Then lose the confidence of the jury. Special live coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial continues. Right now. Thanks for watching. Ill see you back here in three hours s youre watching Cnn Special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps first Criminal Trial. Im wolf blitzer, our nations capital, laura coates is outside the manhattan Courthouse Worth today Michael Cohen laid out once again today the who, the what, and the why behind that payment to silence porn star Stormy Daniels. He detailed two jurors how the Hush Money Scheme continued after trump became president of the United States talking about a February 2017 meeting he had with trump. And then Trump Organization, chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, and a set up how trump was going to pay cohen back for the hush money initially paid Stormy Daniels, laura yeah. And wolf cohen also described the fallout after the fbi raided his properties back in 2018, describing what cohen testified would be his last conversation w
Catastrophic for his 2016 campaign where that come out before voters went to the budds. But did Michael Cohen convinced the jury that trump himself directed him to pay off daniels to protect from election. Im going to ask a Criminal Defense Attorney who was in the courtroom for todays testimony. And live images right now from baltimore, where a major demolition is just minutes away, engineers plan to use explosives to remove parts of the Francis Scott key bridge that collapsed back in march. And by the way, the 21 member crew on the ship that caused the collapse theyre still on the boat and theyre going to stay on board for todays Demolition Plus A frankly puzzling move by russias whenever putin, he fired the head of the Russian Military and replaced him with an economist, the money man. As russia is running out of weapons for war. But lets begin outside the new york courthouse with the new york hush money cover up conspiracy. Case. Cnns Paula Reid There and paulette its a wrap on day
Blitzer in washington. Ill be back in two hours, 6 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. Starts right now cnns Breaking News. And welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we continue to follow the Breaking News out of manhattan and where the man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying right now in Donald Trumps criminal trial, Michael Cohen is detailing exactly how he came to pay 130,000 to Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, who came forward about an alleged episode with donald trump in the days before the 2016 Election Cohen testified, not only did trump know about the uh, hundred 30,000 payment, but trump directly approved it and said that he would pay cohen back and the prosecution is using cohens testimony to present both an offensive and defensive case offensively by establishing the cohen was the man behind the payments, not just to Stormy Daniels, but also to 1998 playmate of the year, Karen Mcdougal and defensively by trying to establish that co
Guarantee a perfect fit. Now, comfort looks good. Im tom forming in washington. And this is cnn splitscreen, President Biden hits the trail out west while Donald Trumps squeezes in a new jersey rally amid his Hush Money Trial. Were going to win the state of new jersey now, could trumps one time fixer turn the former president into a convicted felon, potential Vice President ial pick jd he advanced, joins me exclusively and shockwaves a stunning shift from biden on us support for israel. They go into rafah. Im not supplying the weapons as israel orders more evacuations and rafah will the president followed through connecticut senator chris murphy is here exclusively, plus on the ground, my the trip with the first woman serving as female administrator, which come biggest concern, how shes getting more women on the front lines of disaster relief. If you made help, reach out how administrator diane chris well, ahead hello im dana bash and washington where the state of our union is wishing
A very revealing de, as you see there cases its totally falling apart i mean, big de is an understatement, but looking past the trump spin, distort daniels move the needle and favor of the prosecution . Or the defense . Welcome to a Special Edition of laura coates, live alongside api fella right here in new york and log date 13 of trumps Manhattan Hush Money Trial is now officially in the books. And it did not disappoint for nearly four hours. Adult film actors and directors for me, daniels was on the stand just a few feet away from drum there. First phase two Phase Encounter in years and yes she went there taking us all instead of Lake Tahoe Hotel room where she alleges the two had sex back in 2006, now, trump says is absolutely never happened but his past niles did not stop her from painting quite the picture. It was salacious. It was uncomfortable and it was compelling. The former president watched with rapt attention. He was more invested than we have seen him at this trial. He was