He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Nada tawfik was at the trial in new york and gave us this update. Michael cohen and his testimony is crucial to this case, prosecutors hope that the conversation that Michael Cohen are shared between him and donald trump directly tie his former boss to the Hush Money Payments and to the allegations that trump falsified business records. Michael cohen testified that everything was done with mr trumps sign off, he said the donald trump even ran for president , he warned Michael Cohen to be prepared for negative stories that a lot of women would come forward. When they eventually did, Michael Cohen says the Stormy Daniels story was one he feared could be c
Checkpoint west of hebron, came from jordan and were headed to the gaza strip, where Tens Of Thousands of palestinians face food and aid shortages. The white house has condemned the attack, describing the looting of aid convoys as a total outrage. Meanwhile, there are reports of clashes around the Southern City of rafah, an area where many people had taken refuge from fighting elsewhere in gaza. Thousands of people have fled the camp israel has advised them to go to the al mawasi area, near the coast, and to khan younis. Aid agencies say there is almost no infrastructure there to support them. Theres also been heavy fighting injabalia, in the north of gaza. Israel says it has returned to the area to counter any attempts by hamas to re establish its military capabilities in the area. The White House National security Adviserjake Sullivan said the us is still working with israel to avoid a Major Military operation in rafah. We still believe it would be a mistake to launch a Major Militar
The countrys president , isaac herzog, led the nation in a ceremony injerusalem. Members of the idf were in attendance, as well as some of the families of the hostages taken by hamas. There were empty chairs in the audience, to symbolise those who had been killed or are still missing. Translation this year, we mark a different independence day. We are proud of our independence, of the miracle that is a state of israel but our hearts are full of sorrow and pain. These days we are filled with the pain of bereavement, the pain for the wounded, pain for civilians displaced from their homes, the pain for the hostages. We will not rest or be silent, we will not rust or be we will not rest or be silent. Silent until our daughters and sons return to our borders. Qatars Prime Minister, whos country has mediated between hamas and israel, has given a downbeat assessment on the current state of negotiations. Sheikh mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al thani said, despite some recent momentum, the talks wer
Its six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in new york where Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial has been hearing from the key prosecution witness, Michael Cohen. He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Our North America editor sarah smith reports. The star witness for the prosecution is also their biggest problem. Hes been to prison for telling lies to congress so why should thejury believe him now . Do you plan on telling the truth . Rude and loud mouthed, hes already been called a bully and a jerk in this trial. And he frequently attacks donald trump online. Even thejudge has asked him to stop it. Trumpism is fascism, and we must eradicate it from our body politic. Donald trump
oh, my god. you all right? there s a madman and hollywood rampage caught on tape. a crazed gunman firing into cars. we ll talk about what set him off on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning, everyone. it s monday, december 12th. wow. december 12th where has the year gone? carol is off. i m christine romans. and i m ali velshi. good to see you again. haven t been here a while but come back into much news. tell me your abu dhabi in case you missed it, republican front-runner newt gingrich must have felt like everyone was ganging up on him because they were. calling the palestinian an invented people. this is a propaganda war in which our side refuses to engage and we refuse to tell the truth while the other side lies and you re not going to win if you re afraid to stand firm and stand for the truth. you stand firm and speak for the truth but you don t stand for israel. if bb netanyahu what s to say what you say, let h