Former President Trump was "cursing audibly" at one point during today's direct examination of Stormy Daniels, according to a transcript of a sidebar conversation that was released following court.

"I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually and that's contemptuous.
It has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that," Judge Juan Merchan told Trump's attorney during the sidebar, according to the transcript.

"I will talk to him," said Trump attorney Todd Blanche.

"So, I am speaking to you here at the bench because I don't want to embarrass him," Merchan said. "You need to speak to him. I won't tolerate that."

"I will talk to him," Blanche replied.

Following a subsequent break, reporters heard Judge Merchan ask Blanche whether he had spoken to his client, but at the time it wasn't clear what the judge was referring to.

Daniels' testimony included a graphic description of her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.

Former President Trump, on his way out of court, slammed the proceedings as "a disaster for the DA."

"This was a very big day, a very revealing day," Trump told reporters. "As you see, their case is totally falling apart."

"They have nothing on the books and records and even something that should bear very little relationship to the case," he said.

"It is just a disaster for the DA," said the former president.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh and Mike Pappano

Judge Merchan has ended the proceedings for the day.

Former President Trump was conferring with his attorney when Stormy Daniels passed by the defense table on her way out of the courtroom, and she and Trump did not appear to acknowledge each other.

Court is off tomorrow, with Daniels' cross-examination scheduled to resume at 9:30 a.m. ET on Thursday.

Defense attorney Susan Necheles, resuming her cross-examination of Stormy Daniels following a break, raised the defense claim that Donald Trump was the victim of extortion.

"You were looking to extort money from President Trump, right?" Necheles asked.

"False," Daniels replied.

"That's what you did, right?" Necheles insisted.

"False," Daniels responded.

On occasion, Daniels has been hesitant to answer questions during the cross-examination, especially when Necheles quickly presents an exhibit to jurors.

"You want me to comment on something when I don't know the context, and that is not fair," Daniels said at one point.

Stormy Daniels testified that she honored the terms of her nondisclosure agreement in the following year after signing it, including declining to comment on a 2016 Wall Street Journal article about AMI's payment to Karen McDougal just days before the 2016 election.

When the Wall Street Journal published a story about Cohen's payment to Daniels in 2018, Daniels issued a denial -- which she testified was false -- authored by her then-attorney Keith Davidson.

"What kind of impact did it have?" Hoffinger asked about the impact of the 2018 reporting.

"Chaos," Daniels said, testifying the article "blew my cover."

"Suddenly I was front and foremost everywhere," Davidson said.

Daniels testified that on Jan. 30, 2018, she was booked on the Jimmy Kimmel show. As her talent agent, Gina Rodriguez, arrived with dresses, Daniels testified that her attorney at the time, Keith Davidson, came with a statement for her to sign denying a sexual relationship with Trump.

On television, Daniels said the signature on the statement was not hers. Asked why, Daniels said she wanted to "tip off to Jimmy Kimmel" that she "didn't sign it willingly."

Daniels, on the stand, appears more subdued following the break, with her testimony is consisting of more yes-or-no answers.