Former president attends his younger sons high school graduation. For moment it looks like House Republicans would lose control of the floor because so many republicans have going have been going to see Donald Trumps trial. President trump is unjustly not allowed to speak. The judicial system has been westernized. This is a scam, a sham, a show. That courtroom is depressing. One of the most depressing places a better my life. Michael cohen is the prosecutions star witness. Hes the only one that testified the former president has advanced knowledge of the plan to pay off daniels. Is there any sense that you can believe anything Michael Cohen says . The defense will finish cross tomorrow. Good evening, once again bid we are now 172 days away from the election. It was a pivotal week in former president s new york criminal trial. Star witness and ekstrom fixer, Michael Cohen, took the stand and faced heated Cross Examination Were Trump Steen questioned a key part of his testimony. Meanwhil
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
Prosecutors werent asking him questions and that he would say things that the grand jury would basically hurt the prosecutions case so they didnt ask him questions. I will say them anyway. The indictment came down. But dana, important point on that. Something he said along those lines hits me like a thud. I have always been puzzled why it is the way they structured this indictment was the grand jury narrowly indicts on the business records. No recitation in the jury indictment. At the same time bragg puts out a statement that is a statement of fact. Not a grand jury document, just braggs document and his big recitation about the theft of the election and all that stuff. I wonder if they didnt put usually the prosecutor puts the statement of fact in the grand jury, in the indictment as context for the charges. I wonder if bragg did that document separately because after costellos testimony he didnt think he would make his story fly with the grand jury. I think thats very possible. Bill
And declaring a State Of War Alert after the Palestinian Militant Group hamas fires thousands of rockets from the gaza strip into southern israel. The groups leader says its part of a new Military Operation against israel. Israels territory has also reportedly been infiltrated by numerous Palestinian Militants during the unprecedented attack. Several videos posted on social media appear to show dozens of uniformed gunmen inside the Israeli Border town of sderot ready across the region are being ordered to remain indoors. And were learning a woman in her 60s was killed and at least 100 others were injured in the rocket attacks. Israels Security Cabinet is set to convene in the coming hours for following its State Of War Alert declaration. Officials warn hamas will face consequences for the attacks and has reportedly already begun striking targets in the gaza strip. The launch has come after weeks of heightened tensions along israels volatile border with gaza and heavy fighting in the Is
but first, a moment in court the judge called outrageous and simply not allowed. good day. i m chris jansing alongside andrea mitchell and katy tur and they are back in the courtroom. the judge is now planning to issue a new instruction to the jury after trump s defense attorney made a remark that the jury, quote, cannot send someone to prison based on the words of michael cohen. the judge did not like that at all and blasted todd blanche for even raising the idea of trump going to prison. it s not in the jury s purview. and of course, you can t unring the bell and now we are all watching to just see how the prosecution tries to rebut the defense s portrayal of michael cohen as someone with an ax to grind and quote, the greatest liar of all time, that he called the gloat. vaughn hillyard is with us, danny, catherine christian. both are msnbc legal analysts. okay, they are already back, as we said. we have a little bit of color from inside the room. all the attorneys are