Concerned that evidence sought by his former fixer, michael cohen, and half A Billion Dollar lawsuit, could incriminate the former president. Michael cohen goes on the record, live, a little later. And must see tv. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joins us live to make the case for Televising The Trump trials. All of this and more is coming up. And a good saturday morning to you all, im katie phang. We begin this hour with new developments in one of the several cases against the twice impeached, now thrice and dated, one term disgraced ex president. Overnight, the department of justice, seeking to have a federal judge impose a Protective Order on criminal defendant, donald trump. In Special Counsel jack smiths 2020 election case. The doj is concerned, rightfully, in my opinion, that trump will share sensitive and confidential information. And its likes to trumps own inflammatory social media posts in which trump appears to vow revenge. Its important to note that on thursday during trumps
nine soldiers killed in kentucky, two black hawk helicopters crashed in a residential area during a nighttime training mission. the deadliest loss for our military in a single incident since 13 troops were killed by a suicide bomber in kabul in 2021. what we are learning about the moments before the crash and what witnesses say they saw and heard. martha raddatz with late reporting. in russia tonight a u.s. journalist charged with espionage, the first time since the cold war. the kremlin claiming he was caught red-handed, the wall street journal reporter originally from new jersey facing decades behind bars if convicted to pleading not guilty in court. the wall street journal saying he is innocent, the white house saying the charges are the chilling 911 call audio released from inside that nashville school. a teacher in a closet in the art room with students calling for help. you can hear the children in the background, how the brave teachers protected their students. t
Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. A very close relationship. So harry talked about the kind of legal ramifications here. What does this mean emotionally for the president. He feels a sense of the world closing in. Someone just plead guilty to federal crimes and said i committed this federal crime at the direction of the president of the United States. Didnt name donald trump, but donald trump is who he was talking about. Theres no way donald trump isnt feeling this emotionally in a very raw way. Well see that come out in the rally in West Virginia. The president speaking in just moments. Were obviously monitoring it closely. April, youve covered the white house day in and day out. The people the president works most closely with and the president himself repeatedly denied knowing anything about these payments to Stormy Daniels. Lets j
most importantly for this conversation, the former legal counsel to donald trump, michael cohen. michael, friends, it s good to see you on the show. let s go straight into it. what is your reaction to trump s team expressing concern in that lawsuit? let me be clear for our viewers, trump sued you for half a billion dollars. and when you asked for production of documents, which you re allowed to do under the rules or procedure, their answer is, we really can t turn over because it could potentially incriminate trump in his criminal cases. yeah. you probably like what bradley moss, and you probably should ve thought before you file, the cause you can t have it both ways. not only did he not want to turn over the documents pursuing to the fifth amendment, that writing he, itself criminally shun, but he wanted to have the deposition 90 days after the election. so, he brings this lawsuit in 17 months later, he is willing to sit down, or at least, to
are we going to do? are we going to say oh my gosh? i can t believe this happened? you know, poor so-and-so. it s going to be an after the fact? or what process is being done within which to stop this rhetoric, this dog whistle, of trump and desantis and other matches and other gop members coming to donald s aid? whether they think they re doing it or not? and to your point, michael, we did see them come to trump s aide on january six. we saw the violence that ensued because trump called them to arms. but in related, we have a clip we want to play quickly from february of 2019. that is more than four years ago, michael. when you testified before the house oversight committee. let s take a quick listen. given my experience working for mr. trump, i fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power. michael, like nostradamus,