Third world country way of campaigning. Our new york correspondent nada tawfik sent this report from outside the courthouse. Both sides have now rested their case the defence early tuesday, after calling two witnesses, and donald trump deciding not to take the stand. That had been the major question looming over this weeks long trial, because donald trump had said publicly that he would though legal analysts doubted throughout that he would actually take the risk, given he would be opening himself up to damaging questions by prosecutors, and ultimately it is his Fifth Amendment right not to be compelled to be a witness against himself, the burden of proof is on prosecutors here. And thejudge will Instruct Thejury not to hold it against donald trump. Now donald trump said he thought his Team Presented a great case. He wasjoined in court by a large entourage of republican politicians and his eldest son, donjr. Outside of court, donjr was asked why his father didnt testify he said that he
We have a lot to get to tonight after another day of major testimony in Donald Trumps first criminal trial. Michael cohen, trumps former lawyer and fixer was back on the stand today, facing crosses emanation from Donald Trumps current lawyer, blanche. For anyone coming, mr. Cohen has been on the stand for more than 14 hours, with more to come on monday. And nearly all day today, todd blanche tried to undermine mr. Cohens credibility as a witness. Blanche spent half the morning recalling different episodes when Michael Cohen lied publicly. Lying to congress, lying in court, lying about whether or not he sought a part in. Essentially forcing cohen to admit repeatedly that he has been untruthful. Blanche also tried to paint cohen as something of a renegade, a man who spent the 2016 Election Cycle Casting out on his own, speaking to the press both publicly and privately without Donald Trumps consent or his supervision. Blanche tried to call into question Michael Collins memory , his abilit
Mitt romney on our youtube page. Go to msnbc. Com stephanie. And guess what . We have a great lineup for the night cap. If you have a hot date and cant watch, youre in luck. You can catch it again on saturday at 11 00 p. M. Eastern right here on msnbc. And on that note, i wish you all a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. After another day of major testimony in Donald Trumps first criminal trial. Michael cohen, trumps former lawyer and fixer was back on the stand today. Facing crossexamination from Donald Trumps current lawyer todd blanche. For anyone who is counting mr. Cohen has been on the stand for more than 14 hours with more to come on monday. And nearly all day today, todd blanche tried to undermine mr. Cohens credibility as a witness. Blanche spent half the morning recalling different episodes when Michael Cohen lied publicly. Lied to congress. Lying in court. Lying about wh
And an important one. All right, we have a lot to get to tonight, after another day of major testimony in Donald Trumps first Criminal Trial. Michael cohen, was back on the stand today, Facing Cross Examination from todd blanche. For anyone who is county, mr. Cohen has been on the stand for more than 14 hours with more to come on monday. And nearly all day today todd blanche tried to undermine mr. Cohens credibility as a witness. Blanche spent half the morning recalling different episodes when Michael Cohen lied publicly, lying to congress, lying in court, lying about whether or not he sought a party, if it essentially forcing one to admit that he has been untruthful. Blanche also tried to paint as something as a renegade, a man who spent the 2016 Election Cycle Casting out on his own, speaking to the press both publicly and privately, without Donald Trumps consent, or his supervision. Blanche tried to call into question Michael Cohens memory, his ability to recall key moments in this
Good evening, everyone. Im laura coates, here with abby philip, and this is a Special Edition of cnn tonight. Kevin mccarthy, i listed as house speaker, he says hes not dont even run again. Now, the house will be in recess for a week. Theyre not even planning to return till next tuesday night for cough conference meetings, before then, a Potential Vote later that week on electing a new speaker. So that means the house will be closed for business, maybe well get another speaker. Me while, because he lost that speakership gavel today, police said this tonight. These are the same people that never voted for me, they thought it was big they went to present. After we went through 15 rounds. Im not quite sure those individuals are looking to be productive. Well, this is certainly a moment in american history. And a series of a number of moments that weve never seen anything like before. Never before has a speaker lost the job in a vote on the house floor. And it happened with the pounding of