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pecker testified trump and michael cohen asked me what can i do and what can my magazines do to help the campaign? he said the three men hatched a confidential agreement. the national enquirer would publish positive stories about trump and negative stories ability his opponents. he said trump amplified one story attempting to tie cruz's father to the kennedy assassination. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? it's horrible. >> reporter: pecker testified the national enquirer created the story claiming to match photos of cruz's father with pictures of oswald. that's not all. pecker said he told trump, i will be your eyes and ears, agreeing to purchase damaging stories so they would not get published. that includes a story of a door man that was shopping an unfounded claim trump fathered a child out of wedlock. which he denied. the doorman spoke with gma in 2018. >> george: did you believe they were paying you to pursue the story or to kill the story? >> i thought it was really i think the enquirer bought stories. i figured they wan
pecker testified trump and michael cohen asked me what can i do and what can my magazines do to help the campaign? he said the three men hatched a confidential agreement. the national enquirer would publish positive stories about trump and negative stories ability his opponents. he said trump amplified one story attempting to tie cruz's father to the kennedy assassination. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? it's horrible. >>...
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. >> michael cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever. he was a lawyer and you rely on your lawyers. >> the defense claims trump is only responding to political attacks he could face thousands of dollars in fines if the judge rules he violated the gag order. jail is unlikely. >> 609 we're taking a look at live doppler seven, along with satellite low pressure anchored off the southern california coastline this morning, has brought cooler weather and also pretty deep marine layer. we have a lot of cloud cover this morning, and that deep marine layer means sunshine will be slow to appear as the day goes on. take a look at the morning commute. you will find those overcast skies with all that cloud cover. temperatures very slow to warm. we're basically in the 50s all morning long before we start to see some 60s appear after lunchtime. so let's break down the forecast region by region inland. today we start out with those overcast skies. it's one of the first areas to see sunshine appear later on this afternoon. temperatures in the mid 60s arou
. >> michael cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever. he was a lawyer and you rely on your lawyers. >> the defense claims trump is only responding to political attacks he could face thousands of dollars in fines if the judge rules he violated the gag order. jail is unlikely. >> 609 we're taking a look at live doppler seven, along with satellite low pressure anchored off the southern california coastline this morning, has brought cooler weather and also...
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he met with michael cohen and trump and pledged to run flattering stories about trump and hit jobs on trump's opponents, including a false story claiming senator ted cruz's father was involved in the jfk assassination. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death and before the shooting? it's horrible. >> pecker also offered to be the campaign's eyes and ears to alert cohen if he caught wind of any potentially damaging stories, pecker saying he told trump he tried to kill those stories so they'd never see the light of day. andrew dymburt, abc news, new york, 509. >> this morning we're taking a look at your travel forecast. new york city is experiencing some late day showers today, but it's a mild high of 70 degrees. another area we're watching, the pacific northwest for a little bit of rain as well. other places like la. looking lovely today. chicago, atlanta. we'll have temperatures in the 70s across a huge portion of the south. back here at home, it's all about morning cloud cover, giving way to a little bit of afternoon sunshine. we have that marine layer in
he met with michael cohen and trump and pledged to run flattering stories about trump and hit jobs on trump's opponents, including a false story claiming senator ted cruz's father was involved in the jfk assassination. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death and before the shooting? it's horrible. >> pecker also offered to be the campaign's eyes and ears to alert cohen if he caught wind of any potentially damaging stories, pecker saying he told trump he...
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it's horrible. >> pecker also offered to be the campaign's eyes and ears to alert cohen if he caught wind of any potentially damaging stories, pecker saying he told trump he tried to kill those stories so they'd never see the light of day. when he learned a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, was trying to sell her story about an affair with trump, which trump denies. pecker's company bought the rights to the story for $150,000. but to protect trump, pecker says he never published the story. pecker's due back on the stand when the trial resumes tomorrow, a dramatic scene on a highway in oregon. >> a one year old boy is safe after being rescued by police. they say he'd been abducted by his father, who was accused of two murders and was allegedly fleeing to mexico before dying by suicide. former school resource officer elias huizar allegedly killed his ex-wife in washington state. he was also accused of another murder, believed to be his girlfriend. he previously pleaded not guilty to a child rape charge, a bizarre sight in the nation's capital. >> this city bus was seen driving acro
it's horrible. >> pecker also offered to be the campaign's eyes and ears to alert cohen if he caught wind of any potentially damaging stories, pecker saying he told trump he tried to kill those stories so they'd never see the light of day. when he learned a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, was trying to sell her story about an affair with trump, which trump denies. pecker's company bought the rights to the story for $150,000. but to protect trump, pecker says he never published the...
