On capitol hill. Well have much more on that. Also ahead, the latest out of The Middle East. President biden is pushing for a ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Well show you former president Donald Trumps outburst during his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. First, willie, lets go to the latest on the tragedy unfolding in maine. At least 15 people are dead this morning, up to 50 may be injured in the community of lewiston, located 30 miles north of portland, maine. Police s gunman entered two separate locations. First, a Bowling Alley, where he fatally shot seven people before moving on to a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear many teenagers could be among those killed and injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night. Police have identified now a 40yearold male as a Person Of Interest in connection with these shootings. Hes still at large, considered Armed And D
Hi, everyone, its 4 00 in new york. The expresident today on the verge of snatching jail time from the jaws of civil liability. Donald trump taking The Stand Today in His Civil Fraud Trial in new york after being ordered by the judge to testify about comments he made regarding a court clerk. Now, you all know this. We dont normally air his remarks for fear of amplifying them, particularly when they are so clearly tied to threats of violence and intimidation. Were going to play them for you right now, because they led to near immediate liability for the expresident. This judge well, because this judge is a very partisan judge with a person whos sitting very partisan, sitting alongside of him, perhaps even more partisan than he is. On the stand for just one minute after saying that, trump claimed that he wasnt talking about the person sitting next to the judge. He was actually talking about Michael Cohen. Who at the time was in the middle of his second day of testimony. The judge was not
Decade doing trumps dirty work. Credibility issues are why the prosecution used the 20 witnesses who proceeded cohen to basically corroborate his story before they even put him on the stand. It is also why trumps defense team has singlemindedly sought to state their case on discrediting him. Even in cases that might not be read crucial to rebutting the prosecution. For that reason the defense may think they racked up a victory for themselves today because during the crossexamination this morning, cohen admitted that he stole from the trump organization. In addition to the reimbursement for the hush money for stormie daniels, cohen was also given 50,000. That money was supposed to be a repayment for what cohen spent to hire a tech from to rig an online poll on trumps behalf. We dont have time to get into that detail. But as cohen said on the stand, he only paid trump 20,000 and kept the rest for himself. Asked point blank today whether he stole from the trump organization, cohen said, y
And lets just say that a lot happened today in lower manhattan. Lucky for us, we have the perfect person to talk about it with. Diane perry has been serving as counsel for Michael Cohen during the trial and has given an interview about the testimony. We will talk to her in a moment. Her client, Michael Cohen, of course is the star witness in the case and he returned to the stand today for a third day of crossexamination. From the beginning, we have known that putting Michael Cohen on the Witness Stand was a high risk and high reward proposition for the prosecution. On one hand, he is the central player. After all, he paid Stormy Daniels out of his own pocket pick he said he did it at Donald Trumps direction and said donald trump was fully aware of the plan to cover it up. Those are the key details. At the same time, cohen is a convicted felon who pled guilty to lying to congress and making false statements to a bank. Not to mention he spent over a decade doing trumps dirty work. And th
Jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and the prosecution has rested its case and now its Donald Trumps term his defense team has called a witness, Robert Costello and attorney. What one point advised Michael Cohen that stella has claimed in that cohens lied about him under oath during this trial. This comes after a shocking revelation on the stand earlier today, threatened to rock the prosecutions entire case under intense questioning. And by the defense, trumps former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, the star witness for the prosecution, admitted that he stole from the Trump Organization organization and were not its not talking lunch, money or funds taken from some transaction that has nothing to do with the charges against trump were talking we had 60,000, technically larceny that was part of the 420,000 payment made to cohen. That was allegedly falsified to reimbursement for Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels that payment are those p