President. Im alex wagner here with my colleague, chris hayes, who was in the courtroom today, as former Trump Attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen took the stand for a second day in a row. Today the defense began its crossexamination, which did not start off that well. Here is Trump Attorney todd blanche. Mr. Cohen, my name is todd blanche. You and i have never spoken or met before have we . Michael cohen, we have not. Mr. Blanche, but you know who i am, dont you . Cohen, i do. Mr. Blanche, as a matter of fact, you went on tiktok and called me a crying little this is a euphemism here poop didnt you . Cohen, thats probably something i would say. Judge merchan called lawyers to a sidebar, the official Court Transcript tells us what went down. Here is the court. Judge mershon, why are you making us about yourself mark easter blanche, im not making this about myself your honor, i have a right to show this witnesss bias, and he has expressed bias about the lawyers, just on who he represents.
John any moment now the prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen will be back in the stand but this time under crossexamination. With that we kick off our number two im john roberts in washington, sander this afternoon is going to be one for the record books. John highly anticipated moment will be having moments from now im sandra smith in new york and with you, john this is America Reports in the live look just outside the doors of the courtroom second day of testimony for cohen that kicked off earlier today he testified he repeatedly lied about the payment to Stormy Daniels to his former boss. To poke holes in testimony to tear it apart with an allstar team of legal and political voices with us throughout the hour as testimony resumes. Spew to put first nate foy has latest outside the courthouse and pretty big moment is about to happen. We have not seen the former president reenter the court house yet but probably will shortly. How are you . Do you have that for us . Crossexamination
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Addition of my show. Up next, the beat weekend. Welcome to our special. The new york versus donald trump. We are bringing you this brand new breakdown of the third week of the historic and first ever criminal trial of the former president and current candidate as well. This was a tough week for the defendant. There was gripping, dramatic testimony from the woman at the center of the hush money plot, and of all the witnesses we have seen, she is the most famous through her encounter with trump, and there were testimony and key days of testimony from witnesses who were in trumps orbit, who could speak about what she said and cooperate corroborate it. We are looking at this game and how they try to influence the 2016 election. We can tell you as we recount why it was such a tough week for trump, we also know, according to the public remarks, working off the public evidence, we nowhere near the end of the thing. Two witnesses left according to the das team. We have the star witness, Michae
Now we are expected to hear from former President Trump whose testimony wraps for the day in the historic criminal trial. I am john roberts in washington good friday afternoon. Hello im aisha hosch and he for sandra smith and this is America Reports here we go. An eventful week in Court Spending hours listening to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels testify in extreme graphic detail about their alleged affair. Really hear from the man at the center of the case Michael Cohen. Webex versus afternoon to cover over than weve heard so far. Aishah but first lets go live to Eric Shawn Standing live outside the state Supreme Court work or just wrapped up for the week. Hi, eric. That it did for the weekend back on monday. You know there is always a call the pit bull for donald trump. He defended t donald trump heatedly all the time but starting next week the defendant may feel his bites because Michael Cohen is set to take the stand here probably start on monday. I have been told prosecutors have