Expert witness. Nobodys ever heard of it before. Thats donald trump yet again making false claims, this time doing so yesterday after testimony wrapped up in his hush money trial. The judge cleared the jury out of the courtroom because of the lawyer trump just referenced. Well have expert legal analysis on that very contentious moment straight ahead. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani and other trump allies accused of Election Interference in arizona are due in court today. Well explain that case and how prosecutors tracked down the former mayor of New York City. Also ahead an update on Campaign Cash of President Biden and donald trump as the rnc ramps up funding to overcome the former president s legal bills. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 21st. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial, which will resume later this morning after the prosecution r
President Ebrahim Raisi and his Prime Minister have been killed in a Helicopter Crash. Triggering a massive response across middle east and around the world. You are watching fox and friends first, im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. Calling extraordinary meeting it determine next steps. Iran plays influential role in instability in the middle east. State media and iran confirming death of Ebrahim Raisi and that helicopter along with the countrys Foreign Minister and other security. After visit to azerbaijani to meet with his counterparts that raisis helicopter went missing south of the azerbaijani border. Rescue efforts were made more complicated because of heavy fog. Other two helicopters traveling made its way back to iran safely. Todd the chopper slammed into a mountain peak. No specifics on the crash, israel has denied any involvement in what happened. Raisi was potential successor to ayatollah khamenei. It was in 2022, when massive protest broke out over womens rights putting
Get away from the glass [background sounds] neil how would you like to be in the middle of all of that . Fox on top of texas after a destructive and deadly storm touch down. Thiess seven confirmed dead in the houston area after wind gusts reached more than 100 mileperhour. Hundreds of thousands still without power, and were tracking the legal storms as well from the fixation over Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial to the folk on Hunter Bidens two upcoming trials. Will any of it matter to voters in november . And then the storm over my, shall we say, chat with the white house economic adviser Jared Bernstein after President Biden continues to say inflation was 9 percent when he took office. The facts see otherwise, it got nasty, and youll get to see for yourself. Neil good morning, everybody. Happy to have you, im neil cavuto. Lets get right to it with the latest in houston and the fallout from a storm that ended up being a lot worse than earlier thought. Lets get the latest from f
Unleashing a barrage of bullets. A search for answers. The Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Under Fire for his commencement speech, urging women to be homemakers, and blasting the lgbtq community. What the nfl is now saying. And after thieves made off with a beloved Jackie Robinson statue, the Community Coming together to help a legend rise again. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. A grueling day for donald trump accuser Michael Cohen, as the former president s lawyer worked to shake off some of the sparkle from the prosecutions star witness. Cohen has now spent a total of 14 hours on the witness stand this week, facing crossexamination by defense attorney todd blanche. Diving once more into cohens history of lies, painting him as driven by revenge and confronting him with his eagerness to see his former boss rot inside. And in a key moment, leading cohen to contradict his own testimony about a phone call he says he had with mr. Trump regarding the
His decisions do not reflect the moral compass of ourselves, the students. Maurice the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im maurice dubois. Norah is on assignment. Tonight, we are following escalating propalestinian protests on campuses around the country. In california, police in helmets and riot gear cleared a lecture hall at uc irvine, arresting 50 people. Chicago Police Arrested two protesters at Depaul University while clearing that encampment. At least five students chained themselves to columns at the university of oregon, and at the university of michigan, protesters placed fake bloody body bags outside the private home of a school board member. These scenes are playing out in the middle of graduation season, and this weekend, President Biden could step into the fray when he travels to georgia to give the Commencement Address at Morehouse College. Cbss Nikole Killion reports on how the school and the white house are preparing for possib