On this. Thank you so much for joining us you always learn something clear. Fold belt. They dont want exact worth an all right. Thank you so much for joining us. This is Cnn News Central seen in special coverage of the donald trump Hush Money Trial continues. Big day today on the sand t intention all back on the stand. You are looking at live pictures of 100 Centre Street in downtown manhattan, where in just minutes, Michael Cohen will be back under oath and donald trump will be watching as his former fixer tries to stitch together the prosecutions case for a jury that could send the former president of the United States to jail welcome to our viewers. Im john berman in new york youre watching Cnn Special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up, try not jake tapper in washington dc today, prosecutors want Michael Cohen to say more about the last piece of that sentence the cover up, part. That is the crux of the governments case against the 45th president. I was following his
After tense and dramatic testimony, filled with more than a few moments that would make any one of us blush, the trump election interference hush money trial today got down to brass tacks, a flood of evidence, phone call data, texts, tweets, documents, that cast new light on the mechanics of the scheme to silence Stormy Daniels and conceal the Hush Money Payments. They set the stage for one star witness and possibly the appearance of another witness who is not on anyones list to testify. Read out loud in court today messages sent between Stormy Daniels publicist, Gina Rodriguez, and the National Enquirer editor dylan howard. These Text Messages show that those two were in talks for months about buying Stormy Daniels story. On october 7th, 2016 april 7th, 2016, rodriguez text but stormy was his mistress. Dylan howard texts back, i bet she was. Can you email me what you have on that . Few months later this exchange from june 28th, 2016. Gina rodriguez texts, she doesnt want to go on the
4 00 in new york. As we kick off what will be the second week of Witness Testimony in donald j. Trumps Hush Money Trial. It is important to take stock and remind ourselves, it is not normal. To have an examerican President Stand Trial as a criminal defendant. It is not normal for that same criminal defendant to also be the Republican Partys current presumptive nominee for the upcoming president ial election. We learned a great deal from david pecker during his time on the Witness Stand last week about exactly how the catch and kill scheme that was used to benefit donald trump when he was running for president the first time worked. It worked by burying stories that would have been harmful to his reputation. We heard from trumps long Time Assistant rhona graf that Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal, the women paid to keep their stories quiet ahead of the election, were both named in trumps rolla dex. So this week we expect to hear new evidence and new testimony from new witnesses further
two superpowers. tonight at a news conference, president biden was asked if he trusted beijing. i trust and verify, as the old saying goes, that s where i am. and we re in a competitive relationship, china and united states. but my responsibility is to make it, make this rational and manageable so it doesn t result in conflict. that is what i am all about. biden also said they agreed to take steps to combat fentanyl production and restore military communication. so now let s look at this split screen. while the current president of the united states was representing the country on the world stage, the former president, the 2024 gop front runner, was dealing with his multiple legal cases. the judge in the georgia election interference case plans to issue a protective order to lock down some of the sensitive evidence. this week of course, videos of witness testimonies were leaked to the public. those codefendants went on to plead guilty. but today, a lawyer for a separate c
out. i ll save it for the next election. yes, oh my god. [applause] a friendship so great, not even kornacki himself could have predicted it. and on that absolutely fantastic no, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the work of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, a siena tomorrow. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. before he was even elected president, donald trump had a journalist kicked out of a press conference just for asking a question. okay, who is next, yes? please? [inaudible] excuse, me sudden, you are called, sit down. i have the right to ask a question. sit down, please. you weren t called. trump looks over at his staff, a bodyguard walks over, and ushers ramos out of the news conference. sit down, sit down, go back to univision. the journalist that trump had his security kick out from that press conference was jorge ramos, one of the most prominent latino journalists in the country. now, ra