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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, the NYPD got their men who jumped, beat and
stomped on an NYPD officer who was just going home
from work. US Marshalls caught twenty three year old tray
Von Hargrove in Virginia. What a great job by them.
He's going to be sent back to the city and
when he gets here, Mayor Adams will be waiting for
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him with a special gift. This is what he said yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
We will find a person responsible, and when we do,
we're going to put that office's cuffs on him.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
And Hargrove's father, Jeffrey Hargrove, has been arrested now for
using the officer's credit cards. In Waterbury, Connecticut, a mass
shooting at the Brass Mill Center mall in Waterbury.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
There are several victims suffering from gunshot wounds. They were
all transported to local hospitals. Currently they're being worked on
and receiving medical treatment and there are no fatalities at
this time.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Yeah, police believe it was a fight that broke out
between rival groups inside the mall. All five of those
people are still recovering there. Nobody died in the shooting.
Donald Trump calls Russian president Putin crazy, and he warns
that he is playing with fire by continuing strikes on
Ukraine in the middle of ceasefire talks. I'm not happy
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with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people,
and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin.
I've known him a long time, always.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Gotten along with him.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and
I don't like it at all. Okay, another day, another
judge blocks the Trump administration from trying to stop the
cash grab called congestion pricing.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
These attacks on congestion pricing are an attack on New
York's sovereignty. New York has the right to govern itself,
to implement policies that improve the lives of its residents,
and to make decisions that benefit our infrastructure and our economy.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And the FBI have at this is reopening the investigation
into who brought cocaine into the White House while Biden
was president.
Speaker 6 (02:07):
Smugglings. Any kind of foreign substance into the White House
is of concern. It could be rice, and it could
be anthrax.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
It could be anything, could be a weapon. Why do
you think Hunter Biden is very nervous right now. You know,
he thought he's skated, he thought he got away with
all of this, and now here he is in the
center of an investigation. At least that's what I believe.
Let's get to Vicki Palladino, New York City council woman,
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represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Vicky, anti Semitism is
all over the news, and look, I know I've heard
the chance in New York. But when those two, that
young girl and that young man were killed in Washington, DC,
that made it all very real. And there has to
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be a crackdown on anti Semitism. I'd know Donald Trump's
doing it in colleges. Do you have concerns here in
the city.
Speaker 7 (03:05):
Of course, We've had concerns in the city since October seventh,
two years ago. That was when we started to see
what took place in Israel and the reaction here in
the United States of America and especially in New York City,
more New York City, because we've got the largest Jewish
population in the entire country outside of Israel, and when
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we saw the rising up of what was happening just
general in general, we couldn't believe it. You know, it
took a little while for us to understand that there's
not not too many people who are going to be
sympathetic to this, and that there was actually going to
develop a movement. And that's what we have developed here.
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This is an anti Semitic movement. I also said that
it's also anti West, anti Americans. So we've got a
real problem of these these the young people that were
murdered in cold blood on US soil in Washington, d C.
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Was by far, like you said, I mean, that was
that was a real wake up call. If if nothing
happened prior to that, that would have been a wake
up call. Which I don't see how this is just
for me. I hate to use this term the icing
on the cake. It has become blatantly clear. Uh, And
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I think Trump needs to do whatever Trump needs to
do the federal government, pull the fund from Harvard, stop
financing me for these foreign kids from coming here. I'm
sorry if people don't like that, but that's just the
way that president of Harvard. Come on, enough is enough.
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We are condoning. We are condoning this, and on a
very broad scale, not on a federal level, and uh,
not with people with some sort of balance in their brains.
But this is UH. And keep in mind to Larry As,
we know we've got that guy Zoran running UH and
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he hates Jews. He hates Jews. He's made very clear
he hates Jews, and he takes meetings with Hamas and
the leaders of Harmas and has blots And we're not
doing anything about this. And there are actually people who
worship this sitting assemblyman. They think he's great, they think
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the way he thinks is great. No, deport them, deport them.
They do not belong on our soil, disrupting our campuses,
disrupting our way of life, and killing innocent, innocent people.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Yeah, you know, you called it a wake up call.
Another wake up call was that police officer being beaten
in the Bronx over the weekend. It was just horrific.
It was just stunning. But I know when they get
this guy trayvon Hargrove back to New York, we're going
to find out that he's been arrested before and let
out again and again and again. And so I think
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the politicians have themselves to blame for this. They should
be looking in the mirror because this is on.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Them one hundred percent. I say it all the time,
We've been saying it. Now. You know, when Deblasio was
mayor for those eight years, we saw the startup of
this okay, twenty twenty, the burning of the city and
going up now to twenty twenty five. We are to
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blame for every politician that is sitting in office right
now in the city and the state government for us
not to take hold of what is actually going on
here instead of continuing to see the lunatics run the
asylum by making these laws and ball reform up there
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in Albany, and the Discovery laws taking putting these liberal
judges into place. The da are handcuffed. It's we've got ourselves.
We've got ourselves a predicament. But here's another thing. The
people of the city and the people of the state
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of New York need to wake up, need to understand
that they must go out and vote when you have
a mayor's race, and there's over eight million people living
in this city, and when Dublizio ran in twenty seventeen,
eight hundred eighty thousand people, that's it, that's what came
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out to vote for the mayor of the City of
New York. And when we ran in twenty one, we
had one point one million people come out and vote
out of eight hundred okay, excuse me, out of eight million.
This is pathetic. The people control the needle on the record.
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Which way are you going to go?
Speaker 4 (08:27):
Folks?
Speaker 7 (08:28):
Yeah, you're going to say I've had enough of you?
Are you going to stop listening to their lives?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
When I completely agree? And that was extremely well said.
Sorry that I even interrupted you a little bit at
the end because that was perfectly said. Thanks so much,
Vicki Palladino. I appreciate your time today. I can't wait
to talk to you again next week. You got to
run for mayor. By the way, you have to run
for mayor. I want to see you in a debate.
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You would be so much.
Speaker 7 (08:57):
I'd love to be in a debate, even if I don't,
I just would love to have one in it. In
my right is my course hands. Just give me one
for five minutes.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Vicky, New York City. You two New York City Council
member represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Here what I
here's what I pray for When this Hargrove guy comes
back at his hearing, not at his trial. At his hearing,
I hope the NYPD fills the hearing room, fills the
courtroom to show support for not only the officer was
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beaten up, but show support for the NYPD and say
enough is enough. You can't beat up a police officer
and get bail. There's no way this guy should be
back on the street. A show of force would say
a whole lot. Well, former Jet and Hall of Famer
(09:55):
Aaron Rodgers still doesn't have a job in the NFL,
but that may be about the change, according to an
NFL insider, we'll hear from him next. Plus tickets to
see Cindy Lauper. Stay with us. It's nice out there
for the ride in. So rain later in the day, right,
we're gonna get some rain a little bit later.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
I hope.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Not done with the rain. Well I'm done with the
rain too. But we need it, all right, we need
so it's not it's better when it comes like Daine
the afternoon run. Yes, yeah, when you get home, when
everybody gets home, then we can have the rain. Hey,
thanks so much for your talkbacks today. By the way, Jacqueline,
your talk, your story about old school games and how
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they've gone away inspired a whole lot of talkbacks.
