Trial. The prosecution star witness, Michael Cohen, back on the stand. Todays burning question, will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin what could be an intense Cross Examination, which could start any time today. Could his trademark temper flare under pressure . Yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse for us. Yasmin, take us inside right now. Whats happening . Reporter yeah, a lot happening so far, right . Were 30 minutes into this thing. We already got a lot. Were getting to the crux of this whole thing. Yesterday we heard a lot of incredible testimony from Michael Cohen. We got to the intent as to why essentially donald trump would have wanted to pay off Stormy Daniels. We talked about the january 16th and or 17th meeting, Michael Cohen is unclear about the date in which donald trump, Allen Weisselberg, Michael Cohen were in the room in trump tower saying were going to say Legal Services rendered, paying you monthly, 35,000 a month per the math done by Allen Weisselb
it, ranting against a judge, a scene described as completely out of control, and it didn t stop inside the courtroom because just minutes ago, he posted about the judge on truth social. what s going on there? well, the judge already admonishing the former president multiple times for rambling, not answering questions, and using the court as a political rally. will he take action before the day is over? plus, with trump facing multiple other trials, what could today s spectacle mean for those other cases, we ll tell you who was in the courtroom today taking notes. but we begin outside that courthouse with nbc s vaughn hillyard. it was a volatile morning. trump isn t waiting to get back on the stand. he s posting on social media. tell us the general mood around the courthouse. reporter: donald trump, the days he has been at the courthouse hearing the testimony of others, usually at lunch break he walks out and speaks to the camera for several minutes commenting on the cas
His eventually obituary, that is how we wrap up our wednesday night broadcast. Thank you so very much for being here with us. Good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. It is wednesday, the 18th Of December in the year 2019 and President Donald Trump is impeached. The vote in the House Of Representatives tonight to impeach the president was not close. It was 230 to 197 on the first article, which was abuse of power. One democrat voted present. On the second article, Obstruction Of Congress, it was a vote of 229198, again, with one vote present. These were not slim margins. The successful vote to impeach the president tonight, of course, does not remove him from office. The decision of whether or not to remove him from office will now be made in the United States senate, where hell be put on trial in a proceeding overseen
by the Chief Justice of the United States supreme court. Were talking about that as if it is a forgone conclusion, as if thats the next obvious thing
Tonight, the fallout after one of the darkest days in u. S. History. The mob storming the u. S. Capitol, fueled by President Trumps own words, telling them to be strong, to march to the capitol, that ill march with you. Instead, he watched from the white house and tonight, thats where he remains, amid new calls that he be removed from office. Democratic leaders saying, this is urgent. Tonight, the president elect joe biden saying he will not weigh in on the 25th amendment, leaving it up to the Vice President mike pence and the president s cabinet. And this evening, biden calling those who stormed the capitol domestic terrorists. Republicans including Lindsey Graham calling them domestic terrorists, too, saying theyre not patriots. Some of President Trumps closest allies now breaking from the president , including former attorney general bill barr, who said the president orchestrating this mob is inexcusable, a
betrayal of his office. With just 13 days left, some lawmakers calling for t
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