Host welcome back to washington journal. We are joined by Jacob Rubashkin , the Deputy Editor of inside elections. Welcome. Lets start with the primary results from last night. Maryland welcome back to washington journal. We are joined by the Deputy Editor of inside elections. Welcome. Thanks for having me. Lets start with the primary results from last night. Maryland was, the Maryland Senate race was determined on the democratic side. Tell us what happened. There was a very closely watched democratic primary in maryland with the outgoing senator not running for reelection. We saw two major democratic candidates, Prince Georges County executive Angela Alsobrooks, in western maryland rissman david trone vying for the nomination. He spent 62 million of his own money, is very wealthy, on this race. More money than anyone has self funded in a Senate Primary in american history. Also, also. Spent just a fraction on her campaign. When all the votes were tallied, she ended up winning by about
Welcome back to the weekend. In less than 24 hours, Michael Cohen will take the stand for his fourth day and Donald Trumps Election Interference trial. He was berated by Heated Cross Examinations Last week by trumps team. Today will be the 19th day in court. The prosecution signaled they wont be calling anyone else to the stand and the defense said last week that trump still has not decided if he will testify. Joining us now is our msnbc justice and Legal Affairs analyst, Anthony Coley. Director of the office of Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to attorney general merrick garland. And legal analyst Kristi Greenberg. A former federal prosecutor and former Criminal Division deputy chief for the Southern District of new york. Say that five times. I want to read you something. This is from the New York Times. The trump trail nears the end. If the jury chooses to believe the governments evidence, a conviction is warranted. Although noted that mr. Cohen remains the linchpin of the case. The
Over the question, should the u. S. Shut its borders . Watch at friday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan and online and welcome back to washington journal. We are joineubasin , the Deputy Editor of inside elections. Lclets start with the prifroma. Maryland was the Maryland Senate race was determined on ll us what happens. There was a very closely watched democratic primary in maryland. Ators not running for reelection. Candidates, prince georges countyxecutive and western maryland congressman vying for the nomination. What made this race interesting was that truax and spent 62 million of his own money. He is very wealthy on this race. Money than anyone has selffunded in a self primary in american history. Alsobrooks spe a her campaign. When those were tallied she won by 12 points. A stunning result looking at the financial picture. On the republican side former governor there he hogan. He will be there nominee. Heill make maryland, which is traditionally a blue Democratic State into a top
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Michael cohen testifying. I watched him inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss just a few feet away. Defense started their Cross Examination. We have been reporting on that along with our colleagues here. How it has been going. Asanother pivotal day. Michael cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the anstand. It is a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment we have been waiting for. The crossexamination. Will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin an intense crossexamination . It has been an explosive last hour of testimony. It is getting testy. Michael cohen is about 45 minutes now into todd blanches crossexamination. Donald trumps attorneys attempted to shred the credibility of the star witness. That is some of what went down. Prosecutors have you confirmed something new. Cohen is their last witness which means they are on track to rest their case here because there will just be this Cross Examination i told yo