Cnn Special Coverage or former President Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial. Im Briana Keeler in washington with kaitlan collins, who is outside the courtroom. House in new york. And today trumps defense has pressed Michael Cohen, trumps former lawyer and fixer about his history of lying under oath in an attempt to discredit him the defense is also highlighted some of the various insults that he has logged against trump over the years, painting him as a man out for revenge after their relationship fell apart. At one point, the defense play this clip from cohens podcast in october of 20 he 20. Here it is truly hope that this man, ends up in prison. It wont bring back the year that i lost or the damage done to my family but revenge is a dish best served cold and you Better Believe i want this made to go down and rotten side for what he did to me and my family it only got crazier from there with cohens credibility clearly on the line, when trumps Defense Attorney here, todd blanche, is tryi
The vaccine process. And it comes ahead of a convention where the president will be faced with the task of convincing a country thats seen more than 175,000 deaths that his handling of the crisis is the best america can do. And fresh off his own convention, joe biden ready for a fight in his first interview as the official democratic candidate, former Vice President takes on the issue of his age and attacks on his mental faculties head on. Watch me, mr. President , watch me. Look at us both. More on that in a moment. But first, we want to bring you more on those recordings of President Trumps sister. First obtained by the Washington Post, now given to nbc news as well. They were taped by mary trump, but we want to point out it was done legally because they were recorded in new york where only one party to a tape needs to consent. Joining me now is nbc kelly odonnell. How is the white house responding . Well, this is coming at a time where this is news that is unhelpful to the president
A lot of people will be trying to make that determination themselves and watching that interview closely. Paul kalyn, thank you so much, paul. Appreciate it. Thats it for me. Cnn newsroom continues with brooke baldwin. Two brothers about to go blind decide to end their lives together. But it is what doctors do next that is stirring up the debate over the right to die. Im brooke baldwin. The news is now. Guns, ammo, and the white house. Find out what advice Vice President joe biden gave his boss. Plus, critics pounce on cocacolas new obesity ad. How scared is one of the worlds most popular brands about soda bans . And hes got to crawl over a lot of broken glass. After getting Lance Armstrong to confess, oprah says the cyclist didnt come clean in the manner she expected. Im brooke baldwin. Good to see you. We have got some developing news now out of the white house. Let me tell you what we know here. We know the Vice President , joe biden, has just briefed the president on his gun violen
Guard over the weekend. But the big question is still unanswered. Will sessions testify in public . Or behind closed doors . Lawmakers have been clamoring for weeks to question him on everything from the firing of fbi director james comey to any undisclosed contacts that sessions might have had with Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. While sessions recused himself from the broader fbi probe into russian interference in the 2016 election, members of the Intel Committee say they still want to hear from sessions and have him respond to some of comeys riffle lations from last week. The key things weve got to get obviously his side of the story related to jim comey, some of the conversations that jim commie had with the president , where Jeff Sessions was or was around to be able to get the rest of the story, comeys statement to him of getting time alone with the president , that interaction as well as accusations about conversations that he might or might not have had with russians prior t
Intelligence chief says american democracy is under assault by President Trump. This comes after the firing of fbi director james comey and that sent shock waves still finding their level in washington. Lawmakers are calling on the president to turnover any taped conversations the president may have with james comey. President trump is also preparing for a major test this week. First foreign trip of his presidency. Lets begin our coverage with cnns joe johns live at the white house. Good morning, joe. Reporter good morning, alisyn. With the firing of the fbi director as an example, the former head of National Intelligence making an extraordinary assertion that the president of the United States himself is eroding the system of checks and balances at the core of american government. The fallout over President Trumps firing of fbi director james comey isnt going away. I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally ands thats the big news here is russian interfere