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more than seven hours. today trump's lawyers grilled her about differing accounts given in interviews what she claimed was a sexual endon'ter with president trump in 2006. alleging business records were falsified to cover up a $130,000 payment made to her to keep her silent before the 2016 election. >> at this hour, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse in lower manhattan and in-studio, nbc news legal analyst angela senadella. vaughn what has the jury heard today? >> reporter: kate and zinhle, stormy daniels wrapped up testimony answering her cross-examination, a series of questions for hours where defense attorneys for donald trump tried to call into question some small discrepancies in stories shared from the past. including whether she had dinner or not night of their one-night stand. importantly, a lot of her story

was not called into question at all by defense attorneys with donald trump. stormy daniels was defiant, stuck to her story they had a one-night stand, one sexual encounter but engaged conversationally for months after that. a day and a half of testimony, stormy daniels story hitting to the attempt of what was donald trump's attempt to cover up her story from getting to the public at large before the 2016 election ultimately leading donald trump to get michael cohen to pay her $130,000. one other key witness on the stand. executive assistant to donald trump when he was the president for the first two and a half years while he was in the oval office. she had the desk right outside the oval office and we expect prosecutors to ask her what she knew about michael cohen's conversations with donald trump and also the execution of the reimbursement check she even had her hands on to mail them back

to the trump organization ultimately to get to michael cohen. >> angela, your a defense attorney. vaughn laid out the defense was really going after stormy daniels trying to undercut and dismantle her story. how do you think that played out? >> look, i think the effectiveness depends on the jury's bias and not political bias. these trials are fought at two different wavelengths. the legal wavelength. criminal intent. prove element of the crime? under that psychological fight. who's humanized, demonized? interesting with this case, no real victim of this crime. right? stormy was up there to represent the victim. showed her story almost similar to being an assault victim, but the defense got up there, questioned her credibility and tried to paint trump as a victim here. victim of extortion. victim of a shakedown. that's going to depend how the

jury sees this testimony. >> interesting. vaughn, we need to talk about this gag order that limits what trump can say about witnesses, the jury and the families of the judge and prosecutors. wide scope there. we know republican senator rick scott was with trump in court today, and actually spoke to reporters outside the hearing. first take a listen. >> the judge's daughters a political operative. raises money for democrats. >> so mr. trump has already been held in contempt for violating this gag order ten times. break down for us, vaughn, what's in the gag order that could possibly make what rick scott just says another violation? >> right. rick scott is the first member of congress, florida senator, to come and actually sit inside of this courtroom for part of the proceedings and come out, speak words about not only judge merchan's family but also calls into question one of the prosecutor's from the district

attorney's team. both of those for donald trump are impermissible. it says donald trump cannot direct others to make statements about the individuals that impact the case. we don't know whether he directed rick scott to say it or not. for donald trump, key to have an ally speaking the words he under court order is not able to speak himself, guys. >> thank you both for being here. president biden is drawing his hardest line yet with israel in this war against hamas. in an interview with cnn the president said he were withhold certain weapons if israel carries and a long-fought ground finance ib in rafah. saying it's necessary to stop hamas operations in the southern gazan city where most of the palestinian refugees fled. the president said israel uses american bombs to kill civilians in gaza in this war.

>> with us again from cairo, hala gorani. starts with how israeli leaders feel about what president biden said in that interview and the possibility of withdrawing weapons, and also where do the peace talks stand today? >> reporter: well, i'll start with the negotiations in cairo. ended, and zinhle, without a deal. very bad news for the civilians in gaza. the parties have left. hamas, we understand, has gone bag to doha where the political faction of that organization is based. in qatar. we understand that the dia director bill burns left back to the united states. knop agreement. still sticking points between the parties. it's not a complete collapse, we understand, but right now certainly the most positive description we can give of the status of these talks is that

they are paused right now. as far as the reaction from the israeli leadership to president biden, reiterating that this weapons shipment is on pause, because some american weapons have killed civilians inside of gaza. look down here. the prime minister, netanyahu, we are determined we are united to defeat our enemy, and those who seek our souls, really a defiant tone from the israeli leadership who continue to say they will go through with this rafah operation. >> and hala, a u.s. official says a shipment of humanitarian aid is on its way from cypress, two bodder crossings into gaza now om. what's the status of humanitarian aid getting to those who really need it? >> reporter: well, the two border crossings you're mentioning there and that you highlighted on the map, the israeli government is saying they're open. on the palestinian side saying

