Its civil fraud trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to than former trump lawyer, Michael Cohen. He bullied blew the lid off of trumps shady business dealings, hes on the Witness Stand for this trial, he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are waiting remarks from President Biden at any moment from the white house and when he is ready we will take that to you live. But, in the meantime, i just want to level set on what we have seen in washington over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was, like quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The president is going to weigh in after Congress Managed to pass a short term funding bill that will keep the government open for the next 47 days. Now, preventing a Government Shutdown is obviously good news. And so is the fact that the final bill did not include any of the devastating cuts to Domestic Violence programs that have been on
Been a wild weekend on capitol hill. He is coming up first. Plus, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg will be live in the studio, with a view from the biden administration, as the president frames this whole episode as a full on failure for republicans. And later, donald trump is expected to travel to new york today, and attend the start of His Civil Fraud Trial tomorrow. Who better to talk to that former trump lawyer Michael Cohen. He blew the lid off trumps shady business dealings, he is on the witness list for this trial, and he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. We are awaiting remarks from President Biden, at any moment, from the white house. And when he is ready, we will take that you live. But in the meantime, i just want to level set on what weve seen washed, and over the last couple of days. One Republican Congressman said that the last week was like, quote, riding a mechanical bull. That is quite a visual, but pretty accurate. The pr
it is about five hours later or so that gordon sondland responds and he says, bill, i believe you are incorrect about president trump s intentions. and then in sort of this lawyerly fashion and the way that he responds, he says the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any time. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is truly going to adopt the transparency and reforms that president zelensky promised during the campaign i suggest. so it s really significant. this exchange certainly is something that investigators on the hill are going to want to look into. sondland, i could say, is expected to appear before the hill in a closed deposition on tuesday. all right, shimon prokupecz, thank you so much. let s discuss further now with molly ball, a national political correspondent for time and a cnn political analyst. also with me, tolu, a cnn