Jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and the prosecution has rested its case and now its Donald Trumps term his defense team has called a witness, Robert Costello and attorney. What one point advised Michael Cohen that stella has claimed in that cohens lied about him under oath during this trial. This comes after a shocking revelation on the stand earlier today, threatened to rock the prosecutions entire case under intense questioning. And by the defense, trumps former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, the star witness for the prosecution, admitted that he stole from the Trump Organization organization and were not its not talking lunch, money or funds taken from some transaction that has nothing to do with the charges against trump were talking we had 60,000, technically larceny that was part of the 420,000 payment made to cohen. That was allegedly falsified to reimbursement for Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels that payment are those p
Cspan. Org. We take you now to a hearing on transNational Crime, including the financing and trafficking of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. Youre watching live coverage on cspan. Let me welcome everybody to the hearing, and thank you very much for participating. I will start with opening remarks. We will turn to the distinguished cochair for his opening remarks and a brief video. We thank you all very much for being here. A modern day cartel runs more like a fortune 500 conglomerate than like a street gang with departments specializing in logistics, accounting, recruitment, chemical science, and they manage their empires with deadly sophistication. They operate like enormous businesses because a prophet like enormous businesses. Globally, drug traffic revenue totals as much as 652 billion. According to estimates from Global Financial integrity. Mexican cartels like sinaloa and you generation operate in the billions. Enforcement against these massive organizations usually focuses on
Cspan. Org. We take you now to a hearing on transNational Crime, including the financing and trafficking of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. Youre watching live coverage on cspan. Let me welcome everybody to the hearing, and thank you very much for participating. I will start with opening remarks. We will turn to the distinguished cochair for his opening remarks and a brief video. We thank you all very much for being here. A modern day cartel runs more like a fortune 500 conglomerate than like a street gang with departments specializing in logistics, accounting, recruitment, chemical science, and they manage their empires with deadly sophistication. They operate like enormous businesses because a prophet like enormous businesses. Globally, drug traffic revenue totals as much as 652 billion. According to estimates from Global Financial integrity. Mexican cartels like sinaloa and you generation operate in the billions. Enforcement against these massive organizations usually focuses on
There was a moment of silence for donald payne, jr. Who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order, without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we have the hearing, id like to take a moment to recognize the loss of our dear friend on this committee, Congress Donald payne, jr. And his legacy, along with his fathers legacy will serve as a reminder to us all what it means to be a true public servant. I really appreciated the time that i got to work with congressman payne on the Colorectal Cancer caucus. He was a fierce fighter against that disease. I now recognize for a moment the Ranking Member, Ranking Member thompson to honor the life and legacy of representative payne. Thank you so much, mr. Chairman. This morning, we remember the life of congressman donald m. Payne, jr. Our colleague and friend. He was a union worker, a toll collector, he literally kept the buses of excess county, new j
Major investis in our countrys history by the u. S. House and senate. Each week, writers and historians tell the stories and see historic footage from the periods and examine the impacts of key congressional hearings. This week we look at the investigation that followed the deadly 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound near waco, texas and what its meant in the years that followed. Watch congress investigates, 7 p. M. Eastern on saturdays, cspan2. Up next, state and local Law Enforcement officials talk about the challenges facing their local agencies. Some of the topics covered include gun violence, Work Force Recruitment and retention and the ongoing fentanyl crisis and shared by congressman mark greene. At the start of the hearing there was a moment of silence for donald payne, jr. Who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order, without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we have th