Youre month like you this is cnn the worlds news network youre in the cnn newsroom. I, wolf blitzer in washington, and were following two big stories. This hour, just a short time from now, trump, ally of former attorney john eastman will be the first of 18 defendants arraigned on charges stemming from the 2020 Fake Electors Scheme also, President Biden, make he an urgent new push to appeal to black voters. He set to deliver a speech later this hour, aimed at reversing a lack of enthusiasm among this critical voting block going to bring that speech to you alive. Thats coming up this hour. But lets begin with all the developments involving johnny the architect of Donald Trumps bid to try to subvert the 2020 president ial election. And thats set to be, he said to be arraigned for this alleged role in devising whats being described as a Fake Electors Scheme eastman is the first of 18 trump allies to be arraigned there on charges including conspiracy and forgery. Cnn Senior Investigative c
Continue to stay on top of all of these stories. Thanks very much for joining me here in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington, and ill of course be back later. Tonights 6 00 p. M. Eastern. In this room Inside Politics with dana bash starts right now welcome to Inside Politics. Im dana bash as woke just said, we have been listening to President Biden speak at the National Museum of africanamerican history in washington i want to start this hour by going straight to cnns white house correspondents, kayla tausche. Kayla tell us about the speech we obviously herded here live with the president delivered, but take us behind the scenes on the intent and the hope that this speech what did achieves pollute politically and also policywise well, dana, it is one of a series of events that President Biden has hosted this week catering to the black community, that speech, of course, held at the National Museum of africanamerican history street and culture, part of an event commemorating
Is more like it the same goes for my foot work. Why one handsfree with wide fits, get your sleep dry wipe fit sketcher, slip a game of risk that prosecution may have just lost. Good evening. Im abby phillip in new york tonight, the Trump Defense strategy was obvious from the job. It was to paint Michael Cohen as a line liar obsessed with revenge but what was an open question as crossexamination started was whether he had the strategy would actually work. Of course, we wont know until the jury actually renders its verdict. But if anything made israel, the governments case against donald trump, it might be what happened today. Todd blanche, the lead lawyer for the former president , is on the attack. He asserting that a phone call that cohen claimed was about the Stormy Daniels payment hey, man wasnt made to trump at all, but rather to Keith Schiller, whose trumps bodyguard. And it was about Something Else entirely. Now, cohen has claimed that the call drove directly the heart of the cas
Kitten kidney that caused the rally cat curse for the anaheim angels. I think we ran out of time, so unfortunately not able to show you all of the other times its happened, but we promise its a lot thanks to our panel for being here. Thanks to you for joining us and kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere stand a new central starts right now the great debate. New details about how President Biden and donald trump are preparing for this historic coming showdown. The earliest general Election Debate in modern history. Well be right here on cnn meanwhile, one of the most critical parts of Donald Trumps Criminal Trial defense is happening this morning. The defense expected to hammer into the jurys head one central theme, while crossexamining trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen, the Old School Yard taught liar, liar, pants on fire heartstopping new dashcam video of a Truck Crashing into to the side of a bridge the driver left dangling over the river below im john berman. Was sarah signer kate baldwin.
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