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than liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn welcome to cnn and special coverage. if former president trump s hush money criminal trial, i m wolf blitzer in washington, along with abby phillip. who s just outside the courthouse in new york today, michael cohen, trump s former we re fixer and lawyer is back on the witness stand. prosecutors appear to have some work to do during their redirect of cohen after he made a purely stunning admission during cross-examination? today, defense attorney todd blanche was able to get cohen to admit to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the trump organization. abby, you were inside court today? playing, how it all went down that s right. wolf, earlier in the trial during the direct examination, cohen had actually said this, that he had pocketed monday money from the trump organization. that was meant for a technology company. but today, while he was being pressed by the defense attorney todd blanche cohen agreed that it was ....
special coverage of donald trump s criminal hush money trial. the cross-examination of michael cohen already back under way this morning with the defense expected to wrap by mid morning followed by a likely redirect from the prosecution. after that we expect the defense to get its turn. it s still unclear at this point how extensive the defense s case will be, or will it be a defense at all? joining us to discuss all that, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, a criminal defense attorney and kristin gibb bin fed din, along with former prosecute bernard villalona. we ll head out to the courthouse in just a moment as we establish our contact with yasmin vossoughian on scene. we can take our viewers inside a little bit to what s happening with this cross-examination, a lot of discussion about what cohen was dealing with in his own business dealings during the time of the 2016 election, from his taxi medallion business down to then dealing with david pecker. they re als ....
price. then go to harrys dr. hello again and welcome. it s part people. today we re asking after a dramatic week of michael cohen on the stand, did trump s former fixer blow the prosecution s case, then debating the debate, our panel weighs in on what s at stake. after this week s bombshell agreement between trump and biden and the final jeopardy category is new format we ve got the twist coming to the 60 year-old was shot. the gang is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about up first after an explosive week of testimony, donald trump s hush money trial is wrapping up with closing arguments expected as soon as tuesday. it could all hinge on the prosecution s star witness, trump s former fixer, michael cohen. he made damaging allegations but trump s team pumped serious holes in his credibility i think there s a very interesting day, fascinating donald trump feeling strong after as lawyer grilled cohen about lying under roe including about this, ....
president say, 100% of first female black vice presidents. it s important what he has highlighted. it speaks to a concern that folks have about the support of hbcus, $16 billion is not cheap. simone, thank you so very much. it s a pleasure to see you. catch simone saturday and sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. eastern as she co-hosts the weekend right here on msnbc. andrea mitchell picks up with more news next. right now on andrea mitchell reports, president biden trying to fire up lagging support from black voters, speaking at the national museum for african american history on the anniversary of the brown versus board of education decision and facing an uncertain reception when he delivers the commencement speech at moorehouse. sparks fly between marjorie taylor greene and aoc. how dare you attack the physical appearance of another person. oh, girl, baby girl. the trump hush money case moves closer to closing arguments and going to the jury, how much impact will ....
the gunman remain at large. thanks so much for joining us. we ll see you back here tomorrow. ac30 60 starts right now it s thursday, may 16, right now on cnn this morning it s on joe biden and donald trump signing off on do debates. the first one next month, right here on cnn plus trump s lawyers planning a new strategy with michael cohen former fixer, back on the stand this morning in the hush money trial, and two partners with a pledge, vladimir putin and xi jinping together in beijing vowing to deepen their ties. what does this mean for the west? all right. 5:00 a.m. here in washington alive. look at capitol hill on this thursday morning, we re almost there. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. joe biden and donald trump will be face-to-face next month for the first presidential debate of this election cycle, the two presumptive nominees have accepted debate invitations from cnn and abc cnn s set to take place first, it s go ....