in northern italy. and, irish boxer katie taylor, bids to become only the second fighter in the modern era, to hold all the major belts, at two different weights. in london, joanna simpson s husband killed her in a vicious attack. he is now due for release after serving half his sentence. her mother desperately wants him to stay behind bars. good evening. vladimir putin cast a shadow over two major international summits today. in a significant shift of policy, at the g7 meeting of the world s most advanced economies injapan, america signalled it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile moscow s closest ally in the middle east. syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad condemned by many as a war criminal
special coverage of this escalating trump probe in new york and tonight right now you re watching a special live edition of the beat. we re following the pressure donald trump which actually exploded from the arrest talk this weekend to today s blockbuster testimony before the grand jury? some out of court-statements that broke within the last hour. moments ago this trump-aligned witness speaking out. my only mission there today was to tell the truth about what michael cohen was saying at any point in time. michael cohen decided on his own, that s what he told us, on his own to see if he could take care of this. is that what he told us? was all of the remarks made factual? mr. michael cohen is here to respond in a moment. this is not just journalism. this is aspects of the probe spilling out because mr. costello did speak to the grand jury today that s why he was so newsworthy. mr. cohen remained a key grand jury witness in a case that donald trump now says will lead to
i m ari melber in for nicolle and i ll anchor for the next three hours right now with a lot of news breaking out of new york as the d.a. alvin bragg moves forward with two witnesses who faced this grand jury today, robert costello a legal adviser to that key witness we all know about, michael cohen. he s testified today at the request of trump s legal team. under new york law a person who is expected to be indicted which in this case may or may not be donald trump but in an abundance of fairness, that individual can request a witness appear for them before this grand jury finishes its work. so that s part of what we re following on this big breaking news day. today cohen also on hand, this weekend he said he would be back today to address what costello says making him the rebuttal witness and this, today, is his third appearance before the grand jury. so, that alone makes all of this a major day and probe that is quite near deciding whether or not to indict donald trump. so,
was impaneled by soros-funded d.a. called brandon hagg that looks and acts like an al sharpton. we would assume on the basis of that evidence it s pretty likely trump does get charged with something at some point but charged with what? that s the question that should matter. in a free country, laws are universal. laws apply to all citizens equally, precisely because all citizens are considered equal. for generations, this was very obvious to american liberals. in fact, it was the basis of their world view. that was back when liberals opposed just a minute crow and weren t trying to reinstate it as something called equity. we re not liberals but we retain the traditional american view which is that laws must be applied equally or else they re not laws at all. justice must be blind or else it s tyranny we spent the day with the help of a lawyer on our staff to likely assess the charges against donald trump. here s what we found. eight years ago when running for president, trump
here tonight with reaction. but first, rule and ruin, that s the focus of tonight s angle. of course radical new york prosecutor is trying to take down trump before 2024, duh. this apparent move toward indicting the former president, biden stumbled climbing air force one. rather than focusing on putting away violent criminals, da alvin bragg wants to make a name for himself by squaring off with donald trump on a case that is as pathetic as it is political. bragg made a future trump prosecution the cornerstone as his campaign for da. has the experience with donald trump, i was the chief deputy in the attorney general s office, we sued the trump administration over 100 times. i know how to litigate with him. laura: one little problem for alvin nothing to bragg about, his only path of admission into the trump haters hall of fame is through a sleezeee lawyer and stormy daniels. well today the grand jury got to hear from a man who new michael cohen very well. his adviser, robe