eighth, not that i m watching donald trump s historic hush money trial is now in the hands of jurors who already are making requests to rehear testimony from two key prosecution witnesses. former trump fixer and lawyer michael cohen and former national enquirer boss, david pecker. they also want to review the judge s instructions after about 4.5 so far, we re breaking all of this down and what it might reveal about a potential verdict welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room the skis, cnn breaking news. there s more breaking news in the trump trial tonight. i knew wrangling over which portions of testimony will be read back to jurors based on their request to the judge. were following all of these dramatic developments with deliberations now underway on the unprecedented criminal charges so just against the former president of the united states cnn s kara scannell is outside the courthouse would be y
situation room, stay with cnn are special live coverage of this truly historic criminal trial continues right now. on the lead with jake tapper cnn breaking news and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, donald trump s hush money trial is in its final phase as the prosecution is in the midst of giving its closing arguments, court will be back from break at any moment. the prosecution has been arguing that president trump, quote, quote, corrupted those around him, and he got them to lie and covered up unquote. trump picked michael cohen as his fixer. the prosecution says, quote, because he was willing to lie and cheat for donald trump this follows nearly three hours of closing arguments from trump s defense attorney todd blanche, who attacked michael cohen using trump like nicknames, calling him the gloat not the goat, the glutes. the greatest liar of all time. he also said that michael cohen is quote literally like an mvp of liars and added quote, i don t know how many leinz
with the justice department for his role. and one of the biggest breaches ever a classified government material, and breaking news cnn in the middle of a feud violent protests, demonstrators storm the parliament s shots we have the latest i m john berman with sarah side. you re and kate baldwin in this is cnn news central avenue right now, crunch time to debate time i m the big cnn debate is thursday. first-time joe biden and donald trump will face off in the 2024 election cycle this morning. two days out appears to mean the perfect time for a whole lot of advice and advising from advisors. and even former opponents like hillary clinton. the only person who has debated both men she writes in a new piece for the near there are times. this, it is a waste of time to try to refute mr. trump s arguments like a normal debate. it s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even our he starts with nonsense and then digressive into blather yet expectations for trump are so lo
weekend join me a charm.com cnn saturday mornings starting today at a on cnn welcome, joel, me wanting us here in the states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim hubris. this is cnn a blistering heatwave is sweeping the us with nearly a third of the country under heat alerts, you can look at the health impacts of high temperatures. donald trump joe biden are in a fundraising races. we approached the first official debate between the two presidential candidates will have new numbers from both parties highlighting their financial push, four port plus us s facing criticism once again, as senior officials reaffirmed support for israel mid growing tensions with ringing back militants in lebanon. how the region is responding to the threat of an expanding military conflict live from atlanta. this is cnn in an newsroom with kim bruen hoover we begin this out with the extreme heat impacting millions of people across much of the us. almost all of the continental us could se
i m cnn closed captioning bronchi by meso book.com our firm only represents mesothelioma victims and their families. if you or a loved one who has been diagnosed with ms ophelie oma, call us now good evening. i m jim acosta, info more coats on this thursday night, the justice system is rigged against him. donald trump says, he claims it s being weaponized and some massive conspiracy to keep him from winning reelection. there s no evidence of that, of course, but put it aside for a minute and just consider the reality of the moment today, the united states supreme court, once again, did not release a decision in the immunity case. that s the case in which trump is arguing he is shielded from any prosecution because he was once president. his appeal and the court s slow consideration of it has led to a significant delay, which favors donald trump now, the court could rule on it tomorrow war until next week, perhaps even later. but either way, the delay is tao. so signific