Donald trumps lawyers trying to convince the jury that the x fixer is School Republicans joining forces white house all right, 6 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at the white house on this misty wednesday morning here in washington. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us Donald Trumps defense team had months to prepare for this particular moment in history. There chance to crossexamine Michael Cohen to try to attack his character, tear down his credibility, and convinced 12 jurors that he cant be trusted or believed. Trumps former lawyer and fixer faced intense scrutiny on the stand on tuesday. The defense tried to paint him as bidder filled with rage and motivated by Revenge Cohen was confronted with a string of insults that he has leveled at the former president in recent years, including calling him a cheetodusted cartoon villain. And dictator di bag in direct examination from prosecutors earlier in the day, cohen testified in detail about th
Free the cargo ship that collapsed ball her yeah, im here in washington alive. Look at new york city on this Tuesday Morning where that push my trials had to get back underway just a few hours from now. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt its wonderful to have you with us. This is the de, we think that Donald Trumps legal team has been preparing for the day they could get to crossexamine Michael Cohen and try to convince a jury that he simply cannot be believed trumps former lawyer and fixer returns to the stand this morning after testifying on monday about payments that were made to kill potential really damaging stories about trump. All he says at the direction of his former boss. In the final critical days before the 2016 election, his testimony designed to show just how close he was to trump involved in talks about the hush money at every turn the juror has got to hear this conversation between cohen and trump about payments made to Playboy Playmate playmate karen mcdougal. It wa
Stand. Been there all day. Nearing the end of just his first day of testimony. Michael cohen revealing what it was like to work for donald trump and made sure the boss looked good in the public eye. Work that trump would praise him for when he did that. Cohen testified that it would make him feel, quote, like i was on top of the world. Cohen was a guard dog protecting his boss at all costs. Trumps former pit bull today corroborated all of the interactions this jury has heard about over the past few weeks. That includes the allimportant meeting at trump tower in 2015. Thats the one with david pecker of the National Enquirer and donald trump where the catchandkill scheme was originally hatched. Michael cohen testified to conversations about keeping the story of Donald Trumps affair with playboy model Karen Mcdougal quiet. He testified to how he arranged with pecker the 150,000 Payment Mcdougal to bury the story. The jury then heard the only Conversation Cohen had with trump that he taped
Conundrum that biden finds himself in. I get, i get the sense that i think graeme is right, that we need to stand by our allies. I dont think finding nuance in this case during war time is a very easy thing to do, particularly when youre a superpower sometimes wars like this force you to choose sides. And israel as our allies. And i can see why a number of democrats are upset with what biden has done. Certainly republicans are, but biden is really trying to placate his base in this country, which is, which is obviously very split on this and particularly in the state of michigan. So i think a lot of the message its like politics are entering into bidens thinking on how to manage this war charlie matt bennett. Thank you so much. A new our Have Cnn News starts right now the crucial moment in the trump criminal trial, Michael Cohen takes the stand to testify against his former boss. The same Michael Cohen who once said he would take a bullet for donald trump. What is he going to say now .
Says it will consider trumps appeal of a ruling rejecting Fulton County District Attorney fani willis disqualification from the Georgia Election interference case. This news comes as testimony is set to resume tomorrow in trumps new york Hush Money Trial, Where Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels will be back on the stand for more Cross Examination by trumps attorneys. Those attorneys moved for a mistrial, but the judge denied that motion. The judge, however, agreed with them that some of daniels testimony was probably, quote, better left unsaid. With us now, nbc news correspondent blayne alexander in atlanta. Msnbc National Correspondent yasmin vossoughian. Msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin and charles coleman, former prosecutor in brooklyn, new york, who is an msnbc legal analyst. So, blayne, what can you tell us about the move by the Georgia Court of appeals this morning . Well, jose, i think the bottom line of this is that this kind of long almost side show that has been taking ov