Starts now. Welcome to this twohour the beat. Michael cohen is Donald Trumps selfdescribed fixer. As defendant he was rolling deep today. Trump not only arriving with Top Republican figures but also one of his own codefendants from a different one where hes charged. Jeffrey clark was in the courtroom. I saw him myself and briefly greeted him. It was in that courtroom that we continued that Group Coverage of the defenses, the witness, the lawyers. That was a few hours ago when i was in front of the new york criminal courthouse. I am, of course, a member of our whole wideranging Team Reporting on this historic trial for you. While the d. A. Has been on offense for weeks, with damning receipts, strong witnesses weve told you about. Todays continued heat on Michael Cohen is certainly slowing the prosecutors momentum in this trial. Trumps lawyers conducting a winding relentless crossexamination that has the d. A. s case wobbling. The worse news for the d. A. Is that the jury has now seen Mi
Michael cohen, third day of testimony begins in moments. Well see the former president and expect him to speak before he goes into the courtroom. A former Legal Advisor to Michael Cohen, Robert Costello speaking out about the star witness testifying before congress about a ton of things. He believes cohen is lying through his teeth. Costello joins us in 30 minutes. A lot of questions for him. First mark your calendars, folks, biden and trump agree to hold two president ial debates to set the stage for showdowns that could make or break their run for the white house. Good morning. Were in the red, white and blue today here in new york city. Im bill hemmer. Dana im dana perino. It goes by fast. First debate happening june 27th, 131 days before the election. The second debate september 10th. Bill these Debate Developments happened on a lot of bad news for the president. The post putting the high stakes in perspective. Joes fail mary. While his rival sits in a courtroom for hours on end ye
And what i am saying is its time to believe. The train has left the station. If its not too late to get on. I want to caution us not to, you know, set the bar too low for biden, you know . Its not enough for him to simply show proof of life as he did at the state of the union. These were strict migrations from countries we should restrict migration from countries that a hate us. What hes doing is just window dressing for an election. There are many potential hooks upon which a juror could find reasonable doubt. You dont want the make it a referendum on donald trump. You want the jury to focus on the evidence. If they cant put on a convention, how can we have confidence in the Democratic Party to run the country for another four years under joe biden . Its been a hard day s night, and ive been working like a dog lap lap mr. Speakers mr. Speaker r dc d [laughter] stuart i was singing along, but with my voice is not great. What a wonderful song is. 11 00 eastern what are you laughing at,
You by meso book if you or a loved one have mesothelial, will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 808 to one 4,000 all right. Donald trump and joe biden agreed to finally face off twice, no less but was not there are hey, junior, could they come to maybe regret this decision . Ill explain. Also, tonight will take you inside the other criminal trial in manhattan. How senator bob menendez is trying to explain away those gold bars and stacks of cash in his bribery trial plus, after years of silence, he tweeted one image and sent meme stocks soren, the bizarre comeback of the one they call Roaring Kitty. Tonight and Laura Coates Live well, its one of the longest president ial campaigns ever but whos counting with the oldest candidates ever . Everyones counting. And now well feature the earliest debates ever. Welcome to the latest twist in this 2024 race, donald trump and President Biden have now freed to face off in june and september, the ju
Monday morning when crossexamined amination continues in the prosecution certainly has its work cut out for them. The lead with jake tapper starts right now these cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Court has just ramped up for the de and Donald Trumps hush money coverup trial. It is a day you should remember because if if donald trump, the former president is acquitted the History Books may well point to Michael Cohens testimony today as the biggest reason cohens crossexamination will resume. Next week, were told after he endured hours of brutal questioning on The Stand Today, trumps Defense Attorney todd blanche laid out cohens past lies under oath, and then introduced evidence claiming that cohen has also lied in this trial under oath cohen previously testified on tuesday, i believe, about a key october 2016 phone call. He says he had with donald trump about the hush money reimbursement. But todd blanche today reveal Text Messages and a call log from that day tha