of lying to pay off a porn star. duelling trump world figures, michael cohen, the star witness in this case, he was disbarred after he did time for multiple felonies. this man, new york attorney robert costello who spent over two years yesterday testifying in front of the grand junior saying that michael cohen, who he once advised cannot be trusted. watch. do you have anything on donald trump? he says no. repeatedly. i swear to god, bob, i don t have anything. then you know, you ve got a guy that probably doesn t have anything. it s a typical donald trump play out of the playbook. figure out how you can muddy the water as best as you can, denigrate the person, disparage them. martha: boy, this is a tangled web. first to john yu a former deputy atist about the attorney general, law professor at the university of california berkeley. great to have you here today, john. you know, it s interesting to see what s going on here. we watched robert costello when he came out. he
saying ahead, protest mad. i ll cover your legal fees, knock these guys out and his rallies he s never been held responsible for. no, he hasn t and so this culture of intimidation and threat threats and violence is something very purposefully stoked and conditioned to this environment. for moments like this. another person who s getting death threats is alvin bragg, the d a. and one of the things molly as you know that they keep doing is trying to link him to george soros. so george soros is the a universal bogeyman for a lot of people on the right. and they say that alvin bragg was supported by him . they the truth is the two have never met. they ve never communicated. they ve never spoken on the phone, however. george soros did give to a pack that is a sort of social justice pack that contributed some money . too many different campaigns. one of them was alvin brooks. yes as a jew, i ve i ve sat in horror and watch these trump supporters say like trump is good fo
system has spun up several tornadoes, leaving a swath of death and destruction across the mississippi valley in the mid south. donald trump, making travel plans to face more than 30 criminal charges in new york next week, the latest on his historic indictment and. the immediate go to was that my life is over. um everything that i ve worked blood, sweat and tears for has just gone down the drain just like that. transgender american runner, vowing to fight for her olympic dream after world athletics ruled trans women can no longer can be in international competition. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we begin with a deadly tornado outbreak that is still underway parts of the united states from kentucky to louisiana under tornado watches and warnings at this hour under the gun right now, mississippi, alabama, tennessee and kentucky . tornadoes have been reported from arkansas to wisconsin. this is what it looked at, like after the storms blew th
people get blood all over their faces. deadly tornadoes ripped through parts of the southern and midwestern united states war storms could be on the way we now know when former president trump is expected to appear in a new york courtroom, how the day could go and how his supporters and mar-a-lago could react. and an update on the health of pope francis were live in rome, where we expect to see the pope discharged from the hospital today. my from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. we begin with yet another deadly tornado outbreak and even now, in the middle of the night in the us, it s still underweight states from louisiana to kentucky are under storm alerts right now have been dozens of tornado reports from arkansas to wisconsin, and forecasters predict the severe weather will continue marching east over the coming hours. at least three deaths and dozens of injuries are being blamed on tornadoes that hit arkansas on friday. well, two of those deaths came in
go. police releasing the mug shot of the suspect charged in the shooting of a black teenager in kansas city. 16 year old ralph yara will bring the wrong doorbell while he was trying to pick up his siblings. last week , he was shot two times. 84 year old andrew lester is charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action. thank you so much for joining us. i ll be back here tomorrow night, cnn tonight with alison camerata starts now. hey, alison. great to see you and we ll be talking about that case, of course, as well. good evening, everyone. i m alyson camerota. welcome to cnn tonight that 84 year old man in kansas city was charged this evening with shooting 16 year old ralph ural in the head. this was last week after you re all apparently rang the wrong doorbell. is this a valid case of stand your ground law, or is this the law of the instrument? which says when all you have is a hammer? you treat every problem like a nail. here. the instrument is a gun. our