America reports. We are in the fourth week and there is still no evidence whatsoever connecting trump with any criminal wrongdoing. A crime that is not charged. Its a crime that prosecutors wont tell the defendant what it is. I dont know what they were going to do. This trial is rigged. It is dishonest, its a disgrace to new york, its a disgrace too the country. Sandra that was earlier and now a live look outside this newark Supreme Court where a jury has been hearing directly from the prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen. X attorney for former President Donald Trump. Hello and welcome everyone. I am sandra smith in new york as we kick off a new week. John center, glad to have you backward im john roberts in washington and this is america reports. Ct. In lunch break now. So far Michael Cohen has testified that his duties at the Trump Organization included killing negative stories about his boss. He started detailing the steps to shut down the Stormy Daniels story before the lunch br
The lead cnn, if you ever miss an episode will lead. You can listen to the show news tonight in the trump trial star witness, Michael Cohen, wrapping up his first day of Blockbuster Testimony detailing the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Deal and how donald trump was allegedly tellinjurors his former boss was only concerned about the impact on his 2016 president ial campaign and that trump and im quoting now wasnt thinking at all about his wife melania, for the next hour ill take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel with new transcripts breaking down all of todays most important developments and looking ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world i will blitzer with a Special Report in the Situation Room that trial today lets get right to the breaking news in todays highstakes testimony against donald trump, Michael Cohen, Zeroing In On what trump knew about the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Deal and the alleged criminal but we will cover up.
Blitzer in washington. Ill be back in two hours, 6 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. Starts right now cnns Breaking News. And welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we continue to follow the Breaking News out of manhattan and where the man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying right now in Donald Trumps criminal trial, Michael Cohen is detailing exactly how he came to pay 130,000 to Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, who came forward about an alleged episode with donald trump in the days before the 2016 Election Cohen testified, not only did trump know about the uh, hundred 30,000 payment, but trump directly approved it and said that he would pay cohen back and the prosecution is using cohens testimony to present both an offensive and defensive case offensively by establishing the cohen was the man behind the payments, not just to Stormy Daniels, but also to 1998 playmate of the year, Karen Mcdougal and defensively by trying to establish that co
Eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york alongside my colleague and friend chris jansing. For two hours of special coverage on what is expected to be a dramatic and consequential day in Donald Trumps hush money trial. The prosecutions star witness on the stand right now. Prosecutors spent a year preparing Michael Cohen for this moment. He is the witness that prosecutors need to directly tie trump to the payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is outside the courthouse, also with us kristen gibb against, Charles Coleman and Criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor jeremy salaam. Thank you all for joining us. Lets go to yasmin first. What is the latest inside that courtroom as Michael Cohens testimony begins . Reporter were getting some demeanor notes, guys, as to how Michael Cohen is interacting with the prosecution when answering his questions, also kind of some color from inside the courtroom when Michael Cohen was asked to identify
The us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken, has warned an all out assault on rafah will provoke anarchy without actually eliminating hamas. In gaza, the fighting has returned to the north, where israel says it has seen signs of hamas regrouping. Good evening. When Michael Cohen informed donald trump in 2016 that a former adult film star, Stormy Daniels, was selling a story about an alleged sexual encounter, trump hit the roof. The Access Hollywood story was already hurting his campaign with female voters. Cohen said trump feared that if this got out, the women would hate him. Cohen testified today that trump wanted him to buy the rights to that story so it would not come out ahead of the election. According to cohen, trump didnt care much if the story came out after the election. He wasnt concerned about his wifes reaction to it, and there is the nub of the prosecutions case. They need to prove that trump was directly involved in the payment to daniels and wanted her story killed becaus