Jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and the prosecution has rested its case and now its Donald Trumps term his defense team has called a witness, Robert Costello and attorney. What one point advised Michael Cohen that stella has claimed in that cohens lied about him under oath during this trial. This comes after a shocking revelation on the stand earlier today, threatened to rock the prosecutions entire case under intense questioning. And by the defense, trumps former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, the star witness for the prosecution, admitted that he stole from the Trump Organization organization and were not its not talking lunch, money or funds taken from some transaction that has nothing to do with the charges against trump were talking we had 60,000, technically larceny that was part of the 420,000 payment made to cohen. That was allegedly falsified to reimbursement for Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels that payment are those p
Favorite pair of jeans today. Im taylor available on the Apple App Store or android filing earth with we have primer premieres june 2 had nine on cnn this cnn breaking hello again, everyone. I thank you so much for joining me this sunday on for greek, a whitfield and we begin with this Breaking News that could have Global Implications iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in a Helicopter Crash in a remote part of the country. Raisis condition is unknown and rescuers are having different so cold trying to locate the crash site. And getting to it because of fog and bad weather Iran Supreme Leader is calling for everyone to pray for health and vowing there will be no disruption in iran government. Weve got full coverage of this developing story and we begin with cnns nic robertson, nick, what more are you learning about trying to locate the crash site . Yeah. It doesnt seem to be fixed yet. They do seem to have an idea, idea, a precise idea of the size of the area theyre looki
Blitzer in washington. Ill be back in two hours, 6 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. Starts right now cnns Breaking News. And welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we continue to follow the Breaking News out of manhattan and where the man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying right now in Donald Trumps criminal trial, Michael Cohen is detailing exactly how he came to pay 130,000 to Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, who came forward about an alleged episode with donald trump in the days before the 2016 Election Cohen testified, not only did trump know about the uh, hundred 30,000 payment, but trump directly approved it and said that he would pay cohen back and the prosecution is using cohens testimony to present both an offensive and defensive case offensively by establishing the cohen was the man behind the payments, not just to Stormy Daniels, but also to 1998 playmate of the year, Karen Mcdougal and defensively by trying to establish that co
Conspiracy and they cover up the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump now underway as trumps attorney or zaid, you and im quoting him here. There is nothing wrong with trying to influence an election it was a hush of the courtroom today is the first witness took the stand in long time. Confidante who helped trump catch and kill negative stories. And good now help make the former president , it convicted felon, and trump. Meanwhile, relatively the quiet incorporate ranting outside court, attacking Michael Cohen, the widely expected Star Witness For The Prosecution my source tonight is Michael Cohens legal adviser, lael any davis, also just in trump, but a new interview talking about the jury, did he just violate a gag order . Maybe again, im Kaitlan Collins. And this is the source course for the next six weeks or so prepared to expect the unexpected, speaking of which one very well trump saying that the first true de of his criminal trial well, in his view, weve been a