cnn newsroom. we re grateful to you have this afternoon. i m boris sanchez. hi, everyone. it i m jessica dean. political lines deepening, law enforcement preparing for what would be a first in american history. the criminal indictment of a former president. the key witness in a case against donald trump is expected to be challenged today before a grand jury in new york. a former legal advisor to michael cohen telling cnn testifying at the request of donald trump s attorneys. look at video of costello arriving at the courthouse moments ago. robert costello saying he ll offer evidence that contradicts cohen. cohen, who once labeled himself trump s fixer said he paid adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 in the weeks before the 2016 election for her silence on an alleged affair with donald trump. now, that was a campaign finance violation, as cohen lied on forms to cover up that payment. in 2018. you may recall. cohen cut a deal with federal prosecutors and adds mitte
the sharon is doing the biddin of donald trump. committee republicans resigned this hearing. the mega surface comes to manhattan tonight, congressman adam schiff on the ongoing republican restriction of th trump prosecution. then, they defended is charge within a felony, is the highes level offenses in the state of missouri breaking news out o missouri, felony charges for the man that shot at a young black teenager who is knocking on his door. benjamin crump is the attorney for the family of ralph yarl and he will join me live why the dominion lawsuit against fox news, what donal trump would not be able to delay the a.j. carroll trial i one week just when you thought th clarence thomas could not look worse, - that s why i wouldn t say. i would like to keep tha friendship all in starts right now good evening everyone, from ne york, i am midian in for chris hayes. the republican on the hous judiciary committee took a field trip to new york cit today as one of their
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the defense with its final chance to keep alec murdaugh out of prison on murder charges. his lawyer picking apart the prosecution s theory about why he would have killed his wife and son and accusing state police of faking the evidence, the very latest from south carolina as we get close to jury deliberations. plus, president biden heading back to his old stomping grounds on capitol hill this hour, his mission and his message focused squarely on keeping democrats in charge in 2024. and as if delays and cancellations aren t enough to worry about, multiple cases of weapons trying to be smuggled to planes, a near collision, dangerous turbulence, the latest worries for an already exhausted flying public, more on the search for answers and for someone to fix this mess coming up. but, we begin at the alec murdaugh double murder trial. the defense had e wrapped up its closing arguments on an emotional note.
to. alex wagner tonight, starting right now. good evening alex. good evening mehdi. that is such an essential conversation that you, and the congresswoman were having. you too are the best people to have it. thank you for putting that on our air. thank you so much, i appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are following breaking news out of texas, where authorities believe that they have in custody the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an ar-15 semi automatic rifle. officials will be holding a press conference, later this hour, and of course, we will bring you any details we learn, later this hour. but first, most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing how, or if they will be able to pay their bills each month. and now, it is not just americans, it is also the country, america, itself. the entire federal government is one month from being out of cash. that is not an exaggeration
tech strategy and trump himsel posted fine messages, many aimed at the manhattan da. his former fixer and sta witness in this case has a different idea of what is goin on with his former boss. it goes way beyondscared. way beyond afraid. he is petrified. he could put on whatever big vibrato that he wants, knowing donald trump as we all do, who s not just forget about th fact that he is a germaphobe and so the fact that he is eve going to be in this area i going to sort of make a skin crawl. trump successor meanwhil taking a hands off approach to the news are you reacting to president trump former president trump s situation? no, i have nothing to say about. that i m not going to talk about. it i will talk about th white house no comment strateg and whether they can keep it going in the face of mor criminal cases but we are going to start with this deadly tornadoes that tor through the south and midwes for you. at least 18, as was mentioned, are now confirmed dead afte