Prison time. And why next week may be another critical moment in this criminal case. Also helping more people make it in the bay. A new Community Fridge rolls out in one neighborhood. The new access it should provide no questions asked. This is today in the bay. Good morning to you. On this friday, im marcus washington. What was that last part friday. There you go. Marcus washington. Oh yeah, i know i was about to say that. Boy, i know you guys well. Good morning, im laura garcia. Were going to check in with mike inouye in just a moment for that morning commute. But carrie has a look at our forecast for today. Another great one. Were starting out with fog and clouds. And then as that clears out, for most of the inland areas, we are going to see our temperatures warming up. Right now, were in the low 50s in san rafael. Meanwhile, in the upper 50s for palo alto and in san jose, and then looking at our High Temperatures for this afternoon, really nice and comfortable, upper 60s for san ma
Its thursday, may 16, 2024. Back on the stand. Michael cohen is facing another tough day of crossexamination in the former president s hush money trial. How mr. Trumps team is working to discredit his former fixers credibility. Access denied. President biden blocks the release of audio recordings of his interview with special counsel robert hurd. Why republican lawmakers are balking. Families nationwide are struggling to keep up with soaring child care costs. The drastic measures some parents are forced to take. Age before beauty . Guess who is buying antiaging skinCare Products . Teens and tweens. That is an interesting conversation. Happy thursday. We begin with the criminal trial of former president donald trump. Today Michael Cohen, trumps former fixer and lawyer, testified for the Third Straight day. Mr. Cohen was grilled by trumps attorney about a number of times he had previously lied under oath and cohens dispointment when he was not given a position in the trump white house. V
This hour, we continue cnns special live coverage of a historic vote on capitol hill. A moment, the House Of Representatives will hold a key vote on a motion to oust Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. A motion being brought by one of his fellow republicans. At the beginning of the day, we knew there were five republicans who would vote to oust him. Now, we know there are six. And were learning that mccarthys republican allies are attempting to make a lastminute plea to the 212 House Democrats there, to try to join them, to save him. But House Democrats appear to be united in not wanting to rescue mccarthy. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries just sent what is known as a Dear Colleague letter to his fellow democrats. Saying its the responsibility of the gop to end their own House Republican civil war. Lets go right to capitol hill now where we find cnns manu raju and cnns melanie zanona. Manu, to you first, what are you hearing from republicans as this vote gets closer and closer . Reporter well,
Polantz at the federal court in washington, and this is cnn hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on for greek. A whitfield were following major developments on capitol oh, hell, right now, the House Of Representatives is in session for a rare saturday highstakes vote for the past several hours, lawmakers have been debating milk ill let terry aid bills for ukraine and israel and taiwan totaling 95 and at any moment now, lawmakers are expected to begin voting on the three laws. Longawaited Funding Bills to sweeten the deal for House Republicans, a fourth bill contains sanctions for iran, a seizure of Frozen Russian Assets thats plus a potential nationwide tiktok ban gop House Speaker mike johnson was able to advance the bipartisan bills through congress this week with the help of death democrats. Its a move that could cost him his job as some hardliners in his party have threatened to introduce a measure to remove him from his post and moments so go, House Minority lea
Lot of drama there today. The lead starts right now. World leaders taking the stage, pushing their priorities for some of the biggest issues of our time. Casting Russias Vladimir Putin as global villain number one, while fighting against waning support for ukraine. And here in d. C. , a House Republican calling his party the, quote, clown show. While infighting and name calling do nothing to solve the more immediate problem of federal government set to shut down in just 12 days. Plus, new allegations against celebrity Russell Brand as a new accuser comes forward. Police now looking into the multiple allegations of rape and Sexual Assault against the disgraced comedian. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The world lead dominates the week with so much focus on Foreign Policy and this comes against major accusations by one democracy, canada, accusing another democracy, india, of directing an assassination. On canadian sovereign territory. Well dive into that democracy versus direction a