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bracing for fires work in court again. bob costello, a former michael cohen legal advisor about to resume testimony. at the end of court yesterday he and the judge did not see eye-to-eye. what will happen on day 20? i m bill hemmer live in new york city. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. yeah, to say the judge was irritated. trey gowdy had thoughts about that which we ll share. let s get you this. the prosecution is about to resume its cross examination of robert costello. a lawyer who advised michael cohen back in 2018 when he was under federal investigation. the two had a falling out allegedly over outstanding legal bills. bill: those bills were high, too. costello is a former prosecutor turned defense lawyer. cohen told him he acted alone paying off stormy daniels. this is what costello said publicly. first in congress, then on our program last thursday. i said michael, the way this works is if you have truthful information about donald tr ....
proceedings. we will see if he stops to speak to reporters as he makes his way back into the courtroom. usually is not the case, it s usually on his way out at this time of day but we will be watching for that hello and welcome everyone i am sandra smith the new york as we head into our number to. john: a lot ahead in the next 60 minutes on john roberts in washington this america reports perry when court resumes they will meet with the prosecution and defense on what should be included in the jury instructions before liberation is. it s a critical step of the trial as the instructions will be the last thing the jury hears before deliberating for a verdict. a threadbare inventive prosecution, but the judge can kind of put his finger on the skill or not in these instructions. it will be very interesting the instructions but of course it all goes back to jury selection too, who are these people and what of their biases? john: we have an all-star lineup of guests to ....
beco i was born here, i grew up here. i see what s happening with this judicial system. and is all kangaroos. to rule from the bench and determine it s a witch hunt. it needs decisiveness. we have phenomenal we have won the case many standard. john: that s a look as they return to the courtroom as the criminal trial enters its final stretch. about one hour and 15 minutes away from that lom don roberts in washington. here we go again, sandra. sandra: we do, i m sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. witness testimony has wrapped, both sides have rested their cases. we await the ever important jury instructions. the judge to hear arguments from the prosecution and defense teams on exactly how the jury should be charged before they had into deliberations. sandra: we have an all-star team of legal and political voices to take us through the next two hours. john: first the former federal prosecutor trey gaudi has been in the courtroom all morning and ....
epic because it hinges on the testimony of one dirty lawyer who lies so often he went to prison for it. a brand-new hour of a day in court which is inching us closer to a conclusion in the case of former president donald trump versus new york. the prosecution s star witness michael cohen on the stand, day three of withering cross examination by trump s defense team. he was trump s attorney and fixer, michael cohen. now the lawyers for trump are pounding cohen s credibility. and when his testimony ends, i will have one question, can the prosecution fix the fixer? i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. we were anticipating this week to be the final stretch in trump s new york criminal trial. his attorneys say they expect to wrap up their questioning today. could be at any time. then the prosecution can choose to ask cohen a second round of questions. he is their final witness. after that, if they choose to do that, the defense then presents its case. for ....
another legal setback for hunter biden as the judge rules his federal gun crimes trial will proceed as scheduled. a big primary for voters in maryland and west virginia as republicans speak gain control of the u.s. senate and secretary of state antony blinken visits ukraine as the u.s. sends in more weapons. rain showers for donald trump start the cross-examination of the key witness in the former president s criminal case. that trial of course centers on 34 case against counts on falsifying business records for a payment to an adult film actress who alleged a sexual encounter with mr. trump ahead of the 2016 election. this is the first ever criminal prosecution of an ex-president. former trump attorney and self-described fixer michael cohen was immediately grilled on cross-examination about his often profane social media posts. concerning his former boss after prosecutors on direct tried to link the former president to that payment and the record of it. correspondent ....