mitchell reports, more drama on the house floor this hour. louisiana republican mike johnson, an lection denier who helped craft the objections on january 6, he is next in line, chosen last night by the republicans in a private meeting when a more experienced lawmaker, tom emmer, failed just because of donald trump s opposition. in the israel/hamas war, back channel negotiations continue for the terror group to free more of the 200 hostages still being held. international pressure is growing on israel for humanitarian cease-fire to stop air strikes. jordan s foreign minister from a speech at the u.n. will join me as well as israel s government advisor. president biden hosting a state visitor. the prime minister of australia, a major u.s. military and intelligence ally, with a red carpet welcome on the south lawn and a news conference this afternoon. we are starting with israel against hamas terrorism. we are standing with ukraine against putin s tyranny. democracy can
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but a lot actually happened. michael cohen was back on the stand finishing his four days of testimony, and trump s lawyers began and ended their case, so we basically in one week saw the d.a. and the defense team both rest, and we saw the defense witnesses who at times stumbled. here s how it played out. the defense wrapped up with michael cohen after three days of cross examination. it was a grueling three days. the prosecution has now rested its case. the defense has also just now called its first witness. robert costello back on the stand later this morning after yesterday s fireworks. he was nearly tossed from the witness box and his entire testimony was nearly stricken from the record. an extraordinary moment. his whole attitude on the stand could have the defense team rethinking its strategy of calling him at all. the defense has rested its case after calling just two witnesses, but donald trump did not testify in his own defense. that s how it went do
up next. tonight on the reidout. admit it, we won the trial, and the judge should end this trial. that was donald trump moments after he stormed out of court today. the little dramatic flourishes are really all he has left as witnesses begin to flip on him. and judges start to penalize his thuggish behavior. also tonight, meet your new house speaker, america. his name is mike johnson. he s a leading election denier and extreme right wing religious id log, and most importantly, he loves him some trump. one of the heroes of january 6th joins me tonight, officer harry dunn talks about why accountability is so critically important for those responsible for one of the darkest moments in american history. but we begin tonight with one of the biggest concerns for any mob boss, the threat of members of the gang flipping on him. once caught by law enforcement. donald trump who has long emulated mob tactics and at one time characterized the new york crime families as very n