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pecker testified that in 2015 he had a meeting with trump and his lawyer slash fixer, michael cohen. where they agreed he'd be their eyes and ears for any negative stories women might be trying to sell about trump, so they could pay the women off or get the stories killed. they would also publish positive stories about trump and negative stories about his opponents, many of them stories they made up. like this one about dr. ben carson before he bent the knee. "bungling surge ben left sponge in patient's brain." [ laughter ] this one about ted cruz. "ted cruz shamed by porn star." [ laughter ] "hillary framed trump family." [ laughter ] you understand donald trump calls "the new york times" fake news, was admittedly generating fake news with his friend, david pecker. everything he accuses anyone else of, is something he actually did. and yet these bootlickers on fox news, they cannot believe the injustice. >> i consider myself a proud person. after sitting in that dirty, disgusting, criminal courtroom today watching the former president of the united states being persecuted like a cri
pecker testified that in 2015 he had a meeting with trump and his lawyer slash fixer, michael cohen. where they agreed he'd be their eyes and ears for any negative stories women might be trying to sell about trump, so they could pay the women off or get the stories killed. they would also publish positive stories about trump and negative stories about his opponents, many of them stories they made up. like this one about dr. ben carson before he bent the knee. "bungling surge ben left...
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at trump's direction, prosecutors say his fixer, michael cohen, wired daniels $130,000. and then to hide the true nature of the payment, trump allegedly decided cohen's reimburse amounts should be recorded as legal services. pecker also allegedly promising to publish positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponent. pecker says prior to the election, his magazines never caught and killed any stories for trump. trump has denied any sexual relationship with daniels and has pleaded not guilty to falsifying business records. trump slamming the case outside of court. >> we have a gag order, which to me is totally unconstitutional. i'm not allowed to talk, but people are allowed to talk about me. >> and that gag order trump is talking about. prosecutors have accused him of violating it. the judge held a contempt hearing on tuesday morning that got heated, ultimately saying he would not rule from the bench. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> will scott peterson get access to new dna testing in his quest for a new trial? the abc seven news i-team c
at trump's direction, prosecutors say his fixer, michael cohen, wired daniels $130,000. and then to hide the true nature of the payment, trump allegedly decided cohen's reimburse amounts should be recorded as legal services. pecker also allegedly promising to publish positive stories about mr. trump and publish negative stories about his opponent. pecker says prior to the election, his magazines never caught and killed any stories for trump. trump has denied any sexual relationship with daniels...
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pecker said he assumed trump was asking cohen, did we hear anything yet? finally, pecker testified he and trump got on the phone. he said he told trump to buy the rights to mcdougal's story. trump's response, "i don't buy stories. anytime you do anything like this, it always gets out." ultimately, pecker's company paid karen mcdougal $150,000 for the rights to her story, but never published it, all to protect trump. pecker's testimony resumes thursday. trump today complaining he's stuck in court, while president biden is out on the campaign trail. >> they're keeping me in a courtroom that's freezing, by the way. he's out campaigning, and i'm here in a courtroom, sitting here, giving -- sitting up as straight as i can all day long, because, you know what? it's a very unfair situation. >> reporter: before today's testimony, prosecutors accused trump of repeatedly violating the judge's gag order, attacking witnesses, even potential jurors. and they said it's posing a very real threat to the trial. the defense insisted trump is complying but the judge interjec
pecker said he assumed trump was asking cohen, did we hear anything yet? finally, pecker testified he and trump got on the phone. he said he told trump to buy the rights to mcdougal's story. trump's response, "i don't buy stories. anytime you do anything like this, it always gets out." ultimately, pecker's company paid karen mcdougal $150,000 for the rights to her story, but never published it, all to protect trump. pecker's testimony resumes thursday. trump today complaining he's...
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cohen would tell him who to go after, and the magazine would do it. pecker admitted the enquirer fabricated a story falsely linking cruz's father with the kennedy assassination. pecker testifying they took a picture of cruz and a picture of lee harvey oswald and matched the two together, adding, that's how the story was prepared, created, i would say. trump running with the fake story about cruz's father. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the ooting? it's horrible. >> reporter: pecker told the jury he was convinced women could come forward with stories to sell because trump was the most eligible bachelor and dated the most beautiful women. trump perking up at that description. and then visibly purr tuperturb as pecker started to detail one example. the story of karen mcdougall, who claims to have had a year-long affair with trump, which he denies. when he learned mcdougall was trying to sell her story in june 2016, pecker said he immediately called cohen. he said he and cohen were already talking a couple tim
cohen would tell him who to go after, and the magazine would do it. pecker admitted the enquirer fabricated a story falsely linking cruz's father with the kennedy assassination. pecker testifying they took a picture of cruz and a picture of lee harvey oswald and matched the two together, adding, that's how the story was prepared, created, i would say. trump running with the fake story about cruz's father. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the...
