Monday morning when crossexamined amination continues in the prosecution certainly has its work cut out for them. The lead with jake tapper starts right now these cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Court has just ramped up for the de and Donald Trumps hush money coverup trial. It is a day you should remember because if if donald trump, the former president is acquitted the History Books may well point to Michael Cohens testimony today as the biggest reason cohens crossexamination will resume. Next week, were told after he endured hours of brutal questioning on The Stand Today, trumps Defense Attorney todd blanche laid out cohens past lies under oath, and then introduced evidence claiming that cohen has also lied in this trial under oath cohen previously testified on tuesday, i believe, about a key october 2016 phone call. He says he had with donald trump about the hush money reimbursement. But todd blanche today reveal Text Messages and a call log from that day tha
A former her prosecutor for the manhattan das office. While we watch for these Defense Motions to play out heres one of the things going on. Roshan is saying of Susan Necklace yintercept, you wouldnt have object to the mention of a condom . I dont understand this is because Susan Nechele less said that it was a dogwhistle to mention that donald trump had sex with a Stormy Daniels allegedly, although he disputes it without a condom, a dog whistle for rape some of the headlines coming in from the courtroom right now is the judge discusses this motion for mistrial. The judge said and going back to the very Opening Statements, mr. Blanche the defense attorney, and your Opening Statement you denied there was ever a sexual encounter between Stormy Daniels and the defendant, and that is the point that hes raising their of paula reid and jeremy. Is that you didnt by denying it, you put her credibility at issue and by doing that, you open the door for the prosecution to ask her to tell the stor
Looking live at 100 Centre Street here in downtown manhattan, where minute ago, donald trump made that. Now familiar with walk past cameras and into that courtroom where his future and maybe his freedom are on the line. Minutes a possible ruling from a judge on whether or not trump violence related a gag order. Again plus the next witness, the Prosecution Plans to use to convince a jury of mr. Trumps peers that he is a criminal. Im Kaitlan Collins in new york youre watching cnns special live coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial and i have jim acosta and washington. We begin week three of testimony with the question, who will go on . For oath as the prosecutions tenth witness . Manhattan prosecutors have sped through their presentation of facts of friday hit a dramatic high point when the government called Hope Hicks Stan next to the former White House Communications director, testified through tears, leaving an emotional impression that may pierce trumps defense. The jury has alr
Monday, may 6 right now on cnn republican hopefuls gathered to make their case to become Donald Trumps vp pick. And thousands displaced and a young boy killed as texas struggles to recover from the devastating flooding all right. 6 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at the white house on this monday morning. Good morning, everyone. Happy monday. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us scandalous affairs, secret payments, accusations of gestapo tactics, and we still have six months to go before america is 47th, president is elected welcome to the new normal donald trump, of course, returns to court this morning for week four of his criminal hush, money trial. Week three ended with gripping testimony from former trump aide, hope hicks. She offered potentially damaging details about the Hush Money Payments that were made by trump to adult films star Stormy Daniels trump refrained from commenting on his former employees testimony so im not allowed to comment on any of that. A
Windows within really a shock in oh to try to get to the protesters who had broken in and occupied the building. They occupied the building, throwing out band and ours that read things like intifada and free palestine. They have been on campus for the propalestinian movement for two weeks. Now. Two weeks would be today they were removed dozens of people arrested. We are hearing now that they have some of them have already been released from jail, but youre listening there to mayor eric adams of New York City and he says that he, that this was a protest that had been, and this is his words coopted by outside influences. And he says that they were going to stay been sounding the alarm that these protests were supposed to be peaceful. He said, but that they had been coopted by outside influences. And that he was going to show evidence that there were people who were not affiliated with Columbia University who were part of this protests on campus. You will remember this has been going on f