Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Former president Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial is off today, as the former president attends his youngest sons High School Graduation in florida. The day off comes after former trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen spent another day on the stand being crossexamined by trump attorney todd blanche. Blanche may have been able to poke a hole in cohens credibility as a witness, during questioning about a phone call from october 2016. More now from nbc news senior Legal Correspondent laura jarrett. Laura . Good morning to you. Michael cohen has been nearly unflappable on the Witness Stand as the defense tries to show this jury that he has changed his story about things big and small. The word lie used more than 50 times in court just yesterday. The jury may not remember every single defense attack line, but they only need one person not to buy his story. This morning, Donald Trumps hush money coveru
Starts now. Welcome to this twohour the beat. Michael cohen is Donald Trumps selfdescribed fixer. As defendant he was rolling deep today. Trump not only arriving with Top Republican figures but also one of his own codefendants from a different one where hes charged. Jeffrey clark was in the courtroom. I saw him myself and briefly greeted him. It was in that courtroom that we continued that Group Coverage of the defenses, the witness, the lawyers. That was a few hours ago when i was in front of the new york criminal courthouse. I am, of course, a member of our whole wideranging Team Reporting on this historic trial for you. While the d. A. Has been on offense for weeks, with damning receipts, strong witnesses weve told you about. Todays continued heat on Michael Cohen is certainly slowing the prosecutors momentum in this trial. Trumps lawyers conducting a winding relentless crossexamination that has the d. A. s case wobbling. The worse news for the d. A. Is that the jury has now seen Mi
Form of intergenerational wealth when matt we are family and you can see the rest of that story and others champions for change will air Saturday Night here at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cnn thank you so much for joining us. Well see you were special coverage of trumps trial starting early tomorrow morning for now, seeing a news night that we fill up against the sidebyside comparison that americans desperately need. That lets tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby phillip in new york tonight, a date for mustsee television right here on cnn june 27. That is one cnn will host President Biden and former President Trump or the first president ial debate. It is the earliest debate in the election cycle in modern history. And it marks an end run essentially around the commission that normally sets the terms and the times of these things happen. The debate echoes history. There will be no audience no opportunity for the crowd to make the venue home field for either trump or for biden and itll
Youre likely goal to chop them up, what isnt political purposes . Alex morgan, julia, the white house. Thanks very much. Im alex mark where here in the situation room, Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now outfront next fireworks. The Trump Legal Team tries to tear Michael Cohen story apart. Casting serious out on several fronts did it move the jury . Plus trump hurt black people . That is the message. Biden is putting out there tonight is it resonating to radio hosts who spoke to the president about the subject or Outfront Plus Breaking News this our nato now closer to sending troops to train in ukraine its putin makes gains towards one of the biggest cities in ukraine. Cnn is on the ground, on the front lines. Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. Trump taking aim at cohen. It was an explosive day in court and trump was all in he knew today could decide the case. As trumps team turned up the heat on Michael Cohen. Trump was present like he hasnt been
Right . You would have a pretty good sense of what he was going to be asked and a pretty good sense of how he was going to answer it. None of this goes perfectly from a prosecutors perspective. Danny will tell you, none of this goes perfectly from the Defense Attorneys perspective. This is why you have redirect. This is why you have final arguments, this is why as danny said earlier, you keep a list of defenses and some fall out along the way and some get better. As much as you plan, you have to be flexible. Is the prosecution happy with the cross . If i were the prosecutor here and they wanted to spent 3 1 2 days saying the same thing, my view would be let him have it. Keep doing it. I think at some point, jose, youre losing your jury. I take anas point, sometimes you lose your jury, but you never try to. My goal is to never lose my jury. And if youre saying the same thing over and over for days on end, i think youre losing your jury. There is an agony in a crossexamining of a witness