Speaker 8 (10:48):
Jacqueline story about having kids do what kids used to
do reminded me of something when I was about eight
years old. I'm seventy six now. I was at my
cousin's house and with two of his friends. The four
of us went out in the field the house and
caught some lightning bugs and went down stairs in the
basement with the lights off and opened the jars. It
was beautiful. It came down when she realized we were
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being very quiet and heart.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
She had a heart attack.
Speaker 9 (11:16):
What's going on?
Speaker 10 (11:18):
Oh my gosh, you know what. What was the thing
about lightning bugs and ladybugs? I had no problem catching
them and would want.
Speaker 11 (11:25):
To because they didn't bite her sting.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Maybe that was it.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Yeah, that's a big part of it. Any other bug
crawling on me. Nobody was out there catching bees.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
No I did.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
You did?
Speaker 11 (11:37):
But I let them go right away. It was just
something to do. That's I mean, that's how bored I was.
I called caterpillars and watched them turns butterflies. I always
I always let them go very.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Quickly because I didn't want to stress them out. I
loved them. Not now, but then, Oh, here's a couple more.
Speaker 12 (11:55):
Every single one of the things you just named about
old school growing up, Well, we live in Lonite in
Nassau County, which is not in the Boone Docks, and
we did every single one of those things with my children.
Speaker 10 (12:11):
I think, kids, you didn't have to live in the boondocks.
I mean, I lived in Staten Island. You know, we
lived in congested areas.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
I think the assumption is you lived in the boondocks.
I think that's just an assumption.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
That I did.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
I think I do now, but yeah, you really do.
You actually did one more.
Speaker 13 (12:32):
I had to laugh because today kids building a fort.
We used to scavenge around and get wood from backyards
or down by the railroad tracks, and then we'd have
to find a hammer and nails and we'd make a
great ford somewhere. But today, think about it. The kids
would be charged with trespass, they'd be charged with theft.
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Where would they get these things? Things aren't dumped anymore.
Where would they find all the materials?
Speaker 1 (13:00):
He built an actual fort. I thought, I thought what
you were saying building a fort was like when we
did yeah, like pillows, no build outside. Absolutely never did.
Speaker 10 (13:13):
You weren't great for I don't know what it is.
My kids were just just before iPads and all those things.
And I mean, I know my son used to go
outside in the woods in my yard and we had
a stream and he was building a damn and he
was you know, he was out there for hours. But now,
I bet you I had a kid now, that would
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not be happening.
Speaker 11 (13:36):
No.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
I don't think anybody in my neighborhood growing up ever
actually build a fort like out of wood with nails
and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Now, sun did.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
They're building virtual cities online. That's true.
Speaker 6 (13:47):
True.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
In Minecraft, you can build an entire universe now. Jacqueline
Carl with the eight thirty News, Jacqueline, Good Morning.
Speaker 11 (13:55):
The Trump administration is putting student visa interviews on hold.
The decision, publicly announced on Tuesday, comes as the administration
considers requiring foreign students to undergo social media screening, and
a court appearance is scheduled today for the crypto investor
arrested last week for allegedly holding another investor captive and
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torturing him in Lower Manhattan.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
John Woltz, known as the crypto King of Kentucky, is
accused of holding the victim inside his six story townhouse
for more than two weeks while torturing him in an
effort to get his Bitcoin account password. A second suspect
in this case, William Duplessi, surrendered Tuesday. The victim says
the suspects pistol whipped him, used a chainsaw to cut
his leg, and an electrocutative, among other things, before he escaped.
(14:40):
Po Leaet say more arrests are possible in this case.
I'm scappringle wrdws.
Speaker 11 (14:45):
All right, so here is another way to organize and declutter.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Well.
Speaker 11 (14:51):
Most of us have heard about pro organizer Marie Condo,
who had us asking what sparks joy? To know what
to keep down that you heard that?
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Have you tried last night?
Speaker 1 (15:02):
We were doing that in my house and.
Speaker 11 (15:03):
You think, does this like you hold up your pet this?
Speaker 7 (15:05):
We literally did that.
Speaker 10 (15:07):
My daughter just moved back in my house after several
years of being away, and we're overloaded with stuff and
she's like, I don't know what to throw out and
we would pick things up and like, does this bring
you joy anymore?
Speaker 11 (15:21):
We did?
Speaker 2 (15:22):
Well.
Speaker 11 (15:22):
I hope you have some more to go because I
have a lot of garbage bags of trash?
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Nice?
Speaker 11 (15:28):
Nice, Now we have which is like trending on social media.
The poop rule method. Yeah, it's pretty simple. You just
have to ask yourself instead of does.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
This spark joy?
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Would I keep this if it was covered in poop?
Speaker 3 (15:45):
I'm not kidding me.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I'm not.
Speaker 11 (15:48):
I'm not even to my twisted brain.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Would not have come up with this on my own.
Speaker 11 (15:52):
This is trending on social media instead of saying, well
this spark Joy, would.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
I keep it if it were covered in poop? Like
what I go through the trouble of washing off the
poop to keep this. It's an extreme method. I will
give you that.
Speaker 10 (16:07):
Well, you know, I guess if you would you pull
it out of the trash? Would you pull this out
of the trash.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
And you know, keep it? But the poop?
Speaker 10 (16:15):
Now, I just like the joy thing because it really
did work, right you four garbage.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Bags of no joy went outside.
Speaker 14 (16:24):
Isn't it.
Speaker 11 (16:24):
It's a great feeling, it really is. But if it's
not working for you, if the spark Joy thing isn't
working for you, you can go for the poop. But I,
like Natalie suggests you better because I have you know
how you have keep donate, get rid of. I've pulled
stuff out of the get rid of a donate thing.
I know.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Wait a second, I did that last night.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
It is you don't want that T shirt?
Speaker 7 (16:45):
I think I do.
Speaker 11 (16:46):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's okay. But if it were covered
in poop, I probably want to go.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I would have. Yes, I can't think of anything I'd
save covered in poop.
Speaker 15 (16:55):
I don't think so either.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
I mean no, it would have to be alive, like
my dog.
Speaker 15 (17:00):
Right, It's not the only thing I'd wash off and keeping.