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you can't believe michael cohen. prosecution is saying they can back up what michael cohen is saying with other witnesses and records. but the defense wants to make this case as much as possible ability michael cohen's credibility. >> pecker was the first witness. fair to call him the star witness? >> absolutely. according to prosecutors, he's the one executing on all of this, right? he's the one deciding which stories get killed. he's part of the process, in talking about what's coming in. what do we have to worry about, etc? he becomes the executer for donald trump. so he becomes a critical witness and the heart of his testimony coming today. >> george: let's bring jon karl in. donald trump appeared to fall asleep for the fourth time yesterday. what did you make of his demeanor? >> he looks diminished and irritated to be there. you could see it in him. he comes out after the proceedings, talk to the cameras. his political advisers have said day after day he would use that moment to go on the offensive, hit his camp
you can't believe michael cohen. prosecution is saying they can back up what michael cohen is saying with other witnesses and records. but the defense wants to make this case as much as possible ability michael cohen's credibility. >> pecker was the first witness. fair to call him the star witness? >> absolutely. according to prosecutors, he's the one executing on all of this, right? he's the one deciding which stories get killed. he's part of the process, in talking about what's...
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prosecutors say pecker worked with trump and his attorney, michael cohen, on a strategy to buy and then kill negative stories. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer. he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense >> prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt over social media posts that they say violated a gag order. the former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, but denies wrongdoing. >> the supreme court's conservative majority seems open to allowing cities to punish people experiencing homelessness. justices heard arguments yesterday in a case involving the small city of grants pass, oregon. that city wants to crack down on the unhoused. in 2013, it passed an ordinance allowing people to be ticketed for sleeping on the streets. the problem? the city didn't have shelters to house all of those people. the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco said the ordinance amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. now, the supreme court must decide whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go.
prosecutors say pecker worked with trump and his attorney, michael cohen, on a strategy to buy and then kill negative stories. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer. he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense >> prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt over social media posts that they say violated a gag order. the former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, but denies wrongdoing. >> the supreme court's conservative...
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instances, including at least one on social media, where trump linked articles calling key witness michael cohen a serial perjurer. >> i got caught lying in the last trial, so he got caught lying, pure lying. >> prosecutors want judge juan merchan to fine trump $1,000 per violation, and they urged the judge to warn trump that future violations could result in a terme of incarceration of up to 30 days. the judge, considering the accusations today in court. this comes after a tense first day of testimony in new york. >> it's a very, very sad day in america, i can tell you that in court, trump watched stone faced as prosecutors accused him of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to bury allegations of an affair with actress stormy daniels during his first run for president in 2016. >> jurors heard brief testimony from david pecker, who ran the national enquirer, who has acknowledged by negative stories about trump only to get rid of them, a practice known as catch and kill. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer, he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense. that's the exact terms th
instances, including at least one on social media, where trump linked articles calling key witness michael cohen a serial perjurer. >> i got caught lying in the last trial, so he got caught lying, pure lying. >> prosecutors want judge juan merchan to fine trump $1,000 per violation, and they urged the judge to warn trump that future violations could result in a terme of incarceration of up to 30 days. the judge, considering the accusations today in court. this comes after a tense...
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the list of potential violations includes social media posts that linked to articles calling michael cohen a key witness in the trial a serial perjurer. prosecutors want the judge to find trump $1,000 per violation and threatened further penalties. the judge scheduled a hearing on the issue before witness testimony resumes today. >> it's a very, very sad day in america. i can tell you that. >> prosecutors allege trump falsified business records to disguise a $130,000 payment to star stormy daniels, days before the 2016 election, so voters would not find out about daniels claim of an affair. at the time, news had just broken of the access hollywood tape, where trump is heard bragging about groping women. >> when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything during opening statements yesterday, the prosecutor quoted trump's words to the jury, saying the tapes impact was explosive and trump and his campaign were deeply concerned. >> when trump learned daniels was shopping a story, prosecutors said he was adamant word of the alleged affair not come out. trump denies any wrongdoing, hi
the list of potential violations includes social media posts that linked to articles calling michael cohen a key witness in the trial a serial perjurer. prosecutors want the judge to find trump $1,000 per violation and threatened further penalties. the judge scheduled a hearing on the issue before witness testimony resumes today. >> it's a very, very sad day in america. i can tell you that. >> prosecutors allege trump falsified business records to disguise a $130,000 payment to star...
