very dangerous, and i hope that as the nation watches that we to say we should sound the alarm across the nation we re entering dangerous territory. that was one of two democrats in tennessee that was just expelled after participating in a gun violence protest on the floor of the statehouse. we ll have much more on this partisan punishment just ahead meanwhile on capitol hill one of donald trump s most vocal allies in congress sends a subpoena to a former prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney s office we ll explain why this move may backfire on jim jordan, and we ll dig into a bombshell report exclosing years of lavish vacations taken by supreme court justice clarence thomas, all paid for by a gop mega donor all right, good morning. and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 7th. i m sam stein in for the irreplaceable jonathan lemire. republican legislators in tennessee voted yesterday to expel two black democrats from the statehouse over their protest o
Michael cohen testifying. I watched him inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss just a few feet away. Defense started their Cross Examination. We have been reporting on that along with our colleagues here. How it has been going. Asanother pivotal day. Michael cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the anstand. It is a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment we have been waiting for. The crossexamination. Will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin an intense crossexamination . It has been an explosive last hour of testimony. It is getting testy. Michael cohen is about 45 minutes now into todd blanches crossexamination. Donald trumps attorneys attempted to shred the credibility of the star witness. That is some of what went down. Prosecutors have you confirmed something new. Cohen is their last witness which means they are on track to rest their case here because there will just be this Cross Examination i told yo
A officer that protected the building and a Convicted Rioter are both on the ballot. The 11th hour gets underway tonight. Good evening once again, we are live from dc and we are now 175 days away from the election. Today trumps criminal trial in new york, Defense Attorneys got their chance to go after Michael Cohen. The defense taught portray him as obsessed with a desire for revenge against trump himself. Here is my colleague with more. Tonight trumps defense team tearing into the star witness. Trumps selfdescribed fixer turned critic is out for revenge on his former boss. Do you want trump to get convicted in this case the Defense Attorney asked, sure cohen acknowledged. Confirming he recently said the former president belongs in a cage like a animal. The defense trying to paint him as motivated to lie. That now his financial livelihood including Media Appearances and podcasts centers on trashing trump. Cohen acknowledging he has made more than 300 million on his book disloyal to and
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