I wouldn't even do that for like a you know,
a child photo, a childhood photo.
Speaker 11 (17:11):
Child.
Speaker 16 (17:12):
Yes, they would.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
And actually I think I have absolutely covered.
Speaker 11 (17:18):
Trying to give you an alternate way to clutter.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
To get it.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
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five Sean Comb's former assistant takes the stand in a
dramatic third week of testimony. The ABC News investigative reporter
Peter Howel Emboos has all the details. Next and you
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Yesterday was day fourteen in the Sean Diddy Coombs trial
and his former assistant was on the stand and things.
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It was some compelling testimony, but things got emotional. Peter Harralumbus,
ABC News investigative reporter, has been covering the trial for
ABC and he joins us now. So Peter tell us
about yesterday's testimony. Was there was some shocking moments, weren't there.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
Yeah, that's exactly right. Capricorn Clark worked on and on
and off with Sean Combs for years, and she detailed
kind of a series of violent and dramatic episodes, including
saying that she was threatened that should be thrown into
the East River if she failed a lie detector test
after some of Combs's jewelry went missing, that she was
forced to accompany Combs basically, that she was kidnapped to
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confront rival musician kid Cutty, and that she allegedly witnessed
Combs beat his ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura. This is testimony
that really goes this idea that Combs was engaged in
a criminal enterprise because this was an employee who Combs
allegedly kidnapped and forced to kind of work with him
when it comes to some of these violent acts.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
So explain why that is important. Does that go to
the federal charges?
Speaker 4 (19:35):
Yeah, I mean there's a few things that really goes
to the federal charges yesterday. One thing is that alleged
kidnapping where basically she says comb showed up to her
apartment with a gun and forced her to accompany her
accompany him to confront kid Cutty. That's relevant because basically,
this is someone who was employed by Combs at the times,
who was allegedly kidnapped under the threat of violence to
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commit another crime in order to prove that racketeering charge.
Choosing to show that basically Combs was employing other people
in terms of committing other crimes, and that he committed
predicate criminal acts including kidnapping and arson. We already heard
TESSMONI last week from kid Cuddy about how he believes
Comb's firebombed his car. Those theoretically could be kind of
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the two predicate acts that go to this racketeering charge.
We'll see what else the jury gets to hear about.
I'm sure we're going to hear about other alleged crimes,
but just from the last two witnesses who took the stand,
that could be enough testimony for the prosecution to make
their case for why this was racketeering.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
A lot of the reporting on the testimony yesterday was
how emotional she got. What was she scared? Did she
not want to say these things? Do we know why
she got so upset?
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Yeah, I mean this was a complicated witness in a way,
and you really saw that on cross examination and kind
of the defense brought off a series of texts and
emails where she was trying to reconcile with Combs, she
was trying to kind of get her job back, and
she was describing how, on one hand, she felt like
she was Sean Combs's protector and wanted to have a
good relationship with him, but she also felt like she
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was coerced at times. So you know, this was a
witness who, in some ways the jury might be able
to look at and say, I'm not sure how much
I believe this person, because she was really angling to
get her job back, even though at the end of
the day, the prosecution the defense didn't really get to
take the wind out of those major allegations about kidnapping,
about witnessing violence against Ventura.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
You know, it's funny that you said that what they
testified to, what she testified to goes right to the
federal charges. Because there are more and more defense analyst,
prosecution analysts, people that used to be prosecutors that are
now legal analysts on different networks. We have Jeffrey Lickman
on here, who had said for a long time he
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doesn't think that Sean did Hey Coombs is going to
be convicted because they overcharged and a lot of the
things they're talking about don't go to what he's being
charged with. And I've I heard a couple of people
yesterday saying the same thing. You don't seem to be
getting that same impression, and you've been covering this every day,
the same impression. You think the prosecution is building a
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strong case to the federal charges and not just all
the misdeeds of Sean Diddycomb's.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
Well, I think that criticism, the one that Lichten made
is is a share one oft times, especially during the
early weeks of the trial, where they really focused on
this testimony from Cassie Ventura, which really just centered on
all of these terrible things that Combs allegedly did, didn't
necessarily point to this overarching criminal conspiracy, though it made
a pretty effective case about the flaws and the different
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bad things that Combs allegedly did. But we're only halfway
through this case, and we're beginning to hear from more
and more of these witnesses who go to these broader
allegations of racketeering. We're hearing from people who were employed
by Combs who allegedly helped him commit crimes, even if
it's minor. We heard from multiple assistants who described how
basically they accompanied Combs to threaten people, or how they
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purchased the legal drugs for Combs. You know, these things
build up over time, and especially when you consider the
fact that we have another two weeks of testimony or
even three weeks of testimony ahead, where they can really
build out this case and call more employees or more bodyguards,
for example, who worked for Combs. You know, that will
build on the testimony from Ventura, who in and of
herself didn't necessarily give the jury all they need to
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convict Combs on racketeering.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yeah, explain what they have to prove, because everybody's focused
on some of the more sensational testimony and the fact
that here, look, he's a bad guy. They even admitted
that in their opening statements. He's a bad guy, did
some bad things. But it wasn't an organized crime, it
wasn't racketeering, it wasn't rico, and that's what the defense
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has been saying all along. So explain what the prosecution
has to prove for those federal charges to stick.
Speaker 7 (23:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
So, at the end of the day, to prove these charges,
there's two things really here. Once the sex trafficking, they
need to prove that Comb's you know, paid sex workers
to cross state lines to engage in sex acts, since
that will come through a lot of the testimony, allegedly
through the testimony of these escorts and sex workers that
comes paid for in terms of the racketeering though, that's
the trickier one, that's the one that carries a more
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significant penalty. They need to prove that Comb's employed a
criminal enterprise, so he worked with other people, and that they,
you know, form this enterprise to commit at least two
predicate acts. So according to prosecutors, that include violent threats,
that includes arsons such as that kid cutting incident. That
includes kidnappings such as what we heard about yesterday from
capelcorn Clark. So it doesn't really matter what the jury
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thinks is that predicate act. They can disagree about which
of those crimes ultimately form the two underlying crimes needed.
But in so far as they think, you know, Combs
was paying other people to work with him to commit
multiple crimes, it's really all they need to prove it
was racketeering.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
And what's coming up today, So today we're gonna hear.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
From an arson investigator that will go more into this
kid cutting testimony, and we'll also be here from an
employee of Sean Combs who alleges that she was assaulted
by Combs. Are forced to engage in sex hacks with
him as part of her employments. That should be testimony
for the prosecutors. That really goes again to this rico charge.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
How long is the prosecution supposed to be calling witnesses.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
They estimate that they've got about two and a half
three weeks, about three weeks left in their case, so
this case could be wrapping up by the end of June.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
By the end of June, Thanks so much. Peter Haralambu
is covering the Sean Diddy Coombs trial for ABC News.
