Eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york alongside my colleague and friend chris jansing. For two hours of special coverage on what is expected to be a dramatic and consequential day in Donald Trumps hush money trial. The prosecutions star witness on the stand right now. Prosecutors spent a year preparing Michael Cohen for this moment. He is the witness that prosecutors need to directly tie trump to the payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is outside the courthouse, also with us kristen gibb against, Charles Coleman and Criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor jeremy salaam. Thank you all for joining us. Lets go to yasmin first. What is the latest inside that courtroom as Michael Cohens testimony begins . Reporter were getting some demeanor notes, guys, as to how Michael Cohen is interacting with the prosecution when answering his questions, also kind of some color from inside the courtroom when Michael Cohen was asked to identify
Welcome back to the weekend, everyone. Prosecutors in donald trump trials that they could rest the case as early as next week. This after Stormy Daniels testified. Criminal charges dont hinge on Stormy Daniels testimony. This case is about concealing the Hush Money Payment that went to her. That is how Michael Cohens testimony will come into play and he is expected to take the stand on monday. Joining us now are our guests who are with us. Its so good to see you. If someone was not watching this week, if they were not following it be right be by be, what was your big take away from this we cracked i think a few things. Monday, Stormy Daniels let the headline grabber this weekend but monday was important because we saw some ploys from the Trump Organization to walk through some of the documentation. And how it traveled its way through the Trump Organization. And then down to the white house were checks for side and came back up. That is really important because this case really does hin
Monday and theyre saying that they may be able to rest their case by next weeks events, Brin Jin Grass is outside the courthouse following all of it for us and brynn today todays proceedings late. A lot of the important groundwork for the big witness monday, Michael Cohen, what can we expect on monday yes. Equaliser. This is the guy that said he would take a bullet for his boss and he might be who helps the prosecution sink donald trump. So well have to see, of course, hes the person who can bring jurors into that room, into the hello. Office in february 2017, when prosecutors say they hatched this plan to make these Reimbursement Payments ahead of the 2016 election. They alleged that he conspired with other trump org members to figure out how these reimbursements will work. Hes expected to be on the stand for a couple of days now, when the defense gets their turn to ask the questions, of course, theyre going to attack his credibility. Like we have seen them do with other witnesses in
Dont miss out on our fastest speed plans yet switch to Comcast Business and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Call today of course Andrew Weissmann told a great story during the commercial break, the 11th hour starts right now. Tonight, the star witness giving the Defense A Run for their money, the Tents Cross Examination of Stormy Daniels and what happens when Trumps Team Asked again, for a mistrial. Plus, blowback from bidens warning to israel. The defiant comments today, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a Ground Invasion of rafah. And guesses back, as trump and biden fight for her voters, nikki haley is coming out of the sidelines as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening we are now 180 days out from the election and 14 days into Donald Trumps criminal trial. Today, adult film star Stormy Daniels returned to the Witness Stand and faced off against trumps defense team in a very interesting crossexamin
Good monday morning. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial resuming moments ago in a manhattan courtroom. Week three of this trial saw dramatic and at times emotional testimony. Today, week four is kicking off with the judge Finding Trump in contempt once again and issuing a new warning of jail time. While a new witness, the Longtime Trump Controller has taken the stand. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is outside the courthouse. With us our legal panel, carol lam, former u. S. Attorney and former judge, adam pollock, The New Yorker new york assistant attorney general. Vaughn, we have a new witness on the stand and action related to the gag order already this morning. Walk us through it. Reporter Jeffrey Mcconney just took the stand. He was the former controller of the Trump Organization. He worked at the trump org for 35 years before leaving his post this last year. Folks may recall that he testified for several days in the Civil