Monday morning when crossexamined amination continues in the prosecution certainly has its work cut out for them. The lead with jake tapper starts right now these cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Court has just ramped up for the de and Donald Trumps hush money coverup trial. It is a day you should remember because if if donald trump, the former president is acquitted the History Books may well point to Michael Cohens testimony today as the biggest reason cohens crossexamination will resume. Next week, were told after he endured hours of brutal questioning on The Stand Today, trumps Defense Attorney todd blanche laid out cohens past lies under oath, and then introduced evidence claiming that cohen has also lied in this trial under oath cohen previously testified on tuesday, i believe, about a key october 2016 phone call. He says he had with donald trump about the hush money reimbursement. But todd blanche today reveal Text Messages and a call log from that day tha
Plus, ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Call today direct redefining insurance how it really happen tomorrow at nine on cnn hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im proud a whitfield. All right. New today, israels military says it is intensifying operations in central gaza and ordering the immediate evacuation of severe are several more neighborhoods in the Southern City of rafah where millions of displaced palestinians are seeking refuge. The idf says about 300,000 people have already fled. These evacuations following new deadly round of air strikes across gaza. Cnns scott mclean has more frederick, a new airstrikes in northern and central gaza have flooded hospitals with a new round of victims included amongst them, a journalist, his wife, and 12 son and the death toll may yet still rise as people search through the rubble of those airstrikes thanks with little more than their bare hands searching at this point for bodies. And the video of the aftermath and
Monday and theyre saying that they may be able to rest their case by next weeks events, Brin Jin Grass is outside the courthouse following all of it for us and brynn today todays proceedings late. A lot of the important groundwork for the big witness monday, Michael Cohen, what can we expect on monday yes. Equaliser. This is the guy that said he would take a bullet for his boss and he might be who helps the prosecution sink donald trump. So well have to see, of course, hes the person who can bring jurors into that room, into the hello. Office in february 2017, when prosecutors say they hatched this plan to make these Reimbursement Payments ahead of the 2016 election. They alleged that he conspired with other trump org members to figure out how these reimbursements will work. Hes expected to be on the stand for a couple of days now, when the defense gets their turn to ask the questions, of course, theyre going to attack his credibility. Like we have seen them do with other witnesses in
Johnsons here and boy, do we have some questions . The lead starts right now urgent action on the hill as Speaker Johnson finds a way to allow votes on aid to israel and taiwan and ukraine but its johnsons a forward that has his rightward flank in an uproar i dont know how much longer are members are going to tolerate the republican speaker . For that, we elected is it all just talk just johnson need democrats to be his lifeline. Ill ask the speaker himself here on the lead, plus more drama im on the senate, sayyed and Impeachment Trials underway democrats are trying to save Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but republicans, well, theyve got their own plans and a brand new filing. Justin from the new york Hush Money Case a line of questioning that the prosecution may take if donald trump makes good on his pledge and takes the stand welcome to the lead on jake tapper and we start today with our politics lead and just 15 minutes or so, im going to be join live by the Speake
Pictures coming in from that the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we begin today with multiple breaking stories. All of which will have wideranging impacts on the 2024 election and moments from now and florida, former President Donald Trump will welcome the House Speaker mike johnson. To his maralago resort. The two men are holding a Press Conference in which they will discuss. They say election security, though we should note the last time the two teamed up on this issue they worked to try to undermine the 2020 election. So skepticism may be warranted. We are told the two Republican Leaders are expected to highlight the issue of non in citizens voting in federal elections. And if youre thinking, doesnt federal law already van, noncitizens from voting in federal elections, you would be correct. It is true but some municipalities allow noncitizens to vote in some local elections, like the mayor of tacoma park, maryland.