He is the ABC News investigative reporter and he's right
here in New York. Thanks a lot, Peter. That was fascinating.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Thanks fORCH for having me.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Yeah, it's funny because when you watch you see all
these legal analysts. They don't think they're proving the case.
Peter says they He believes they do. Peter's an attorney
and he believes they do. So you don't know who
to believe, but he certainly makes the case that these
are just building blocks along the way. We shouldn't be
making any predictions based on what's happening now because the
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case hasn't evolved yet, that we haven't heard everything yet.
It is it's a fascinating trial because what he's done
sometimes doesn't exactly relate to what he's being charged with.
And you wonder what the length of this trial. It's
so long.
Speaker 10 (26:24):
If that plays into it for the jury.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Well it has to. I mean they have to tire.
Although everybody says they're very attentive. You know, Zorin Mam
Donnie is making moves in the mayural race, but Cuomo
is still on top. Natalie Migliori gets the Beat on
the Street to see if New Yorkers are ready for
a shakeup that's next.
Speaker 12 (26:44):
Now he's seventen wors Beat on the Street with Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Socialist Democratic candidate Zorin Mam Donnie is out with a
new poll showing he's gaining in the mayoral race. Still
far behind, but he is gaining. But the final decision
will be from New Yorkers. So what if they think?
That's the topic of Natalie Migliori's Beat on the Street.
Good morning, Natalie, Yeah, good.
Speaker 12 (27:11):
Morning, Larry.
Speaker 16 (27:12):
I mean, we still have a ways to go in
the mayoral race after primaries, but with a little less
than a month until the Democratic primary. Another Polish show's
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is the leading candidate
for a New York City mayor. The results from an
unlikely source his competitor in state Assemblement zor On Mamdani.
(27:33):
A survey from Mondani's campaign shows Cuomo is maintaining his
lead of forty percent of the vote. So let's take
this survey to the streets.
Speaker 14 (27:42):
I don't want CMO. No, he was terrible for the state,
bad decisions about COVID.
Speaker 17 (27:47):
And no, we don't want to He's said so much
and done so little.
Speaker 15 (27:51):
I know all the ones that I'm looking at think
come Home is a little better at least from previous
why he did it and everything.
Speaker 14 (27:57):
I mean, that's good on his part. He needs to
make a comeback. He needs to redeem himself. I think
when he was governor he was doing a pretty good job.
And I think he was I don't want to say
unjustly unfairly judged when he was governor.
Speaker 16 (28:09):
Now, that same survey shows the assemblyman from Queens has
about twenty seven percent of the vote in the first
round of wan choice voting. So have people heard about
Mom Donnie and what do they think?
Speaker 9 (28:22):
Yes, I heard about him yesterday from a co worker.
I don't know if if he will have the you know,
the support from everyone.
Speaker 17 (28:30):
I heard of her, but I haven't seen any of
her works. So this guy, oh, he's I mean she?
Speaker 3 (28:37):
I mean he?
Speaker 17 (28:37):
Sorry? I goes, soya how much I pay attention?
Speaker 2 (28:40):
What's crazy is I see more commercials on TV about
the New Jersey's governor race than I do about New
York City mayor race.
Speaker 16 (28:49):
They you have it. See, people don't even know that
Mom Donnie is a guy, a girl a lot. I
didn't even know he is, but he's you know, I
get several looks of confusion when I mentioned Mom Donnie,
who seems to be lacking that name recognition and maybe
space recognition with the public. Larry, he's a self proclaimed
socialist running on the Democratic ticket. So what do people
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think about introducing socialism officially into city politics?
Speaker 4 (29:16):
I don't really think the city's wady far really.
Speaker 9 (29:21):
I mean, if you think about it, right, we are
a socialist country because we have the Medicare MEDICAI that
might disappear soon, but I mean we do have those
socialist premises, you know.
Speaker 14 (29:31):
I think that would be a first, and I would
like to see what happens if he does get elected.
I mean a little bit of socialism is not bad
as long as we don't go full socialists. I think
we're okay, hmm, okay.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Touch of socialism.
Speaker 16 (29:49):
I don't know what the gauges on that really, yeah, literally,
and it really all comes as mayor Adams runs as
an independent, which means he won't show up on the
ballot this June twenty fourth primary election, and he's suing
the campaign Finance Board for denying his campaign more than
(30:12):
three million dollars in matching funds. It has me asking
people if Adam Zeven has a shot of getting back
into greasy mansion.
Speaker 14 (30:21):
I mean, I've seen some of the things he's done
in the past. Some of the things are pretty good,
and I hope they can continue that way.
Speaker 7 (30:28):
Definitely, no way everything he had gone.
Speaker 13 (30:31):
I mean, my biggest thinging is how you get a
charge and then you get dropped and then you are
with Trump.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
That tells me everything.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
I think he's finished, this whole alliance to Trump. To me,
everything about him was his photo ops.
Speaker 17 (30:44):
I know it's like, oh, if you vote at'll hell,
But all of this is fixed. All of is fixed.
And it all starts at the top top, so they
want who they want in an office. It's like the puppetmasters.
Speaker 16 (30:56):
Well, we'll see who gets into office this time around.
The first Democrat will have to hit the polls June
twenty fourth and decide on their candidate. And then of
course Republican Curtis Leewi is running as well, so he'll
be in the mix after primaries for those November elections.
But really, at the end of this week, could all
just be a little socialist, Larry, So.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
You just want a little bit of socialism, A little
bit of socialism goes a long way.
Speaker 10 (31:23):
I'm just so disturbed that somebody thinks that it's all
fixed and that they have absolutely no no you know.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Oh I've heard this before. Yeah, there's a lot of
people out there that think every election is somehow fixed.
I'll tell you what if they were fixed. Donald Trump
would not be president if the elections were truly fixed.
He is the proof that no, they're not fixed.
Speaker 16 (31:44):
There's definitely a faction of people out there who tell
me they don't vote because they think their voice doesn't matter,
their opinion doesn't matter, because they think it's fixed. I
run into people all the time like that, so I'm
not necessarily surprised.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Natalie will be back tomorrow morning at eight fifty. Thanks
so much, Natalie Vigloy, Bye bye. The Supreme Court blocks
the creation of a publicly funded Catholic charter school. What
does that ruling mean for our area and for the
rest of the country. We have ABC's Sarah Isker who
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(32:18):
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Well, the NYPD got their men who jumped, beat and
stomped on an NYPD officer who was just going home
from work. US Marshalls caught twenty three year old tray
Von Hargrove in Virginia. What a great job by them.
