Sixweek abortion ban to take effect in the state. But the court also is greenlighting a vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment protecting Abortion Rights for women and a new flashpoint in The Middle East right now is around threatens retaliation for a deadly attack on its Consulate Building In Syria, blaming israel for the airstrike. Were getting new reaction from a key member of congress this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, a urine the Situation Room the skis, cnn, breaking new a very busy night of Breaking News. We begin this hour with the new request to expand Donald Trumps gag order in the hushmoney criminal case. Exactly two weeks before the trial is set to begin. Thats going to see cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent, paula reid. Paula give us the latest on this request by the Manhattan District Attorney and the trump teams response. So wolfe here, prosecutors are asking the judge to expand the gag order
All right. Thank back. Remember when we asked you who wants to bail out a Billionaire Well Tonight we got our answer. Thanks for dramatic music. Everyone donald trump posted their hundred and 75 bond. The new york civil fraud case. Well not him exactly, but an insurance company. He did it and then providing that and promising to pay. Lets just call it his knight in shining armor because her name night specialty insurance. Remember the original judgment was supposed to be more than 450 million plus you got to add the interest. But trump got it, reduced, not the actual judgment, but the bhante had to pay to appeal and he had until thursday to pay up. So all the talk of the Attorney General in new york, Letitia James seizing potentially his assets sits on Ice For A Little While now, while trump appeals the actual cooling. Now again, the ruling was that trump lied for years about his finances and overvalued as assets to secure favorable loan terms. Now, in a moment, were going to reaction
Were moving forward with indycar. Because were moving forward with everybody. Shell. Powering progress. Having with jesse l. Martin, sundays at nine on cnn just pass 9 00 p. M. Here in new york, we begin the hour after the first of whats expected to be several days of testimony the former president s hush money trial by a critical witness, Michael Cohen, a former fixer, an attorney for donald trump. He testified today about the thencandidates alleged deep level of knowledge and involvement in the payments and Stormy Daniels, as well as the alleged reimbursement of cohen for cohen says fronting the cash. But cohens testimony is potentially undermine bypass that includes some Felony Conviction and ill the equally significant credibility issues were joined now by lani davis, famed as a former Special Counsel for the president clinton. Hes now the former turning current legal advisor, Michael Cohen, also former federal prosecutor, aly, how many is also joining us lineage . Good to see you.
New york are continuing to monitor gentlemans out of The Middle East where were learning more about the Ceasefire Proposal that hamas, except in israel, rejected today and is really strikes on Southern Gaza. There are raising new questions about whether these limited operations will grow into a full fledged invasion of raffa, which Binding Ministration has been warning against for weeks. We begin the hour right now today, 12 and the Trump Hush Money Trial And Judges Second Contempt Finding against the former president today in his warning that a third could mean jail time that im is calling two longtime trump employees as they try to show exactly how Michael Cohen was repaid by trumps trust and personal accounts in 2017 after he paid hush money to Stormy Daniels back with the panel joining us as well as harry lipman, who was in court todays and la times Legal Affairs columnist, host of the talking feds podcast, and former Deputy Assistant attorney general. Im wondering what you observe
reason, but then you just get back in the game. it s amazing, amazing we re rooting for her to the lead with jake tapper starts right now a week of historical significance. the lead starts right now the huge decision earlier today from the u.s. supreme court ruling, that former president donald trump has limited immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. he took his precedent and cooling possibly so i m related to the effort to overturn the election what this ruling means for pending cases against the former president plus how trump s team intends to use today s opinion to challenge the verdict in the new york hush money cover-up case where trump is set to be sentenced next week. all of this at the same time that official democrats in dc and across the country are panicking stressing freaking out over whether they can continue with president biden at the top of their ticket given his shall we say, troubling behavior during last week s debate? there are very hones