Fixer. Back with us, yasmin vossoughian, Danny Cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney and msnbc legal analyst. Joining us this hour, maya wiley, former assistant u. S. Attorney who is now president of the Leadership Conference on civil and human right. And misty merits, a Defense Attorney. Good to see you. Welcome to the show. Yasmin, start us off. Whats happening now inside that courtroom . Reporter so this is all about the leadup to august 2018 in which Michael Cohen pleads guilty and then in a court of law, essentially points the finger at donald trump, the president at the time, and says he made me do it. Hence launching the inquiry by the manhattan d. A. s office, shifting to alvin bragg when cy vance retired. There was a conversation that happened. There was concern from david pecker, inquiries from the Wall Street Journal, specifically, when it came to involvements of ami, david pecker, dylan howard, Michael Cohen, and donald trump in the Stormy Daniels payoff. In addition to the i
Hydration could boost your skins barrier for quenched, dewy skin. Thats full of life Neutrogena Hydro boost this ola alvarez at the white house and this is cnn an important day inside 100 centre seat, the judge is now off the bench after Opening Statements and testimony from the first witness in the house much money trial of donald j. Trump minutes ago, the former president walked out of court trying to put some distance between himself and his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. Im jake tapper in washington and im anderson cooper, new york. Youve been watching a scene and special live coverage of the people of the state of new york versus dollars while j. Trump, defense promising to puncture the prosecutions theory of the hush money coverup case, trumps lawyers painted cohen as a liar and Stormy Daniels as an operator. For tunis, the prosecution arguing that trumps alleged scheme to keep an adult actress quiet is Election Interference Pure And Simple in those words, i want to turn
Blue carbon. Plus cnn filled sunday at nine Closed Captioning brought to you by rule or law, iconic brands up to 70 off retail that rule or law. Com at rubella you never faithful these the deals on top before there today a jury is set. Former President Donald Trump back in new york courtroom Opening Statements could start on monday for this historic trial. Were going to have a preview of that also, Israel Hits Back retaliating against iran, the Biden Administration sawas not involved in any offensive operations and now the focus is deescalation. So what comes next . Well, its a rare show of bipartisanship now setting up a final vote that could finally send us aid. To ukraine in israel and taiwan. But that very same vote could also cost speaker Mike Johnsons job. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in, right . Right here. The Cnn News Central we are Tracking De For and the Historic Trump Hush Money Trial is Jury Selection could be closing, wrapping up
Do a bigger and better. now, it is not atypical for the former president to host his bigger more raucous rallies on the weekends. it is worth noting the significance of this is that donald trump is not a normal candidate. he doesn t have every day of the week to campaign like a normal candidate would. every monday, tuesday, thursday and friday he will be in manhattan in a courtroom. although he made the promise that he will come back as soon as he can, ultimately, that s going to be within the limits and bounds of the fact that most of the days for the next several weeks he s going to be in a courtroom. you are right. thank you very much for the story. it is likely one of these potential witnesses will take the stand first. which one, why, and what might they say next. we are back in 60 seconds. seco.
Speaker mike johnson s job. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in, right? right here. the cnn news central we are tracking de for and the historic trump hush money trial is jury selection could be closing, wrapping up 12 jurors& two alternatives have been seated. one wall was selected just a few moments ago for additional alternates are now needed and the judge thinks they are on track to start opening statements on monday now, ahead of that, the prosecution is playing hardball with the witness list, refusing to tell trump s attorneys who there they will call the stand first. they are not extending that courtesy due to trump s repeated posts about the case the defense even offered to assure the court that the former president were not post about anyone on the list. but judge merchan appeared skeptical that they can hold him to that. cnn chief legal