before the jury, including a list of quote, all misconduct and criminal acts of the defendant which the people intend to use at trial to impeach the credibility of the defendant. now, i know when you here are the word impeachment when it comes to trump. but thinking about the political thing in the senate and the house, you ve heard at least twice, right? this is not that kind of impeachment. impeaching a witness in a criminal trial means you re trying to present evidence that shows that they re not telling the truth. you do it when they actually take the stand. so imagine the scene playing out in the courtroom, right? you ve got the former president is it an on the stand. he s questioned about everything from the new york fraud case when we re he s been ordered to pay hundreds of millions of penalties to a part of a unanimous civil a two-part. unanimous civil fraud federal jury verdict that found him liable for defamation to the tune of $90 million. and sexual abuse the writer e jean
after part of that interstate collapsed on sunday. all lanes were closed after a tanker truck that may have been carrying hundreds of gallons of gasoline caught fire. now, the cause of the fire, still under investigation, the national transportation and safety board is sending a team out there to help in that investigation. authorities are now working to identify if anyone was hurt in the collapse. i-95 is a critical artery on the east coast. it stretches from florida to canada and a destroyed portion of that highway is said to see around 160,000 vehicles daily. officials say it could take months to rebuild. wow. also this morning, tributes are pouring in from world leaders after the death of the berlusconi. he went on to become the country s longest serving prime minister, this despite a career tainted by sex scandals and a tax fraud conviction. he was often considered the kingmaker in italian politics. silvio berlusconi was 86 years
american politics and the american public in particular. when he got the expected release of the tax returns that he fought like crazy for the last six years to keep under seal. the tax fraud conviction that has essentially taken down his family business. there are those four criminal referrals and the colorful story telling from the january 6th committee that we got yesterday, and we re going to get tomorrow. the big misdeeds that trumped is alleged to have committed. take your pick. it s a panof problems. the man who shots of himself claiming to be nfts, whatever those are. and he s chosen for whatever reason, well, i don t want to get into that, the holocaust denier kanye west. and his legal woes who pledged
peril in the other investigations beyond the two being led by doj that he says will put an end to the trump org. cohen says the company s tax fraud conviction last week on all 17 charges from the manhattan d.a. and a potential fine of up to $1.6 million will also help the new york a.g. make her case. a.g. tish james is seeking at least $250 million in damages for alleged widespread fraud, and she actually names the company and trump himself and his three adult children as defendants. joining us now, michael cohen, host of the mea culpa podcast and author of the fantastic new book revenge: how donald trump weaponized the u.s. department of justice against his critics. hello there. how are you, nicolle? all right. isn t there a statute of limitations issue for alvin bragg if he wanted to go back and charge the campaign finance case? you know, i ve spoken to a lot of people about that issue and nobody can given gif me a definitive i probably should call alvin himself. do it.
she might die across by ahead, it s really scary. especially for the little. ones back in connecticut, this woman has been registered nurse for 20 years. and never seen this many respiratory illnesses colliding at once. it s hard for the staff, it s hard for patients, it s hard for families. it s just a tricky situation we haven t seen before. the cdc says the flu hospitalization rate in the u.s. remains at its highest level in more than a decade. nbc s gabe gutierrez, thank you. coming up, barbara mcquade says, the trump organization s tax fraud conviction is proof that dam of invincibility is breaking. what does that mean? i ll ask her, next. and later, scientists have done things which nobody s ever done before. yeah you re scientists were so preoccupied with other they couldn t stop think if they should. arguably one of the most memorable lines from jurassic park s 1993 film, why jeff