Meet the Press NOW — April 26

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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A New York jury heard testimony from a third witness in former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial. Protests continue at college campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas war. President Biden sat down with radio host Howard Stern in a live interview. Daniella Diaz, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Garrett Ventry join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Gov. Bill Lee (R-Tenn.) is expected to sign a measure to allow teachers to carry guns in schools. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Friday, the second and third witnesses take the stand and
0:05.1	former President Trump's criminal hush money trial as the Justice
0:09.1	Department now waits for a Supreme Court ruling on Trump's claims of absolute immunity.
0:14.8	Plus, hundreds arrested his protests over the Israel Hamas war spread to dozens of college
0:19.1	campuses as the White House considers restricting military aid to an IDF unit accused of gross human rights
0:25.9	violations prior to October 7th.
0:29.3	And President Biden speaks to Shock Jock Howard Stern Stern saying he's happy to debate former
0:33.9	President Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee once again turns up the
0:38.4	rhetoric with more wild accusations against President Biden. Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Kristen Welker in Washington at the end of an
0:57.8	historic week for Donald Trump. As a New York jury heard testimony in his
1:02.2	criminal hush money trial,
1:03.9	and the Supreme Court heard arguments about the scope
1:06.9	of presidential immunity.
1:08.9	In New York, prosecutors are now questioning
1:11.2	the third witness of the day Gary Pharaoh who was a senior
1:14.6	managing director of the bank Michael Cohen allegedly used to wire hush money
1:19.0	payments to Stormy Daniels back in 2016. Now this afternoon jurors heard from former Trump
1:24.4	assistant Rana Graf. She's a long-time Trump organization employee who
1:28.8	handled Mr. Trump's email in his calendar. Graf testified that she had vague recollection of seeing adult film
1:35.2	actress Stormy Daniels in the reception area before Mr. Trump ran for president.
1:40.5	Graf took the stand shortly after the former publisher of the National Inquirer, David
1:44.9	Peker concluded his testimony.
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