Starts now. Welcome, everyone. Its a special twohour edition of the beat. Im ari melber. This is the second day of convicted former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying. Inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss and by the afternoon the defense started their crossexamination. Weve been reporting on that. Heres how its been going. Another pivotal day in Donald Trumps criminal trial in new york. The prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the stand for a second day of testimony. Its a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment weve been waiting for, the crossexamination. The burning question, will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin an intense crossexamination. Its been an explosive last hour of testimony. Its getting testy. Michael cohen is 45 minutes now into todd blanches cross. Donald trumps attorneys attempted to shred the thats some of what down today. Prosecutors have confirme
Jot Democratic National convention could go virtual and party looks for a backup plan. The third hour starts right now. Pete the skyline is flat in the background and green. Will omaha. Omaha. Pete what do we got . Lirk you werent here and took a really long vacation for two weeks. Pete its hard work being a weekend host. Will i launched a similar complaint to pete. Rachel well move on. Bidens team pushing for a virtual dnc with Prerecorded Speeching from the president. Will perhaps scenes like this is why. Biden greeted with a big group of pro Palestinian Protesters outside of his fundraiser. Pete Madeleine Rivera with more. The decision to pause and some offensive weapons to israel and fears of widespread Civilian Deatdeaths in rafah and democras are anxious of the unrest and shadows in summer. Im going to go ahead and preface this by saying 98 of language and impeachment articles was actually drafted by representative Jerry Nadlers who i hope will support this given the fact that th
Ibach welcome to the Journal Editorial Report as we wrap up a busy week for donald trump and his legal team. Stormy daniels took the stand with some salacious testimony that may have done the prosecution more harm than good as the Defense Calls for a mistrial as two criminal cases against the former president hit new roadblocks that could push them past the november election, with the judge delaying the classified documents case in florida. An Appeals Court reviewing the decision to keep District Attorney vani will less on the case. Kims trostle and Manhattan Institute senior fellow jason riley. You are following the trial in new york. What are the most important things we have learned now that in an is in its third week . The most important thing we have not learned is what the second crime is. Donald trump was indicted for falsifying business records, this would be a misdemeanor normally unless you could claim he had a felonious intent to commit another crime. Da alvin bragg has been
Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonishing trumps lawyers for insinuating that actor Stormy Daniels changed her story while rejkting the mistrial request. The judge said, i disagree with your narrative that theres any new account here. Daniels wrapped up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have we dont have the cameras but we have a lot of reporting from people inside the room that it got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers, trying to make a bet the jury wouldnt be as offended by the line of questions as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised around her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today, as she grilled Stormy Daniels during crossexamination. It bordered on, i think, shaming a sex worker. Of course Stormy Dani
Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. And Today Is The Day actress Stormy Daniels taking the stand against donald trump in the trial today. Shes the key witness. So prosecutors had an important goal here today, showing the jury that shes believable, that shes telling the truth, that the facts are on her side. And while defendant trump is not on trial for lying about the underlying encounter. That itself would not be a crime and is not charged, they want to use the d. A. , this testimony to show this was the first of many lies by trump, trump of which if prosecuted are crimes. This is her chance to be heard in a Legal Process that has spanned years and often said has involved many claims about her at the center of this scandal. Donald trumps personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with the republican candidate for president. The former president accused of paying 100,000 in hush money to Stormy Daniels. Stormy daniels became a H