good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera alongside my colleague and friend jose diaz-balart, bringing you special coverage as history unfolds this morning in a new york courthouse. closing arguments now under way in the first criminal trial of a former president. the dramatic final phase of donald trump s hush money case after 21 days in court, 22 witnesses and 80 hours of testimony. up first in today s closing arguments, trump s defense team. attorney todd blanche trying to convince a jury that the prosecution did not meet their burden of proof in this trial. nbc s yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. also with us, chuck rosenberg, former senior fbi official, daniel leven, former prosecutor, jeremy solante, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor and professor at cordosa law school. the defense closing is already under way. todd blanche saying to the jury, you should want or expect more than the testimony of michael cohen. what else are we hearing
arguments set to begin very shortly in the criminal case against donald trump thank you all for being with us. cnn special live coverage. those arguments begins right now here in new york city to historic criminal trial donald j. trump entering the final critical phase. this our closing arguments about to begin the former president on his way to the courthouse it was trial has been building for weeks toward this dramatic moment in the prosecution of events. lay it all on the line. i m anderson cooper here in new york, and i ve jake tapper in washington. you re watching special seen in live coverage of donald trump s hush money cover-up. proud to closing arguments that plan in the hours ahead will be the last word from lawyers on both sides before jurors decide if mr. trump becomes the first ever former president convicted of a crime prosecutor, joshua steinglass will today tried to weave together weeks of testimony and evidence, two make the case that mr. trump was involv
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thing is made, its position is very clear on what s going on. i mean, i think that john kirby yesterday some pretty strong comments about bbs comments back to us. so i just i mean, i think that the president is probably preparing for a debate and deal with it. all right, thanks to to our panel. thank you for joining us. i m one of the rod you join me for inside politics sunday at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. eastern lead here on cnn and cnn news central starts donald trump getting up billionaires, boost the numbers behind his huge fundraising haul over president biden as they prepare to face off for a historic debate in less than a week. but you re on cnn summer, is officially kicked off. you can definitely feel it a dangerous heatwave taking over the northeast and midwest with temperature set to store in to the hundreds. this weekend and are you you ready for an ai takeover? america s big companies are ramping up their use of artificial intelligence to do jobs once exclu
accomplished, incredible. it never know that that fear was their hope overcame. thanks so much for joining us ac30 60 begins now tonight on 360, he s been talking plenty about revenge lately now, the former president and takes it one step further amplifying calls for chasing down perceived opponents the first time one of his most prominent targets is responding tonight on 360. also tonight breaking news on the judge trump appointed who s now slow walking through his classified documents, case he s new reporting that her own boss, the chief judge, asked her not to take the case and later, life and remarkable career of donald sutherland, who died today at 80 good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight, keeping them honest with a question, why should the republican candidate for president? and very possibly the next president united states, be concerned even just a little about a former career civil servant. it s unclear why he is, but it should concern all of us tha