Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone, welcome to wednesday, a critical chapter in the trial of the expresident is coming to a close. Questions now swirl about what happens next n trump election interference trial. Todd blanche failed to land any significant blows to Michael Cohens credibility, something theyre desperate to do after he was put in the center of the scheme to catch and kill negative stories that could have hurt Donald Trumps campaign. He told the jury that the president himself signed off on the plan to hide the expenses. Todd blanche started this way, these are literally the first words out of the his mouth. You and i have never spoken or met, have we . To which cohen replied, we have not. Todd blanche, but you know who i am . Cohen answers, i do blanche asking, on april 23rd, so after the trial started in this case, you went on tiktok and called me a, quote, Crying Little cohen supplies that might be something i would say. Blanche went on to defend mr. Co
Index for the first time today after 139 years of history, just seconds to go before the close and the lead with jake tapper starts now ladies and gentlemen, two president ial debates have been sets. The lead starts right now President Biden and former President Trump, putting it in writing, saying that they will face off in two debates, one and just weeks here on cnn. The political jams already are flying okay, really seriously, where is Rudy Giuliani . The onetime Trump Attorney is still missing nearly three weeks after word of an indictment and officials in arizona trying to serve him with papers, charging him in alleged election scheme and their states. So how extensive has this search been plus the charges that could soon beyond the way for boeing . One of the biggest Plane Manufacturers in the world after all those investigations into deadly crashes of 7307 Max Airplanes this is Breaking News welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. We are starting with Breaking News in the money lea
Bill how was the weekend . Dana you . Bill excellent. Youve been waiting for this, right . Dana i read about it all weekend. Bill cohen is on stand. Prosecution is relying on cohen as their star witness. Questions over his credibility could make his testimony damaged goods in the eyes of the jury. Well soon find out. Former president said this before he went into court today. This trial is lagged. It is dishonest, a disgrace to new york and a disgrace to the country. I should be out campaigning now instead of sitting in a very cold courthouse all day long. This is a biden prosecution. It is election interference at a level that nobody in this country has ever seen before. Bill eric shawn brings us up to date outside the courthouse. 30 minutes in and how would you summarize it. We are, bill, good morning. The people call Michael Cohen. With those dramatic words the testimony of former President Trumps loyal fixer and lawyer on the stand now testifying against his former boss. The prosec
After tense and dramatic testimony, filled with more than a few moments that would make any one of us blush, the trump election interference hush money trial today got down to brass tacks, a flood of evidence, phone call data, texts, tweets, documents, that cast new light on the mechanics of the scheme to silence Stormy Daniels and conceal the Hush Money Payments. They set the stage for one star witness and possibly the appearance of another witness who is not on anyones list to testify. Read out loud in court today messages sent between Stormy Daniels publicist, Gina Rodriguez, and the National Enquirer editor dylan howard. These Text Messages show that those two were in talks for months about buying Stormy Daniels story. On october 7th, 2016 april 7th, 2016, rodriguez text but stormy was his mistress. Dylan howard texts back, i bet she was. Can you email me what you have on that . Few months later this exchange from june 28th, 2016. Gina rodriguez texts, she doesnt want to go on the
The deals on top before theyre current job today donald trump is just perhaps one social post away from potential jail time as is his trial enters a very critical week. Welcome to a Special Edition Alarm Codes live hours from now, donald trump will enter a de 13 of his criminal trial. And the big question everyones asking tonight, are we going to hear from Stormy Daniels or Michael Cohen . And if so, when are they going to take the stand now according to prosecutors, we are now halfway through their case in chief. I made that sound far more exciting. I didnt perhaps to you, but we just have about two more weeks left. And yes, there will be a very key moment. And by key moment, i mean messy to have daniels and adult film star testify about an alleged sex scandal that prosecutors say she was paid to keep quiet so that it wouldnt hurt trumps 2016 campaign. But forgive the broken get to record that im about to sound like, but thats not what the heart of the case is really about. Okay. Its