Right before they took a break, the prosecution in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case reminded the jury Michael Cohen is not the one on trial here. Despite a crossexamination that got heated, just as he was finishing, and yet an admission by trumps former fixer on the stand did leave the d. A. s office with some clean up to do. Im Chris Jansing alongside my colleagues, Andrea Mitchell and katy tur. Sorry, Michael Cohen acknowledged under oath that he stole 60,000 from the trump organization, that he did it out of anger that mr. Trump cut his bonus. The prosecution is trying to use their second shot at questioning Michael Cohen to redirect the focus back to the former president. Were going to bring you live updates as we read them when Michael Cohen returns to the stand in just a few minutes after the lunch break. Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is live at the courthouse. Catherine christian is still with us. Also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in Robert Muellers special counsels
Harris we begin with a Fox News Alert and continuing coverage. President biden heading to a war zone 11 days into the war, will this help or hinder israel. This we do know, our enemies are watching while our own military is ready to deploy thousands of personnel to support israel. And they may need the immediate attention because lebanon is hitting israel over and over from their northern border with rockets. Thats more than 180 miles from gaza. On the lebanon part of the border next door is syria. The Trump Administration fired Tomahawk Missiles after the syrian dictator used chemical weapons on its own people. I am harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus. A look at what israel shares with lebanon. Military analysts are expressing concern. Hezbollah and other iran backed groups could escalate the fight. If they force israel to fight on two or more fronts, that would help Hamas Terrorists that attack families, Concert Goers and so many more in gaza 11 days ago. We are just acros
is how can marco rubio be on the same ticket as trump because the constitution says and i have to say it right, that the elect tours from a state cannot vote for two candidates who are from the same state. they can only vote for one. they will make marco move right? that is the thing, does he have to move? how does the united states senator of florida move from florida? is that legal? we need a election lawyer to figure it out. i do not understand how they are talking about rubio as if it is eight ea choice to make. i am glad you are getting to the bottom of this. i will be watching. presidential campaign debates were invented by and for tv. 1960 was not just the first televised presidential debate, it was the first. washington never debated. lincoln famously participated in the lincoln and douglas debates but that was in a senate campaign and lincoln lost. we had 34 presidents in a row who never debated to get the job. if you are around 70. you can actually remember
Today. Its five oclock. Our main story. Two british medical students who travelled to join so called Islamic State almost two years ago have been killed in fighting in the iraqi city of mosul. They were pa rt of a group of british medics, many of them of sudanese origin, whojoined is in 2015. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. The Young British medic who travel to join so called Islamic State, then made a Propaganda Video to encourage others to follow. Ahmed sadi khider was seen in 2015 a p pa re ntly sadi khider was seen in 2015 apparently pitching is medical stu d e nts apparently pitching is medical students anatomy and appealing for other doctors tojoin the self declared caliphate. Other doctors tojoin the selfdeclared caliphate. All the people who specialise, surgeons, anything where you can help would be great, there will be great reward. And this isjihad. He was one of a group of around a dozen british students, mostly from sudanese families, who all studied
Treated her and has now tracked her down. 0h, treated her and has now tracked her down. Oh, my goodness me. Coming up in sportsday, British Cycling has more questions to answer as the head of uk anti doping slams the organisations medical record keeping. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The government is lightly to be this evening over the brexit bill. Peers from all parties have voted in the House Of Lords to amend the legislation to enable eu citizens living in the uk to stay here. Its a setback for the governments bill to trigger article 50 which starts the formal process of the uk leaving the eu. Mps may vote to remove the lords proposed changes when the bill moves back to the House Of Commons later this month. But today would be the first defeat for the government over brexit and there could be more to come. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. Turning up for work the minister smiling despite the prospect of defeat. From the start their lordships were de