Is making another move to try to get the judge on the case thrown off. Lets get straight to cnns paula. Paula with the breaking news. What exactly are trumps lawyers attempting . Here . Which i were less than two weeks out from the beginning of this trial and hear trumps lawyers are asking the judge to allow them to file a motion for the judge, juan to recuse himself. They are arguing that he is conflicted by his daughters work as a Democratic Political consultant. Now, last year they made a similar similar request which was rejected by the judge. Im saying that it would not be in the pu inrest for him to recu hielf. Ut nowrumps lawyers are arguing sce this should be reconsidere because the judges dahter they argue is in a position to potentially financially benetf unclear if this will succeed, jake, but again, this is just another effort by the trump team. It appears to if nothing else delay this trial further. All right. Paula reid, thanks so much from trump, the defendant to trump,
And we are sending our care to her family tonight. Thanks so much for watching this room with wolf blitzer starts now its tuesday, may 21, right now on cnn this morning and explosive admission from Michael Cohen in a dramatic clash between the judge and a witness in the final hours of the trump Hush Money Trial, plus an angry response from President Biden after the International Criminal well, court decided to see an Arrest Warrant for israels Prime Minister. Was growing uncertainty in the middle east. Whats next for iran after the sudden death of their president . Alright, by they, im hearing washington alive. Look at New York City on this Tuesday Morning. Good morning, everyone. Kasie hunt. Wonderful to have you with us in just hours. Donald trumps criminal Hush Money Trial set to resume in new york. This comes after an explosive monday in court. Former trump fixer, Michael Cohen, admitting to stealing thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization. Another hit to the credibility o
Out recovering for a few weeks. I leave you in the most capable hands. Capable, and carrying youve got kate bolduan here, john berman, and if they act up, dm me we wanted no matter what, and we cannot wait for you to get back better than ever. Thank you. I think you. Thank you so much for being with us today. This is cnn new central, cnn Special Coverage Of The Trump Trial starts now moments ago, donald trump, as you could see, theyre leaving trump tower to the head here where we are outside of the courthouse in minutes, the likely final hold Defense Witness for donald trump will be under oath and on the Witness Stand yet again, well see if it goes better than it did the last time. Robert costello provoked a dressing down hello, from the judge over his courtroom behavior after just minutes on the stand yesterday, he has now been warned not to roll his eyes, say, jeez, after a ruling not, to stare down the judge, all helpful tips. I was in that room when all that happened yesterday is t
Where this trial gets underway in just a few hours morning disorder in the court. The prosecutions star witness sing a reimbursement far greater than the payment that he had made on the companys behalf. Trumps son, eric, taking notice in real time with this tweet declaring, quote, this just got interesting cohen under redirect, explaining he stole the money because his annual bonus had been slashed. He described it as selfhelp then there were the fireworks. Robert costello and former Legal Advisor to cohen, and now a Trump Defense witness was scolded. Shall we say . By judge merchan for uttering comments under his breath and rolling his eyes during testimony. The judge clearing the courtroom and threatening to have costello removed, warning him when theres a witness on the stand. If you dont like my ruling you dont say jeez, you dont give me sayyed, eye and you dont roll your eyes to be continued. This morning, our panels here from our federal prosecutor, elliot williams, republican st
Helicopters that were in this aerial convoy and only one of them crashed. But yes, it was carrying the president. It was carrying the Foreign Minister hossein amir of the law at least three crew members, the governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province. Thats again where the ceremony had been taking place on the border with azerbaijan is separate country. Of course and then the friday prayer, imam who leads the friday prayers in the city of tabriz. Thats the Major Metropolitan Center in that part of iran paula, i have done a road trip through this part of iran to the border, to turkey from tehran and i can personally attest to the fact that this area is rugged. It is very sparsely populated as well. We perhaps explain why you would have such a high level delegation traveling by helicopter because any kind of trip by road would have taken hours and hours and also been on potentially the dangerous roads. But this is a rugged and remote place and an indicator of perhaps why the iranian authori