Index for the first time today after 139 years of history, just seconds to go before the close and the lead with jake tapper starts now ladies and gentlemen, two president ial debates have been sets. The lead starts right now President Biden and former President Trump, putting it in writing, saying that they will face off in two debates, one and just weeks here on cnn. The political jams already are flying okay, really seriously, where is Rudy Giuliani . The onetime Trump Attorney is still missing nearly three weeks after word of an indictment and officials in arizona trying to serve him with papers, charging him in alleged election scheme and their states. So how extensive has this search been plus the charges that could soon beyond the way for boeing . One of the biggest Plane Manufacturers in the world after all those investigations into deadly crashes of 7307 Max Airplanes this is Breaking News welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. We are starting with Breaking News in the money lea
Pronounce a verdict about donald trump or to get on a political is a trout guy that i got interrupted. Sorry, a Courtroom Break after Michael Cohen testified this morning the donald trump told him, take care of it. The it were Claims Being Made By Adult Film Star and director Stormy Daniels calling add it, cohen adding quote, this was all about the campaign get cnn special live coverage continues with markup today with us welcome to cnn Special Coverage of former President Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Laura coates is outside court in new york. Today, trumps former for fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen has taken the stand so far. The prosecutions star witness has testified about his work for Trump Zeroing In on two instances where he worked with the National Enquirers david pecker to catch and kill negative stories about trump and that includes a false allegation from trumps former doorman about trump supposedly having fathered a love child. Cohen testif
As former President Trumps lawyer for tried to discredit her story and her motivation for telling it, often using her career in the adult Film Industry for reference one exchange reading quote, necklace, the lawyer saying you have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real. Daniels responds, wow, thats not how i would put it. The second in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room. The sex is real. Thats why its Pornography Necklace than asking, now, you have a story youve been telling about having sex with President Trump daniels answers, if that story was untrue, i would have written it to be a lot better. And thats not the only moment where trumps team highlighted daniels work in the adult Film Industry. Caitlin know, its certainly not. They repeatedly pointed to that and there was another moment where trumps attorney, Susan Nicholas daniels and choose questioning her, and nicholas asked her and im quoting trumps attorney no
Donald trump serving jail time because of happening now, Breaking News and grilling to Trump Organization employee hes about the alleged scheme to disguise. Hush money payments as legal fees over the next hour, well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel will break down all of todays most important developments. And look ahead to whats next. Theres also other Breaking News tonight. A critical moment in the middle east hamas accepting a Cease Fire Proposal Broker by egypt and khader. But israel says there are still significant gaps between the two sides. And sources tells cnn hamas agreed to a different ceasefire than the one israel help correct . Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World im will flits her and this is the Situation Room, Special Report we begin tonight in new york where another Critical De Of Testimony In The Trump Hush Money Trial just wrapped up on the stand today. Key employees inside the Trump Organization who handled the forme
Number. Com im more than liebermann at the pentagon. And this cnn welcome to our special ive read your former President Trumps historic Hush Money Criminal Trial. Im Briana Keeler in washington, Phil Mattingly is outside of court in new york where phil here on day seven of testimony, jurors were hearing from one of the most trusted members of trumps inner circle, hope hicks, of course, who was both a top aide on his 26th its team campaign. And in the white house when he was president and court of course now fill is just taking a lunch break, just Getting Started yeah thats right. Briana. But there have been a number of really critical moments over the course of the last several hours, we know who picks, had several phone calls with Michael Cohen, the trump lawyer who silhouetted the Stormy Daniels payment in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign. And we know from a prior witness, hicks was on a called discussing the Karen Mcdougal payment . After Trump Took Office when hicks was then