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 going to
up to 70% off designer brands have the designers that get your heart racing had inside a prices new every day, hurry. there ll be gone in a flash. designer sales at up to 70% are sop guilty com today it s wednesday, may 15th, right now on cnn this morning donald trump s lawyers grilling michael cohen. trump trying to convince the jury. he s a man on a mission to destroy donald trump plus the biden administration moving forward with a new $1 billion arms deal for israel. and secretary of state antony blinken, making an unannounced visit to kyiv, laying out a vision for victory with ukraine in its war with russia hi there. i m here in washington, dc. it live. look at new york s city early on this wednesday morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us michael cohen was in the hot seat and under pressure donald trump s former fixer facing hours of grilling on cross-examination from defense lawyers yesterday. their goal it seemed was to
full-scale invasion of rafah. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. a crying little expletive. it got ugly in the hush money case today for trump and right away, i mean, right off the bat. that was just one of the first leinz trump s defense attorney, todd blanche confronted star witness michael cohen. the width as the cross-examination began this afternoon. so i was there watching as trump s former fixer went toe-to-toe with the trump s attorney. and as i said, it was literally i mean, basically the first line, trump s attorney todd blanche starts his questioning by confronting michael cohen and he s he whether he was pretending to be or truly angry, he came off so angry that he was shaking and he pulls up a video that michael cohen and posted on tiktok and he said you went on tiktok and you called me a crying little expletive, didn t you i mean, it was just so intense. now, cohen responds. sounds like something i would say. trump leaned f
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the world s news network. just pass 9:00 p.m. here in new york, we begin the hour after the first of what s expected to be several days of testimony, the former president s hush money trial by critical witness michael cohen, a former fixer, an attorney for donald trump. he testified today about the then-candidate s alleged deep level of knowledge and involvement in the payments to stormy daniels, as well as the alleged reimbursement of cohen for cohen says fronting the cash. but cohen s testimony is potentially undermine bypass that includes some felony conviction and i ll the equally significant credibility issues we re joined now by lani davis, famed as a former special counsel for the president clinton. he s now the former attorney and current legal advisor, michael cohen, also former federal prosecutor, elie honig is also joining us line. it s good to see you. what was your impression of how michael cohen did? and what can you tell us about how about the preparations th