Hi, everybody. Its thursday. Its 4 00 in new york. It is also day 18 of the people of the state of new york vermont donald trump, the expresident s former Attorney Michael Cohen is just off the Witness Stand. The jury is done with their service for the day. Prosecutors and attorneys for the expresident are dealing with the all important question of what happens next. Its happening right now. A hearing over what the defenses case will look like and if they will make a case, if they have a case to present the updates from that hearing that is happening as we meet well bring them to you right away. All this is in the wake of a rather desperate and uneven attempt to undercut Michael Cohens credibility. It was to be generous, hit and miss, defense attorney todd blanche had a Second Chance at cross examining Michael Cohen after a day of rest yesterday. He moved around from topic to topic so quickly that todd blanche decided that todd should apologize to the jurors who would decide Donald Tru
Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone, welcome to wednesday, a critical chapter in the trial of the expresident is coming to a close. Questions now swirl about what happens next n trump election interference trial. Todd blanche failed to land any significant blows to Michael Cohens credibility, something theyre desperate to do after he was put in the center of the scheme to catch and kill negative stories that could have hurt Donald Trumps campaign. He told the jury that the president himself signed off on the plan to hide the expenses. Todd blanche started this way, these are literally the first words out of the his mouth. You and i have never spoken or met, have we . To which cohen replied, we have not. Todd blanche, but you know who i am . Cohen answers, i do blanche asking, on april 23rd, so after the trial started in this case, you went on tiktok and called me a, quote, Crying Little cohen supplies that might be something i would say. Blanche went on to defend mr. Co
Consumer prices tomorrow, Producer Prices out about half an hour ago. Heres what we have. In april, prices paid by businesses went up a much bigger than expected 0. 5 . That is the hottest read sense february. Over the last year, Producer Prices went up 32. 2 2. 2 , and thats the highest since april of 2023. A strongen Inflation Report today. Heres the market reaction, subdued. When those numbers first came can out, the market went straight down. Weve recovered a lot. The dow is actually up 20 points, the s p is down a mere 2, and the nasdaq down 40 points, thats it. The 10year treasury yield with, well, thats moved up above no, it just dropped back below, it was just above 4. 5 , now its 4. 49. Virtually unchanged. The 2year treasury, that also came down a hot. Actually, im sorry, it went with up a lot right before when those numbers came out, but now its moderated. Youre at 4. 86. So not its really a muted reaction to the inflation numbers. Bitcoin, 611,000 611,000 and change. Oil, r
I truly hope this man ends up prison. Cohen says sounds right. Nicolle wallace will pick it up from here. Thank you as well. All of our guests that have joined us including duncan, we will see you back here on thursday afternoon when were going to do it all over again. Dont go anywhere. Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone. We have a packed house. Its 4 00 in new york. After putting donald trump in the room where it happened, where that allegedly criminal scheme to hide hush money payments ahead of the 2016 president ial election was hatched, the expresident s former fixer Michael Cohen today closed the loop on the story that often sounds like it is straight out of a bad mafia movie. Cohen describing donald trump operating like a mob boss who became president of the United States using a back channel to keep cohen quiet and loyal and cohen describing going to prison and ultimately breaking with donald trump. The man he served for more than a decade. Happening right now,
Us on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Then we got to the Porn Starriness. Trumps defense, i never slept to Stormy Daniels and didnt pay her to be quiet. Michael cohen paid her to be quiet. Hes such a great guy who i hope is torn apart by wild dogs. And i only paid him what i thought were legal fees. If i did anything at all, i did everything, which i didnt do, to protect my wife from finding out about the things i never did. Stephen colbert. Well go through the consequential day in court in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial with his former fixer and Attorney Michael Cohen on the stand. It will continue today. Well have expert legal analysis on the testimony and what we should expect in a few hours. Also ahead, well go through major developments in gaza. Israels military battling regrouped Hamas Terrorists in the north while weighing a fullscale assault on rafah in the south. Plus, the latest from ukraine and the surprise visit today by u. S. Secretary of state Antony B