that that's not the case. and when you're waiting for humanitarian aid, not receiving fuel or humanitarian aid and without fuel they can't, in any case, operate vehicles or pump water to get clean water to people who are desperate. that by the way, add that, it's not finished, that pier. there was inclement weather and the construction will take several more days. very difficult to welcome any cargo ship to that u.s.-built pier in the immediate future. back to you. >> hala gorani on the ground in cairo. thank you. many people here in the u.s. bracing for potentially dangerous weather today. dangerous storms are sweeping across the southeast. >> three died. one person killed in north carolina and at least two people have died in tennessee. including one in this town columbia. there dramatic drone video shows power of a tornado. some homes scattered all over

the ground. others still standing with roofers completely torn off. nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson is in dallas, texas, and people there are preparing for potential for tornadoes and bad weather. priscilla, looks pretty nice behind you right now. fountains there. sounds like could be the calm before the storm? >> reporter: yeah. kate, it's a bright and sunny 80-degree day here right now, but this area is currently under a tornado warning until 9:00 local time tonight, and that's because we are expecting severe thunderstorms to roll through at some point this evening. tornadoes are a possibility, but i'm told the real threat is going to be the high winds and potential for hail, and texas is among the states when we look at the map. also looking at maryland, extending up into georgia. 64 million people currently anticipating potential severe weather, and it comes after a week of hoar risk weather events. just last night, what happened

in tennessee and tornadoes that touched down. we saw homes that were just destroyed. trees that were snapped like matchsticks and some of what we saw there, just put that in a larger context, yesterday alone more than 400 storms across the country, and when we look at tornadoes, yesterday was the fifth day there were 100-plus reports of tornadoes. certainly a pattern of severe weather that we're dealing with right now. good news, tomorrow only 4 million expected to be under threat of severe weather. that number is beginning to tick down. kate and zinhle? >> refreshing to see kids playing right behind you and having fun in the water. priscilla, thanks so much. >> thank you. turn now to today's cnbc "money minute." a cyber attack disrupting another major health care network. more streamers following in the footsteps of cable tv. kate rooney joins us. >> hi. cyber attack disrupted clinical operations at health care

nonprofits and the largest chain of catholic hospitals. temporarily cut off connections following another industry attack that crippled change health care, subsidiary of united health across and medical claims for about half the country. tiktok announcing today it will lab artificial intelligence generated video and photos made from outside of that app. the social media company says it will use a digital watermark to differentiate. images of individuals y videos. and teaming up to launch a new streaming bundle combining disney+, hulu and max in one bundle. currently cour costs about $50 5 for ad supportive app. >> always free on c nbc.

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and leave a shell of the person they once we are. >> reporter: documents reviewed by nbc news show this week the department of education intends to negotiates with the district over four students civil rights complaints. we spoke with a lawyer for the students. >> when the department of education's office of civil rights notified the district they're being invited to negotiate resolution of a complaint it means they've made a formal finding that the school district violated those plaintiffs civil rights. >> reporter: christian was 12 years old, just left the district, when we met him in 2022. >> what were kids saying? >> using gay slurs and, like, being very rude to me. >> reporter: south lake was thrust into the national spotlight in 2018 when a video of students chanting the "n" word went viral. a group of residents defeat add proposed diversity and inclusion plan. >> by the time my youngest was in ninth great, he was getting

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marjorie taylor greene brought what's called a motion to vacate the house floor. it was soundly rejected 359-43. just 10 republicans voted for greene's motion. johnson called the vote a misguided effort and frivolous character assassination. the second time in just eight months republicans have worked to oust their own speaker. stake a look at this close call at turkey's istanbul airport. a fedex cargo plane managed to land safely without the front wheel. the boeing 767 jet was able to stay on the runway as you see. even though its front landing gear did not deploy. turkish authorities say no one injured and an investigation is und under way. fedex is cooperating with that investigation. listening up. help choose the name of utah's new official hockey team. formerly the arizona coyotes. new owner of the nhl franchise announced 20 options fans can choose from on the list are names like powder and frost.

