Welcome to a special two hour edition of the beat. You know, we are nearing the end of the first Criminal Trial of the former u. S. President , donald trump. By next week the case could be in the hands of the 12 member jury. But before that happens, trumps former fixer and personal attorney will be back on the stand monday for a third day of crossexamination. The defense is focused so far on trying to portray the states key witness as a serial liar, someone who cannot be trusted, and who is only out for revenge against his former boss. The word lie was used more than 60 times in court yesterday. And through what felt at times like a meandering Cross Examination, they had been able to poke a hole in credibility during questioning about one of the phone calls from october 2016. That netanyahu testified he had made with trump, allegedly telling him the payoff to Stormy Daniels was being handled. Yesterday netanyahu admitted he was having trouble recalling his Telephone Calls on specific d
Welcome to a special twohour edition of the beat. Im katie phang. Were nearing the end of the first Criminal Trial of a former u. S. President donald trump. Next week the case could be in the hand of the jury. Before that happens, Michael Cohen will be back on the Witness Stand Monday for a third day of cross examination by trumps defense attorney todd blanche. The defenses focus so far has been to try and portray the states key witness as a serial liar, someone who cannot be trusted and who is only out for revenge against his former boss. The word lie was used more than 60 times in court yesterday. Through what felt at times like A Meandering Cross Examination Blanche may have been able to poke a hole in cohens credibility as a witness during questioning about one of the phone calls from october 2016 that cohen testified earlier in the week he had made with trump, allegedly telling him the payoff to Stormy Daniels was being handled. Yesterday cohen admitted that he was having trouble
On wednesday, President Biden will visit israel. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. Israel has the right and, indeed, the duty, to defend its people from hamas and other terrorists, and to prevent future attacks. The president will hear from israel how it will conduct the operations in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and allows humanitarian assistance to flow to citizens in gaza in a way that does not benefit hamas. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken announcing President Bidens trip to israel ahead of that countrys looming Ground Offensive into gaza. The visit will come amid a growing humanitarian crisis in the territory and desperate efforts to get civilians out of the war zone. Well go through all of that and get a live report from the israelgaza border in just a moment. Willie, of course, there is a desperate
Time, to borrow from star wars lexicon, there is a disturbance in the force there. Like, he is shaken. I mean, heres the front page of the daily news, Talking About Poor Donald. Of course, theyre talking about him coming off the forbes list. If you want to understand donald trump, weve said this from the beginning, just understand the money. The money. I still think a lot of these criminal investigations and the possibility of going to jail, too abstract for him. But him sitting there, the possible of losing his businesses, losing trump tower, having to pay 250 million he doesnt have, i think thats getting to him. Look at a clip of Attorney General in New York State that i think has just kind of had enough. This case was brought simply because it was a case where individuals have engaged in a pattern and practice of fraud. And i will not sit idly by and allow anyone to subvert the law. Lastly, i will not be bullied. So mr. Trump is no longer here. The donald trump show is over. I will
The beat with ari melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicolle. Thank you so much. Welcome to the beat. I am ari melber. Im happy to be back with you. Out for a couple of days. Did anything happen . It seemed like a lot happened. I want to catch up with you, because we have a lot of developments out of these first two official days of the trial with the jury impanelled, and everyone hearing from both sides. And that star witness david pecker. What are we learning out of this case . The court today was off, but we have so much that were learning from, including the prosecutions Opening Statements. I can show you some of that right here. The first witness as mentioned was the Tabloid Star Witness david pecker. By the on the other hand of this hour, im also going to get into trumps Defense Arguments which are important to understand and draw on what we learn from his own lawyers, what theyve said in court, in public and sometimes even on this program. Right now we look at what the d. A.