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this is david pecker, who's the former publisher for the national enquirer, which is a tabloid newspaper here in the united states. and they were involved, really, in in helping donald trump kill various damaging stories. a process called catch and kill, where they would buy the stories off people who had damaging things to say about donald trump — they did it for others, too, and then simply not publish them. he's been on the stand and will be back on the stand tomorrow. the other thing, stephen, to bear in mind is that thejudge will also have a hearing before the jury goes to court tomorrow on a gag order that donald trump is subject to, where he's not meant to talk about witnesses in public, which he has done, according to the prosecution, at least seven times. and he did again today in the clip you heard there where he laid into michael cohen, who was his formal lawyer, who's going to be one of the main prosecution witnesses and who arranged those payments to stormy daniels. to china now where more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in guangdong, after days of
this is david pecker, who's the former publisher for the national enquirer, which is a tabloid newspaper here in the united states. and they were involved, really, in in helping donald trump kill various damaging stories. a process called catch and kill, where they would buy the stories off people who had damaging things to say about donald trump — they did it for others, too, and then simply not publish them. he's been on the stand and will be back on the stand tomorrow. the other thing,...
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i starting by asking him about mr pecker�*s testimony. this is part of the prosecution's basic case here, that this money that was paid to stormy daniels, the pawn to stormy daniels, the porn star, was paid to her for reasons of keeping the story quiet because of the election. now, that's why they say the payments were dressed up as something else, because they would they could look like illegal campaign contributions. now, what they're trying to do is to establish the background here and say that david pecker, the publisher, the then publisher of the national enquirer, was involved really in a sort of plan with donald trump and his lawyer, notjust to stop those negative stories about donald trump, but to promote positive stories before the election — and indeed to promote smears about some of his opponents, hillary clinton, the republican opponents like ted cruz. so, what they're trying to say is that this was part of a pattern that led to the situation with stormy daniels, which, of course, is the subject of this particular case. i al
i starting by asking him about mr pecker�*s testimony. this is part of the prosecution's basic case here, that this money that was paid to stormy daniels, the pawn to stormy daniels, the porn star, was paid to her for reasons of keeping the story quiet because of the election. now, that's why they say the payments were dressed up as something else, because they would they could look like illegal campaign contributions. now, what they're trying to do is to establish the background here and say...
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and then the defence was able to just start their questioning of david pecker. and he testified that this kind of chequebookjournalism, paying to suppress stories, was standard operating procedure and that he had done it with several celebrities, including tiger woods and arnold schwarzenegger. nada tawfik reporting there. the prime minister of haiti, ariel henry, has resigned at a transitional council has started running the country. the body is tasked with organising elections and restoring order to haiti, suffering from deadly gang violence. he agreed to step down after armed groups refused to let him return from a trip abroad. in other news, experts are warning sexually abusive cyber attacks are on the rise across the world and anyone can be a victim of so—called extortion. it comes after two men were arrested in nigeria earlier this month after an australian teenager took his own life. —— sextortion. police allege they told the teenager they would release personal photos unless he paid them $500. there was an extensive study looking at the studies. th
and then the defence was able to just start their questioning of david pecker. and he testified that this kind of chequebookjournalism, paying to suppress stories, was standard operating procedure and that he had done it with several celebrities, including tiger woods and arnold schwarzenegger. nada tawfik reporting there. the prime minister of haiti, ariel henry, has resigned at a transitional council has started running the country. the body is tasked with organising elections and restoring...
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and then the defence was able to just start their questioning of david pecker. and he testified that this kind of chequebookjournalism, paying to suppress stories, was standard operating procedure and that he had done it with several celebrities, including tiger woods and arnold schwarzenegger. us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called on washington and beijing to manage their differences "responsibly", on day two of his visit to china. this was the moment mr blinken arrived in beijing from shanghai. a full day of talks with china's political leadership is planned for friday, including a possible meeting with president xijinping. mr blinken�*s trip is aimed at resolving a series of contentious issues, from taiwan to tiktok, as the two superpowers attempt to repair their relationship. 0ur china correspondent laura bicker previews the visit from beijing: in this suburb of beijing, two worlds collide. a sport seen as an expression of america's national identity has made it to china's capital. there are only a few thousand players in this country, but pote
and then the defence was able to just start their questioning of david pecker. and he testified that this kind of chequebookjournalism, paying to suppress stories, was standard operating procedure and that he had done it with several celebrities, including tiger woods and arnold schwarzenegger. us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called on washington and beijing to manage their differences "responsibly", on day two of his visit to china. this was the moment mr blinken arrived...
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the first witness was david pecker, from the national enquirer magazine, who the prosecution claim conspired with donald trump to stop harmful stories being published that could damage his presidential campaign. donald trump will be back in court tomorrow in a case that's expected to last around six weeks. sarah smith, bbc news, new york. i'm joined by north america correspondent. gas up to speed with some of the key things to know about today's opening arguments? we know about today's opening arguments?— know about today's opening an uments? ~ ., ., , arguments? we had the opening statement from _ arguments? we had the opening statement from the _ arguments? we had the opening statement from the prosecution | statement from the prosecution and defence, pretty brief actually. 0nly around hour in total a really. the prosecution already setting up at these were, these charges and falsifying business record charges were notjust charges were not just misdemeanours charges were notjust misdemeanours but felonies and the reason they argue they were felony is because they were designed to cover u
the first witness was david pecker, from the national enquirer magazine, who the prosecution claim conspired with donald trump to stop harmful stories being published that could damage his presidential campaign. donald trump will be back in court tomorrow in a case that's expected to last around six weeks. sarah smith, bbc news, new york. i'm joined by north america correspondent. gas up to speed with some of the key things to know about today's opening arguments? we know about today's opening...