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
effect of punishment. prosecutors then tried to bolster that point from the judge, miss casten, the prosecutor says quote, the defendant. formerly the senior most official in our federal government is accused of historic crimes. attempted to overturn the presidential election. disenfranchise americans, and disrupt the peaceful transfer. there is an incredibly strong peaceful interest, and the juries prompting consideration of those claims and open courts. also a strong public interest, and a fair trial. which means we need to proceed to trial as soon as the defense can be ready. reasonably, because on the near daily basis. the defense posts on social media about this case. he has publicly disparaged witnesses, he s attacked the integrity of courts, and the citizens of the district of columbia that make of the jury pool. and this prejudices the jury pool. and your honor, we need to find a trial date web?
implement. so, you know, one of the several agreed-upon humanitarian corridors just overnight in ukraine is actually from the suburbs of your city into kyiv. do you know how many people are trapped outside the city, just outside in the towns and suburbs bordering the capital city? right now in this moment, the corridors from bucha because the people were scattered and don t have a connection. we just received information that a thousand people spend in the bunkers a week already. and they don t have food and water. and i guess we have how much people in this zone. you have been visiting defense posts around kyiv. what are you telling people?