At penn and mit as colleges try to keep commencements on track this weekend. The controversy in virginia. A School Board Voting to restore confederate names to schools. The scary moment at the italian open. Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic struck in the head by a water bottle and collapsing. What we know. And the spectacular show tonight. Why the Northern Lights may be visible as far as The Deep South. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome, everyone. He is the biggest witness we havent seen in Donald Trumps criminal trial, but that is expected to change monday morning when multiple sources tell nbc news, Donald Trumps former attorney, michael cohen, will come facetoface with his exboss and testify for the prosecution in his falsified Business Records case. Cohen, who was once fiercely loyal to mr. Trump and now a frequent and vocal critic, is expected to be questioned about a 130,000 Hush Money Payout he says he made to buy the silence Of Adult A
It was a really busy week so lets get to some of the conversations you might have missed. I want to call this Session Therapy with hillary, if i may, because she is now going to she needs another role, therapist, i know a lot of people answer ask this question, so i want to ask for our viewers about, not just abortion, which i will get to in a moment, and womens right, but about former president , donald trump, who is in criminal court in New York City for this hush money thing. Meanwhile, the documents case is delayed. Meanwhile, georgia, what is going on here . Everything seems to be delayed and moving down the road, and there are even those who argue that this manhattan case, it is not as big, it is not serious and he might get off anyway, or not, and how do people manage their especially people who really love this democracy, who take it seriously . Take the words that you just said on hours show very seriously that you cant just sit back and let democracy come to you. But this is
It is good to be back with you for this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. Todays testimony in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial turned to some of the most Critical Evidence yet, the invoices, vouchers and checks at the heart of the criminal case against the former president. While it may not have had the same shock value as, for example, Stormy Daniels testimony, it is setting up the jury for whats expected on monday, testimony from the most highly anticipated witness in this case. Donald trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen, the man who says he paid off the adult film star at trumps direction. The prosecution revealing today that they expect to call one other witness besides cohen. Its entirely possible that they rest by the end of next week. I want to bring in nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian whos reporting from outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, also with us, former u. S. Attorney and msnbc legal analyst, Chuck Rosenberg. In studio, jessica roth, a former federal prosecutor for the so
The 2016 election. The judge today urging prosecutors to get cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his showdown with his former boss in court. Also tonight, the deadly storms slamming florida. A possible tornado hitting tallahassee. Widespread damage. At least one person killed. Just out, the Biden Administration report highly critical of israels actions in gaza, but finding it did not violate its u. S. Weapons agreement as israel prepares to invade rafah over u. S. Warnings. Police arresting dozens of protesters at penn and mit as colleges try to keep commencements on track this weekend. The controversy in virginia. A School Board Voting to restore confederate names to schools. The scary moment at the italian open. Tennis star Novak Djokovic struck in head with a water bottle and collapsing. What we know. The spectacular show tonight. Why the Northern Lights may be visible as far as The Deep South. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evenin
At times as money grubbing, inconsistent, driven by personal hatred, even rolling out that shes crazy line of attack against her. At one point Attorney Susan Necheles said you have, quote, a lot of experience making phony stories about sex. To which daniels replied wow thats now how i would put it. The sex in the films is real just like what happened to me in that room. To try to prove that Stormy Daniels profited off her association with donald trump, trumps Defense Lawyers pointed out stormy sold merchandise to which Stormy Daniels fired back, quote, not unlike mr. Trump. Team trump also suggested that Stormy Daniels opposed trump politically and wanted to take him down. A line of questioning that comes with a lot of risks for the expresident s team. As nbc news reports the defense spent considerable time trying to prove that daniels had a political motive for wanting to out trumps story, trying to hurt his election bid. Wouldnt that bolster the prosecutions arguments trump had for w