Here to get your side of the functioning that weve got a budget to pass in september. So story this guy whos a Crusader Against Human Second the government doesnt shut down and theres gonna be a crisis that we havent even anticipated or predicted debt that always will pop up. So we need order here and as long as the republicans are in the majority we will provide the majority of the votes but were said he was hiking the appalachian beginning you not going to let chaos not prevail all right. Cant write this stuff United States of scan with jake congressman eric swallow, thanks so much for my jumping on with really appreciate it. Tapper. Now on max these thanks a lot. All right. Coming up. Well have much more on the Breaking News. President biden accepting cnns invitation for debate. Thats right. Youre just tuning in a president ial debate cnn news good morning. On june in 27th, you heard that, right . That would be next you were alive in the cnn month. How will trump respond . Newsroom.
Then lose the confidence of the jury. Special live coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial continues. Right now. Thanks for watching. Ill see you back here in three hours s youre watching Cnn Special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps first Criminal Trial. Im wolf blitzer, our nations capital, laura coates is outside the manhattan Courthouse Worth today Michael Cohen laid out once again today the who, the what, and the why behind that payment to silence porn star Stormy Daniels. He detailed two jurors how the Hush Money Scheme continued after trump became president of the United States talking about a February 2017 meeting he had with trump. And then Trump Organization, chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, and a set up how trump was going to pay cohen back for the hush money initially paid Stormy Daniels, laura yeah. And wolf cohen also described the fallout after the fbi raided his properties back in 2018, describing what cohen testified would be his last conversation w
Situation room. The lead with jake tapper starts right now cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We are following Breaking News out of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial in New York City were right, this i mean, it Michael Cohen is facing an incredibly aggressive crossexamination so far, trump attorney todd blanche has gotten cohen to confirm that he wants to see trump convicted in this case, that he makes money off of his antitrump social media posts and even sells merchandise showing trump in jail. Earlier today, prosecutors had cohen explained why he felt there was the Pressure Campaign to keep him from turning against trump. And how and why he eventually flipped from a loyal confidant to a cooperating witness. Prosecutors also tried to get ahead of the defense by having cohen admit to multiple lines. He has previously told including his plea of not guilty his plea of guilty to the tax charges the sent him to prison cohen also owned up to the fact that he lied
Questions you may have call now and well come to you 808 to one 4,000 welcome to a Special Edition of newsnight, the Trump Hush Money Trial. Im abby phillip in new york alongside laura coates here five hours and eight minutes. That is how along the trials most important witness spent on the stand today Michael Cohen directly implicating donald trump, telling the jury dramatic and potentially critical facts when it comes to the prosecutions case against trump the jury watched intently, their heads were sibling back and forth between the prosecutor and the witness as the government lead cohen through screw a deliberate testimony to and actually trace is evolution. If you remember from trumps periphery to trumps, go refer to trumps. Do everything fixer. And that included the alleged Hush Money Deal designed to silence Stormy Daniels idea that cohen testified trump ordered him to make the jury learned how cohen called trump. Well, mr. Trump or more simply the boss, his demeanor was measure
Catastrophic for his 2016 campaign where that come out before voters went to the budds. But did Michael Cohen convinced the jury that trump himself directed him to pay off daniels to protect from election. Im going to ask a Criminal Defense Attorney who was in the courtroom for todays testimony. And live images right now from baltimore, where a major demolition is just minutes away, engineers plan to use explosives to remove parts of the Francis Scott key bridge that collapsed back in march. And by the way, the 21 member crew on the ship that caused the collapse theyre still on the boat and theyre going to stay on board for todays Demolition Plus A frankly puzzling move by russias whenever putin, he fired the head of the Russian Military and replaced him with an economist, the money man. As russia is running out of weapons for war. But lets begin outside the new york courthouse with the new york hush money cover up conspiracy. Case. Cnns Paula Reid There and paulette its a wrap on day