He's going to be sent back to the city and
when he gets here, Mayor Adams will be waiting for
(00:22):
him with a special gift. This is what he said yesterday.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
We will find a person responsible, and when we do,
we're going to put that office's cuffs on him.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
And Hargrove's father, Jeffrey Hargrove, has been arrested now for
using the officer's credit cards. In Waterbury, Connecticut, a mass
shooting at the Brass Mill Center mall in Waterbury.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
There are several victims suffering from gunshot wounds. They were
all transported to local hospitals. Currently they're being worked on
and receiving medical treatment and there are no fatalities at
this time.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Yeah, police believe it was a fight that broke out
between rival groups inside the mall. All five of those
people are still recovering there. Nobody died in the shooting.
Donald Trump calls Russian president Putin crazy, and he warns
that he is playing with fire by continuing strikes on
Ukraine in the middle of ceasefire talks. I'm not happy
(01:20):
with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people,
and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin.
I've known him a long time, always.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Gotten along with him.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and
I don't like it at all. Okay, another day, another
judge blocks the Trump administration from trying to stop the
cash grab called congestion pricing.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
These attacks on congestion pricing are an attack on New
York's sovereignty. New York has the right to govern itself,
to implement policies that improve the lives of its residents,
and to make decisions that benefit our infrastructure and our economy.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And the FBI have at this is reopening the investigation
into who brought cocaine into the White House while Biden
was president.
Speaker 6 (02:07):
Smugglings. Any kind of foreign substance into the White House
is of concern. It could be rice, and it could
be anthrax.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
It could be anything, could be a weapon. Why do
you think Hunter Biden is very nervous right now. You know,
he thought he's skated, he thought he got away with
all of this, and now here he is in the
center of an investigation. At least that's what I believe.
Let's get to Vicki Palladino, New York City council woman,
(02:35):
represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Vicky, anti Semitism is
all over the news, and look, I know I've heard
the chance in New York. But when those two, that
young girl and that young man were killed in Washington, DC,
that made it all very real. And there has to
(02:58):
be a crackdown on anti Semitism. I'd know Donald Trump's
doing it in colleges. Do you have concerns here in
the city.
Speaker 7 (03:05):
Of course, We've had concerns in the city since October seventh,
two years ago. That was when we started to see
what took place in Israel and the reaction here in
the United States of America and especially in New York City,
more New York City, because we've got the largest Jewish
population in the entire country outside of Israel, and when
(03:29):
we saw the rising up of what was happening just
general in general, we couldn't believe it. You know, it
took a little while for us to understand that there's
not not too many people who are going to be
sympathetic to this, and that there was actually going to
develop a movement. And that's what we have developed here.
(03:51):
This is an anti Semitic movement. I also said that
it's also anti West, anti Americans. So we've got a
real problem of these these the young people that were
murdered in cold blood on US soil in Washington, d C.
(04:12):
Was by far, like you said, I mean, that was
that was a real wake up call. If if nothing
happened prior to that, that would have been a wake
up call. Which I don't see how this is just
for me. I hate to use this term the icing
on the cake. It has become blatantly clear. Uh, And
(04:35):
I think Trump needs to do whatever Trump needs to
do the federal government, pull the fund from Harvard, stop
financing me for these foreign kids from coming here. I'm
sorry if people don't like that, but that's just the
way that president of Harvard. Come on, enough is enough.
(04:58):
We are condoning. We are condoning this, and on a
very broad scale, not on a federal level, and uh,
not with people with some sort of balance in their brains.
But this is UH. And keep in mind to Larry As,
we know we've got that guy Zoran running UH and
(05:21):
he hates Jews. He hates Jews. He's made very clear
he hates Jews, and he takes meetings with Hamas and
the leaders of Harmas and has blots And we're not
doing anything about this. And there are actually people who
worship this sitting assemblyman. They think he's great, they think
(05:45):
the way he thinks is great. No, deport them, deport them.
They do not belong on our soil, disrupting our campuses,
disrupting our way of life, and killing innocent, innocent people.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Yeah, you know, you called it a wake up call.
Another wake up call was that police officer being beaten
in the Bronx over the weekend. It was just horrific.
It was just stunning. But I know when they get
this guy trayvon Hargrove back to New York, we're going
to find out that he's been arrested before and let
out again and again and again. And so I think
(06:29):
the politicians have themselves to blame for this. They should
be looking in the mirror because this is on.
Speaker 7 (06:35):
Them one hundred percent. I say it all the time,
We've been saying it. Now. You know, when Deblasio was
mayor for those eight years, we saw the startup of
this okay, twenty twenty, the burning of the city and
going up now to twenty twenty five. We are to
(06:55):
blame for every politician that is sitting in office right
now in the city and the state government for us
not to take hold of what is actually going on
here instead of continuing to see the lunatics run the
asylum by making these laws and ball reform up there
(07:19):
in Albany, and the Discovery laws taking putting these liberal
judges into place. The da are handcuffed. It's we've got ourselves.
We've got ourselves a predicament. But here's another thing. The
people of the city and the people of the state
(07:40):
of New York need to wake up, need to understand
that they must go out and vote when you have
a mayor's race, and there's over eight million people living
in this city, and when Dublizio ran in twenty seventeen,
eight hundred eighty thousand people, that's it, that's what came
(08:03):
out to vote for the mayor of the City of
New York. And when we ran in twenty one, we
had one point one million people come out and vote
out of eight hundred okay, excuse me, out of eight million.
This is pathetic. The people control the needle on the record.
(08:25):
Which way are you going to go?
Speaker 4 (08:27):
Folks?
Speaker 7 (08:28):
Yeah, you're going to say I've had enough of you?
Are you going to stop listening to their lives?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
When I completely agree? And that was extremely well said.
Sorry that I even interrupted you a little bit at
the end because that was perfectly said. Thanks so much,
Vicki Palladino. I appreciate your time today. I can't wait
to talk to you again next week. You got to
run for mayor. By the way, you have to run
for mayor. I want to see you in a debate.
(08:56):
You would be so much.
Speaker 7 (08:57):
I'd love to be in a debate, even if I don't,
I just would love to have one in it. In
my right is my course hands. Just give me one
for five minutes.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Vicky, New York City. You two New York City Council
member represents District nineteen of Northeast Queens. Here what I
here's what I pray for When this Hargrove guy comes
back at his hearing, not at his trial. At his hearing,
I hope the NYPD fills the hearing room, fills the
courtroom to show support for not only the officer was
(09:34):
beaten up, but show support for the NYPD and say
enough is enough. You can't beat up a police officer
and get bail. There's no way this guy should be
back on the street. A show of force would say
a whole lot. Well, former Jet and Hall of Famer
(09:55):
Aaron Rodgers still doesn't have a job in the NFL,
but that may be about the change, according to an
NFL insider, we'll hear from him next. Plus tickets to
see Cindy Lauper. Stay with us. It's nice out there
for the ride in. So rain later in the day, right,
we're gonna get some rain a little bit later.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
I hope.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Not done with the rain. Well I'm done with the
rain too. But we need it, all right, we need
so it's not it's better when it comes like Daine
the afternoon run. Yes, yeah, when you get home, when
everybody gets home, then we can have the rain. Hey,
thanks so much for your talkbacks today. By the way, Jacqueline,
your talk, your story about old school games and how
(10:43):
they've gone away inspired a whole lot of talkbacks.
