Ukraine and russia, israel and hamas threatening to spill over into wider conflicts, american leaders on the global stage critical, but we are still facing our own crisis of democracy right here at home one that is easy to overlook when the news of the worlds war. The legal peril facing the twice impeached multiple indicted former president seem to increase in recent days, with the guilty pleas of two highlevel codefendants in the Election Interference case out of fulton county, georgia. But the peril for our own system of governance is increasing too as Donald Trumps own behavior continues to push dangerous lies and the Republican Party continues to be largely beholden to him. In this moment of global crises, americans and the world are looking to american leaders for guidance. But instead of inspiring confidence, our congress is more dysfunctional than it has been in more than 150 years, since the civil war. And that is because donald trump has broken the Republican Party and is now
Right. Thank you so much, bill. And dont miss the onehour champions for change special saturday at 9 00 a. M. S3 60 starts now good evening. And what a day and welcome to a week of testimony from perhaps the most consequential in controversial prosecution witness in the former president s hush money trial, Michael Cohen, a onetime fixer attorney, and according to his memoir, Designated Thug for the former president hes now a convicted felon and self admitted per juror, but despite that resume, he took the stand today as the single individual who can show the jury believe him, do what no other witnesses can testify to multiple direct conversations with the former president about then candidates not alleged knowledge and even authorization of every critical step of the alleged good morning crime that forms the basis of 34 Felony Charges against him, plus, cohen can testify to the prosecutions allegation that the socalled catch and kill scheme was a political move designed to win an elect
Much for watching. Our Special Coverage continues right now on plead with jake tapper cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper, the criminal hush money coverup trial. A former President Donald Trump is well underway right now in manhattan on the stand, right now is a man named douglas doubts he works for the Manhattan District Attorneys Office, but as opposed to previous days that were focused on bank records today. We are knee deep in shady deals and sleazy details mentioned today, were other Celebrity Scandals involving all cogen and Charlie Sheen more on that in a second. But the reason we heard all of this today was because of this man Keith Davidson, who took the stand. He is the attorney who represented both Stormy Daniels the Adult Film Star and director, and Karen Mcdougal, the 1998 playboy playmate of the year. When negotiating Hush Money Payments arrange to keep them twice quiet about alleged sexual encounters they had with donald trump, ones that mr. Trump d
Obsessed with this . One individual and taylor swift at the center of a wild Conspiracy Theory is spreading like wildfire among its Trump Supporters Special Report ahead. Lets go out, find and good evening. Im erin burnett and outfront tonight, the Breaking News, Stormy Daniels and trump tower, trumps longtime assistant on the stand late today. She said she saw Stormy Daniels and trump tower, and she testified that she maintained contacts for both Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal for donald trump. Trumps longtime gatekeeper, rhona graff, was in many ways, trumps righthand for 34 years. And this moment on The Apprentice accurately captures her central role in organizing trumps personal and professional life he asked me to call you and tell you to meet him tomorrow morning at the New York Stock Exchange . I can tell you as a reporter, if you needed to reach trump, he called graff anytime i was at trump tower to see trump when i was a Business Reporter or on The Apprentice, she was there
Saw Stormy Daniels and trump tower. Prosecutors also grilling cohens banker helped the former president s fixer wire the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. So did prosecutors make their case three witnesses today, plus trump and his allies targeting a top prosecutor in the new york case, accusing him of being a plant for the white house so who is he why is trumps so . Obsessed with this one individual . And taylor swift at the center of a wild Conspiracy Theory is spreading like wildfire amongst trumps supporters. Special report ahead. Lets go out, friend and good evening. Im erin burnett and outfront tonight, the Breaking News, Stormy Daniels and trump tower, trumps longtime assistant on the stand late today. She said she saw Stormy Daniels and trump tower and she testified that she maintained contacts for both Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal for donald trump. Trumps longtime gatekeeper, rhona graff, was in many ways to trumps righthand for 34 years. And this moment on The Apprentic