myrlie evers williams an that s it for the read out all in with chris hayes starts no tonight, on all in all the information that is needed in order to create the indictment, to get a prosecution, conviction, is in the hands of the distric attorney indictment watch in the stormy daniels case and ne trouble for trump in the special counsel investigation. he wasn t former trump fixer michael cohen joins me liv tonight. then - the greatest threat t western civilization today i not russia, it s probably, mor than anything else, ourselves. trump goes after the enem within as the internationa criminal court issues an arres warrant for vladimir putin plus, the massive oil projec approved in alaska, despit biden s campaign promise and by the way, no more drilling on federal lands, period, period, period when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we are standing on the precipice of potentially seein the first ever criminal charge agains
Cnn. And of course, viewers two. And we are sending our care to her family tonight. Thanks so much for watching this room with wolf blitzer starts now Breaking News tonight in the Trump Trial Fireworks in the courtroom as the defense begins presenting its case, falling, a witness who was reprimanded by the judge for snide remarks and i rolling this at the star prosecution witness, Michael Cohen admitted on the stand to sleep healing from the Trump Organization. Other regular news this hour, the us is denouncing the International Criminal court as it seeks war crimes, Arrest Warrants for israeli Prime Minister benjamin designe out in addition to hamas leaders, President Biden saying its outrageous to suggest any equivalency between israel and a terrorist group. Plus theres even more uncertainty in the volatile middle east after the uranium president s death. In a Helicopter Crash, thats raising concern theres about a potentially very dangerous power struggling welcome to our viewers her
Continues on cnn with wolf blitzer right next door. Tonight in the Trump Trial Fireworks in the court room. Witness who was reprimanded by the judge snide remarks and i rolling this after Star Prosecution witness Michael Cohen admitted on the stand to stealing from the Trump Organization other Breaking News this hour, the us has denouncing the International Criminal court as it seeks work crimes, Arrest Warrants for israeli Prime Minister benjamin designe out in mission to hamas leaders President Biden saying its outrageous to suggest any equivalency between israel and a terrorist group plus, theres even more uncertainty in the volatile middle east after the uranium president s death in a Helicopter Crash, thats raising concerns about a potentially very dangerous he jurists powers struggling welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in the Situation Room, the trump trial today Donald Trumps criminal trial is nearing its
Trial. The prosecution star witness, Michael Cohen, back on the stand. Todays burning question, will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin what could be an intense Cross Examination, which could start any time today. Could his trademark temper flare under pressure . Yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse for us. Yasmin, take us inside right now. Whats happening . Reporter yeah, a lot happening so far, right . Were 30 minutes into this thing. We already got a lot. Were getting to the crux of this whole thing. Yesterday we heard a lot of incredible testimony from Michael Cohen. We got to the intent as to why essentially donald trump would have wanted to pay off Stormy Daniels. We talked about the january 16th and or 17th meeting, Michael Cohen is unclear about the date in which donald trump, Allen Weisselberg, Michael Cohen were in the room in trump tower saying were going to say Legal Services rendered, paying you monthly, 35,000 a month per the math done by Allen Weisselb
Reached with them. Daniels was doing what many people view as a conventional form of celebrity extortion. She wanted to cash in on her story. But whats interesting is that donald trump was trying to kill false stories as well as stories that were allegedly true. There was a story involving a door man who said he had an illegitimate child. She wanted to kill that, too. Thats not strange for celebrities or politicians. Indeed, many members of congress have engaged in ndas throughout the years. So this is a standard part of politics and entertainment. Now, what they are showing the jury now is that she had this economic motive all along. But also her credibility is in tatters. The real question here is going to be how more sort of narrow the scope of the testimony will be. It is obviously going to be narrower. It is a Cross Examination when it comes to trump. They have a lot of material involving her own conduct, her own life. And you may see the prosecutors start to object as to the scop