Both of you now. That is all for us. This has been cnn central, cnn special live coverage of the criminal trial. Donald trump picks up right now a live look at the Manhattan Courthouse behind me. Were shooting the jury will hear again from Marquee Witness for me, daniels, moments ago, the former president of the United States heading into court for you, listen to testimony from the Adult Film Star comes as his lawyers are adopting a new Mission Store his reputation by attacking her credibility made her school for life from new york and distance cnn special live coverage on trumps Hush Money Trial and im jim acosta in washington today, court resumes with crossexamination were told to expect Stormy Daniels to be on the Witness Stand with a while still to go. Thats a giant change in the trump and his legal team. Initially saw her as a witness who would be a wash, neither helping nor hurting the peoples case against donald trump. Now sources familiar with the former president s legal strat
patrol says we have a problem with illegals, but we mostly have a problem with that in all, coming over the southern border. i will say this, i think that it is an oversimplification to say that the whole thing is a tax break for the rich. most of the people with money are complaining, they are not getting their break that they thought that they were going to get. when you look at corporations come i want to quote mitt romney, it is people. and their entry-level jobs in those places and an opportunity to bring people back. and the movie industry, of all things is going to benefit the most. dana: will they write any good movies so? brian: i m not sure. juan: did you just say that the rich were saying they are not getting enough. brian: they get 2%. 37%- 3035%. jesse: the rich are people too, juan! juan: ebenezer scrooge is a human being. 87% of the benefit has been going to the rich on the corporation s commanding guys
good thing for her. remember, todd akin is the person she wanted to run against. there was a very hot primary fight there i think among three different republicans. that s the person she wanted to run against. that s the person she has the best chance against. jessica rothenburg, let s look at a few of the races where democrats are ahead in the polls. let s start in virginia. tim kaine venturing into uncharted territory on wednesday or thursday in his debate when he was asked about the 37% comment. take a listen. i would be open to a proposal that would have some minimum tax for everyone. but i do insist many of the 47% that governor romney was going after pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than he does. sometimes big ideas get tested on a smaller scale. tim kaine s words, will they fly for the voters in the long run in the commonwealth? i think virginia more than any other state than any other is more tied to what happens in the presidential race.
election, you know, whether you re a democrat or republican. if you re a standard bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it s going to reflect on the down ballot. let s bring back the panel. jessica taylor of the rothenburg political report, ana marie cox, and opinion writer for the washington post. jonathan, let me start with you. how concerned are republicans at this point about the effects of mitt romney down ballot? they re very concerned. remember, the senate was the one chamber that they were really hoping to turn around this go-round. they got the house in 2010. part of the plan was to take back the senate in 2012, in addition to the white house. but the white house doesn t look so good right now. and now we re seeing the ill effects of that trickling down into those senate races, whether it s wisconsin or missouri or massachusetts or virginia or any of the other races around the country. ana, missouri city race, when
a new web video calls on mitt romney to release more tax returns. this is only the tip of the iceberg. romney has only released two years of tax returns, both from after he started running for president. why won t he come clean with the american people? what else is he hiding? senator john mccain among others on the right pushing back saying quote mitt romney has now released more than 1200 pages of tax returns, now that the most recent tax return has been released, it s time to get back to discussing the issues that voters care about. with me now former congressman patrick murphy, democrat from pennsylvania and veteran of the iraq war and supporter of president obama. congressman murphy, good afternoon to you. former congressman murphy. good afternoon. good to be with you. what do you say to voters who hear that and agree and say 1200 pages is a heck of a lot and