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especially after a recent incident on a muni bus. her 14-year-old son on his way home from high school where a man shouted discriminatory and racist remarks. >> he was saying that asians are ruining this country. they need to leave. >> reporter: she tells us her son was shock and scared. >> he said, when this man was yelling mean things he would look down at his feet and try not to make eye contact, which was very brave. as soon as he made eye contact, if he looked asian american, that guy would start to attack him more directly and personally. >> reporter: she says other passengers tried to step in, when the man became more aggressive, and pulled out a stun gun. >> chaos ensued, and the bus stopped. had stopped. let people out. he got out and hid behind a tree. his friend ran the other way.

>> reporter: san francisco police say on wednesday at about 3:15 p.m. they arrived at sunset boulevard and met with a caller who said a man on the bus yelled statements at people and pulled out what was described to be a taser. the person ran off han been seen since. saying bus surveillance is reviewed to identify the suspect and added to the statement we "are taking this incident seriously and working with sfpd finding the suspect. we do not tolerate hate or harassment. we are thankful the rider reported it to us. we asked to see the video and they won't share it. this is a reminder ensuring public safety is our most important job. i've heard from many parents upset about this incident. if residents don't feel safe their daily lives, nothing else matters. >> protecting her son. >> very traumatic for the kids.

i don't think we can clearly understand that right away. i think that's the most heartbreaking part. they're so young. >> thank you. the food and drug administration missed its own proposed deadline to ban formaldehyde in air-straightening products, products often used by black women and salons or homes to straighten couragy hair. they have issues sump as causing cancer. five women speaking out about hair relaxer manufacturers saying the products led to life-threatening cancers. >> i went to see a doctor, and about my situation, it was endometrial cancer. >> how did that make you feel? >> i don't have children and couldn't have children because of it. you know -- you hear that and,

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digging into about these reward cards? >> complaints whether the companies are following through onch offered add signup. blackout dates, bells and whistles as conditions where you can and can't redeem the points. basically the cfpb have purview over financial institutions as well as department of transportation and the airline industry. they had a joint hearing this morning to ask questions how these airline credit cards work. with a suggestion coming from the director, a conversation with me, that they could look at regulation. could even look at enforcement actions to go after companies that don't follow through on these promises if consumers are disappointed with the products. >> talk about the consumers. end of the day, right, how can someone know if one of these programs they're signing um for is worth it, is working? >> the all about doing the math. comes to rewards, okay, that benefit and cost of the annual

fee. could be $650 a year and higher interest rates. trying to search to see that signup offer is the best you can get. set a budget how much you're willing to pay for annual fees. they can get into the hundreds and lastly stick wir with the airline of your choice. airlines saying, look, point values gone up over time. trying to push back on this. >> brian cheung, thank you. we have good news to share with you today about the healing power of music. one 5-year-old story took an unexpected turn a few years ago when diagnosed with cancer. but this week she was celebrated with a special song written just for her. >> reporter: at north kansas city high school students are resouring for a unique performance. not only because they're playing for a very special 5-year-old, but because quincy fitzgerald and her big sister josey wrote

the story the music is based on. >> have you heard about the concert that's happening? >> yes. >> what are they going to do? >> play music for me. >> that's pretty special. ♪♪ >> "quincy's song" the culmination of the spring concert. it all started with an organization called "sing me a story" which finds kids in need of a boost and arranges for composers to write a special song. quincy was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago. >> she was so young when she got diagnosed, and it was the worst time of our lives, and all i wanted was for her to just be on the other side of this. >> reporter: "sing me a story" asked quincy and josey to write their book inspiring the music. it includes moments of joy like love of the family trampoline. and super heroes that have given her strength while in the hospital. like spider-man. ♪♪

the high school performance including student animations and even narrators. >> right in front of them. >> reporter: it's all about the power of music, says the director. >> i want to take my students outside the classroom with music and understand that music is for sharing. it's for bringing joy and hope and love to the world. >> made me feel like really happy that i could do this for her. >> how can i make what i'm playing better for quincy? i want this to be amazing. >> it was awesome. >> reporter: hope and healing for a family touched by musicians they had never met before. >> our family has been trying to -- like -- be brave for quincy. >> when the you're going through it you're just like, whoa. all of these -- strangers -- um -- >> want a tissue?

