We give veterans access to support from anywhere in the world. Thats tonights last word to point at the 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Tonight, Michael Cohen finally takes the stand point of what the former president s longtime fixer said about the payments to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election and how he tied trump to the hustling scheme. Plus, donald trump brings his political to court for another trump is under a gag order, are they saying what he cant . Then the Police Shooting of air force airman Roger Fortson. What we are hearing from his family through their attorney, benjamin crump, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Monday night. Good evening, im Charles Coleman jr. In for Stephanie Ruhle tonight and we have got a lot to talk about point we are now just 176 days away from the election. 5 years ago we saw Michael Cohen publicly turn on his longterm boss, donald trump, and today, after years of buildup, cohen finally took the stand as a key wit
Have a good show. Thank you, nicole. Welcome, everyone, to a twohour edition of the beat tonight as we go through a big day in court. Im ari melber, we have our Special Coverage, and we begin right now with the prosecutors star witness taking the stand. You may have heard about it, you may have readied for it, we are now here. The former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying about the work he did for trump, saying under oath this was the dirty work of a, kwot, fixer. And recounting today and the jury hearing it from his mouth for the first time, the road to the payments at the center of this physicalny case against Defendant Trump. Big day in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. The star witness takes the stand against donald j. Trump. Form fixer Michael Cohen now the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. Cohen on the stand. An extraordinary showdown today in court. The man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying. The expresident coming
Politics nation. Tonights lead, campaign countdown. Happy mothers day to all the mothers. This weekend marks 100 days to the Democratic Convention in chicago and less than six months to election day. Showing the contest between former President Trump is as close as it can be. But the contrast between the two men would approach to this race could not be more stuck. The biden team has been with the president and Vice President and using them to highlight the administrations side and point out the threat to democracy that is posed to their opponent. As he spends his weekdays tied up with his Hush Money Trial. Then jetting off to the rallies of the supporters, like the ones he held beachside last night in wildwood, new jersey. Only time will tell whether the reason over wage will win out when they head to the polls. We start tonight with michael tyler. Michael, thanks for joining us tonight. Thanks for having me, and happy mothers day down in atlanta. I should say that. You should say that
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It was a really busy week so lets get to some of the conversations you might have missed. I want to call this Session Therapy with hillary, if i may, because she is now going to she needs another role, therapist, i know a lot of people answer ask this question, so i want to ask for our viewers about, not just abortion, which i will get to in a moment, and womens right, but about former president , donald trump, who is in criminal court in New York City for this hush money thing. Meanwhile, the documents case is delayed. Meanwhile, georgia, what is going on here . Everything seems to be delayed and moving down the road, and there are even those who argue that this manhattan case, it is not as big, it is not serious and he might get off anyway, or not, and how do people manage their especially people who really love this democracy, who take it seriously . Take the words that you just said on hours show very seriously that you cant just sit back and let democracy come to you. But this is