in rafah as prime minister benjamin netanyahu is states are reeling from severe weather, the tornado threat extending to the east coast with millions on alert, right now, including right here in the nation s capital welcome to our viewers the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i, boris sanchez and you are in the situation the skis, cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on what to expect during tomatoes closing arguments in donald trump s hush money trial sources revealing some of the key points that both sides plan to make cnn s kara scannell is in new york with the details. carol, what do you learn it? boris, in closing arguments tomorrow, michael cohen is expected to be a focus of both the prosecution and the defense sources say that trump s attorneys are going to look to try to undermine his testimony and focus on some of the witnesses that prosecutors did not call to buttress cohen s testimony, including the forward trum
oh right their sacrifice must not be forgotten erin burnett outfront starts right now out next breaking news, cohen in the crosshairs cnn learning tonight, trump s legal team to ease right now, preparing to attack michael cohen, then they present their closing arguments tomorrow. so what more can we expect? plus trump now locked in a vicious and personal battle with rfk junior as we hear from two nikki haley supporters about who they plan to vote for come november. and another terrifying flight with severe turbulence. this is we re hearing directly from the pasture, who s on board that deadly flight under similar circuit i m stance is just last week tonight, he joins us from the hospital where his wife is also still there after suffering a severe spinal injury. let s go out front good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront america hill in for erin burnett tonight, breaking news, trashing cohen s character just kara scannell reporting tonight that trump s
president. we don t know what the outcome will be. only they decide that. that is how our system works, as it should. i know it sounds sur role. it is all really happening, starting tomorrow morning. and if one person appears to be feeling the heat right now, it is clearly trump himself. who, surprise, surprise, lashed out at the judge and the district attorney on the case as a whole over memorial day weekend. trump is pretty clearly testing the bounds ever his gag order because he knows at this point hours away from closing arguments, the judge is past the point of wanting to derail the trial and as the case enters the final phase, you could find any prediction for how it may end. the jury may find the prosecution did not make its case or be acquitted or deadlock and this could end in a mistrial. or the jury could convict trump as former fbi director james comey predicts. that would make trump the first former u.s. president to be convicted. by the end of the week, we may kn
988 and press one for the veteran in this crisis hotline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and there are folks their eagerly waiting to offer help. thank you so much for watching the lead with jake tapper starts, right? now. closing in on closing arguments, the lead starts right now we re less than 24 hours away from the prosecution and the defense making their final pitches to the jury in donald trump s hush money cover-up trial, how strong is the case going into? this final phase? a panel of legal experts and a former new york judge will join the li plus a tragic mistake. that s what israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he s calling the military strike on a refugee camp in gout and rafah, gaza authorities saying it killed dozens, israel insisting its forces, we re going after hamas leaders killer tornadoes at least 21 people dead after devastating storms tore across the central us over the holiday weekend. that s severe weather. now, heading east may disrupt
donald trump could have conceded the affair and likely had it been any other defendant he would have conceded, and i think a fair is a polite word. it really is a one-time sexual encounter. jurors ultimately did not believe that didn t take place. daniels was clear in her testimony. and the problem the defense confronts in this situation is when lawyers have a client who will not face the facts of the case and let them craft a defense that takes into account the facts that are going to be established in court. trump s lawyers could have focused on whether or not he was aware of the repayment scheme after conceding that relationship existed and could have come off a lot more credibly in front of the jury, but because from step one they were forced to take positions the jury that frankly could not credit they ended up in a bad position at the end.