Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Gabe Gutierrez reporting in Washington, and we're

following two major stories, one in Manhattan and the other here on Capitol Hill, affecting

the two most powerful Republicans in the country. In the House Republican Speaker, Kevin McCarthy

is now facing a potential vote to oust him as Speaker after this weekend's successful

scramble to temporarily avert a government shutdown. We'll have much more on those developments

in a moment, but we begin with breaking news out of New York, where the first day of the

former president's biggest trial yet as a presidential candidate is about to wrap up.

Today, a Manhattan judge heard opening statements in the New York Attorney General's $250

million fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump, his company, and two of his sons. It is a case

unlike any other facing the former president as it threatens to undermine the very core of his

business brand and public persona. The former president, as well as the New York AG, were in

the courtroom for today's proceedings, and Mr. Trump spoke to reporters as he arrived at court

and again during recess, lashing out at the case and calling it part of a vast government conspiracy

to undermine his presidential candidacy.

This is a continuation of the Seagulls' red mooch hunt of all time with a low judge

who moves the property towards a tiny fraction of $1.1, not a trick of a trick of a trick of a

tiny fraction of what they actually are. So, we have a racist attorney general who's a

harrowed show and we ran on the basis that he was going to get Trump before he even knew anything

about it. Those comments were a familiar page from Donald Trump's playbook to personally

attack judges or prosecutors in cases where he faces significant legal peril. The attorney general

responded to Mr. Trump's comments as she arrived at court this morning.

My message is simple, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you

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