hello and thanks for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we re now into day four in the manhunt for a suspected mass killer. the search growing more urgent by the hour as false alarms turn up empty. and today new questions about the police response to the shooting. what a survivor of that attack is telling nbc news about the terror that unfolded and five desperate calls reportedly made to 911. plus, zero visibility, look at this. a sudden blinding dust storm engulfing a highway, causing a deadly chain reaction crash. also developing overnight, hollywood writers trying to write their own ending, now on strike for the first time in 15 years. the ripple effects you could see if this strike lasts weeks or even months. if this lasts a couple of months, we ll start to see the impact on the fall tv schedule and some movies will have to be pushed back. and june 1st, mark your calendar, that s how soon the country could default on its debt,
It is good to see you, my friend. It has been a while, alex. This is the courtroom roundtable tonight. Everyone joining me of course was at the courthouse and it will basically be the gabfest we would have hanging around in the hallways. Can i just say, we didnt talk about this on our show, but trump ordered 14 pizzas for lunch. How many pizzas did you have . Zero. I did not know where the pizza was. You know, he is not the best at sharing, i guess. I mean, who even likes a Chicken Ranch pizza . That was one of the orders. I am excited to see your courtroom gabfest. Have a good show. Michael cohen was on the Witness Stand for 4 1 2 hours today. He was as steady and calm and as unfailingly polite as he has been throughout his testimony, to virtually everyones surprise. The politeness seems genuine. He says yes sir and his answers to Donald Trumps lawyers Cross Examination questions. There was even a moment where the politeness went both ways between Donald Trumps lead criminal Defense L
This is a courtroom roundtable, everyone joining me was at the courthouse and it is basically going to be a gabfest in the hallways. Well, can i just say, trumbo ordered 14 pizzas for lunch. How many did you have . None. I dont know where the pizza was. You know . Hes not the best at sharing, i guess. Who likes a Chicken Ranch pizza . That was one. Anyway, im excited to see your courtroom gabfest. Michael cohen was on the stand for four point five hours today. He was as steady and calm and unfailingly polite as he has been throughout his testimony to everyones surprise. The politeness seems genuine. He says yes sir, and has answers to trumps lawyers crossexamination questions. There was even a moment where the politeness went both ways between Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer, todd lynch, and Michael Cohen after Michael Cohen give Todd Blackledge a detailed explanation of the new York City Tax business, including regulations of the Taxi Limousine Commission when Michael Cohen owne
and he says that when they went over and asked the suspect to stop shooting his gun in the front yard, he began to threaten them and say that it was his property, he could do what he wanted, and that was when he called police and said, this man is threatening me. we know that there were five calls, he says, that were made in the time that it took for police to arrive, which he says was around 20 minutes, we know some of the calls occurred about harassment and then there may have been some calls that occurred as the shooting was going on. and i did ask the sheriff about this over the weekend and he says that initially it was a harassment call and that seconds later he says they began to get calls about victims and a possible shooting and that s when the priority of the calls was raised. but to give you a bit of context here, this is a very rural area, some 700 square miles this sheriff s department is responsible for covering. the sheriff told the associated press that there were three