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prosecutors say david pecker schemed with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to influence the election by concealing negative information about trump. the former president is accused of arranging a $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from revealing their alleged affair. right before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing. happening tomorrow a potentially unprecedented vote on tiktok's future. the senate is expected to pass a bill to ban the social app in the u.s. if its chinese owners don't sell. it will be the first time congress has passed a law aimed at shutting down a social media platform. but as abc news reporter tim pulliam explains, tiktok's time isn't up yet. >> today i'm saying my final goodbye to tiktok. >> the clock is ticking for viral social media app tiktok. over the weekend, house lawmakers passing a bill that could ban the popular app from the u.s. if the chinese owner, bytedance, doesn't sell within a year. >> the two options are sell to a us owner or cease operating in the us. >> the potential measure is lumped
prosecutors say david pecker schemed with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to influence the election by concealing negative information about trump. the former president is accused of arranging a $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from revealing their alleged affair. right before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing. happening tomorrow a potentially unprecedented vote on tiktok's future. the senate is expected to pass a bill to ban...
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none of this would have happened if michael cohen robert mueller hadn't spoken years ago. it's the reason it's coming to fruition because michael cohen at one point has said in the past he would take a bullet for donald trump. he described himself as donald trump's pit bull that pit bull has flipped on donald trump. if michael cohen had never said anything to prosecutors years ago, none of this would have ever happened. this was donald trump's fixer, byron. this was the guy that when the situations like this would happen, michael cohen would make them go away. it's all because of him that donald trump's in court. >> in laymen's convicted liar. this guy has lied a lot but you can believe him here. >> they owned it in opening statements. we know michael cohen has gone to jail. we know he did this. he know he has lived for donald trump. but here is the thing. it still happened. he still did it. and now he is speaking the truth. he's got the records to back it up. and when he gets on that stand, not only are prosecutors going to have to deal with that, as soon as he is done on
none of this would have happened if michael cohen robert mueller hadn't spoken years ago. it's the reason it's coming to fruition because michael cohen at one point has said in the past he would take a bullet for donald trump. he described himself as donald trump's pit bull that pit bull has flipped on donald trump. if michael cohen had never said anything to prosecutors years ago, none of this would have ever happened. this was donald trump's fixer, byron. this was the guy that when the...
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prosecutors say david pecker schemed with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to influence the election by concealing negative information about trump. the former president is accused of arranging a $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from revealing their alleged affair. right before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing. happening tomorrow a potentially unprecedented vote on tiktok's future. the senate is expected to pass a bill to ban the social app in the u.s. if its chinese owners don't sell. it will be the first time congress has passed a law aimed at shutting down a social media platform. but as abc news reporter tim pulliam explains, tiktok's time isn't up yet. >> today i'm saying my final goodbye to tiktok. >> the clock is ticking for viral social media app tiktok. over the weekend, house lawmakers passing a bill that could ban the popular app from the u.s. if the chinese owner, bytedance, doesn't sell within a year. >> the two options are sell to a us owner or cease operating in the us. >> the potential measure is lumped
prosecutors say david pecker schemed with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, to influence the election by concealing negative information about trump. the former president is accused of arranging a $130,000 payment to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from revealing their alleged affair. right before the 2016 election. trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing. happening tomorrow a potentially unprecedented vote on tiktok's future. the senate is expected to pass a bill to ban...
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no while listening to the prosecution tell jurors that he schemed with his former fixer, michael cohen, and former national enquirer publisher david pecker to influence the general election by concealing negative information about him, trump passing notes and whispering to his attorneys at times, trump's defense attorney telling the jury, i have a spoiler alert. there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. the defense arguing trump relied on lawyers to arrange that payment. trump has long denied the affair and any wrongdoing. he's pleaded not guilty to the charges. >> it's a case as to bookkeeping . you pay a lawyer, he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense. that's the exact terms they use. legal expense. >> prosecutors calling pecker as their first witness. he once called trump a personal friend, flashing a smile as he took the stand. prosecutors accusing him of acting as a coconspirator in helping buy and bury damaging stories about trump. pecker testified that he had final say whether to publish any story involving celebrities. court is b
no while listening to the prosecution tell jurors that he schemed with his former fixer, michael cohen, and former national enquirer publisher david pecker to influence the general election by concealing negative information about him, trump passing notes and whispering to his attorneys at times, trump's defense attorney telling the jury, i have a spoiler alert. there is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy. the defense arguing trump relied on lawyers to...
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and he told the jury, michael cohen, a key prosecution witness, has "an obsession with getting trump, he cannot be trusted." but prosecutors insist the alleged criminal conspiracy to protect trump involved others, including their first witness, david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher who once called trump a personal friend. as pecker took the stand, trump leaned forward, arms crossed, an angry look on his face. pecker has acknowledged buying negative stories about the candidate only to bury them, a practice known as catch-and-kill. on the stand, pecker was blunt. "we used checkbook journalism. we paid for stories." he's testifying under a subpoena, having cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid charges himself. he was only on the stand a few minutes today, but he'll be back tomorrow. leaving court, trump, who denies the affair with daniels, tried to downplay the case against him. >> it's a case as to bookkeeping, which is a very minor thing in terms of the law. >> reporter: so, david pecker is back tomorrow, david, but before that, there will be arguments whether trump vio
and he told the jury, michael cohen, a key prosecution witness, has "an obsession with getting trump, he cannot be trusted." but prosecutors insist the alleged criminal conspiracy to protect trump involved others, including their first witness, david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher who once called trump a personal friend. as pecker took the stand, trump leaned forward, arms crossed, an angry look on his face. pecker has acknowledged buying negative stories...
