Thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Trumps lawyers, theyve been working to paint Michael Cohen as a sleazy liar who is hellbent on revenge, conveniently leaving out the fact trump used him as his own personal porno venmo. After calling 20 minutes over the past month, the prosecution rested their case. When he heard, trump was like, ive been resting the whole case. [ applause ] time to rest. Time to rest. Michael cohen admitted on the stand today he stole money from the Trump Organization. Only in a donald trump trial would the star witness be the one who ends up going to jail. How lucky is donald trump . Donald trump is like a corruption mr. Magoo. Hes just stumbling around, quid pro quoing, metal beams falling all around him, getting out unscathed. Well have more from Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, including the Dramatic Exchange in court with a trump ally that led to the judge clearing the cou
Lower manhattan. Michael cohen back on stand for what will be his final day of Cross Examinationened Re in Donald Trumps criminal trial. Now the prosecution is gearing up to redirect questioning of its star witness just one more time. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. That first hour went by like that. Bill im bill hemmer. Good morning. We were talking about the Sports Analogies we could draw. Well get to that. Dana i use batters box and see if i used it correctly. I was kind of there. We have more. Bill we did a little hockey, too. Dana more to come. Bill thats coming your way. The fireworks not over yet. Former president unleashing on the whole process before he entered the courtroom a short time ago. One hour and 15 minutes ago. Watch. I dont think there is one person that says that this trial is legitimate. And everybody is talking about the judge. The judge shouldnt be doing this trial. He is totally conflicted. He is the most conflicted judge possibly in
And katy tur pick up our special coverage, next. Our special coverage, next good day, im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague, katy tur. The prosecution is quickly wrapping up its case in the first Criminal Trial Of A Former american president. The state is gets its chance now to repair any damage done by the testimony of its star witness. Moments ago, the defense wrapped up with Michael Cohen after three days of crossexamination. It was a grueling three days. The Big Wild Card is donald trump himself. Will he live up to his promise to take the stand or put his defense team rest without presenting a single witness . Dramatically demonstrating their argument that the state has failed to meet the burden of proof. Judge merchan has set a new schedule this week guaranteeing the case will not go to the jury until after the long memorial day Holiday Weekend. He announced this morning that Closing Arguments will not take place until next tuesday he says because he does not want
Right before they took a break, the prosecution in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case reminded the jury Michael Cohen is not the one on trial here. Despite a crossexamination that got heated, just as he was finishing, and yet an admission by trumps former fixer on the stand did leave the d. A. s office with some clean up to do. Im Chris Jansing alongside my colleagues, Andrea Mitchell and katy tur. Sorry, Michael Cohen acknowledged under oath that he stole 60,000 from the trump organization, that he did it out of anger that mr. Trump cut his bonus. The prosecution is trying to use their second shot at questioning Michael Cohen to redirect the focus back to the former president. Were going to bring you live updates as we read them when Michael Cohen returns to the stand in just a few minutes after the lunch break. Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is live at the courthouse. Catherine christian is still with us. Also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in Robert Muellers special counsels
Michael cohen is back on the stand momentaryly. Defense appears to be nearing the end of its Cross Examination. The judge believes testimony and evidence will wrap up this week. Summations to come next week. Were not done yet. Good morning, everybody. Bill hemmer, hope you had a glorious weekend. Dana im dana perino and the americas newsroom. When you said were nearing the end. We are. Bill we thought we might get deliberations this week. Based on what the judge just said that is not going to happen. Dana were awaiting president s trumps decision if he decides to take the stand. Here is what he said this morning on his way into court. Thank you very much. Im here instead of campaigning. As you know, i was supposed to be in a very different state this morning. The judge actually decided to call it early and yet it looks like well have a very big gap between days and it will be determined right now in court. But we are here about an hour early today. Supposed to be making a speech for po