on this. thank you so much for joining us you always learn something clear. fold belt. they don t want exact worth an all right. thank you so much for joining us. this is cnn news central seen in special coverage of the donald trump hush money trial continues. big day today on the sand t intention all back on the stand. you are looking at live pictures of 100 centre street in downtown manhattan, where in just minutes, michael cohen will be back under oath and donald trump will be watching as his former fixer tries to stitch together the prosecution s case for a jury that could send the former president of the united states to jail welcome to our viewers. i m john berman in new york you re watching cnn special live coverage of donald trump s hush money cover up, try not jake tapper in washington dc today, prosecutors want michael cohen to say more about the last piece of that sentence the cover up, part. that is the crux of the government s case against the 45th president.
central steam and special coverage of donald trump s criminal trial continues now and you are looking a lot pictures down inside 100 centre street behind me today, we expect to drama filled de, with important stakes for megarian, go a long way in determining of donald from gets convicted in ten days, 16 of trial right now, the former prisoners motorcade is on route to the courthouse. once trump arrives in, court gets underway here, we expect the people to call the man whose evolve from protector to trump pariah, to trump prosecution witness michael cohen. i m interested. cooper, new york. and then i m jake tapper in y shoots and uci and you are wanting special cnn live coverage of donald trump s hush money cover up trial today the man who bent the truth and broke the law for his his former boss, the former president goes on the stand. michael dean cohen the former trump fixer and lawyer whose imposed trump s will on whatever he could bullying dealing and lawyering his way
friend turned foe takes the witness stand. michael cohen is billed as the prosecution s star witness of the former president s historic criminal trial. but, can cohen convince the court s testimony is credible? welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news like i m arthel neville. eric: hello everyone thank you for joining us i m eric sean. michael cohen previously confessed to lying to congress. then in trump s new york civil trial last of all he was a major witness. the former president branded them as a disgraced liar. cohen a longtime lawyer and so-called fixer to the former president is expected to detail how he and the former president arrange to pay adult film star actress stormy daniels 130,000 dollars to keep quiet about her alleged affair with trump. the prosecution is relying heavily on his testimony. some legal experts say cohen s record could potentially harm the case. former acting u.s. attorney general matthew whitaker who served in the trump administration, this mor
as well as harry lipman who in court today s in la times legal affairs columnist, host of the talking feds podcast and former deputy assistant attorney general i m wondering what you observed as judge merchan worn trump about potential jail time. it was really sort of jaw dropping. we ve been having different judges and different courts kind of wag their finger there s but he looked directly at trump, soft-spoken, but very firm. mr. trump you are out of rope and it was really the sort of statement we ve been waiting for, for a year next time. you re done and it s sensible in a way because with only $1,000 to work with for other violations, why? i should he did all around, but he said next time that s it. and he really means that his credibility would be on the line as well as the integrity of the judicial system. it was a dramatic moment for jeremie, the point of the last hour, which i think is very correct that trump actually has been abiding by the gag orders since the vi
aides and tragedy in texas floodwaters sweep away little boy as his parents trying to get the family to dry land. and today millions are under threat of more severe weather. i m kate baldwin was sara sidner and john berman in this is cnn news central happening now as possible ground invasion of eastern rafah in gaza could be imminent with hostage and ceasefire negotiations teetering on the brink of collapse. we have brand new video, justin of a plume of smoke. after a loud explosion in rafah israeli forces could putin launched what they are calling a limited scale operation. the idf drop leaflets with a map to so-called safe zones in the message, evacuated immediately. this has a direct impact on as many as 100,000 people, cnn s jeremy diamond is in jerusalem. jeremy was the latest your hearing from there? elmilitary thousands of leaflets on eastern raffa, ordering an area we re about 100,000e currently living to begin evacuating north to what the israeli military is descri