Speaker 8 (10:48):
Jacqueline story about having kids do what kids used to
do reminded me of something when I was about eight
years old. I'm seventy six now. I was at my
cousin's house and with two of his friends. The four
of us went out in the field the house and
caught some lightning bugs and went down stairs in the
basement with the lights off and opened the jars. It
was beautiful. It came down when she realized we were
(11:11):
being very quiet and heart.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
She had a heart attack.
Speaker 9 (11:16):
What's going on?
Speaker 10 (11:18):
Oh my gosh, you know what. What was the thing
about lightning bugs and ladybugs? I had no problem catching
them and would want.
Speaker 11 (11:25):
To because they didn't bite her sting.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Maybe that was it.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Yeah, that's a big part of it. Any other bug
crawling on me. Nobody was out there catching bees.
Speaker 5 (11:35):
No I did.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
You did?
Speaker 11 (11:37):
But I let them go right away. It was just
something to do. That's I mean, that's how bored I was.
I called caterpillars and watched them turns butterflies. I always
I always let them go very.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Quickly because I didn't want to stress them out. I
loved them. Not now, but then, Oh, here's a couple more.
Speaker 12 (11:55):
Every single one of the things you just named about
old school growing up, Well, we live in Lonite in
Nassau County, which is not in the Boone Docks, and
we did every single one of those things with my children.
Speaker 10 (12:11):
I think, kids, you didn't have to live in the boondocks.
I mean, I lived in Staten Island. You know, we
lived in congested areas.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
I think the assumption is you lived in the boondocks.
I think that's just an assumption.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
That I did.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
I think I do now, but yeah, you really do.
You actually did one more.
Speaker 13 (12:32):
I had to laugh because today kids building a fort.
We used to scavenge around and get wood from backyards
or down by the railroad tracks, and then we'd have
to find a hammer and nails and we'd make a
great ford somewhere. But today, think about it. The kids
would be charged with trespass, they'd be charged with theft.
(12:54):
Where would they get these things? Things aren't dumped anymore.
Where would they find all the materials?
Speaker 1 (13:00):
He built an actual fort. I thought, I thought what
you were saying building a fort was like when we
did yeah, like pillows, no build outside. Absolutely never did.
Speaker 10 (13:13):
You weren't great for I don't know what it is.
My kids were just just before iPads and all those things.
And I mean, I know my son used to go
outside in the woods in my yard and we had
a stream and he was building a damn and he
was you know, he was out there for hours. But now,
I bet you I had a kid now, that would
(13:34):
not be happening.
Speaker 11 (13:36):
No.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
I don't think anybody in my neighborhood growing up ever
actually build a fort like out of wood with nails
and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Now, sun did.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
They're building virtual cities online. That's true.
Speaker 6 (13:47):
True.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
In Minecraft, you can build an entire universe now. Jacqueline
Carl with the eight thirty News, Jacqueline, Good Morning.
Speaker 11 (13:55):
The Trump administration is putting student visa interviews on hold.
The decision, publicly announced on Tuesday, comes as the administration
considers requiring foreign students to undergo social media screening, and
a court appearance is scheduled today for the crypto investor
arrested last week for allegedly holding another investor captive and
(14:15):
torturing him in Lower Manhattan.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
John Woltz, known as the crypto King of Kentucky, is
accused of holding the victim inside his six story townhouse
for more than two weeks while torturing him in an
effort to get his Bitcoin account password. A second suspect
in this case, William Duplessi, surrendered Tuesday. The victim says
the suspects pistol whipped him, used a chainsaw to cut
his leg, and an electrocutative, among other things, before he escaped.
(14:40):
Po Leaet say more arrests are possible in this case.
I'm scappringle wrdws.
Speaker 11 (14:45):
All right, so here is another way to organize and declutter.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Well.
Speaker 11 (14:51):
Most of us have heard about pro organizer Marie Condo,
who had us asking what sparks joy? To know what
to keep down that you heard that?
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Have you tried last night?
Speaker 1 (15:02):
We were doing that in my house and.
Speaker 11 (15:03):
You think, does this like you hold up your pet this?
Speaker 7 (15:05):
We literally did that.
Speaker 10 (15:07):
My daughter just moved back in my house after several
years of being away, and we're overloaded with stuff and
she's like, I don't know what to throw out and
we would pick things up and like, does this bring
you joy anymore?
Speaker 11 (15:21):
We did?
Speaker 2 (15:22):
Well.
Speaker 11 (15:22):
I hope you have some more to go because I
have a lot of garbage bags of trash?
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Nice?
Speaker 11 (15:28):
Nice, Now we have which is like trending on social media.
The poop rule method. Yeah, it's pretty simple. You just
have to ask yourself instead of does.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
This spark joy?
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Would I keep this if it was covered in poop?
Speaker 3 (15:45):
I'm not kidding me.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I'm not.
Speaker 11 (15:48):
I'm not even to my twisted brain.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Would not have come up with this on my own.
Speaker 11 (15:52):
This is trending on social media instead of saying, well
this spark Joy, would.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
I keep it if it were covered in poop? Like
what I go through the trouble of washing off the
poop to keep this. It's an extreme method. I will
give you that.
Speaker 10 (16:07):
Well, you know, I guess if you would you pull
it out of the trash? Would you pull this out
of the trash.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
And you know, keep it? But the poop?
Speaker 10 (16:15):
Now, I just like the joy thing because it really
did work, right you four garbage.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Bags of no joy went outside.
Speaker 14 (16:24):
Isn't it.
Speaker 11 (16:24):
It's a great feeling, it really is. But if it's
not working for you, if the spark Joy thing isn't
working for you, you can go for the poop. But I,
like Natalie suggests you better because I have you know
how you have keep donate, get rid of. I've pulled
stuff out of the get rid of a donate thing.
I know.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Wait a second, I did that last night.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
It is you don't want that T shirt?
Speaker 7 (16:45):
I think I do.
Speaker 11 (16:46):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's okay. But if it were covered
in poop, I probably want to go.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I would have. Yes, I can't think of anything I'd
save covered in poop.
