Coverage of Donald Trumps criminal trial, in a week that could be make or break as key witness Michael Cohen took the stand, and found himself on defense with trumps fate now hanging in the balance. The star would take the stand against donald j trump. Michael cohen is the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. The expresident came face toface with the man who used to do his dirty work who has now turned into the key witness. Everything required mr. Trumps sign off. Will he keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin what could be intense . The punches are building. I think that tuesday, there were bruises and today, there is blood. If i was a juror in this case watching that, i would say, this guys making it up as he goes. Is he . Weve heard different people, leaguer legal experts and other advertisers. Several times, covering this trial, including the key cross thursday. Michael did give the d. A. S what they wanted, including corroboration of what he says words realtime proof
Right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicole, thanks so much. Today marks a serious, even grim day for defendant donald trump, who of course, was indicted, booked, and had his mug shot taken very famously in an election case regarding possible crimes in the 2020 race in the georgia rico case. He was also indicted by federal Prosecutor Jack Smith in two cases which carry serious charges but, like the georgia case, are actually not currently on track to go to trial by the election. But for trump, the only case where it now matters that he is a criminal defendant is in new york, where trumps trial reached its Inflection Point today as d. A. Braggs team has just told the judge today that the d. A. s office has proven its case based on the evidence and ethus intoning the well known phrase, quote, your honor, the people rest. Thats today in the only case that looks to be going to trial by the eelection. That means the prosecutors literally rest their case and take the position theyve supplied enough evide
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On this new hour of ayman, Breaking News Overseas where the search is on for irans president after his helicopter crashed. Republicans are already attacking the president ial debate, a debate that has yet to happen. What are they so afraid of . The gops chances of winning control of the senate, higher than ever. What will democrats to do about it . Lets do about it lets do it. We start this hour with breaking news. The Search And Rescue efforts are underway for the iranian president after his helicopter suffered what officials have called a hard landing in the northeast portion of the country. Drones, dogs, and helicopters are part of that Search Effort as fog and treacherous weather continues to hammer them. The president of iran was on board with highranking members of his camp at cabinet and other officials. Josh letterman is tracking the latest. What can you tell us about the current date of this search and whether or not there are other countries involved in trying to find where t
News overseas, where the search is on for irans president after his helicopter crashed. Staged, corrupt, and rigged, republicans are already attacking the president ial debate, a debate that has yet to happen. What are they so afraid of . The gops chances of winning control of the senate are higher than ever. What will democrats do about it . Lets do it. We start this hour with breaking news. The Search And Rescue efforts are underway for the iranian president after his helicopter suffered what officials have called a hard landing in the northeast portion of the country. Drones, dogs, and helicopters are part of the Search Effort as fog and treacherous weather continue to hamper them. The president was on board with high ranking members of his cabinet and other officials. Josh letterman is tracking the developments. Josh, what can you tell us about the current state of the search and whether or not there other countries involved in trying to find where the iranian president and that he