The socalled hush money payments. I call them a Legal Expense. A Legal Expense. Norah the Cbs Evening News now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with those fireworks inside a manhattan courtroom. After a day he was dreading, donald trump left his criminal trial defiant this afternoon after nearly four hours of testimony by Stormy Daniels. Daniels testified under oath about an alleged sexual encounter she had with trump back in 2006, and at times it was graphic. Trump denies any such encounter took place and his legal team aimed to paint the porn star as a greedy liar today. But it is the alleged coverup of the 130,000 hush money payment to daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election that is at the heart of this case. Prosecutors claim that trump falsified his companys Business Records to hide the payment by recording it as a Legal Expense to his former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen. And let me tell you, it is not ov
The worst may be yet to come. The Severe Weather threats for today. Taking the stand. Adult film star Stormy Daniels dishes out salacious details about her alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump. And weapons withheld. The u. S. concerns that halted a shipment of heavy bombs to israel. Good morning and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with Severe Weather battering the midwest. Tornadoes ripped through the city of portage near kalamazoo, michigan, ripping apart this fedex facility. Some 50 employees were said to have been trapped inside at the time but have since been rescued. The twisters there destroying houses and knocking out power to more than 20,000 people. At least a dozen residents of a Mobile Home Park were injured. My windows being blown out of my apartment. And im like down underneath the mattress, everything went black. And then it was light again. Came out, my apartments flooded. Residents taking matters into their own hands in decatur,
In cairo, the pentagon says its finished construction of that floating pier to boost aid deliveries to gaza. Weather permitting, it will be connected to the gaza shore in the near future. Norah. Ramy inocencio, thank you. Here in washington, President Biden marked the days of remembrance for the victims of the holocaust, calling out the resurgence of antisemitism around the world. Cbss ed okeefe is at the white house with more on the president s message. Weve seen a ferocious surge of antisemitism in america and around the world. Free, free palestine. Reporter after weeks of protests upending college campuses, President Biden once again today condemned antisemitism and said he fears widely accepted behaviors that led to the holocaust are reemerging. Hamas unleashed this terror. It was hamas that brutalized israelis. It was hamas who took and continues to hold hostages. I have not forgotten, nor have you, and we will not forget. Reporter the president has struggled to balance his suppor
When asked if he feels concerned that operations of this kind might harm the chances of reaching a deal, hostage Omer Wenkert's father Shai Wenkert replied that he sees it as additional leverage.
Thousands protested across Israel Saturday night for a hostage deal and elections, celebrating the rescue of four hostages while advocating for 120 still captive.