AMNA NAWAZ: The adult film actress at# the center of former President Trump's## criminal hush money trial finished her testimony# today after more than seven hours on the stand.

Stormy Daniels spent the morning being# questioned by Trump's defense attorney## in a tense cross-examination that tried# to paint her as an opportunist.

She was## just one of several witnesses# who appeared in court today.

Our William Brangham has been covering# this.

He joins us now from New York.

So, New York, Ms. Daniels -- rather, William,# Ms. Daniels finished her second and her last## day on the stand today.

We're saying she's at# the center of this trial, but she's not really## involved in any of the hush money repayments that# Mr. Trump is accused of trying to conceal here.

So tell us a little bit about# what she did testify to today.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: No, that's exactly right, Amna.

She has testified that she has no direct# knowledge of the charg.. center of this falsifying business# records case, but yet, as you said,## she is also at the very center of this case.# And her testimony continued today with her## finishing telling the story of this alleged# one-time sexual encounter she had with Donald## Trump at a celebrity golf tournament years# ago in Lake Tahoe, and the then $130,000## that she negotiated to get paid to silence# that story and make sure it never came out.

And Trump's legal team today, led by Susan# Necheles, tried to poke holes in inconsistencies## that she has given over the years, trying# to say that she's not told a consistent## story.

There were lots of little examples of this.

Like, one example, they spent# a good deal of time trying to## parse out whether Stormy Daniels# ever said that she ate dinner,## literally ate a meal with him in that# room that night of this alleged affair.

Necheles also tried to paint her,# as you mentioned, as solely being## out for money and said, how much money# were you making on the documentary and## the book and the interviews that# you have given over the years?

I mean, it was very testive -- testy,# very combative.

And there were times## where Daniels seemed extremely defiant,# and there were times where she seemed## to actually enjoy the jousting back and# forth.

In contrast to how she was Tuesday,## where she seemed much more nervous, today,# she seemed much more eager for the fight.

In fact, there was one point at which Necheles# was trying to show all the merchandise that she## sells on her Web site and through her# Instagram page, where she is promoting## appearances at strip clubs, where she makes# some mention of her relationship with Trump.

And Necheles was saying, you know, you're# trying to capitalize on this.

And Daniels said,## in essence, yes, that's my job, merchandising# myself and selling things with my name on it,## not too dissimilar from what Trump does, she said.

So, a very, very combative day today.

AMNA NAWAZ: (AUDIO GAP) for a moment.

There# were some witnesses who did have a more direct## relationship to those repayments at the center# of this trial.

What did they have to testify to?

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: That's right.

There was .. test -- who told basically about how checks# were cut from the Trump Organization and sent## to Washington, D.C., to the White House for Trump# to sign them and then send them back to New York.

Some of these checks are at the core of this case# of the alleged repayment to Michael Cohen.

Another## former executive assistant from the White House,# a woman named Madeleine Westerhout, testified## about receiving some of those checks and seeing# Donald Trump sign some of them in the Oval Office.

She also detailed scheduling a very# crucial meeting where Michael Cohen## came to meet Donald Trump at the White# House while he was president, and,## allegedly, they discussed the White House -- this# repayment scheme that's the center of this case.

So those were the other# witnesses we heard from today.

AMNA NAWAZ: And, William, we know Mr.# Trump's lawyers took issue with some of## the details that Stormy Daniels# testified to.

They again asked## for a mistrial and for a change to Mr.# Trump's gag order.

What happened there?

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: That's right, the -- two things.

Modifying the gag order, trump's lawyers argued# that all of these details that ca.. now that Daniels is off the witness# stand, that Trump should be freed## from his gag order and be able to directly# try to rebut her publicly on social media.

The second one is, they argued for this# mistrial, as you mentioned.

And they were## alleging, Trump's lawyers were alleging that# Daniels was somehow telling a different story## about this alleged sexual encounter, implying# that she was saying that there was some level## of coercion going on there, and that Trump# -- that this is completely unfair, that this## is a new story they had never heard before, and# that all of these details that she testified to## over seven hours are prejudicial to the jury,# and they need to have the trial thrown out.

The judge in both of these cases said --# denied the motions by Trump's lawyers.

And## Trump was quite, seemingly, visibly angry# towards the end of the day today.

And at## the end of the day's proceedings, he went out# into the hallway, as he often does and today,## in a particularly angry way,# lashed out at the judge.

Let's hear what he had to say.

DONALD TRUMP, Former President of#the United States (R) ... Everybody saw what happened today.

He's a# corrupt judge, and he's totally conflicted.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Both of those# motions were denied by his team.

Testimony resumes tomorrow.

And,# again, as is always the case,## we don't know who will be on# the witness stand tomorrow.

AMNA NAWAZ: All right, that is William# Brangham covering the legal cases around## former President Donald Trump# joining us in New York tonight.

William, thank you.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Thanks, Amna.