examining spending cuts needed to. balance america s budget. west virginia senator joe manchin on what he s willing to support to unleash america s energy assets. plus, the people of east palestine, ohio, are still reeling after pete buttigieg showed up three weeks after the train derailment. and then claimed to be on private time as president biden jetted off to ukraine and poland. are you going down will? what s that? are you going down there at all? yes, i am. when are you going? i ll share that when i m ready. can i get a photo with you? maria: all of this as president trump headed to east palestine with water and supplies for the region. we have told you loud and clear you are not forgotten. you are not forgotten. we stand with you, we pray for you, and we ll stay with you in your night to help answer your fight to help answer and the accountability that you deserve. the community has shown the tough and resilient heart of america, and that s what it is.
Already on edge. Why we shouldnt believe every number when it comes to joe biden and donald trump. That evening, we are 169 days from the election. Today, new york rested its case in the first criminal trial, i got to be in the courthouse as Michael Cohens marathon testimony ended and trumps team began putting on its case. Reporter former President Trumps team launching a fiery start to the case, taking direct aim at the credibility of Michael Cohen. Calling robert costello, an attorney for rudy giuliani, who advised cohen. He was described as manic. Cohen is implicating mr. Trump and an alleged crime. Costello testified that cohen told him, i dont have anything on donald trump. Directly refuting the testimony that he was directed to pay off Stormy Daniels. Michael cohen said numerous times President Trump knew nothing about it and he did it on his own. The judge repeatedly sustaining objections leading to a heated scolding. The judge at one point saying are you staring me down q he ha
maria: will revenue come from higher taxes? is that what you re seeing in. you don t have to do anything. the efficiencies of what we re doing and how we re doing it. can t you look and see basically let s say that in the last five years that nondiscretionary funding and discretion their funding has raised a trillion dollars. how did we do that? where kid it come from? why do the we put things that we can t negotiate on? why are bedisbursing money we knew during the pandemic we had to, but with that being said, that s going to come down. are we going to the keep that spending when we don t need to right now? continue to send checks that we shouldn t be spending? maria: senator, do you regret voting for that massive spending bill last summer? you were given a promise that your permitting would be in the bill. chuck schumer did not keep that promise. do you regret it in retrospect? well, no, not at all. as far as the inflation reduction act will be the most transformative bill we ve