost judge jeanine pirro is with me. you are poring over you're notes, let me talk about a couple thanks we know the jury asked for and get your impression. they wanted to hear this rain metaphor that the judge gave yesterday. it says, supposed to go to bed 1 night when i

smith. >> unlike me she is 1 of those people you inherently like. i'm john roberts we will see you tomorrow. the story begins right now with martha maccallum. >> martha: nice job guys. good afternoon i'm martha maccallum and this is the story a big afternoon in new york. former president donald trump is about to hold a campaign event in the bronx. this is a highly unlikely situation. he would be the first republican presidential candidate if he were to in new york which he thinks he has a possibility of doing. as i said, very unlikely it hasn't happened since ronald reagan 40 years ago. take a look at this, this is president reagan speaking to the national urban league in new york city 1980. watch... >> you and i both know there are perceived barriers between my political beliefs and the aspirations of black americans. those barriers are false. what i want for america is i think pretty much what the overwhelming majority of black americans also want. >> martha: so interesting. shannon rain and david perino are here, wonderful to have the onset. i hung out with dana a couple hours ago this morning, thank you so much for coming bac

smith. >> unlike me she is 1 of those people you inherently like. i'm john roberts we will see you tomorrow. the story begins right now with martha

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