>> yeah. um -- you know -- we don't deserve that. you know? we -- we're just -- our little family. so we just are constantly blown away. [ cheers and applause ] >> i tell the students, i teach orchestra. brut the truth is that i teach life. and orchestra is just a tool. when you can take that common language of music and speak the language of love and joy and hope, then i consider that to be a big success. [ applause ] >> love that message. it is the message of joy and hope. >> yes. >> that concert, just tuesday night. >> amazing. >> kate, thank you. still ahead, it's teacher appreciation week. we have a tribute to educators across the country including

pop quiz. did you know it is teacher appreciation week, and even though teachers and educators deserve our love all year-round, it's a perfect time to say, "thank you." >> that is why we wanted to take a walk down memory lane to talk about two people who had a big impact on our lives. >> mr. reynolds was my social

studies teacher, and what i remember is just what a great teacher he was. connected with the class. he had energy. he made social studies come alive. >> mrs. willhymer was one of the leads of my high school's community development and global citizenship program. she had such a large impact on my life and time at arundel senior high school. >> one of the greatest lessons mr. reynold taught me in that year of social studies is to pay attention to history, value it, study it, and go deep into our part to understand our present. >> something i really appreciated about mrs. wilheim sir that she saw things that i didn't even see in myself. even though she was staff and a teacher at the school, she treated us in many ways like peers, in a way that really empowered us and encouraged us

to lean into our leadership and abilities. >> i think you could draw a lean between my interest in social studies a and what a do now for a living. part of that came from mr. reynolds classroom. >> she cultivated curiosity that made me the journalist i am today. >> students spend so much time at school. and the relationships we form with the teachers, with the staff at the school, really shapes not just our time in high school, middle school or elementary school, but our lives. >> they do heroic work every single day, and i just want to say, i appreciate all the teachers i've had. >> aww. yes, we do appreciate them, and, in fact, mr. sherry wilhymer and mr. bill reynolds are joining us now. thank you both so much for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> let me start with you, ms.

billhymer. first of all what made you want to work in education? >> well, interesting enough, i didn't originally want to. i think as a high school student the last thing i thought about was going back into a high school. so i think ironically that's probably what makes me good at what i do. it's that i -- really love to see potential in people, and -- i love seeing students become a part of a community, and realizing potential in themselves. >> yeah. >> mr. reynolds, you're retired now but taught for 38 years at the public school in upstate new york. what do you miss the most and what made you become a teacher? >> what i miss the most is kids! >> aww. >> kids are what it's really all about, and they have such incredible enthusiasm for things, if you can turn them on. and you just got to connect with them, make them realize history is valuable, just like you said a few minutes ago. >> yes. >> and do it with them. you do history. >> yes. >> history, to me, is not about the past. history is about the past, the

present and the future. >> i love that. >> it's all interconnected. and that's what matters. >> mr. reynolds, i kind of want to ask you about the past. flip the script, put my dear kate on the spot. what was it like teaching her? any favorite memories? >> i'll tell you, most 13-year-old girls are a challenge to teach. she was incredibly inquisitive, and she was very verbal, and she wanted to talk about all kinds of things. especially the women's rights movement. that was really big for her. >> yes. >> but sometimes she would say things that were a little off-base, and i would kind of have to bring her around to another point of view. which was really what i was doing in the classroom most of the time. the fact that there are multiple points of view to every issue. >> yeah. these days i can tell you she keeps the facts straight and keeps people accountable.

so your teaching clearly paid off. >> totally. ms. billhymer, what was it like having zinhle as a student? >> zinhle is remarkable. always. simply amazing but became alive onstage. whether it was a camera, her music. doing a video. making theater production. she so came alive. but i think we had to share values of creating change and -- seeing, bringing communities together, and we just really had a special bond. >> hmm. i'm so grateful for that bond. i mean, it's not often -- you've been working in schools 24 years. mr. reynolds, you're retired, but your impact clearly spans generations.

tips, both of you, for anybody considering going into the field of education? ms. billhymer, start with you. >> lead with your heart, shine a light on students' strength and simply be yourself. >> i love that. >> my biggest takeaway. >> mr. reynolds, what's your top tip? >> i think the best thing about teaching is that you can do whatever you want, within confines, of course. when technology came along i incorporated technology into my classroom. when the idea of re-enacting and creating characters came along, i integrated that in. >> so keep up with the times. >> yes. >> mr. reynolds, thank you so >> mr. reynolds, thank you so much for with cascade platinum plus, i have upped my dish game auntie, in that dishwasher? watch me platinum plus gives you the highest standard of clean, even in your machine. clean enough for you? yeah! scrape. load. done. cascade platinum plus. breathing claritin clear is like... [♪♪] feeling the breeze

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