Hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both Ranking Member mister heiss and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person. Especially when we are in session i made a promise to mister heiss that i would fight for that and today is the fruit of that effort i believe when we were in session, to the extent possible, protecting everybodys health and safety, we can and should be meeting like this. At least in hybrid form those members who are not comfortable or who physically cannot join us in the hearing room are more than welcome to join us through the web. We are happy to have them. We ask everybody, when they are not speaking, to wear a mask that is the guidance and the capitol hill position. That is the guidance of the chairwoman of this committee. It protects everybody i really appreciate that cooperation. Let me see. For members appearing remotely, just a few reminders before i get my Opening Statement. House rules require that we see you so pl
On this. Thank you so much for joining us you always learn something clear. Fold belt. They dont want exact worth an all right. Thank you so much for joining us. This is Cnn News Central seen in special coverage of the donald trump Hush Money Trial continues. Big day today on the sand t intention all back on the stand. You are looking at live pictures of 100 Centre Street in downtown manhattan, where in just minutes, Michael Cohen will be back under oath and donald trump will be watching as his former fixer tries to stitch together the prosecutions case for a jury that could send the former president of the United States to jail welcome to our viewers. Im john berman in new york youre watching Cnn Special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up, try not jake tapper in washington dc today, prosecutors want Michael Cohen to say more about the last piece of that sentence the cover up, part. That is the crux of the governments case against the 45th president. I was following his
Will the prosecutions star witness help or hurt the case . Expanding the battlefield. Israeli forces push further into rafah and launch attacks in other parts of gaza where hamas is reemerging. Mr. Speaker pomp and protests. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld greeted with boos and a walkout as propalestinian students protest his support of israel. Force of nature. A tornado strikes a Pennsylvania Church during service, and now more severe storms are moving across the country. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. All eyes will be on manhattan, a courtroom today, as former President Donald Trump comes face to face with his former fixer michael cohen. The prosecutions star witness is expected to testify about his socalled hushmoney payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Cbs news naomi ruchim with more on what to expect. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Michael cohens testimony is pivotal to the outcome of this case, and each side believes they
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Of the russians offer. He was informed by donald trump jr. About that offer. By cohens account, trump approved going ahead with that meeting with the russians. Now, we should note our sources said cohen does not have evidence such as audio recordings to corroborate his claim. A source familiar with cohens house testimony said he did not testify that trump had advance knowledge. Cohens claims were not mentioned as well in separate reports issued by both republicans and democrats on the house intelligence committee. Now, going back through that transcript, the question before congress for cohen is going to be did they even ask him about it . So now theres a different state of play. Lets bring in carl here. Timing, why now . Because Michael Cohen is going around saying that he has information that shows that the president had foreknowledge of this event as well as foreknowledge of other things that cohen now is aware of, and we know that cohen is, quote, flipping, attempting to flip on th