And we are sending our care to her family tonight. Thanks so much for watching this room with wolf blitzer starts now its tuesday, may 21, right now on cnn this morning and explosive admission from Michael Cohen in a dramatic clash between the judge and a witness in the final hours of the trump Hush Money Trial, plus an angry response from President Biden after the International Criminal well, court decided to see an Arrest Warrant for israels Prime Minister. Was growing uncertainty in the middle east. Whats next for iran after the sudden death of their president . Alright, by they, im hearing washington alive. Look at New York City on this Tuesday Morning. Good morning, everyone. Kasie hunt. Wonderful to have you with us in just hours. Donald trumps criminal Hush Money Trial set to resume in new york. This comes after an explosive monday in court. Former trump fixer, Michael Cohen, admitting to stealing thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization. Another hit to the credibility o
Cnn. And of course, viewers two. And we are sending our care to her family tonight. Thanks so much for watching this room with wolf blitzer starts now Breaking News tonight in the Trump Trial Fireworks in the courtroom as the defense begins presenting its case, falling, a witness who was reprimanded by the judge for snide remarks and i rolling this at the star prosecution witness, Michael Cohen admitted on the stand to sleep healing from the Trump Organization. Other regular news this hour, the us is denouncing the International Criminal court as it seeks war crimes, Arrest Warrants for israeli Prime Minister benjamin designe out in addition to hamas leaders, President Biden saying its outrageous to suggest any equivalency between israel and a terrorist group. Plus theres even more uncertainty in the volatile middle east after the uranium president s death. In a Helicopter Crash, thats raising concern theres about a potentially very dangerous power struggling welcome to our viewers her
Possibility, but now were getting to the point where its put up or shut up now his. Attorneys say that they dont call it. Im going to call any more witnesses. And so based on that, it seems like theyre not going to call them. But in trump world, you really dont know until the very last second, do you . And they really dont have to tell us du that very last second. Now, if he doesnt, it will put a lot more weight on Michael Cohens testimony. And today cohens credibility, its quite another hit with the revelation that he had stolen money from the Trump Organization more on that in a new york minute. But there was another person on the hot seat today this time and i rolling sayyed, giving witness who annoyed the judge so much . The judge cleared the courtroom to dress him down. Im talking about robert costello, a former adviser and Michael Cohen and took the stand for the defense today and describe an april 2018 meeting that he had with cohen about the Stormy Daniels payments. Now, from t
Where this trial gets underway in just a few hours morning disorder in the court. The prosecutions star witness sing a reimbursement far greater than the payment that he had made on the companys behalf. Trumps son, eric, taking notice in real time with this tweet declaring, quote, this just got interesting cohen under redirect, explaining he stole the money because his annual bonus had been slashed. He described it as selfhelp then there were the fireworks. Robert costello and former Legal Advisor to cohen, and now a Trump Defense witness was scolded. Shall we say . By judge merchan for uttering comments under his breath and rolling his eyes during testimony. The judge clearing the courtroom and threatening to have costello removed, warning him when theres a witness on the stand. If you dont like my ruling you dont say jeez, you dont give me sayyed, eye and you dont roll your eyes to be continued. This morning, our panels here from our federal prosecutor, elliot williams, republican st
Not credible as a matter of law is not something that judges really do i think that to a certain extent the judge was cutting through and saying the standard here is that no reasonable juror could possibly find on these facts and that usually is successful. If the evidence produced the trial skips and element entirely, you have no evidence of a Shooting Evidence is somebody got shot and then they just forget to bring in the autopsy so that nobody actually testifies the guy died. Then you ask for judgment as a matter of law that acquitting on the murder case because there was no evidence of a death and so its unlikely to do here and so i think the judge is kinda needling todd a little bit there with the with the whole idea of not quite able as a matter of law, i will say though these types of motions, even though from the defense sayyed, you know that youre unlikely to win its very useful to prepare for the closing because you kind of preview your argument and then you see what the pros