Speaker 15 (16:55):
I don't think so either.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
I mean no, it would have to be alive, like
my dog.
Speaker 15 (17:00):
Right, It's not the only thing I'd wash off and keeping.
I wouldn't even do that for like a you know,
a child photo, a childhood photo.
Speaker 11 (17:11):
Child.
Speaker 16 (17:12):
Yes, they would.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
And actually I think I have absolutely covered.
Speaker 11 (17:18):
Trying to give you an alternate way to clutter.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
To get it.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
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(17:44):
five Sean Comb's former assistant takes the stand in a
dramatic third week of testimony. The ABC News investigative reporter
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Yesterday was day fourteen in the Sean Diddy Coombs trial
and his former assistant was on the stand and things.
(18:28):
It was some compelling testimony, but things got emotional. Peter Harralumbus,
ABC News investigative reporter, has been covering the trial for
ABC and he joins us now. So Peter tell us
about yesterday's testimony. Was there was some shocking moments, weren't there.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
Yeah, that's exactly right. Capricorn Clark worked on and on
and off with Sean Combs for years, and she detailed
kind of a series of violent and dramatic episodes, including
saying that she was threatened that should be thrown into
the East River if she failed a lie detector test
after some of Combs's jewelry went missing, that she was
forced to accompany Combs basically, that she was kidnapped to
(19:11):
confront rival musician kid Cutty, and that she allegedly witnessed
Combs beat his ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura. This is testimony
that really goes this idea that Combs was engaged in
a criminal enterprise because this was an employee who Combs
allegedly kidnapped and forced to kind of work with him
when it comes to some of these violent acts.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
So explain why that is important. Does that go to
the federal charges?
Speaker 4 (19:35):
Yeah, I mean there's a few things that really goes
to the federal charges yesterday. One thing is that alleged
kidnapping where basically she says comb showed up to her
apartment with a gun and forced her to accompany her
accompany him to confront kid Cutty. That's relevant because basically,
this is someone who was employed by Combs at the times,
who was allegedly kidnapped under the threat of violence to
(19:56):
commit another crime in order to prove that racketeering charge.
Choosing to show that basically Combs was employing other people
in terms of committing other crimes, and that he committed
predicate criminal acts including kidnapping and arson. We already heard
TESSMONI last week from kid Cuddy about how he believes
Comb's firebombed his car. Those theoretically could be kind of
(20:18):
the two predicate acts that go to this racketeering charge.
We'll see what else the jury gets to hear about.
I'm sure we're going to hear about other alleged crimes,
but just from the last two witnesses who took the stand,
that could be enough testimony for the prosecution to make
their case for why this was racketeering.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
A lot of the reporting on the testimony yesterday was
how emotional she got. What was she scared? Did she
not want to say these things? Do we know why
she got so upset?
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Yeah, I mean this was a complicated witness in a way,
and you really saw that on cross examination and kind
of the defense brought off a series of texts and
emails where she was trying to reconcile with Combs, she
was trying to kind of get her job back, and
she was describing how, on one hand, she felt like
she was Sean Combs's protector and wanted to have a
good relationship with him, but she also felt like she
(21:08):
was coerced at times. So you know, this was a
witness who, in some ways the jury might be able
to look at and say, I'm not sure how much
I believe this person, because she was really angling to
get her job back, even though at the end of
the day, the prosecution the defense didn't really get to
take the wind out of those major allegations about kidnapping,
about witnessing violence against Ventura.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
You know, it's funny that you said that what they
testified to, what she testified to goes right to the
federal charges. Because there are more and more defense analyst,
prosecution analysts, people that used to be prosecutors that are
now legal analysts on different networks. We have Jeffrey Lickman
on here, who had said for a long time he
(21:51):
doesn't think that Sean did Hey Coombs is going to
be convicted because they overcharged and a lot of the
things they're talking about don't go to what he's being
charged with. And I've I heard a couple of people
yesterday saying the same thing. You don't seem to be
getting that same impression, and you've been covering this every day,
the same impression. You think the prosecution is building a
(22:13):
strong case to the federal charges and not just all
the misdeeds of Sean Diddycomb's.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
Well, I think that criticism, the one that Lichten made
is is a share one oft times, especially during the
early weeks of the trial, where they really focused on
this testimony from Cassie Ventura, which really just centered on
all of these terrible things that Combs allegedly did, didn't
necessarily point to this overarching criminal conspiracy, though it made
a pretty effective case about the flaws and the different
(22:41):
bad things that Combs allegedly did. But we're only halfway
through this case, and we're beginning to hear from more
and more of these witnesses who go to these broader
allegations of racketeering. We're hearing from people who were employed
by Combs who allegedly helped him commit crimes, even if
it's minor. We heard from multiple assistants who described how
basically they accompanied Combs to threaten people, or how they
(23:03):
purchased the legal drugs for Combs. You know, these things
build up over time, and especially when you consider the
fact that we have another two weeks of testimony or
even three weeks of testimony ahead, where they can really
build out this case and call more employees or more bodyguards,
for example, who worked for Combs. You know, that will
build on the testimony from Ventura, who in and of
herself didn't necessarily give the jury all they need to
(23:25):
convict Combs on racketeering.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yeah, explain what they have to prove, because everybody's focused
on some of the more sensational testimony and the fact
that here, look, he's a bad guy. They even admitted
that in their opening statements. He's a bad guy, did
some bad things. But it wasn't an organized crime, it
wasn't racketeering, it wasn't rico, and that's what the defense
(23:47):
has been saying all along. So explain what the prosecution
has to prove for those federal charges to stick.
Speaker 7 (23:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
So, at the end of the day, to prove these charges,
there's two things really here. Once the sex trafficking, they
need to prove that Comb's you know, paid sex workers
to cross state lines to engage in sex acts, since
that will come through a lot of the testimony, allegedly
through the testimony of these escorts and sex workers that
comes paid for in terms of the racketeering though, that's
the trickier one, that's the one that carries a more
(24:19):
significant penalty. They need to prove that Comb's employed a
criminal enterprise, so he worked with other people, and that they,
you know, form this enterprise to commit at least two
predicate acts. So according to prosecutors, that include violent threats,
that includes arsons such as that kid cutting incident. That
includes kidnappings such as what we heard about yesterday from
capelcorn Clark. So it doesn't really matter what the jury
(24:41):
thinks is that predicate act. They can disagree about which
of those crimes ultimately form the two underlying crimes needed.
