Welcome to a special two hour edition of the beat. You know, we are nearing the end of the first Criminal Trial of the former u. S. President , donald trump. By next week the case could be in the hands of the 12 member jury. But before that happens, trumps former fixer and personal attorney will be back on the stand monday for a third day of crossexamination. The defense is focused so far on trying to portray the states key witness as a serial liar, someone who cannot be trusted, and who is only out for revenge against his former boss. The word lie was used more than 60 times in court yesterday. And through what felt at times like a meandering Cross Examination, they had been able to poke a hole in credibility during questioning about one of the phone calls from october 2016. That netanyahu testified he had made with trump, allegedly telling him the payoff to Stormy Daniels was being handled. Yesterday netanyahu admitted he was having trouble recalling his Telephone Calls on specific d
Hope to see you tomorrow. Thats tonights last word. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle begins right now. Former president Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial is off today as the former president attends his youngest sons High School Graduation in florida. For a moment it looked like the House Republicans might lose control of the floor because so many republicans have been going up to see donald trump at his criminal trial. There are things we could say that President Trump is unjustly not allowed to say. The judicial system in our country has been westernized against President Trump. This is a scam, it is a sham, it is a show. That courtroom is depressing. One of the most depressing places i have been in my life. Im sitting here. Michael is the prosecutions star witness. Hes the only one who has testified before the president had advanced knowledge of the plan to pay off daniels. Does any reasonable, sensible person believe anything that Michael Cohen says . The defense says theyl
kids back into the classroom. the cdc is advising 3 feet of distancing instead of 6 feet for most students as long as masks and other measures are in place and depending on the community rates. joining me, andy slavitt who heads the covid response team. many states regardless are relaxing restrictions as cnn s alex alexandra field reports. k to 12 schools that operate safety can open. reporter: if even is masked, just 3 feet of students down from 6. the bottom line is there never was very good evidence for doing it alt 6 feet, not if kids are masked up. reporter: it s not clear how soon schools will implement changes as one said they ll, quote, reserve judgment. the push across the country accelerating as the new covid-19 cases hold steady. fewer than 55,000 new cases daily. still, alabama is one of the latest states moving ahead with plans to eliminate a mask mandate. the actual legal krgs of making it a mandate or not, you know, is not up to me, but we, you know,
gun at three different shootings at atlanta area spas. let s bring in kaitlan collins and jeff zeleny in atlanta. jeff, first to you. what do we know about the meeting that the president and vice president are in right now? reporter: we know president biden and vice president harris have been meeting for more than an hour with seven community members including five state leaders here in georgia. they re in the building behind me here on the campus of emeory univ university. it s running a bit long, but we know that president biden is going to be delivering remarks after this meeting. and percentages la, i m told he s going to condemn more forcefully the rise of violence we ve seen here in georgia and across the country directed at asian-americans in the last year during the coronavirus pandemic. president biden is also urging congress to pass the covid-19 hate crimes act. the white house is trying to draw a focus here. the question hanging over a lot of this is some of the
constituents in maryland s eighth district and americans across the country that love our democracy. absolutely. well, i thank you. blessings to you and your family and thank you for all that you do to try to save this democracy. it ain t easy work and thank you for sharing your heart with us tonight. have a wonderful weekend. thank you, jamie raskin. the pleasure is mine. thank you. cheers. tune in on sunday, all of you please on february 6th for the premiere of love and the constitution about congressman raskin s struggle to save democracy and his personal tragedy with the loss of his beloved son tommy. coming up, 30 million families are feeling the effect of the manchin sinema wrath as monthly child tax credits come to an end. stay with us. to an end. to an end. stay with us how do you cashback?