letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. hi, noicolle thanks so much i m ari melber tonight we have a very big show, including an eye on that manhattan d.a. probe that may be closing in on president trump, and tonight in this life segment i will be including a major trump legal figure as my guest you re not going to hear that anywhere else right now because he s here sitting with me. the context is mr. michael cohen is heading back to testify again before this criminal grand jury tomorrow that s investigating trump. we know other trump aides, associates and allies have been there under oath that includes conway, hicks and others you see on the screen, which is an indication they are gathering evidence, that something is really happening. this is not about leaks, this is not about conjecture everyone from people in new york legal circles following this to trump s own lawyers see it as e
and 30, others wounded when a bomb exploded in a cafe and st petersburg today we are now hearing from russian state media that the explosive device may have been hidden inside a figurine presented to the blogger. the dead blogger had more than half a million followers on his pro military blog, where he aggressively supported the war in ukraine yet openly criticized the setbacks. russian troops face there. let s get right to cnn s matthew chance in moscow. matthew was this looking like a targeted attack. i mean, you ve got to be thinking that way, haven t you, given the circumstances that are being set out by the investigators and the eyewitnesses that are speaking to russian state media, saying that basically this character, this pro war military blogger who was the guest speaker at an event packed with other supporters of the war in ukraine was basically given a statue figurine, a little statuettes by somebody in the crowd. who was supporter of his supposedly and shortly aft
Thanks so much for joining us as always. Kentucky and georgia polls, they have just closed . Wow, okay. All eyes are on georgia where another case against trump hangs in the balance. And tonight Voters Decide on whether to reelect Fulton County d. A. Fani willis. Take a load off fanny. And judge mcafee, will they be saved by the voters tossed to the curve. Results coming in at the about m of the screen. Any major developments as they come in. First, ya beyond a reasonable dt thats the focus of tonights angle. We are never going to know just how much this trump trial cost the taxpayers of new york, but it has to be, i dont know, in the tens of millions of dollars . And for every hour spent on this was one hour less spent on prosecuting real criminals still terrorizing the city, not that has ever been alvin braggs priority. We know that he is on the side of the criminal. His sole focus has been to nail donald trump no matter what it took, no matter how he had to contort the law, no matte
John live look inside the New York State Supreme Court where former President Donald Trump just walked back into the courtroom. The prosecutions star witness former trump Attorney Michael Cohen set to resume testimony any second now. Along john roberts in washington, sandra, welcome back to the craziest week of court history. Sandra i was looking at that live shot and thinking bill hemmer hopefully made his way and there and got his seat. He will be joining us shortly as court is set to resume any moment now. Im sandra smith and this is america reports. You begin the test when he early this morning and said his duties at the Trump Organization included killing what he called negative stories. He detailed shutting down the Karen Mcdougal story alongside david packer. Prosecutors are tasked with making him a credible witness despite his past criminal charges and lying to congress. Spiel live an allstar team throughout us as Testimony Resumes. Sandra lets get the nate foy outside. Here we
Crossexamining the prosecutions first witness, former Tabloid Executive if david pecker, this is peckers third day on the stand and today for the very first time, he described the deal that he helped broker with Adult Film Star and director Stormy Daniels, a deal that is at the center of this case, the fusion has used packer to set the scene for the jury, introducing them to keep players in the case. How they all fit together in the story right now, the Defense Tactic in its early questioning is part of a strategy two, strategy to argue the David Pecker Is Work Helping Trump during the 2016 election was nothing new who . Nothing unusual. Also notably today, judge juan merchan so far still has declined to issue a ruling from tuesdays Hearing On Whether Trump has violated his gag order, despite the prosecution arguing that this morning that trump continues to violate this order against disparaging members of the jury and the witton this is of course this is four times over the last three