Thank you for joining us. Cohen lies, biden lies, thats the focus of tonights angle. Laura now, consider what the jurors who have had to sit there in manhattan in that courtroom for four weeks had likely learned about the prosecutions star witness. Is he a convicted perjurer and a tax evaried. He secretly tapes and doesnt give get permission lied about the reason for trump security. Now on top of all of that he has admitted that he is a thief. Yeah. The fixer inflated a contractors invoice to the Trump Organization from 20 k to 50 k and pocketed the difference. Now, i was wondering when we were going to start Hearing Evidence of an actual crime at this trial and today was it. Now, any legal expert worth his or her salt would at this point know that the credibility of Michael Cohen is cooked. The fact that he was never charged with larceny is important because stealing 60,000 through fraud which would be larceny in New York State is more serious of a crime than falsifying business recor
Next week. Breaking news from ukraine, at least 51 people are dead after a russian strike on a supermarket. President zelenskyy calling it one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months. Prosecutors paint a damming portrait of Sam Bankmanfried and the lavish lifestyle he lived before it came crashing down. Defense says hes no villain, just a math nerd with good intentions. A wild trust in the Corruption Case against senator bob menendez and his wife. The allegations that a deadly Car Crash Led them to take a mercedesbenz as a bribe. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We start on capitol hill where the race for the next speaker is both unsettled and filled with intrigue. Nbcs Julie Tsirkin is there. Whats the latest . Multiple sources tell myself and our colleagues that the former president is considering heading to the capitol next week to get involved in the speakers race. One source specifically told me it is the former president s intention acc
You do . Youre assuming that i cant bring the republicans together. Thats why im running. Plus, Donald Trumps plans to appeal a judges ruling finding him liable for fraud. Could that impact the trial already in its fourth day . Also, scathing new remarks from new yorks Attorney General declaring the trump show is over. And later, new controversy for the Biden White House this morning, details on miles of new border wall about to be built in texas and the federal laws being waived to do it. Hello, and thank you for joining us. Its 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and we begin with the power vacuum in washington as a furious rush begins to find the next speaker of the house. Republican Steve Scalise and jim jordan are among the early candidates at least vying for the gavel, but its tense in the house. Very tense ahead of the planned October 11th Vo so is there anyone that fractured caucus can get behind . Nbcs ali vitali is on capitol hill where she just spoke with
Week three of Donald Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial. I, wolf blitzer in washington, Kaitlan Collins is outside the courthouse in new york, right . Now, the prosecution is questioning Keith Davidson, the former attorney for Stormy Daniels, and Karen Mcdougal to women who say they had affairs with trump anywhere paid to keep quiet. Jurors also heard from the banker who processed the Stormy Daniels payment. He said he was misled about that transaction caitlin yeah. Wolf, its been fascinating inside that courtroom because also remember at the start of today, the judge ruled that trump violated his gag order in this case nine times. He find trump the max its a mum of 1,000 per violation and even floated the possibility of jail time for future ones. Cnns paula reid and Phil Mattingly are here covering all of this with me. I should note that the court has just taken a break for lunch, which means Keith Davidson is off the witness stand. Donald trump is leaving the courtroom, so as the judge
expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here s athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama s priority. say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. reporter: he s been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. reporter: the bill would cut payroll taxes, extend unemployment benefits, give tax credits for hiring veterans or the long-term unemployed and provide money to keep public workers on the job and invest in rebuilding schools and road and paid for with a 5.6% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2013. the political stakes for mr. obama are high. no president since franklin roosevelt has bun re-elected with