Hello. Welcome to the bbc news at one. The us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken, has made a surprise visit to ukraine, wheres he met president zelensky, as more western weapons start to get through to the battlefield. The area in red there is russian controlled, and on the frontlines, mr zelensky says its been a tough period for his troops. In particular, they are struggling to hold back moscows forces near the second largest city, kharkiv. And a new front has opened up nearby, with Russian Forces starting to surround the border town of vovcha nsk. Our correspondent James Waterhouse reports from ukraine. Good morning, state secretary. Nice to meet you again. Thank you so much. A nine hour Sleeper Train is still the best way to kyiv, even if youre americas top diplomat. A quick switch to a more familiar motorcade, before a long day of meetings. First up for Antony Blinken, president zelensky. Its not a simple period for ukraine. And a tough period for the east of our country, for our w
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More ina more in a moment. I want take you like to new york with Michael Cohen. So far, hes outlined that he was thanked for his work helping his ex boss, which the prosecution said it was a reference to the payment made to Stormy Daniels. He is also smoke at about back channels for communicating with then president and how we ultimately decided he could not lie for him any longer. That is some of the detail. Lets go live to the courthouse to nada tawfik. Take us through more. Yeah, matthew, michael tawfik. Take us through more. Yeah, matthew, Michael Cohen tawfik. Take us through more. Yeah, matthew, Michael Cohen on tawfik. Take us through more. Yeah, matthew, Michael Cohen on the tawfik. Take us through more. Ir u matthew, Michael Cohen on the second day on the stand is really zipping through the timeline of events in question. He talked about visiting donald trump in the white house after he became president and their conversations there, saying donald trump again expressed that he
Michael cohen day two for him in the criminal trial of donald trump. The former president will be there. Expect him to make comments on his way in. Well bring it to you live. Big day and especially cross examination. Im bill hemmer. Tuesday. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Bill you would love it, really. It is an extraordinary just to see the psychology of everything that goes on around you. This is a twostory drab courtroom. Dana was it freezing in there . Bill it was warm. You can see the 18 jurors. Six alternates and in addition to the 12. You sit there six, seven hours a day. I thought it was captivating and riveting. Cohens best moments was after the break. Spent 11 minutes staring right at the jurors for the first time. Most of the time he is looking at the prosecutor. Prosecutor wants him to talk to the jurors. For 11 minutes he was explaining what jobs were offered to him by way of rinse priebus at the white house after the election early january, preinauguratio
To join us with reaction to Michael Cohens testimony but, first, jug head is in a jam. Thats to the focus of tonights angle. Laura The Big Moment In Court today was supposed to be the playing of a taped conversation that Michael Cohen recorded between trump and himself back in 2016, yeah. 8 years ago where they could be heard talking about how they would buy the rights to karen macdougalls story. And on the tape cohen can be heard explaining to the then president ial candidate his plans to form an llc through which he would finance the purchase of the rights to that womans story. We know what happened, okay, get rid of this. Its so false what they are saying, such bull [bleep] laura its all bull today as well. None of the hype amounted to anything. None of it proved anything. Lets break it down for you. Remember, in this case the state has to prove that the trump organizations internal bookkeeping records were not only falsified, okay, but they also were falsified to the extent that tr