Its mark down book. Cbs evening news starts now. Norah good evening, im norah odonnell, thank you for being with us after a pivotal day in the criminal trial of donald trump. The former president coming facetoface with his onetime personal attorney michael cohen, who gave six hours of detailed testimony under oath, Painting A Behind The Scenes picture of what was happening in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. The former fixer and inside man detailed how trump personally approved the socalled hush money hush money payouts to hide his stories he believed would hurt him with female voters in his 2016 run for the white house. It was the Stormy Daniels payment and reimbursement disguised as Legal Expenses that is at the heart of this criminal case. Trump is charged with 34 Felony Counts of falsifying Business Records to conceal that information from voters. Reporters in the room say trump spent much of the day in court with his eyes closed. Cbss robert costa was there for todays riveting testimony and reports on a secret recording between cohen and trump of the jury just today. Michael cohen left early this morning for what would be a blockbuster day in court where he testified when Stormy Daniels started shopping her story, donald trump told him just take care of it. Cohen set the scene, the 26 teen election was just weeks away and according to cohens testimony, trump said its a disaster, women are going to hate me. I have no idea what they are doing. As trump continued to deny all of the allegations, cohen detailed how he made the 130,000 payment to daniels to keep her quiet which he described in 2019. He asked me to pay off an Adult Film Star with whom he had an affair and to lie about it to his wife. Which i did. Before finalizing the 130,000 payments to daniels, cohen said he called a trump to tell him because everything required to mr. Trumps signoff. On top of that i wanted the money back. Cohen so far has been effective for the prosecution. Hes the first witness was really place to donald trump directly in these discussions about the payoffs to Stormy Daniels. Cohen pointed to a Trump Tower Meeting where he and former chief Financial OfficerEllen Wessel Berg showed cohens name of the top end 130,000 scribbled at the bottom. It was there that trump approved the plan to pay him in monthly installments. Jurors also heard them allegedly talking together in 2016 about a separate Hush Money Payment made to former playboy playmate karen mcdougal. A recording cohen made without telling trump. I spoke to alan about it, when it comes time for the financing. What financing . Will not have to pay at. One major challenge for prosecutors is getting the jury to believe michael cohen. Is a convicted felon who spent time in prison and admitted lying to congress. The only way they can do that is by allowing cohen to be himself on the stand and testify, he comes across as a person who is credible, who may have lied in the past but is telling the truth now. Trump and cohen barely looked at each other all day but there was one moment where cohen was asked to single out the defendant and he did just that. Cohen will be back in the courtroom tomorrow. Norah robert costa, thank you so much. Breaking news from the scene at that deadly Bridge Collapse in baltimore. And a risky operation, engineers just hours ago set off controlled explosions in the wreckage of the Francis Scott key bridge to help try to free the massive cargo ship that crashed into it nearly seven weeks ago. Nicole sganga is there. Explosive Precision Cuts at the sight of the key Bridge Collapse. Workers demolishing steel beams to remove a colossal steel truss atop the Container Ship Dali where 21 crew members remain below deck during this operation. It is going to allow for the pressure from those cuts to literally separated the metal and cut through the steel. Once clear, crews will work to reflowto the Container Ship Dali in hopes of moving the ship out of the channel and just two days. The massive Container Ship expanding 985 feet and weighing 116,000 tons. Moving it is one of the last remaining barriers to clearing the channel. The bridge is down. This is the moment the first Police Marine unit arrived on scene at the deadly Bridge Collapse, seven weeks ago. Several vehicles in the water. Authorities have recovered all six bodies of the Construction Workers who died during the Bridge Collapse. Maryland has now offered a 22 million in assistance to impacted small businesses, plus 2. 8 million in cash to port workers. We are talking about a port that has economic output of 191 million daily. Amid calls for accountability as investigators dive into the most expensive maritime tragedy in u. S. History. We know that those who need to be held responsible for this tragedy will be held respo responsible. Findings from a preliminary investigation by the ntsb are expected to be released tomorrow. Meanwhile, maryland transportation Officials Say the new bridge is expected to cost as much as 2 billion. Norah thank you so much. Tonight, the white house is urging israel to focus on a clear end game for its war with hamas with a political plan for the future of the palestinian people. This comes as israel finds itself fighting hamas in areas at once thought had been cleared of militants. Cbss r Ramy Inocencio reports e struggle for food and shelter in gaza is getting worse. Is really strikes echo across northern gaza, like in the first weeks of this war. More wounded and more dead, with thousands of running out of Refugee Camps as israels military rolled in to stop hamas from regrouping. A tank is behind a school yelled this mother. We dont know where to go. On gazas southern