Revelation from the star witness mean for the states case . The Cbs Evening News starts now. Tonight, a dramatic day in court. Good evening. I am norah odonnell, and thank you for joining us. The firstever criminal trial of a former american president is nearing an end. Late today the prosecution has rested, and now Donald Trumps legal team has the case. Closing arguments could begin in about a week, and then the former president s fate will be in the hands of a jury. Witnesses on the stand today made for what some experts are describing as a wild day. Michael cohen, trumps former fixer admitted under oath to stealing money from the Trump Organization during an intensive crossexamination. And then fireworks during testimony of a Defense Witness that led to the judge clearing the courtroom and reprimanding the witness for rolling his eyes and making comments under his breath. Well, there is still one big question tonight. Will donald trump take the stand in his own defense . Heres cbss
Might try to blame the u. S. For the crash, norah. He said the United States had no part to play in that crash. That is a fact, plain and simple. Charlie dagata, thank you. Tonight, a new line of powerful storms is targeting the heartland with an even greater threat of tornadoes, high wind and hail for tuesday. For more, lets bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. Good evening, mike. Norah, good evening. We are staring down a multiday Severe Weather threat across the plains and the midwest. This is the area on tuesday to watch, especially there along i80. Des moines over toward the quad cities. But larges areas could be affected. Well have some pretty strong lowlevel winds and upperlevel winds. Really what that will lead to is a Straight Line wind event. Also watch for winds that could be 75 Miles Per Hour or greater. Hurricaneforce winds could be possible from these storms. Well have a lot of storms in the morning and a flood risk will definitely
Norah what does the revelation from the star witness mean for the states case . The Cbs Evening News starts right now. Tonight, a dramatic day in court. Good evening. Im norah odonnell. And thank you for joining us. The firstever criminal trial of a former american president is nearing an end. Late today the prosecution has rested and now Donald Trumps legal team has a case. Closing arguments could begin in about a week and then the former president s fate will be in the hands of a jury. Witnesses on the stand today made for what some experts are describing as a wild day. Michael cohen, trumps former fixer admitted under oath to stealing money from the Trump Organization during an intense crossexamination. And then fireworks during testimony of a Defense Witness that led to the judge clearing the court room. And reprimanding the witness for rolling his eyes and making comments under his breath. Well, there is still one big question tonight, will donald trump take the stand in his own d