cohen van help today, pick can help you get started with your idea called now 807 100020 and good evening, thanks for joining us. it went from early this morning late into the evening and adjust wrapped up first the defense and the prosecution, the first criminal trial ever of a former president and having their final say, jurors will get the case. tamara and hadn t prosecutor joshua steinglass until moments go walking them step by step by step through the former president s hush money payment to stormy daniels shortly before the 2016 election. and the alleged scheme to hide it from voters. now, he emphasized how much of the case in his telling did not rely solely on the testimony of former fixer, michael cohen, who s faults. he acknowledged saying, quote we didn t pick him up. the witness store. as for defense attorney todd blanche, he accused cohen of lying to the jury, calling him the mvp of liars and the gloat which he said stands for greatest liar of all time. he
97% of burning uv rays. it s light, but it s working hard like me, neutrogena ultras yourself on screen. i m zachary cohen and washington. and this is cnn hello and welcome to cnn special coverage of the closing arguments in former president donald trump s criminal hush money trial. i m wolf blitzer in washington alongside abby phillip, who s outside the courthouse in new york a very consequential de, as we enter the home stretch of this truly historic trial korda s out now for lunch following a morning of blistering closing arguments by trump s defense team on surprisingly, trump attorney todd blanche made the case that payments made to michel cone the heart of the prosecution s charges were not illegal abbe over to you that s right. well, a blanche ripped into potential pivotal testimony delivered by trump s former fixer and personal attorney repeatedly calling michael cohen a liar, whose words should not be trusted, and the claims that the alleged tryst between trump
room. i ll see you bright and early tomorrow and around the world to a special report here in the situation room the trump trial today i m wolf blitzer were following breaking news, right now. the prosecution in donald trump s criminal trial is getting the last word before the judge sends the case to jurors who will decide the former president s faith prosecutor, joshua steinglass, pressing on with his marathon closing arguments trying to counter attacks. that a star witness, michael cohen made during the trump team s summation earlier today. cnn s kara scannell has been inside the courtroom all day. she s joining us now. she s outside qarrah bring us up to speed on this climactic moment in this truly historic trial what prosecutor joshua steinglass is now entering his third hour of these closing arguments in his focus right now is on the payments. this is the heart of the case. the repayment to michael cohen, and how it was booked in donald trump s company s books and re
talk about his faith and all the others have been held hostage for 262 days. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin in tonight with breaking news, new reporting. the president biden is being steered away from the message many expected him to lean on heavily in thursday s cnn debate and toward something more confrontational seen as kayla tausche has the story joins us now from the white house, what are you learning? anderson, we re learning that several prominent democrats have been urging president biden to take a different tack on the economy on thursday s debate stage, arguing that his traditional inclination to lean on his record of accomplishments, the 15 million jobs that were created in the economy that s resisted a recession simply are not landing with voters who continue to be frustrated about the cost of living and have given biden an approval rating on the economy that continues to lag that trump in private conversations with members of the white house and
candidates strategies are now taking shape and nearly six years after the deadliest anti-semitic attack in us history, the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh breaks ground on a new house of worship and a new future. i was there two witness this emotional moment and speak with families impacted by the horrific shooting. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer. a, you re in the situation room our top story this our president joe biden and former president donald trump are fine tuning their strategies for their potentially game-changing debate here on cnn this thursday, the two men sharing a sibling clear goal to portray their opponent as unfit for office are correspondence are covering both candidates as their epic showdown gets closer and closer. first, let s go to c and then gem j li ji reports on president biden s debate preparations everybody knows he s a liar, but you i just want i want to make sure what it lasting it lasts.