become the first former president ever to be criminally indicted. ahead why his former lawyer, michael cohen might play a key role. in california residents are preparing for another round of severe weather including excessive rainfall, official from monterey county joins me in a few minutes and a shock and outrage in germany after a deadly attack on a jehovah s witness church. . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. it s been more than six years since $130,000 in hush money was paid to porn star stormy daniels to keep her from going public about an alleged affair with donald trump, that payment was made days before the 2016 presidential election, now, the new york times reports the trump has been offered a chance to testify next week before the grand jury that s been hearing evidence in that case. cnn evan paris tells us what it might mean for the former president. reporter: we know that they met with trump team recently and time says that