Right before they took a break, the prosecution in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case reminded the jury Michael Cohen is not the one on trial here. Despite a crossexamination that got heated, just as he was finishing, and yet an admission by trumps former fixer on the stand did leave the d. A. s office with some clean up to do. Im Chris Jansing alongside my colleagues, Andrea Mitchell and katy tur. Sorry, Michael Cohen acknowledged under oath that he stole 60,000 from the trump organization, that he did it out of anger that mr. Trump cut his bonus. The prosecution is trying to use their second shot at questioning Michael Cohen to redirect the focus back to the former president. Were going to bring you live updates as we read them when Michael Cohen returns to the stand in just a few minutes after the lunch break. Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is live at the courthouse. Catherine christian is still with us. Also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in Robert Muellers special counsels
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(birds chirping) - hmm, periods. hmm, periods. - my palms are sweaty. - i feel awkward about it cause it s really weird. like there s a reason if you like cut yourself, then it starts bleeding, but i don t really think there s a reason if you just start bleeding from your private. - i m kind of nervous speaking about periods, to be honest. - well, i call my period my evil best friend because she always come on time, she give me a hard time, and sometimes i m happy to see her, if you know what i mean, so she s my evil best friend. - i fucking hate having my period. sorry, if i can t say that. i hate having my period. i hate having my period. - i love talking about my period and i love sharing my period stories and i love hearing people s period stories. - i m supposed to get my period any minute. - jamie, when do you think i ll start having periods too? - the second you get it, your mom goes, you re a woman now, and that s disgusting. (audience laughing) mommy, daddy, loo
(birds chirping) - hmm, periods. hmm, periods. - my palms are sweaty. - i feel awkward about it cause it s really weird. like there s a reason if you like cut yourself, then it starts bleeding, but i don t really think there s a reason if you just start bleeding from your private. - i m kind of nervous speaking about periods, to be honest. - well, i call my period my evil best friend because she always come on time, she give me a hard time, and sometimes i m happy to see her, if you know what i mean, so she s my evil best friend. - i fucking hate having my period. sorry, if i can t say that. i hate having my period. i hate having my period. - i love talking about my period and i love sharing my period stories and i love hearing people s period stories. - i m supposed to get my period any minute. - jamie, when do you think i ll start having periods too? - the second you get it, your mom goes, you re a woman now, and that s disgusting. (audience laughing) mommy, daddy, loo
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