Expert witness. Nobodys ever heard of it before. Thats donald trump yet again making false claims, this time doing so yesterday after testimony wrapped up in his hush money trial. The judge cleared the jury out of the courtroom because of the lawyer trump just referenced. Well have expert legal analysis on that very contentious moment straight ahead. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani and other trump allies accused of Election Interference in arizona are due in court today. Well explain that case and how prosecutors tracked down the former mayor of New York City. Also ahead an update on Campaign Cash of President Biden and donald trump as the rnc ramps up funding to overcome the former president s legal bills. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 21st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial, which will resume later this morning after the prosecution r
To meet on the debate stage after a social media titfortat. What makes these faceoffs different. Another boating crash, this time a barge slams into a bridge in texas causing significant damage, shutting down traffic, and leaking oil into the water. The latest on the cleanup. And assassination attempt. Slovakias head of state shot multiple times, and now fighting for his life. The potential motive. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We start with president ial politics. Donald trumps socalled hushmoney trial resumes today with his former fixer, Michael Cohen, back on the stand for crossexamination. And just when you thought there may not be any general election debates, we got two in a matter of hours. The first one scheduled for june 27th, and the second one for september 10th. Cbs jarred hill is here with the details. And these debates are actually going to be a little bit different. Thats right. So think more face the nation moderated discussion, less mma slu
And fuel, norah. The strips crucial southern Border Crossing in rafah remains closed. Ramy inocencio, thank you for being there. Now to the intensifying war in ukraine. Russian forces are carrying out a major assault in and around ukraines second largest city, kharkiv, capturing more than a half dozen towns and villages over the weekend. Russia has also been pounding ukraines power grid while ukraines desperately outgunned troops wait for more military aid to arrive from the u. S. And western allies. Tonight, new york city is on edge following a string of random assaults, including two hghprofile incidents in just the last week. A tourist in times square was stabbed over the weekend, and a celebrity was punched in the face by a stranger just a few days earlier. Cbss Nikki Battiste reports on whats behind this rise in frightening attacks. Reporter Surveillance Video shows this terrifying moment on saturday in times square. A man jumping up from a walker, pulling out a knife, and lunging
Its mark down book. Cbs evening news starts now. Norah good evening, im norah odonnell, thank you for being with us after a pivotal day in the criminal trial of donald trump. The former president coming facetoface with his onetime personal attorney michael cohen, who gave six hours of detailed testimony under oath, Painting A Behind The Scenes picture of what was happening in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. The former fixer and inside man detailed how trump personally approved the socalled hush money hush money payouts to hide his stories he believed would hurt him with female voters in his 2016 run for the white house. It was the Stormy Daniels payment and reimbursement disguised as Legal Expenses that is at the heart of this criminal case. Trump is charged with 34 Felony Counts of falsifying Business Records to conceal that information from voters. Reporters in the room say trump spent much of the day in court with his eyes closed. Cbss robert costa was there for todays rivetin
President in testimony to the alleged hush money scheme to silence stories that threatened his 2016 election. Surprise visit. Secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in ukraine as a show of solidarity to ukraine as they fight off russias attacks. And down with a boom and a splash. Explosives help break up the last remaining mangled pieces of the collapsed Francis Scott key bridge. Well, good morning and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We are expecting another pivotal day in Donald Trumps criminal trial in new york. Trumps former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will face a bruising crossexamination in the socalled hush money trial. Yesterday cohen told the jury the former president personally approved the payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels to silence her ahead of the 2016 election. Cbss jarred hill is joining me here with the details. This was the star witness. This is the key witness in the prosecutions case. A lot was learned about during this one yesterday.