But in so far as they think, you know, Combs
was paying other people to work with him to commit
multiple crimes, it's really all they need to prove it
was racketeering.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
And what's coming up today, So today we're gonna hear.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
From an arson investigator that will go more into this
kid cutting testimony, and we'll also be here from an
employee of Sean Combs who alleges that she was assaulted
by Combs. Are forced to engage in sex hacks with
him as part of her employments. That should be testimony
for the prosecutors. That really goes again to this rico charge.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
How long is the prosecution supposed to be calling witnesses.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
They estimate that they've got about two and a half
three weeks, about three weeks left in their case, so
this case could be wrapping up by the end of June.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
By the end of June, Thanks so much. Peter Haralambu
is covering the Sean Diddy Coombs trial for ABC News.
He is the ABC News investigative reporter and he's right
here in New York. Thanks a lot, Peter. That was fascinating.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Thanks fORCH for having me.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Yeah, it's funny because when you watch you see all
these legal analysts. They don't think they're proving the case.
Peter says they He believes they do. Peter's an attorney
and he believes they do. So you don't know who
to believe, but he certainly makes the case that these
are just building blocks along the way. We shouldn't be
making any predictions based on what's happening now because the
(26:07):
case hasn't evolved yet, that we haven't heard everything yet.
It is it's a fascinating trial because what he's done
sometimes doesn't exactly relate to what he's being charged with.
And you wonder what the length of this trial. It's
so long.
Speaker 10 (26:24):
If that plays into it for the jury.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Well it has to. I mean they have to tire.
Although everybody says they're very attentive. You know, Zorin Mam
Donnie is making moves in the mayural race, but Cuomo
is still on top. Natalie Migliori gets the Beat on
the Street to see if New Yorkers are ready for
a shakeup that's next.
Speaker 12 (26:44):
Now he's seventen wors Beat on the Street with Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Socialist Democratic candidate Zorin Mam Donnie is out with a
new poll showing he's gaining in the mayoral race. Still
far behind, but he is gaining. But the final decision
will be from New Yorkers. So what if they think?
That's the topic of Natalie Migliori's Beat on the Street.
Good morning, Natalie, Yeah, good.
Speaker 12 (27:11):
Morning, Larry.
Speaker 16 (27:12):
I mean, we still have a ways to go in
the mayoral race after primaries, but with a little less
than a month until the Democratic primary. Another Polish show's
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is the leading candidate
for a New York City mayor. The results from an
unlikely source his competitor in state Assemblement zor On Mamdani.
(27:33):
A survey from Mondani's campaign shows Cuomo is maintaining his
lead of forty percent of the vote. So let's take
this survey to the streets.
Speaker 14 (27:42):
I don't want CMO. No, he was terrible for the state,
bad decisions about COVID.
Speaker 17 (27:47):
And no, we don't want to He's said so much
and done so little.
Speaker 15 (27:51):
I know all the ones that I'm looking at think
come Home is a little better at least from previous
why he did it and everything.
Speaker 14 (27:57):
I mean, that's good on his part. He needs to
make a comeback. He needs to redeem himself. I think
when he was governor he was doing a pretty good job.
And I think he was I don't want to say
unjustly unfairly judged when he was governor.
Speaker 16 (28:09):
Now, that same survey shows the assemblyman from Queens has
about twenty seven percent of the vote in the first
round of wan choice voting. So have people heard about
Mom Donnie and what do they think?
Speaker 9 (28:22):
Yes, I heard about him yesterday from a co worker.
I don't know if if he will have the you know,
the support from everyone.
Speaker 17 (28:30):
I heard of her, but I haven't seen any of
her works. So this guy, oh, he's I mean she?
Speaker 3 (28:37):
I mean he?
Speaker 17 (28:37):
Sorry? I goes, soya how much I pay attention?
Speaker 2 (28:40):
What's crazy is I see more commercials on TV about
the New Jersey's governor race than I do about New
York City mayor race.
Speaker 16 (28:49):
They you have it. See, people don't even know that
Mom Donnie is a guy, a girl a lot. I
didn't even know he is, but he's you know, I
get several looks of confusion when I mentioned Mom Donnie,
who seems to be lacking that name recognition and maybe
space recognition with the public. Larry, he's a self proclaimed
socialist running on the Democratic ticket. So what do people
(29:12):
think about introducing socialism officially into city politics?
Speaker 4 (29:16):
I don't really think the city's wady far really.
Speaker 9 (29:21):
I mean, if you think about it, right, we are
a socialist country because we have the Medicare MEDICAI that
might disappear soon, but I mean we do have those
socialist premises, you know.
Speaker 14 (29:31):
I think that would be a first, and I would
like to see what happens if he does get elected.
I mean a little bit of socialism is not bad
as long as we don't go full socialists. I think
we're okay, hmm, okay.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Touch of socialism.
Speaker 16 (29:49):
I don't know what the gauges on that really, yeah, literally,
and it really all comes as mayor Adams runs as
an independent, which means he won't show up on the
ballot this June twenty fourth primary election, and he's suing
the campaign Finance Board for denying his campaign more than
(30:12):
three million dollars in matching funds. It has me asking
people if Adam Zeven has a shot of getting back
into greasy mansion.
Speaker 14 (30:21):
I mean, I've seen some of the things he's done
in the past. Some of the things are pretty good,
and I hope they can continue that way.
Speaker 7 (30:28):
Definitely, no way everything he had gone.
Speaker 13 (30:31):
I mean, my biggest thinging is how you get a
charge and then you get dropped and then you are
with Trump.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
That tells me everything.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
I think he's finished, this whole alliance to Trump. To me,
everything about him was his photo ops.
Speaker 17 (30:44):
I know it's like, oh, if you vote at'll hell,
But all of this is fixed. All of is fixed.
And it all starts at the top top, so they
want who they want in an office. It's like the puppetmasters.
Speaker 16 (30:56):
Well, we'll see who gets into office this time around.
The first Democrat will have to hit the polls June
twenty fourth and decide on their candidate. And then of
course Republican Curtis Leewi is running as well, so he'll
be in the mix after primaries for those November elections.
But really, at the end of this week, could all
just be a little socialist, Larry, So.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
You just want a little bit of socialism, A little
bit of socialism goes a long way.
Speaker 10 (31:23):
I'm just so disturbed that somebody thinks that it's all
fixed and that they have absolutely no no you know.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Oh I've heard this before. Yeah, there's a lot of
people out there that think every election is somehow fixed.
I'll tell you what if they were fixed. Donald Trump
would not be president if the elections were truly fixed.
He is the proof that no, they're not fixed.
Speaker 16 (31:44):
There's definitely a faction of people out there who tell
me they don't vote because they think their voice doesn't matter,
their opinion doesn't matter, because they think it's fixed. I
run into people all the time like that, so I'm
not necessarily surprised.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Natalie will be back tomorrow morning at eight fifty. Thanks
so much, Natalie Vigloy, Bye bye. The Supreme Court blocks
the creation of a publicly funded Catholic charter school. What
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