Democracy at stake, the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court hold in their hands the power to forever alter the trajectory of our country. How they rule on cases having to do with january 6th, violent attempt to disrupt the transfer of power, will echo for generations. So not only is it reasonable for us to expect those nine human beings to go about their process impartially, its vital that they are seen and perceived as being impartial appearance. The mere appearance of bias could strain our trust in an honest result for these cases, which is why todays news isnt just disturbing, its scary. The New York Times cites photos and interviews with neighbors in reporting that in 2021, days before president joe bidens inauguration as president , days after the deadly attack on the United States capitol of january 6th, neighbors of conservative Justice Samuel alito noticed something on his lawn, an upside down american flag, a symbol commonly used in those days by Trump Supporters
Michael cohen, third day of testimony begins in moments. Well see the former president and expect him to speak before he goes into the courtroom. A former Legal Advisor to Michael Cohen, Robert Costello speaking out about the star witness testifying before congress about a ton of things. He believes cohen is lying through his teeth. Costello joins us in 30 minutes. A lot of questions for him. First mark your calendars, folks, biden and trump agree to hold two president ial debates to set the stage for showdowns that could make or break their run for the white house. Good morning. Were in the red, white and blue today here in new york city. Im bill hemmer. Dana im dana perino. It goes by fast. First debate happening june 27th, 131 days before the election. The second debate september 10th. Bill these Debate Developments happened on a lot of bad news for the president. The post putting the high stakes in perspective. Joes fail mary. While his rival sits in a courtroom for hours on end ye
Cohen could not be trusted and this entire sham trial has been built on a Foundation Of Sand politicized sand i might add. And today we were proven right, again. In a Bombshell Moment during crossexamination, defense attorney Todd Blanche Masterfully and singlehandedly destroyed what little shred of credibility Michael Cohen may have had left. Now it started earlier this week when cohen testified about an october 24th, 2016 phone call he had with trumps body guard keith schiller. He said he called schiller to talk directly to trump. And he claims that he needed to talk to the boss after he trferredz i mean cohen transferred 130,000 to Stormy Daniels. Well, the entire call lasted 1 1 36 seconds. Text messages from minutes before reveal that cohen wanted to talk to shirley about Something Else entirely. Prank calls from a 14yearold. Blanche says that cohen texted schiller who can i speak to about harassing calls to my cell and office. Shischiller said by calling cohn and texting call me.
Cnn Special Coverage or former President Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial. Im Briana Keeler in washington with kaitlan collins, who is outside the courtroom. House in new york. And today trumps defense has pressed Michael Cohen, trumps former lawyer and fixer about his history of lying under oath in an attempt to discredit him the defense is also highlighted some of the various insults that he has logged against trump over the years, painting him as a man out for revenge after their relationship fell apart. At one point, the defense play this clip from cohens podcast in october of 20 he 20. Here it is truly hope that this man, ends up in prison. It wont bring back the year that i lost or the damage done to my family but revenge is a dish best served cold and you Better Believe i want this made to go down and rotten side for what he did to me and my family it only got crazier from there with cohens credibility clearly on the line, when trumps Defense Attorney here, todd blanche, is tryi
Is your job and thank you all so much for joining us. This is seen under central as johnson said its metal coverage of the trump trial starts right now, this was Cnn News Central us federal a live view of the criminal courthouse here in manhattan, where we are told doctors legal team will be on a mission today, zeroing in on Michael Cohens admitted and allege lies before president and all it is on his way to the courthouse right now is the defenses preparing to up where it left off, grilling trumps longtime fixer. You can see them there waving to the cameras as he gets into his motorcade. Over the last 24 hours, trumps legal team its been preparing for this moment for colins returned to the Witness Stand. Im told and plotting their strategy to undermine the prosecutions star witness. The question is whether they can the jury, but also their client im Kaitlan Collins here in new york. Object. Saverin, washington dc. Youre watching special seen in live coverage of former president Donald