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stormy daniels will testify along with michael cohen. trump's former fixer who wired her the hush money. lead witness likely to be david pecker who was part of the national enquirer. who worked with trump to put the stories away. also right now congress is one step closer to passing billions in foreign aid needed by america's allies. senate expected to vote on critical funding for ukraine, israel and taiwan after speak r mike johnson put his job on the line working with democrats to push through the aid package. >> michael: two chess champions squared off in the heart of times square looking to set a world record playing the game nonstop. the nigerian master and shawn martinez played for 60, yeah, 6-0. hours. it beat the previous record of 56 hours. chess fans around the world watched and cheered. he hopes to raise $1 million for kids education across africa with the event. >> george: 60 hours. >> robin: could you imagine? >> george: no. [ laughter ] >> michael: we didn't even announce a winner. we just said they played for 60. and we go
stormy daniels will testify along with michael cohen. trump's former fixer who wired her the hush money. lead witness likely to be david pecker who was part of the national enquirer. who worked with trump to put the stories away. also right now congress is one step closer to passing billions in foreign aid needed by america's allies. senate expected to vote on critical funding for ukraine, israel and taiwan after speak r mike johnson put his job on the line working with democrats to push...
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michael cohen is also expected to take the stand. he is trump's former attorney who already went to federal prison for his role in the hush money matter. trump has denied all allegations and says the trial is politically motivated. his allies have echoed those claims. >> i'm hoping that this judge makes the right decision. i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will will let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign trail. >> this trial is expected to last six weeks, with court in session four days per week. trump will not be able to campaign during the trial. he faces up to four years in prison if convicted, but a conviction would not prevent him from becoming president again. back to you. kumasi >> thanks, amanda. good news for drivers in the north bay westbound highway 37 reopened ahead of schedule. 21 miles from vallejo to sears point. was closed over the weekend for repaving, and that caused some long delays along the detour route. caltrans says it used nearly
michael cohen is also expected to take the stand. he is trump's former attorney who already went to federal prison for his role in the hush money matter. trump has denied all allegations and says the trial is politically motivated. his allies have echoed those claims. >> i'm hoping that this judge makes the right decision. i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will will let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign...
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michael cohen is also expected to take the stand. he is trump's former attorney who already went to federal prison for his role in the hush money matter. trump has denied all allegations and says the trial is politically motivated. his allies have echoed those claims. >> i'm hoping that this judge makes the right decision. i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will we'll let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign trail. >> this trial is expected to last six weeks, with court in session four days per week. trump will not be able to campaign during the trial. he faces up to four years in prison if convicted, but a conviction would not prevent him from becoming president again. back to you at the desk, kumasi. >> thank you. amanda. good news for drivers in the north bay westbound highway 37 reopened ahead of schedule. so 21 miles from vallejo to sears point was closed over the weekend for repaving, and that caused some long delays along the detour route. caltrans
michael cohen is also expected to take the stand. he is trump's former attorney who already went to federal prison for his role in the hush money matter. trump has denied all allegations and says the trial is politically motivated. his allies have echoed those claims. >> i'm hoping that this judge makes the right decision. i'm hoping these jurors can come in and be unbiased and will we'll let this case go forward in a swift manner that allows president trump to get back on the campaign...
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trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, also expected to be a key witness, along with stormy daniels and former white house communications director hope hicks. >> it's going to be up to the defense to try and discredit the witnesses on cross-examination, point out inconsistencies in their accounts in the case of one of the key witnesses, michael cohen, they'll hammer on his credibility because he is a convicted felon. >> in a separate case today, a judge will hear arguments over the $175 million bond in trump's civil fraud case, where he was found liable of falsely inflating his real estate assets. the new york attorney general is asking the judge to void that bond payment, saying the bond company has failed to show it has the money to cover the amount. and another big legal battle for the former president is this thursday, when the supreme court hears arguments on trump's presidential immunity claim and the january 6th election interference case. former republican congresswoman liz cheney, in a new york times op ed today, urges the supreme court to issue its ruling on immunity quickly a
trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, also expected to be a key witness, along with stormy daniels and former white house communications director hope hicks. >> it's going to be up to the defense to try and discredit the witnesses on cross-examination, point out inconsistencies in their accounts in the case of one of the key witnesses, michael cohen, they'll hammer on his credibility because he is a convicted felon. >> in a separate case today, a judge will hear arguments over the...
