and former legal adviser to michael cohen is expected to testify that cohen is not the guy you want to rely on. a source familiar with jonathan dienst says costello is prepared to say that cohen is a liar, a convicted perjure, an embellisher who s out for revenge, that he s furious with donald trump and blames him for all of his troubles, that the hush money payments were made because cohen felt it was important to keep the stormy daniels matter a secret from melania trump in order to protect their marriage. we are keeping an eye on that courtroom in case costello comes out to speak with reporters, he could. we re also watching for michael cohen who says he s been asked to rebut costello to the grand jury if need be. here s some of what cohen would likely say from his own attorney who just spoke with wnbc. donald trump must be treated like any other citizen, and there aren t two systems of justice. no person is above the law. that s what we re facing now. we have indisputab
which means kudlow is getting the jacuzzi power scrub just in time. that s the only way to get all that jell-o out. the commissioner of the national hockey league said they will evaluate whether to continue pride night where players are expected to wear rainbow color jerseys to show support for the lgbtq community. he says players may not feel comfortable wearing the uniform as a form of endorsement. he calls it a distraction. wokeness invadens an arena and creates unnecessary conflict. not the fun conflict like this. to think politics is destroying this sweet wholesomeness of hockey. it s true this virtue signal forcing some players to defend their beliefs. he refused to wear a pride night jersey. he didn t condemn anybody or try to tell anybody how to live their lives. he just refused to participate. i bet he respects everybody s choices. i respect everybody s choices. my choice is to stay true to myself and my religion. that s all i m going to say. that s all anybo
that has just wrapped up with russian president vladimir putin calling his meeting with chinese president xi jingping successful. today, the two leaders signing a joint declaration deepening their partnership. and the summit obviously comes at a critical time for the war in ukraine. there are strong indications now that russia and china are moving closer both economically and militarily. xi is framing himself as a possible peace broker and they say it could be the basis for ending the war. but the u.s. and western allies remain deeply sceptical. there are signs that russia has requested lethal aid from china but added they don t see evidence that weapons are being delivered. we have team coverage on this. ivan watson is in ukraine. but let s begin with will ripley in taiwan. what more do we know about the talks in moscow today? well, you know, there was a line from vladimir putin as they were signing these documents deepening their partnership that really summed up the re
Joining me today. Ill see you back here next saturday at eight Easter Smerconish starts right now a republican and an independent walk into a libertarian establishment. Youre going to have to wait for the punchline. I, Michael Smerconish in philadelphia. Thank you for joining me. This Memorial Day Weekend in an unusual move tonight, former president donald thatll trump will address the Libertarian National convention in washington, dc and independent rfk junior spoke there on friday after having flirted with running as a libertarian earlier in the cycle this morning, the Drudge Report leading with his appearance saying rfk jr. Slams trump locked down standing o from libertarians. He spent a lot of his hourlong speech criticizing both president s trump and biden President Trump said that he was going to run america like a business. He closed down 3. 3 million businesses with no due process, no just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment with a lockdowns, the mask mandates the
Welcome, to the special coverage of criminal trumps criminal trial. It is a week that could be make or break as key witness Michael Cohen unloaded on trump but then found himself on defense with trumps fate now hanging in the balance. The star witness takes the stand against donald j trump. Michael cohen now the star witness. The expresident coming face to face with the man who used to do his dirty work. Who now has turned into the key witness. Telling the court, everything required mr. Trumps sign off. Will he keep his cool during the crossexamination . I think the punches are building cumulatively. I think that tuesday there were bruises, and today there is blood. Stor cohen is a bad human being. If i was a juror i would think this guy is making it up as he is going along. We have heard different people, legal experts, longtime journalists, and other observers close to this. I can tell you, was inside the courtroom. Including the key cross on thursday. And cohen did give the da what