south guilt.com today good evening, everyone. welcome to a special edition of newsnight. i m abby phillip alongside kaitlan collins here in new york. donald trump s fate will soon be decided that the hands of a jury of his peers and the prosecution wrapped up late tonight, just about two hours ago, following the defense earlier this morning now, both sides tried to condense five weeks of testimony into their closing arguments today, it was their last and final chance to make their case to the jury before those 12 new yorkers decide whether to let donald trump walk or making the first president with a criminal conviction. the jury is expected to begin deliberating tomorrow after hearing the judges instructions to them you can see trump earlier. walk can to trump tower. he did not speak as he typically does when he leaves court today. but inside that room, durer s first heard from trump s defense attorney todd blanche, who laid out what he said were the top ten reasons to dou
97% of burning uv rays. it s light, but it s working hard like me, neutrogena ultras yourself on screen. i m zachary cohen and washington. and this is cnn hello and welcome to cnn special coverage of the closing arguments in former president donald trump s criminal hush money trial. i m wolf blitzer in washington alongside abby phillip, who s outside the courthouse in new york a very consequential de, as we enter the home stretch of this truly historic trial korda s out now for lunch following a morning of blistering closing arguments by trump s defense team on surprisingly, trump attorney todd blanche made the case that payments made to michel cone the heart of the prosecution s charges were not illegal abbe over to you that s right. well, a blanche ripped into potential pivotal testimony delivered by trump s former fixer and personal attorney repeatedly calling michael cohen a liar, whose words should not be trusted, and the claims that the alleged tryst between trump
All of this is the us trying to reaffirm his leadership on the world stage. and the president making the 0.2 world leaders in multiple conversations that he had over the last several months, the us would stand by ukraine. that was a difficult argument to make when this aid couldn t get through congress. now it has. so this is also just a really key part of all of this moving forward. yeah, i ve spoken to a number of ukrainian officials in the past a few months have been very worried that this wouldn t get through. this will be not just a huge material boost, but a real booser psychological support as well for those ukrainian soldiers out there facing the russians for solvers. thank you very much for all your reporting we have our jury, those were the words of new york judge juan mark sean this week during the hush money trial of donald trump, this is the first time in history that a former us president is facing a criminal trial with opening statements due to start on monday trump, t
Unfolded. this morning, the full jury with 12 people and 6 alternates officially sworn in to hear the hush money trial of donald trump but with a chaotic and disturbing scene friday just across the scene from the courthouse putting everyone on edge. video capturing a man setting himself on fire in the park area reserved for protesters. bright orange flames engulfing his body shortly after. i heard someone scream he s going to set himself on fire. i turn around and i saw a man dump liquid on himself and he immediately lit himself with a lighter. police were able to extinguish the blaze in several minutes before an ambulance took him to the hospital in critical condition. his motive was unclear. he later died of the injuries. police said they see no connection between the incident and the trial of the former
And i think the american people are catching on. i think all of this evidence that republicans are just interested in politics and are allergic when given the chance to actually vote for changes that would get the border under control is starting, slowly, to sink in with the public. they re definitely keeping the border in the headlines through their own political chicanery. good job. senator chris murphy, thanks so much for making the time tonight. really appreciate it. thank you. we have lots more ahead tonight, including republicans wasting no time to turn a congressional hearing on anti- semitism on college campuses into a broad against woke is him. but first, day three of jury selection resumes tomorrow morning in the criminal hush money trial of donald trump. george conway was in the courthouse this week, and he joins me right here after the break. break.