Continue to stay on top of all of these stories. Thanks very much for joining me here in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington, and ill of course be back later. Tonights 6 00 p. M. Eastern. In this room Inside Politics with dana bash starts right now welcome to Inside Politics. Im dana bash as woke just said, we have been listening to President Biden speak at the National Museum of africanamerican history in washington i want to start this hour by going straight to cnns white house correspondents, kayla tausche. Kayla tell us about the speech we obviously herded here live with the president delivered, but take us behind the scenes on the intent and the hope that this speech what did achieves pollute politically and also policywise well, dana, it is one of a series of events that President Biden has hosted this week catering to the black community, that speech, of course, held at the National Museum of africanamerican history street and culture, part of an event commemorating
Do that as an 18 leinz to federal judge about that case in 2018. Does the prosecution have an airtight case . Ill let my nesc next guests debate that. Also had did these universities city of michigan protesters crossed the line, masked antiisrael activist putting fake corpses and bloodied stuffed animals outside the homes of several regions at the university city, one region who woke up to a list of demands on his door, will join me this hour plus the latest in our series, Homeless In America, City And Park Service Employees closing Homeless Encampments in washington, dc. Today, i went out to see their efforts. Are they fixing a problem when were just chasing it a few blocks away. But lets start with Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial In Manhattan where the defense went after Michael Cohen and his past lives under oath, even suggesting that some of his testimony in this current trial has been dishonest. Cohens crossexamination will continue on monday. Were told cnns paula reads ou
Next step of its operation, rafah all right. Well, barack, thank you very much for sharing your reporting and analysis. I appreciate it and thanks s so much to all of you for being with us. Ac30 60 starts now and good evening, thanks for joining us. We were expecting fireworks in the first day of Cross Examination on Michael Cohen, the onetime fixture for the former president turned witness in his criminal hush money trial. And we got it no sooner had the defense began after morning and the prosecution front ending all possible attacks on winds, character than defense attorney todd blanche repeated a colorful shall we say insolvent cone had used to describe blanche online that prompted a sidebar with the judge who asked blanche, blanche, why are you making this about yourself . The attorneys said he that he wasnt that he had a quote right to show the witnesses bias the judge sustained the objection. The trial got back underway, but it was wasnt long before blanche returned to cohens pr
And good evening, thanks for joining us. We were expecting fireworks in the first day of Cross Examination on Michael Cohen, the onetime fixture for the former starts now prompted a sidebar with the judge who asked blanche, blanche why are you making this about yourself the attorneys said he that he wasnt that he had a quote right to show the witnesses bias. The judge sustained the objection. The trial got back underway, but it was wasnt long before blanche returned to cohens Propensity Data Mouth off on social media, blanche asked cohen, quote, and on that same tiktok. So again, on april 23, you referred to President Trump when he left the courtroom, you said that he goes right into that little cage which is where he belongs in. Im going to clean up the language here effing caves like an animal. Do you recall saying that blanche asked in respond in quote, i recall saying that thats sort of set the tone for the rest of the hearing where the former president s attorney, a former federal
Ill see you back here next saturday at 8 00 a. M. Eastern summer cottage starts right now tension between the us and israel over the war with hamas on Michael Smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the Biden Administration said that it is reasonable to assess that us weapons have been used by Israeli Forces in gaza in ways that are inconsistent with International Humanitarian law. But they stopped short of officially saying that israel violated that law. The report drafted by the state Department Said investigations are ongoing, but that the us does not have complete information this followed israels Security Cabinet Approval of an expansion of the area of operation of the shelling in rafah after President Joe Biden threatened to withhold us weapons if israel were to carry out an allout offensive in that city, the increased Military Operation in rafah has put ceasefire for Hostage Talks on pause to us officials told cnn all of this follows a Turning Point in us, israel relations this we