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Deadline: White House - “It was about today”

Nicolle Wallace is joined by: Lachlan Cartwright, Andrew Weissmann, Kristy Greenberg, Vaughn Hillyard, Rachel Maddow, Harry Litman, Claire McCaskill, Ben Freuerherd, and Sarah Longwell.

“It was about today”

Hi there everyone is 4 o'clock in New York. We'll start with this is not

normal and then we'll get to the news. Who would have thought that a one-night

stand at a Lake Tahoe celebrity golf tournament back in 2006

would have led to today. Riviting, bombshell, sometimes icky.

Testimony from the woman at the heart of the first ever criminal trial of an

She's actually being grilled by one of Trump's lawyers, Susan Necklace. She's been grilled by one of Trump's lawyers, Susan Necklace. She's been sort of a backseat player so far. It's apparent that today was her big day.

Stormy Daniels is on cross. today was her big day.

Stormy Daniels is on cross after hours of testifying

to some of the things Trump and his allies

and enablers have spent tens of thousands of dollars

suppress. Stormy Daniels went through all of the painstaking details of her 2006

sexual encounter with Donald Trump down to the pattern that she remembers seeing in the floor of Trump's hotel room in Tahil.

Some of her testimony earned objections from Trump's defense, many of those were sustained.

Storm McDaniel's described reluctantly agreeing to have dinner with Donald Trump,

thinking it could be good for her career.

At one point during their time together, she said she asked herself, quote, how did I misread

this so badly to get here? That's when it became intimate. Sitting 10 feet away from the

ex-presidents from me Daniel said that Donald Trump would call her

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0:00.0	Hi there everyone is 4 o'clock in New York. We'll start with this is not
0:16.2	normal and then we'll get to the news. Who would have thought that a one-night
0:20.6	stand at a Lake Tahoe celebrity golf tournament back in 2006
0:24.9	would have led to today. Riviting, bombshell, sometimes icky.
0:30.8	Testimony from the woman at the heart of the first ever criminal trial of an
0:36.3	American ex president.
0:37.3	Stormy Daniels herself.
0:38.3	She's on the stand right now.
0:40.3	She's actually being grilled by one of Trump's lawyers, Susan Necklace. She's been grilled by one of Trump's lawyers, Susan Necklace. She's been sort of a backseat player so far. It's apparent that today was her big day.
0:52.0	Stormy Daniels is on cross. today was her big day.
0:53.2	Stormy Daniels is on cross after hours of testifying
0:57.0	to some of the things Trump and his allies
0:59.0	and enablers have spent tens of thousands of dollars
1:01.7	in many years trying to hide and
1:03.1	suppress. Stormy Daniels went through all of the painstaking details of her 2006
1:09.6	sexual encounter with Donald Trump down to the pattern that she remembers seeing in the floor of Trump's hotel room in Tahil.
1:17.0	Some of her testimony earned objections from Trump's defense, many of those were sustained.
1:22.9	Storm McDaniel's described reluctantly agreeing to have dinner with Donald Trump,
1:27.2	thinking it could be good for her career.
1:29.5	At one point during their time together, she said she asked herself, quote, how did I misread
1:35.2	this so badly to get here? That's when it became intimate. Sitting 10 feet away from the
1:40.9	ex-presidents from me Daniel said that Donald Trump would call her
	...

“It was about today”

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