politicsnation. tonight up in the air. right now, many americans have their eyes on the skies. watching for more than just a super bowl flyover. president biden ordered the u.s. military to shoot down another on identified object over the great lakes today. according to a congressional source briefed on the matter, and to u.s. officials. it is the fourth high altitude object shot down in north america airspace over the past week. just a minute, i will spoke to a member of the house foreign affairs committee about the latest developments. and as possible foreign threats loom, culture wars are raging at home. i am headed to florida this week as head of national action network to join in demonstrations against governor ron desantis s effort to suppress african american studies in the sunshine state schools. i will be talking to a leading scholar at the center of the ongoing debate just ahead. and later, a big game and a major milestone for the nfl. two black quarterbacks will
brad raffensperger, and his top deputy gabriel sterling will testify tuesday as the committee focuses on donald trump s effort to overturn joe biden s 2020 victories in both georgia and other swing. states congressman david celine praised the committee for the evidence it s submitted so far. we now know that this was financed, planned, executed, with the assistance of leadership the president the united states at the time the those closest to him. i think a committee has that on very clear terms, both the presidents conduct and those around him, related icy scheme to keep him and office, although they all knew it was illegal, and that he had lost the election fair and square. we also this morning, president biden fell off his bike in front of a crowd, and the press there in delaware says the president said that the choke ages on his bike caught and that caused him to fall sideways. president that he is okay a-ok and they re no visible scrapes or bruises from the spill. so
president. i m alex wagner here with my colleague, chris hayes, who was in the courtroom today, as former trump attorney and fixer, michael cohen took the stand for a second day in a row. today the defense began its cross-examination, which did not start off that well. here is trump attorney todd blanche. mr. cohen, my name is todd blanche. you and i have never spoken or met before have we? michael cohen, we have not. mr. blanche, but you know who i am, don t you? cohen, i do. mr. blanche, as a matter of fact, you went on tiktok and called me a crying little this is a euphemism here poop- - didn t you? cohen, that s probably something i would say. judge merchan called lawyers to a sidebar, the official court transcript tells us what went down. here is the court. judge mershon, why are you making us about yourself mark easter blanche, i m not making this about myself your honor, i have a right to show this witness s bias, and he has expressed bias about the lawyers, just on
but not before another high- profile witness, former trump fixer, michael cohen. we saw dramatic witness testimony from stormy daniels who would not be intimidated by lawyers out of telling her account of the allegedly counter encounter with trump. today s testimony did not include any star witnesses, but it was important in setting the stage for next week. the trump lawyer turned enemy, michael cohen, will take the witness stand monday. he was the fixer of the $130,000 cash money payment to stormy daniels before the presidential election of 2016. we began the trial today and continued testimony from trump s former director of oval office operations. she remains loyal to trump despite being fired in 2019 after she reportedly told reporters she did not want to be photographed with trump s daughter, tiffany, because of her weight and used her testimony to paint donald trump as a hard-working, family man. a picture that was unrecognizable to pretty much anyone else who has eve
word . the 11th hour starts now. storms on the stand, what the adult film star said about donald trump and the cross- examination from defense. biden condemns anti-semitism as israel seizes a key border crossing in gaza. marjorie taylor green, backing off her immediate threat to house the speaker as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. that evening, once again. we are now 182 days away from the election and it has been six years, three months, and 25 days since the first report that stormy daniels was paid to keep quiet during the 2016 election about her alleged sexual encounter with donald j trump. today, stormy daniels herself took the stand and told her story to a jury, while donald trump sat watching 10 feet away. here is laura jarrett with moore. reporter: donald trump was seated just 10 feet away as the woman at the center of his hush money cover-up trial testified in vivid detail about their legend sexual encounter nearly 20 years ago. prose