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Good morning. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. Well, Donald Trumps former attorney michael cohen, taking the stand in trumps hush money criminal trial in new york. Scott mcgrew. Usually you want your lawyer in the courtroom. But seriously, i doubt that trump wanted cohen there at all. No right. Hes the former lawyer at this point. Hes been telling the world all about Donald Trumps alleged wrongdoing. Remember, he was the one who took a Home Equity Loan out to get the cash to buy Stormy Daniels silence. The Trump Organization then paid cohen back about double called it legal fees. Well, this morning the jury heard an audiotape of a phone call between trump and cohen about a different woman, karen mcdougal, and how the Trump Organization bought her story and her silence for cash. Heres cohen leaving for the courthouse earlier this morning on the stand, speaking to the prosecution, cohen described the plan and the financing behind the hush money of two
Stand. Been there all day. Nearing the end of just his first day of testimony. Michael cohen revealing what it was like to work for donald trump and made sure the boss looked good in the public eye. Work that trump would praise him for when he did that. Cohen testified that it would make him feel, quote, like i was on top of the world. Cohen was a guard dog protecting his boss at all costs. Trumps former pit bull today corroborated all of the interactions this jury has heard about over the past few weeks. That includes the allimportant meeting at trump tower in 2015. Thats the one with david pecker of the National Enquirer and donald trump where the catchandkill scheme was originally hatched. Michael cohen testified to conversations about keeping the story of Donald Trumps affair with playboy model Karen Mcdougal quiet. He testified to how he arranged with pecker the 150,000 Payment Mcdougal to bury the story. The jury then heard the only Conversation Cohen had with trump that he taped
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
Reports raise questions about israels military operations. The latest response from washington. Also, a new era begins in oakland, with the arrival of a new police chief. Details on his plan to keep oakland safe. This is today in the bay and i dont want to jinx it, but the whole team is actually back together this morning. Good monday morning. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia and im Marcus Washington. Were going to get started with a look at that forecast for you mike going to have a look at that commute coming up. But lets talk about that forecast for us today gary hows it looking. It looks a little bit cooler today. All thanks to some fog that were seeing developing in parts of the south county, along the coastline and into parts of the north bay. So that fog is going to keep those temperatures from warming up as quickly as weve seen recently. And were going to see temperatures in the low 50s to start. Its 56 in san jose, 50 in sonoma, and its 50 in napa. As we get a look at ou