And we are sending our care to her family tonight. Thanks so much for watching this room with wolf blitzer starts now its tuesday, may 21, right now on cnn this morning and explosive admission from Michael Cohen in a dramatic clash between the judge and a witness in the final hours of the trump Hush Money Trial, plus an angry response from President Biden after the International Criminal well, court decided to see an Arrest Warrant for israels Prime Minister. Was growing uncertainty in the middle east. Whats next for iran after the sudden death of their president . Alright, by they, im hearing washington alive. Look at New York City on this Tuesday Morning. Good morning, everyone. Kasie hunt. Wonderful to have you with us in just hours. Donald trumps criminal Hush Money Trial set to resume in new york. This comes after an explosive monday in court. Former trump fixer, Michael Cohen, admitting to stealing thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization. Another hit to the credibility o
Frasiers left hook. He connected. Feet off the ground, flying through the air, left hook, boom. Really hit him hard. Before we even got to a trial. He said we know fraud when we see it. Weve looked at all the evidence, this is fraud. There will be a version of the trial maybe starting next week. Well get more details in a minute. The judge could not have been more clear in his ruling yesterday that what donald trump and the organization perpetrated over many, many years, in his eyes, is fraud. Yeah, part of the case brought by new York Attorney general Letitia James. Well get to that in just a moment. Thats our top story. Also ahead, the History Making Stop on the picket line for President Biden. Well show you what he had to say to striking autoworkers who are demanding a significant pay raise. Plus, senator bob menendez is refusing to resign despite calls from 2 dozen colleagues to do so following his indictment on bribery charges. You wouldnt believe the republicans who are now defen
Im fredricka whitfield. And we begin this hour with Tropical Storm ophelia. Just hours after making land fall in north carolina, heavy rain, coastal flooding, and high winds, are hitting much of the Eastern Seaboard today. North carolina, maryland, and var are all under a State Of Emergency right now. And the storm is already knocked out power to more than 50,000 homes. And businesses. With those outages expected to grow. Allison chinchar is Tracking Ophelia from the cnn Weather Center and Polo Sandoval is in pelican island, new jersey, watching the impact and feeling it there. Lets begin with you, allison. The National Hurricane center issued a new advisory moments ago. The biggest change that we noted is the sustained winds have calmed down ever so slightly, dropping down now to 50 miles an hour. Still gusting up to 65. Look at the scope of this storm. You have so many of these Outer Rain Bands far away from that center point. And the center is still over north carolina, and you have
months. what s the painful morning number. this is so beautiful, phil. 10-year-old me loves this moment. look n 2023 the yankees have won under 50% of their games. this is the latest in a season they ve been under .500 since 1995. so it s been nearly 30 years and i want to take us down memory lane. the last time the yankees were so bad, the top film was batman forever. the top song was gangstas paradise and the top toy was pods. who was the first baseman in 1995? don mattingly. not my father. it gets me a free drink in new york, i will say he is. i have nothing to add to this fabulous conversation. i want to note i m not alone in thinking that the yankees think who mlb fans hate the most n 2017 they polled the yankees,
i ll be around for a while. thank you, brian. back to gillian in d.c. gillian: some pretty scary moments during last night s yankees-orioles game in the bronx. a wild throw from the rookie short stop hit a dugout cameraman right in the head. l the short stop was trying to complete a double play but it flew over the first baseman s glove. he was wheeled off on a stretcher, he has an orbital fracture but is now resting at home. bill: a look at the pentagon, awaiting a briefing from pat ryder. and russia s show of aggression. and putin s fighter jets harassing yet again u.s. drones over syria. james carafano will weigh in on that in a moment. gillian: the secretary of the