Hours. Once you get your podcasts news continues on cnn happening now, donald trump is out there on the campaign trail this hour as republicans are increasingly closing ranks around him, including his onetime bitter opponent turns supporter, nikki haley. Were breaking down new shows of gop deference to trump as the campaign in his criminal trial are entering new phases. Also, this hour Partisan Sparring over Us Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito and whether hes crossed Ethical Leinz a minute. Growing controversy over politically provocative flags flown at his homes and powerful message about abuse from the former girlfriend of repre Sean Diddy Combs, Cassie Ventura speaking out for the First Time Since cnn exclusively obtained a 2016 video of her being physically typically assaulted by combs. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world, i will blitzer a urine the Situation Room in new york tonight, donald trump is trying to cut into President Biden support in
Than liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn welcome to cnn and Special Coverage. If former President Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial, im wolf blitzer in washington, along with abby phillip. Whos just outside the courthouse in new york today, Michael Cohen, trumps former were fixer and lawyer is back on the Witness Stand. Prosecutors appear to have some work to do during their redirect of cohen after he made a purely stunning admission during crossexamination . Today, defense attorney todd blanche was able to get cohen to admit to stealing Tens Of Thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization. Abby, you were inside court today . Playing, how it all went down thats right. Wolf, earlier in the trial during the direct examination, cohen had actually said this, that he had pocketed monday money from the Trump Organization. That was meant for a technology company. But today, while he was being pressed by the defense attorney Todd Blanche Cohen agreed that it was essentially plants said,
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On this. Thank you so much for joining us you always learn something clear. Fold belt. They dont want exact worth an all right. Thank you so much for joining us. This is Cnn News Central seen in special coverage of the donald trump Hush Money Trial continues. Big day today on the sand t intention all back on the stand. You are looking at live pictures of 100 Centre Street in downtown manhattan, where in just minutes, Michael Cohen will be back under oath and donald trump will be watching as his former fixer tries to stitch together the prosecutions case for a jury that could send the former president of the United States to jail welcome to our viewers. Im john berman in new york youre watching Cnn Special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up, try not jake tapper in washington dc today, prosecutors want Michael Cohen to say more about the last piece of that sentence the cover up, part. That is the crux of the governments case against the 45th president. I was following his
Blitzer in washington. Ill be back in two hours, 6 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. Starts right now cnns Breaking News. And welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we continue to follow the Breaking News out of manhattan and where the man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying right now in Donald Trumps criminal trial, Michael Cohen is detailing exactly how he came to pay 130,000 to Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, who came forward about an alleged episode with donald trump in the days before the 2016 Election Cohen testified, not only did trump know about the uh, hundred 30,000 payment, but trump directly approved it and said that he would pay cohen back and the prosecution is using cohens testimony to present both an offensive and defensive case offensively by establishing the cohen was the man behind the payments, not just to Stormy Daniels, but also to 1998 playmate of the year, Karen Mcdougal and defensively by trying to establish that co