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with 60 children inside for their first communion. severe weather from texas to florida. we re tracking it. wildfire smoke from canada moving into the u.s. air quality alerts in multiple states. pro-palestinian protests disrupting some graduations. jerry seinfeld s speech at duke prompting dozens to walk out. just in, the dramatic controlled demolition of a massive piece of baltimore s collapsed bridge. and the most stunning images from that spectacular show in the sky. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the prosecution case against donald trump nearing its crescendo in a new york courtroom tonight, with the much-anticipated testimony of former trump lawyer and fixer michael cohen. cohen describing his role in trying to bury stormy daniels s claim of a sexual liaison with mr. trump and his concerns about its impact on the 2016 election, driving cohen to pay hush money to daniels that he says was at mr. trump s ....
told him, just take care of it. the defense preparing to attack cohen s credibility after calling him an admitted liar. and the secret tape cohen made of trump played for the jury. also tonight, the race to escape rafah. 360,000 people fleeing as israeli forces advance on the southern gaza city. terrifying moments at a louisiana church during a livestreamed service. a teen with a gun stopped as he tries to get into the building with 60 children inside for their first communion. severe weather from texas to florida. we re tracking it. wildfire smoke from canada moving into the u.s. air quality alerts in multiple states. pro-palestinian protests disrupting some graduations. jerry seinfeld s speech at duke prompting dozens to walk out. just in, the dramatic controlled demolition of a massive piece of baltimore s collapsed bridge. and the most stunning images from that spectacular show in the sky. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. g ....
maccallum this is the story. right now former president donald trump face-to-face with his ex trace: attorney in court michael cohen getting into specifics about conversations he said the former president had about a payment to porn star stormy daniels during the 2016 election. at the crux of the case is whether prosecutors prosecutors can prove trump intentionally falsified documentation of the payment. cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress the former president saying again today he did nothing wrong. watch. i m innocent. this is a political witchhunt. this trial is rigged. it s a disgrace to new york and it s a disgrace to the country. i should be out campaigning now instead of sitting in a very cold courthouse. all day long. trace: former federal prosecutor andy mccarthy study my butt first to nate foy live for us outside the courthouse and/or manhattan. good afternoon nate front-mack good afternoon trays. michael cohen right now if you seconds ago starting t ....
hello, and welcome to have you as joining us here in the united states are round well the am streaming us on cnn max. i m mostly church just ahead as israel launches new attacks across gaza, us officials repeat their warnings the stay out of a city that s become the last refuge for more than 1 million palestinians. donald trump s former fixer, michael cohen, is set to take the stand. and then the former president s high-stakes criminal hush money trial. we will break down what cohen s expected to say and why his testimony could be critical. and more than two years into russia s unprovoked war on ukraine, vladimir putin is replacing his longtime defense minister with an economist who has no military experience for my plan this is cnn nice with rosemarie to have you with us. we ll, as israel continues to plan an expansion of its military operations in rafah, the palestinian death toll from the war has passed 35,000. that is according to gaza s ministry of health o ....
along with species, harold fo fold jr., katie pavlich and greg got field. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. the fixture turn a photo. michael cohen finally taking the stand and alvin bragg s hush money trial against donald trump where the radical d.a. putting all of his chips in the testimony of the disgraced serial perjuring convicted felon that is behind prison walls for 13 months. today, the jury got to hear from a desperate and duplicitous man. longing for trump s approval and affirmation and will do anything for ed including taking out a home equity line of credit to take care of the situation for his boss. secretly recording donald trump without his knowledge. still no evidence of a crime y yet. trump is still gagged and unable to respond to his former attorney. everybody s saying, there is no crime. d.a. bragg by the way, he turned it down in the case. it couldn t be brought because seven years ago, eight years ago, right in the middle of my ....