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trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, could also be called as a witness. as well as stormy daniels, the former president is using this prosecution as a political rallying cry. this is a giant witch hunt to try and hurt a campaign that's beating the worst president in history. while president biden is out on the campaign trail making his case to voters, donald trump, in an email to his supporters complaining that he's trapped in court. >> you can come out and say, sure that this is all a witch hunt and that might rev up his base. but is that really appealing to the independent voters, the republicans, who are not sold on the former president that he needs to win over in order to clinch the white house? >> alison kosik, abc news, new york. we are committed to following the story here at abc seven. we took you inside weeks ago as san quentin prepared to close its death row. and tonight , we know 26 of the inmates living there just moved to a prison in southern california. the mayor in chino is concerned, though, saying the prison's decaying infrastructure may
trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, could also be called as a witness. as well as stormy daniels, the former president is using this prosecution as a political rallying cry. this is a giant witch hunt to try and hurt a campaign that's beating the worst president in history. while president biden is out on the campaign trail making his case to voters, donald trump, in an email to his supporters complaining that he's trapped in court. >> you can come out and say, sure that this is all a...
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michael cohen, trump's former lawyer could be called or even stormy daniels, the recipient of alleged payment. there's also david pecker, former ceo of american media, inc., publisher of the national enquirer who could in theory speak to the catch and kill schemes used to bury stories about president trump. trump denies all allegation and currently claims he too will take the stand. now while trump will be in a courtroom this week, president biden will be hitting the campaign trail. he has a major speech on abortion planned for tuesday in florida. that's one week before a new strict abortion ban is set to take effect there in that state. janai. >> janai: maryalice, thanks for that. now let's bring in abc's jonathan karl, who will be hosting "this week" later today. i want to start where maryalice left off. how do you see this trial impacting the presidential race with trump in the courtroom and biden on the campaign trail? >> jonathan: well, look. i think we don't really know fully how this is going to impact the campaigns because we don't know the effect it's going to have on trump's
michael cohen, trump's former lawyer could be called or even stormy daniels, the recipient of alleged payment. there's also david pecker, former ceo of american media, inc., publisher of the national enquirer who could in theory speak to the catch and kill schemes used to bury stories about president trump. trump denies all allegation and currently claims he too will take the stand. now while trump will be in a courtroom this week, president biden will be hitting the campaign trail. he has a...
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testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access position. a ruling on friday blocked that effort. kennedy also gained access to michigan's ballot recently, and then made it onto utah's ballot earlier this year. the kennedy campaign and a superpac backing him both report he does have enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, and nine more states coming up on this week, silicon valley representative ro khanna will talk about his concerns over the bipartisan house foreign aid package that includes the effort to ban tiktok. you can watch the full interview on this week at eight this morning right here on abc seven. now back here at home to the ceremonial sendoff for bart's original train cars,
testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access position. a ruling on friday blocked that...
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testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice. your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access petition. a ruling on friday blocked that effort. kennedy also gained access to michigan's ballot recently, and then made it onto utah's ballot earlier this year. the kennedy campaign and a superpac backing him both report he has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. in nine more states coming up on this week, silicon valley representative ro khanna will talk about his concerns over the bipartisan house foreign aid package that includes the effort to ban tiktok. you can watch the full interview on this week at eight. this morning right here on abc seven. back here at home the latest from seven on your side. some bay area residents got a
testimony will begin shortly after adult actress stormy daniels and trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, are expected to take the stand. the jury, consisting of seven men, five women and six alternates, were all picked last week. now to your voice. your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will be included on hawaii's presidential ballot in november. state democrats, though, tried to disqualify his campaign's ballot access petition. a ruling on friday blocked that...
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. >> jonathan karl says the testimony of former trump attorney michael cohen could be the key. the defense will portray him as a convicted liar. while prosecutors will stress cohen's history as the person trump fired to fix any problems he might have had. opening statements are scheduled to begin on monday. >> right now to a story abc seven news has been following for months. the supreme court could decide one of its most significant cases on homelessness in the past 40 years, and it will have big impact here in the bay area. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has a look ahead. >> handcuffs won't fix the homeless problems. the advocates, like jennifer friedenbach. >> there has never been a situation where a ticket led somebody off the streets. >> starting monday, the united states supreme court will hear arguments in the case grants pass. boris johnson, the court will decide if ticketing homeless people amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. >> we don't want to see cities, using police and, using criminalization and jail as a way to punish homeless people for being homel
. >> jonathan karl says the testimony of former trump attorney michael cohen could be the key. the defense will portray him as a convicted liar. while prosecutors will stress cohen's history as the person trump fired to fix any problems he might have had. opening statements are scheduled to begin on monday. >> right now to a story abc seven news has been following for months. the supreme court could decide one of its most significant cases on homelessness in the past 40 years, and...