end them up parts of gaza city set shattered and abandoned as israel advances there. Nearly 360,000 people have fled in the past week as israel ramped up its attacks. The already displaced, again displaced to the sands further north. I need to stay strong because of my daughter said jamila abu jebara. She named her six other Sons And Daughters killed in an israeli strike seven months ago today. I think im dreaming and ill wake up and find my children around me. Deema now an only child said i just want this war to end. Hostility runs deep and wide. Of the day is really settlers attacked and aid convoy headed to gaza, ransacking their trucks and throwing their contents on the street. As the country marked its first memorial day since october 7th for Fallen Soldiers and victims of terror, the u. S. Warned israel it needs a plan to replace hamas as a governing body. Youre likely to have a vacuum, a vacuum filled by chaos, anarchy and ultimately by hamas again. The Health Ministry is appealing for International Pressure to let him desperately needed aid, medical supplies come and if you will. Crucial southern Border Crossing and raw file remains closed. Norah Ramy Inocencio, thank you for being there. To the intensifying war in ukraine, Russian Forces are carrying out a major assault in and around the second largest city kharkiv capturing more than a halfdozen towns and villages over the weekend. Russia has been pounding ukraines power grid while ukraines desperately outgunned troops wait for more military aid to arrive from the u. S. And western allies. Tonight in New York City is on edge following a string of random assaults including two high profile incidents in just the last week. A tourist in times square was stabbed over the weekend and a celebrity was punched in the face by a stranger, just a few days earlier. Cbss Nikki Battiste reports on what is behind this rise in frightening attacks. Surveillance video shows this terrifying moment on saturday in times square. A Man Jumping Up from a walker, pulling out a knife and lunging at two women walking by, stabbing one of them in the chest. A few minutes later, police handcuffed the suspect. Its the latest in a series of random assaults across New York City. About a dozen people, mostly women and 19yearold have reported incidents to police. Some shared stories online, saying they were randomly punched in the face while walking down the street. It was like a zombie walked in and punched me and just kept walking out of nowhere. Actor Steve Buscemi had a swollen, bloody i after he was allegedly hit by this man last week. His publicist said in a statement the sopranos and Boardwalk Empire Star was another victim of a random act of violence in the city. Its a combination of factors and one of them is unaddressed mental illness. Overall murders, burglaries, and shootings in New York City are down but there have been about 1,000 more Misdemeanor Assaults like punching incidents this year compared to last, about a 7 jump. Is at the randomness of these incidents that causes the alarm . Im minding my business, not engaging with anybody, not making eye contact, not being hostile. And yet i can get assaulted and thats what makes people afraid to. The nypd believes there are multiple people behind these Punching Attacks and they dont appear to be connected to. So far there have been at least four arrests. We reached out to the nypd to ask if they are stepping up Street Patrols but we havent heard back. Norah Nikki Battiste, thanks very much. More than 100 active wild fires are burning in canada sending thick smoke across the border south into the united states, minnesota officials issued the states first the air quality alert of the year. Wisconsin and iowa also facing air quality issues. Canada had its worst Wildfire Season on record last year, extreme Drought Conditions could make this year even worse. Tonight, Severe Weather is once again taking aim at parts of the country, this tornado striking a short time ago in southern missouri while heavy rains flooded roads across texas, dropping hail the size of golf balls. Look at that on homes near austin. More than 10 million americans are under flood alerts from texas to florida with more rain in the forecast. Some areas could receive up to a foot by the end of the week. Tens of millions of americans are gearing up for the upcoming memorial day weekend. Aaa says 43. 8 Million People are expected to travel 50 miles or more this year making it the busiest in nearly 20 years. Here is cbss kris van cleave. Hoping to beat the potentially recordbreaking Summer Travel rush, joy Noelle Balanag booked her vacation months ago. Im definitely excited for this travel season, i do plan on traveling on airplanes, i do plan on taking my car, just seeing where the Summer Season takes me. She will not be alone. Aaa is expecting about a 5 bump in Airline Travel this memorial day weekend. United airlines is planning for its busiest ever, flying over half a Million People per day. But most will drive. Aaa predicting a record 38. 4 million will hit the road up 4 from last year. It goes back to that bucket list, yolo, you only live once mentality. A lot of people are going with not take those trips we always take with our families lets get more adventurous. One of the Fastest GrowingTravel Segments postpandemic is cruising, the industry was done i can expect nearly 35,000 passengers this year, a new h high. Vacation season started early. What do you like best about cruz and . That you get to go to multiple destinations, unpack your suitcase once. Youve got food, entertainment, even a casino if youre into that. 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