and katy tur pick up our special coverage, next. our special coverage, next good day, i m 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 cross-examination. 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
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. former co
right before they took a break, the prosecution in donald trump s hush money case reminded the jury michael cohen is not the one on trial here. despite a cross-examination that got heated, just as he was finishing, and yet an admission by trump s former fixer on the stand did leave the d.a. s office with some clean up to do. i m 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. we re 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. nbc s yasmin vossoughian is live at the courthouse. catherine christian is still with us. also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in robert muel
trial with wiz former fixer and attorney michael cohen grilled by the former president s defense team about a phone call from eight years ago. we re going to bring you expert legal analysis on that testimony and what to expect next in the trial. also ahead we ll explain why president biden s interview with special counsel robert hur is back in the headlines months after the special counsel decide against seeking charges against the former president. and bring you the latest out of gaza amid growing dire humanitarian concerns. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 17th. we made it to friday. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a jam-packed show this morning. and we will begin with donald trump s criminal hush money trial, which is nearing the finish line and could potentially wrap up as early as next week. the prosecution s star witness, michael cohen, is set to return to the stand on monday after trump s legal t
saturdays at 11:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc and i promise tomorrow night is going to be a good one. from all of our colleagues across the networks and nbc news, thanks for staying up late, see you again tomorrow. u again tom tomorrow. tonight on all in. being bad or slow isn t enough of a reason to get off the case. a new ruling from trump s florida judge and a quantity for the special counsel. the next question really is, what is judge stuff going to do? tonight, the slow walking on the documents case and the dwindling options for jack smith. then 30 some other banks and in surety forms said no. so, they are have to be a reason why he said yes why a subprime auto lender, from california, put up trump s $175 million bond. um what does he get in return? and trump s golf deal with from saudi arabia, what do they get in return? plus. we don t see the changes that we need to see. there will be changes in our own policy. new pressure on israel that m