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they're going to try to, you know, portray cohen as a convicted liar, which, frankly, he is. i mean, he did serve three years in prison, in part for lying under oath. so they're going to try to say, this is your major witness, this is the guy he is without any credibility once so ever. of course, it's not the easiest case to make when you consider that michael cohen worked for about a decade for donald trump as one of his closest, you know, advisers, his fixer, his lawyer, and, of course, look, trump yesterday complained that he should be campaigning instead of doing this, not compelled to be there, posting on truth social, right, claiming he's being victimized. how does this play to his base? >> well, you know, he's he's been playing he's been making the case to his base now for over a year that he is a victim, that they're out to get him, that all these prosecutions, this prosecution and the federal prosecutions and what we saw in the state of georgia that this is, you know, the deep state, his enemies that are out to destroy him because they really want to go after trump's
they're going to try to, you know, portray cohen as a convicted liar, which, frankly, he is. i mean, he did serve three years in prison, in part for lying under oath. so they're going to try to say, this is your major witness, this is the guy he is without any credibility once so ever. of course, it's not the easiest case to make when you consider that michael cohen worked for about a decade for donald trump as one of his closest, you know, advisers, his fixer, his lawyer, and, of course, look,...
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his lawyer at the time, michael cohen, wired the money. prosecutors said trump relabeled the payments to cohen so voters wouldn't find out. >> i was paying a lawyer and marking it down as a legal excuse. marked it down as a legal excuse. that's exactly what it was. and you indict me over it. >> reporter: court is in session mondays, tuesday, thursdays and fridays. trump must be off the campaign trail and here on each of those days. tomorrow a new batch of 96 potential jurors will begin answering questions. the seven jurors who were seated were told to come back to court as soon as monday so it seem, george, the judge seems to think they can get the rest of the jurors by the end of the week. >> george: right. no doubt there are lots of twists and turns ahead. right now the trial does appear to be moving relatively quickly. >> reporter: it does. but we'll see how it goes. once testimony gets under way the judge said the trial could last about six weeks. a lot of that's gonna depend on the defense cross-examination of the state's witnesses. d
his lawyer at the time, michael cohen, wired the money. prosecutors said trump relabeled the payments to cohen so voters wouldn't find out. >> i was paying a lawyer and marking it down as a legal excuse. marked it down as a legal excuse. that's exactly what it was. and you indict me over it. >> reporter: court is in session mondays, tuesday, thursdays and fridays. trump must be off the campaign trail and here on each of those days. tomorrow a new batch of 96 potential jurors will...
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trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. >> some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that while trump is in court. >> president biden is on the campaign trail today. he is going to pittsburgh to meet with steelworkers. biden has said he would not be watching trump's trial. instead, he says he will be talking about the issues in washington. perry russom abc seven news. >> happening today, the hawaii attorney general is expected to release the first phase of an extensive report on the august wildfires on maui. amanda is at the live desk tracking the latest on this. >> amanda kumasi. we are working to learn more about what exactly happened during the deadly maui wildfires b
trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. >> some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you...
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trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that while trump is in court, president biden is on the campaign trail. >> he will be in pittsburgh today to meet with steelworkers. biden has said he would not be watching trump's trial. instead, he says he will be talking about the issues perry, russom, abc news, washington. >> happening today, the hawaii attorney general is expected to release the first phase of an extensive report on the august wildfire fires on maui, a massive the live dust tracking that reggie aqui. >> we are working to learn more about what exactly happened during the deadly maui wildfires back in august. the stat
trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to former fixer michael cohen to pay off adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her quiet about a long denied affair. prosecutors say trump falsified documents to hide that information from voters in the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you...
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request to hold trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts blasting witnesses michael cohen and stormy daniels, his attorneys saying trump was only responding to their repeated attacks. reena roy, abc news, new york marking a painful memory, students and staff of virginia tech held a moment of silence today, observing 17 years since the campus shooting there in 2007. >> a gunman shot and killed 32 people on campus today, a candle is staying lit for 24 hours to honor those victims. tonight at 1127, virginia tech's corps of cadets will stand guard for 32 minutes, and in the final minute before midnight, they will put out the candle. the valedictorian at usc won't be allowed to deliver a speech at commencement. it's a break with tradition that's angered many people. reporter rob hayes, from our sister station in los angeles, looks at the reasons why college graduation is a time of excitement and celebration. >> but at usc this year, the bloodshed in the middle east is overshadowing the school's commencement ceremonies. usc officials announcing that valedictorian osnat tabassum
request to hold trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts blasting witnesses michael cohen and stormy daniels, his attorneys saying trump was only responding to their repeated attacks. reena roy, abc news, new york marking a painful memory, students and staff of virginia tech held a moment of silence today, observing 17 years since the campus shooting there in 2007. >> a gunman shot and killed 32 people on campus today, a candle is staying lit for 24 hours to honor...
