CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

American universities are losing control of their campuses with arrests, tear gas, and suspensions. Schools across the map are cracking down now on pro-Palestinian protests. But, should they? Or, by doing so, are the setting a precedent that undercuts a fundamental American tradition and an American right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The banker, the gatekeeper, the publisher. The second week of Donald Trump's trial was all about the witnesses who can put the former president at the very center of a criminal conspiracy to defraud the American people.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arizona adds itself the list of states alleging that Donald Trump and his allies broke the law. A grand jury handed an indictment outlining how 11 Republican supporters of the former president lied to Congress, allegedly acting as part of the conspiracy to commit fraud and forgery.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Judge Merchan issued a gag order before the hush money trial began, limiting Trump from publicly discussing witnesses, the jury or the district attorney’s staff. Merchan expanded the order, which Trump has appealed, to cover his own family after Trump attacked his daughter. He has not yet ruled on the district attorney’s motion to sanction Trump for allegedly violating the gag order. Also, David Pecker, who ran American Media Inc. during the 2016 election, testified for around two-and-a-half hours on Tuesday, walking jurors through how he worked with Michael Cohen on Trump’s behalf to squash unflattering stories during the 2016 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, the country heard the beginnings of a story about Donald Trump, but this time, he no longer controls that narrative. Instead it's New York prosecutors who are painting a picture of an alleged hush money cover up scheme where the victims were the American public.Now, in Trump's own version of events, he says he's innocent, a victim of Michael Cohen's vendetta and Stormy Daniels' opportunism. But he's not in control of that narrative either. Trump, who believes he is his own best spokesman and defender, will now have to leave it to his lawyers.Breaking news: officers move into pro-Palestinian protests on the campus NYU. Plus, Trump's co-defendant in his documents case was told he'd be pardoned.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will the pressure make the Trump jury crack? Week one of Donald Trump’s historic first criminal trial is now etched into the history books and it ends with a full jury box. Week two will start with opening statements. The jurors come from all parts of New York City, West Harlem, Hells Kitchen, Chelsea, Upper West and Upper East Sides. They all say they can be fair despite what they read or said about Trump in the past.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended his decision to put forward a massive foreign aid package that pairs billions for Israel with billions for Ukraine and billions for Taiwan earning him praise from the Democratic president and scorn from Republicans. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins to discuss Speaker Johnson’s decision and to question Netanyahu’s desire for peace amid war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices