santa newsnight starts now the circus comes to the courtroom. that s tonight on these nine good evening. i m abby phillip the new york tonight. tensions and chaos erupt inside of the courtroom. let me set the scene for you. the trump team made a game time decision to call a witness, robert costello. he s a former legal advisor to michael cohen. now about 14 minutes into his testimony, cohen, costello vividly demonstrated why he may have caught trump s the tension. but the presiding judge was not amused costello rolled his eyes. a judge merchan, he let out an audible sigh after an objection. and the transcript, maybe the best way to describe what happened next in that courtroom. the judge, he says, i wanted to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. costello, right judge okay. so when there is a witness on the stand, if you don t like my ruling, you don t say, jeez. okay. and then you don t say strike it because i m the only one who can strike testimony in the courtroom. do