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that payment was made through trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. trump denies the affair, and today he insisted all he did was pay cohen's legal fees. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that? >> reporter: but prosecutors say trump knew exactly what the money was for, to pay off the porn star and fool american voters. >> david: so let's get right back to aaron katersky outside the courthouse tonight. aaron, seven jurors now seated. both sides agreeing on each of these jurors. they still have to select five more jurors for a jury of 12 and then, of course, select six alternates as well. and, aaron, lawyers on both sides have a certain number of potential jurors they can reject outright? >> reporter: they do, david. each side is allowed to cut ten people from the jury pool for almost any reason, and today trump used that power to eliminate four potential jurors. the district attorney's office used it to el
that payment was made through trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. trump denies the affair, and today he insisted all he did was pay cohen's legal fees. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that? >> reporter: but prosecutors say trump knew exactly what the money was for, to pay off the porn star and fool american voters....
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request to hold trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts blasting witnesses michael cohen and stormy daniels, his attorneys saying trump was only responding to their repeated attacks. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> all right, we're going to take a short break. but up next, the return of the dreaded s.a.t. why top universities are requiring scores again as part of applying to college, and how to negotiate financial aid and improve your students chances of getting off that wait list. getting answers. we'll list and final financial aid before making their choices. high school juniors are stressing out about the return of testing as part of college admissions. member colleges made testing optional at the start of the pandemic, and it seemed as if they were never going to come back, right. they were never going to require it again. but as you might have heard, some of the nation's top universities have recently announced they are bringing back the sat or act requirement. these schools include. there are others, caltech here in california, the ivy league schools, harvard, yal
request to hold trump in contempt over a series of recent social media posts blasting witnesses michael cohen and stormy daniels, his attorneys saying trump was only responding to their repeated attacks. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> all right, we're going to take a short break. but up next, the return of the dreaded s.a.t. why top universities are requiring scores again as part of applying to college, and how to negotiate financial aid and improve your students chances of getting off...
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that they said violated the judge's gag order prohibiting trump from attacking witnesses like michael cohen and stormy daniels. defense attorneys said, george, that he was on the responding to attacks from them, but prosecutors want a $3,000 fine. >> george: thank you very much. let's bring in dan abrams, chief washington correspondent jon karl. dan, let me begin with you. we saw many of the potential jurors dismissed. how difficult is it going to be to put a jury together here? >> very. i mean, look, these were the jurors who were honest, right? they came forward and said, i can'ted be impartial. the concern has got to be about the other half, the ones saying, oh, yeah, i can be totally impartial in this case. this is going to be a process where initially it's the jurors self-select, right? jurors saying, this is what i can do, this is what i can't do. after that the lawyers are going to begin the process of questioning them, each side gets an opportunity to eliminate some without reason and then beyond that they'll have to make an argument to the judge what the reason would be to dismiss.
that they said violated the judge's gag order prohibiting trump from attacking witnesses like michael cohen and stormy daniels. defense attorneys said, george, that he was on the responding to attacks from them, but prosecutors want a $3,000 fine. >> george: thank you very much. let's bring in dan abrams, chief washington correspondent jon karl. dan, let me begin with you. we saw many of the potential jurors dismissed. how difficult is it going to be to put a jury together here? >>...
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the defendant claimed that he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. >> this simply was not true. >> before the trial, trump addressed reporters outside the courtroom, echoing claims that the trial is, quote, election interference. the trial is expected to be in session four days a week for about six weeks. >> the driver of a stolen pickup truck has been arraigned on murder and other charges in connection with a deadly crash on interstate 580. that crash happened last month in oakland, and authorities say 35 year old patrick sheckles was arraigned from his hospital bed thursday. investigators say sheckles and another man were involved in a burglary at a tobacco store in el cerrito that was captured on surveillance video. they say sheckles was driving the stolen truck the wrong way on the freeway after the break in, when he struck another vehicle head on. the driver of that vehicle was killed, and the driver of a third vehicle involved in the crash suffered serious injuries. the other person charged in the case, 56 year old andre alberti, was arraigned today in
the defendant claimed that he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. >> this simply was not true. >> before the trial, trump addressed reporters outside the courtroom, echoing claims that the trial is, quote, election interference. the trial is expected to be in session four days a week for about six weeks. >> the driver of a stolen pickup truck has been arraigned on murder and other charges in connection with a deadly crash on interstate 580. that...