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
Preferred, better science, better results by more than liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn cnn Breaking News hello, and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im paula newton and we are following Breaking News out of orawn or state media has now confirmed the deaths s of president Ebrahim Raisi and the countrys Foreign Minister after a deadly Helicopter Crash. Now rescue crews are now at a staging area. Those are live pictures where they are trying to assess where exactly the wreckage is and to begin, their recovery efforts. Iranian Officials Say the Helicopter Ran into trouble amid heavy fog on sunday afternoon. Images of the crash site in her ons East Azerbaijan province show the remote mountainous area where the aircraft went down. And you were looking at a photo of it right there. The president and other officials had been attending a Ceremony Morning for the opening of a new near the border with azerbaijan, rescuers faced difficult Weather C
Message delivered and what might be next . Effectively an ultimatum for Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, that either he puts the National Interest ahead of his purse its not the interest either. He does whats best for israel or he goes within benny gantz as words, the radicals and his government or reference presumably to the farright ministers Bezalel Smotrich and tamar bengvir. Either he goes with the nation or the radicals, or else benny gantz will leave this government and you recall back in the aftermath of the hamas Terrorist Attacks of october the seventh, benny gantz was the one of the leaders of the opposition. He decided to go into the government, into the war cabinet effectively to ensure that netanyahus running of this war wasnt held hostage to the far right elements in his government and as a result, its important to understand that the way that the war has been playing out has been a result, not just that Prime Minister netanyahu and his broader cabinet, but really the
How do you view your time as governor . I had 2,800 happening now, the first biden trump did 27th, right here on cnn standby for new details on this extraordinary early face off white ball with candidates said yes. And how this very highstakes event is breaking the mold for president ial debates. Also tonight, Michael Cohen is bracing for round two of his fiery crossexamination in Donald Trumps hush money trial. The next moves by the defense could go a long way toward deciding if jurors believed the long term im trump fixtures incriminating testimony against his former boss at a cnn exclusive this Our Inside The Illegal Gun Trade in haiti, a cnn team flies over the country, devastated by Gang Violence to see how Deadly Weapons are smuggled and why thats making efforts to feed starving being people even more dangerous welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer in urine, the Situation Room our top story tonight, the deal is now done, and the da
Right now id front next Breaking News, new reporting just into outer and what is the most important day of the entire Hush Money Trial . We now know what Team Trump Plans to zero in on with Michael Cohen plus more Breaking News. This our a brazen Assassination Attempt, a world leader, close putin ally shot five times in broad daylight still in the hospital, as i speak will tell you what we know. And nikki haley doing it again primary after primary doubledigit support, even though she dropped out of the race months ago so where are these supporters going to go . Lets go out front and good evening. Im erin burnett and we begin out front tonight with the Breaking News. The trump is too cheap defense. So paula reid has this incredible new reporting tonight about teen trumps strategy heading into what they say will be the most important day of trumps criminal trial. So in just hours, Michael Cohen is going to return to the stand. And cnn is learning that trumps lead attorney todd blanche, r