Stormy Daniels testifies, TikTok lawsuit, decoding whale speech, and more
The 7
The Washington Post
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Stormy Daniels took the stand at Donald Trump's trial. |
| 0:05.0 | Ukraine says it foiled a plot to assassinate its president. |
| 0:09.0 | And scientists are figuring out what sperm whales are saying. |
| 0:14.0 | That's some of what we'll get to on the Seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Hannah Jewel. |
| 0:19.0 | It's Wednesday, May 8th. |
| 0:21.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's 7 stories. |
| 0:24.0 | Number 1. |
| 0:29.0 | Stormy Daniels testified yesterday in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial. |
| 0:35.3 | The adult film actress spoke about a disturbing one night stand she said she had with Trump in 2006. |
| 0:46.4 | At times, her description made it sound like the sex could be viewed as non-consensual. And she gave so much detail that Trump's lawyers demanded a mistrial. The judge rejected that request. |
| 0:54.7 | In the courtroom, Trump was heard cursing and possibly intimidating Daniels. |
| 1:00.3 | This alarmed the judge, who warned one of's lawyers that the former president had to keep quiet while Daniel spoke |
| 1:06.8 | and her testimony could be important |
| 1:09.4 | Trump is accused of disguising financial transactions related to a payment he made to her in 2016. |
| 1:16.3 | It was meant to keep her quiet ahead of the election about what she said happened between them. |
| 1:21.8 | Trump has denied the charges and denied having sex with Daniels at all. |
| 1:26.7 | Her testimony is expected to continue when the trial resumes tomorrow. Number two. The US paused shipments of thousands of bombs to Israel. |
| 1:39.0 | Biden administration officials said yesterday that the pause was intended to |
| 1:43.4 | signal its concern over Israel's looming attack on Rafa. That's a crowded city in |
| 1:49.0 | southern Gaza where over a million people are sheltering with nowhere else to go. |
| 1:54.3 | And the US has warned Israel against a planned offensive there for weeks. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Washington Post, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Washington Post and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.