Under oath. Cohen is the last prosecution witness and the question that remains this morning, what, if anything defense will trumps legal team mount . Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is outside that courthouse. I also want to bring in our legal panel, former u. S. Attorney and former senior fbi official Chuck Rosenberg, new York Law School professor and director of the schools criminal defense clinic. Ana coe min ski and criminal Defense Attorney and former federal prosecutor duncan levins. There was a little bit of uncertainty this morning in court, a long Bench Meeting before the Cross Examination got underway. Bring us up to speed on all of it. Reporter the last day week five of this trial, a 19minute Bench Meeting at the start of court before the jury was brought in. We dont know what they talked about. Once we get the partial transcript out this morning, were going to figure that out and let you know. A couple of things that have come out so far even just in the last 30 minutes or so, the
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
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And this is The Ingraham Angle from washing tonight. Thank you for joining us. Gl the focus of two nights angle. All right, faking this role, taeven Sexual Excitement is what actors do well. They havent picked it with me. How do you know . Yes yes oh oh oh, god oh i will have what shes having. Laura Last Night Whene describing Stormy Daniels appearance in the courtroom, the only thing msnbc larry of donald didnt do was bang on the counter and moan like meg ryan. But the same message, you got it. Well, the excitement and anticipation in the room hit a new high at 10 32 a. M. A she entered wearing all black as if on her wa funy to a funeral. The loosefitting, plain black clothing dripping from her shoulders to her toes suggested the modesty of a nun. The makeup was minimal the waygh she and the other moms and her neighborhood might look when shopping at the local Grocery Store here the long blonde hair held up with a clip of the back of her head. Laura okay this stormy fit with the force
george floyd. floyd s sister will join me in a few moments. and fallout from the interview with prince harry and meghan, alleging racism in the royal family. there s a conversation with you with harry. about how dark your baby is going to be? potentially, and what that would mean or look like. much more on that interview straight ahead this hour. but i want to get right to something we ve all been waiting for. the cdc releasing official guidance for americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. what can they do? where can they go? can you hug your family, or be inside without masks? dr. jonathan reiner joins me now. thanks for joining. this is good news. we can see some small gatherings, grandparent hugs. but dr. leana wen argues, it s too cautious. you should be cautious, right? she says the cdc should be saying if you re willing to get vaccinated, you should be able to travel freely. do you agree? i agree. this administration said that science wo