former president attends his younger son s high school graduation. for moment it looks like house republicans would lose control of the floor because so many republicans have going have been going to see donald trump s trial. president trump is unjustly not allowed to speak. the judicial system has been westernized. this is a scam, a sham, a show. that courtroom is depressing. one of the most depressing places a better my life. michael cohen is the prosecution s star witness. he s the only one that testified the former president has advanced knowledge of the plan to pay off daniels. is there any sense that you can believe anything michael cohen says? the defense will finish cross tomorrow. good evening, once again bid we are now 172 days away from the election. it was a pivotal week in former presidents new york criminal trial. star witness and ekstrom fixer, michael cohen, took the stand and faced heated cross examination were trump steen questioned a key
now we are expected to hear from former president trump whose testimony wraps for the day in the historic criminal trial. i am john roberts in washington good friday afternoon. hello i m aisha hosch and he for sandra smith and this is america reports here we go. an eventful week in court spending hours listening to adult film actress stormy daniels testify in extreme graphic detail about their alleged affair. really hear from the man at the center of the case michael cohen. webex versus afternoon to cover over than we ve heard so far. aishah: but first let s go live to eric shawn standing live outside the state supreme court work or just wrapped up for the week. hi, eric. that it did for the weekend back on monday. you know there is always a call the pit bull for donald trump. he defended t donald trump heatedly all the time but starting next week the defendant may feel his bites because michael cohen is set to take the stand here probably start on monday. i have be
will. my commitment to the safety of the jewish people, security of israel and its right to exist as an independent jewish state is iron clad even when we disagree. that was part of president joe biden s speech yesterday at a holocaust remembrance ceremony at the u.s. capitol. he condemned a rise in anti-semitism and violent protests over the war in gaza. we bring you more of his comments just ahead. meanwhile, quite the split screen as former president trump was in court yesterday face-to-face with stormy daniels. we ll go through her testimony and bring you expert legal analysis on the key moments. and also ahead an update from capitol hill where speaker mike johnson continues to talk with the far-right lawmakers who are threatening to remove him from leadership. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning, and we begin with the donald trump criminal trial. stor
you up. a lot has happened already. and we ll continue to bring you moment by moment coverage. keep an eye on the right box on your screen when this resumes. whatever we re doing, that is where you are going to see what s popping up now and what s popping up next. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. a dramatic and disturbing statistic. more than 2,000 arrests tied to the campus protests and hating jews and hating american movement, whatever it is. all part of the crackdown on campus hate spreading like wildfire. look at this. [shouting] harris: so they ve arrested two plus thousand people and in new york nypd officers have taken apart another anti-israel encampment just this morning. this time at new york university. so they are hitting every campus they can at this point. does it feel organized? we ll get into it. absolutely you bet. the department s deputy commissioner posted pictures of the signs at nyu. they call for death to america, death to israe
they overturned wade roe v wade. and that and we re still awaiting the new york trial judge s decision on whether to hold the former president in contempt of court for violating the gag order. and president biden signing the bill sending weapons to ukraine and israel, what could be a ban on tiktok if its chinese owner doesn t sell. good day everyone. i m andrea mitchell. the supreme court just two blocks from here just concluded its oral arguments that could decide when doctors can provide emergency abortions and other medical care in states with severely restrictive bans like idaho. the potentially blockbuster case centering around the near total abortion ban currently in effect which criminalizes all abortions and other medical procedures. the idaho law allows for exceptions if the patient s life is in danger, but not their overall health. and if the patient has filed or if the patient has filed a police report claiming rape or incest. the biden administration says state