Welcome to prime time we can, i am nicolle wallace. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. Donald trump would never keep the Fifth Amendment. If youre innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment . Now he is on trial for Hiding Hush Money payments to a star. But he wont take the stand. Donald, why wont you testify . After all, you believe only guilty cowards to the fifth. Fifth amendment, Fifth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, horrible. Horrible. Please take the stand, donald. Or admit you are a coward. It is a big Open Question at this point, will he or wont he . Will donald trump take the stand in his defense in his own Criminal Trial . The jury good to hear from the man at the center of all of it, the defendant directly. We have seen the expresident take the stand or go under oath for very short periods of time in previous trials and it has got not gone very well for him. In november of last year he testified in the Civil Fraud Trial against him and his businesses, where he flung a
Window the star witness in the new york versus trump trial, karen at the stand and leaving the question on many minds if the prosecutions entire case comes down to the word of convicted felon Michael Cohen. Is not a problem . Welcome everyone, im sandra smith in for neil cavuto and this is your world go cohens sent former President Donald Trump expected to speak a short time from now when that happens, we are honoured. First lets get right to nate foy with outside the courthouse the very latest after a brief break in the court. What do you know, nate . Michael cohen right now is talking about not receiving their role in former President Donald Trump is max white house administration. He claims that he pitched the role of personal attorney to the president , saying that mr trump was an enigma and that he understood him because of how closely he worked with him on a daytoday basis and this all comes after cohen detailed his 130,000dollar payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels to su
it matters. our democracy is more than a system of government. it s the very soul of america. it s how we ve been able to constantly adapt through the centuries. it is why we ve always emerged from every challenge stronger than we went in. it s how we ve come together as one nation united. just as our fallen heros have kept the element of faith with our democracy, we must keep faith with them. because of them, all of them, we stand here today. we will never forget that. we will never, ever, ever stop working to make a more perfect union, in which they live and which they died for. that was their problem. that s our promise. that s our promise today to them and our promise always. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 28th. that was president biden marking memorial day at arlington national cemetery with a somber message about freedom, democracy, and honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. it certainly is a day for reflection
Broadcast on a wednesday night. Thank you so very much for being here with us. Good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Were in the midst of live, ongoing coverage of the house judiciariry committee markup. The two articles ever impeachment against the president of the United States that of course congressman jim jordan of ohio speaking right now. This is a standard part of legislative process, the markup. It happens all time. But tonight obviously its quite difference in the import because it is the most serious constitutional activity the Judiciary Committee can pursue. Tonight the committee will be hearing different amendments and debating the two articles before
them. We expect them to be voted on by the full committee tomorrow. Weve already heard Opening Statements from House Judiciary Chair jerry nadler and Ranking Member doug collins. Heres how the chair presented tonights meeting. Taken together, the two Articles Ch
July 31st, 2016, the fbi opened the trump russia investigation. And spied on four american citizens associated with President Trumps campaign. They took the dossier to the fisa court appear lied to the court 17 times. Didnt tell the court the guy writing the dossier was desperate to stop trump. Department tell the court the guy was working for the Clinton Campaign didnt tell the court the guy writing the dossier had been fired by the fbi for leaking information to the press. And the fbi continued the investigation after the election. And January 3rd 2017 Snorp Schumer said this. If you mess with the Intelligence Committee they haves is six ways from sunday of getting back at you. It took all of three days for that statement is to come true. January 6th at trump tower. Jim comey briefs President Elect trump on the dossier, the dossier the fbi knew was false. They do it to leak it to the
press and the press writes that he was briefed. The president was told He Wasnt Under Investigation w