we re moving forward with indycar. because we re moving forward with everybody. shell. powering progress. having with jesse l. martin, sunday s at nine on cnn just pass 9:00 p.m. here in new york, we begin the hour after the first of what s expected to be several days of testimony the former president s hush money trial by a critical witness, michael cohen, a former fixer, an attorney for donald trump. he testified today about the then-candidate s alleged deep level of knowledge and involvement in the payments and stormy daniels, as well as the alleged reimbursement of cohen for cohen says fronting the cash. but cohen s testimony is potentially undermine bypass that includes some felony conviction and i ll the equally significant credibility issues we re joined now by lani davis, famed as a former special counsel for the president clinton. he s now the former turning current legal advisor, michael cohen, also former federal prosecutor, aly, how many is also joining us linea
questions you may have call now and we ll come to you 808 to one 4,000 welcome to a special edition of newsnight, the trump hush money trial. i m abby phillip in new york alongside laura coates here five hours and eight minutes. that is how along the trials most important witness spent on the stand today michael cohen directly implicating donald trump, telling the jury dramatic and potentially critical facts when it comes to the prosecution s case against trump the jury watched intently, their heads were sibling back and forth between the prosecutor and the witness as the government lead cohen through screw a deliberate testimony to and actually trace is evolution. if you remember from trump s periphery to trump s, go refer to trump s. do everything fixer. and that included the alleged hush money deal designed to silence stormy daniels idea that cohen testified trump ordered him to make the jury learned how cohen called trump. well, mr. trump or more simply the boss, his