Santa newsnight starts now the circus comes to the courtroom. Thats tonight on these nine good evening. Im abby phillip the new york tonight. Tensions and chaos erupt inside of the courtroom. Let me set the scene for you. The trump team made a game time decision to call a witness, robert costello. Hes a former Legal Advisor to Michael Cohen. Now about 14 minutes into his testimony, cohen, costello vividly demonstrated why he may have caught trumps the tension. But the Presiding Judge was not amused costello rolled his eyes. A judge merchan, he let out an audible sigh after an objection. And the transcript, maybe the best way to describe what happened next in that courtroom. The judge, he says, i wanted to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. Costello, right judge okay. So when there is a witness on the stand, if you dont like my ruling, you dont say, jeez. Okay. And then you dont say strike it because im the only one who can strike testimony in the courtroom. Do you, understand that
And tonight to trump legal strategies and the evidence that one is working and the other might be working. Again. Its the former president of the United States. The first deny, deny, deny in minutes, the eightyear history of the many, many times that trump has repeated his denials about Stormy Daniels and insisted a picture is all there is to the story. Now the adult film star, as you can imagine, telling a very different version of events, the jury under oh, today and sayyed 100 center street. Now, daniels left out the way the most salacious details, but not much else. She chronicled how that night and lake tahoe in 2006 escalated from chatter to a Dinner Invitations that is hotel suite to silk Pajamas Deposing and his boxers on the bed to sex. Trump. Listen, they scowl extra across his face from much of the nilly five hours that shes spent on that Witness Stand. Trump nudge. Did i say nudge lightly . Nudge his laura is as repeatedly to object as prosecutors prompted daniels to explai
The disgraced hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has had one of his Rape Convictions overturned. Judges at new Yorks Top Court said weinstein, who will remain in prison on separate sex offences, did not receive a fair trial in 2020. They said prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. A lawyer who represented some of weinstein s victims said the decision was a tragic step back. The case fuelled the me too movement, which exposed sexual abuse and misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. Deanna levels in hollywood. Paul is a former reporter which deanna paul is a former reporter which she reported on Law Enforcement and the weinstein case. Can you talk us through this case. Can you talk us through this case on 2020 and the reasons were hearing for this being overturned, saying that he didnt get a fair trial because prosecutors were allowed to call these witnesses which were part of the charges against him . The whi
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the waiting room now complete with television. new nbc news reporting about how the former president has gotten permission to outfit the drab room in lower manhattan where he has to wait for the jury s decision. he is watching sitcom reruns or coverage of his trial? has the waiting room become the epicenter of presidential campaign, both physically and strategically. plus, michael cohen, david pecker, and the 2015 trump tower meeting, the jury in donald trump s hush money case today keying in on the details of that critical encounter. asking to rehear multiple portions of related testimony as well as significant portions of jury instructions. what it could tell us about where their deliberations stand. and, yes, the law and the evidence, but as jurors deliberate, how and when will common sense impact their verdict? the important instruction from judge merchan that jurors must consider. . we have so m
well, guess what? they re going to be getting that check soon. that $1,400 check could land in your bank account as soon as this weekend, president biden said. democratic congressional leaders were also present to tout the plan. though not a single republican was there, given that not one republican voted for the legislation. president biden is going to try to boost public support for the law as he marks two new dates on every americans calendar, may 1st. that s when he says every adult will be eligible to get a covid vaccine. and july 4th, to mark sfg a new independence from coronavirus with small gatherings with friends and family. though, we should note, many americans did that last fourth of july. right now about 66 million americans have gotten one vaccine dose with 2.2 million doses being administered every day. now president biden wants to m maintain and speed up that pace. wish i could come out and shake hands with every one of you. reporter: moments ago, a ros