You're watching the beat with Ari Melber. We are reporting tonight on one of the most significant

days yet in Trump's criminal trial, and I will tell you exactly the evidence for why it was so significant, the defendant lost this long-awaited gag order clash

began the second week of testimony and as I mentioned in a coal today I was

inside that courtroom and then reporting from out front afterward I I was

the witness's defendant and the jury with my own eyes and that can matter more in a case where we have no video cameras

so tonight I will be reporting for you what I saw inside the courtroom

just as our other court reporters have been doing as we rotate that sought after reporter's

seat in the room now there was no heads up that a key witness would

speak today and if you look on your screen the text you see quote and this is

criminal evidence quote did he cheat on Malania?

It was displayed inside the room. I saw a version of this, maybe not as beautifully colored,

you know, with the, all the paint and pastels, but the green there was what was held up in the room

from the evidence did he cheat on Malania that is a big question and you can see

the defendant looking on and the star witness today who had not been pre-announced so that we thought

sooner or later we would see him was Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal's

former lawyer on the stand and he hurt Trump's defense today that was clear

Trump also lost that key clash I mentioned And he hurt Trump's defense today. That was clear.

Trump also lost that key clash.

I mentioned the judge holding him a contempt

for violating his gag order and threatening jail time.

So right there you can already tell a lot happened right now we're gonna we're

gonna get to the witness within this reported segment but we're gonna start with

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