michael cohen, third day of testimony begins in moments. we ll see the former president and expect him to speak before he goes into the courtroom. a former legal advisor to michael cohen, robert costello speaking out about the star witness testifying before congress about a ton of things. he believes cohen is lying through his teeth. costello joins us in 30 minutes. a lot of questions for him. first mark your calendars, folks, biden and trump agree to hold two presidential debates to set the stage for showdowns that could make or break their run for the white house. good morning. we re in the red, white and blue today here in new york city. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. it goes by fast. first debate happening june 27th, 131 days before the election. the second debate september 10th. bill: these debate developments happened on a lot of bad news for the president. the post putting the high stakes in perspective. joe s fail mary. while his rival sits in a courtroom
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. with all the trial news we have been covering, the top story is political news that will help decide the election. because it usually does. today, president biden and donald trump both agreed to do two new presidential debates. the first coming next month. capping weeks of posturing and negotiation. that breakthrough came today as the biden campaign took control of things with a plan that was months in the making. biden using this video to publicly challenge trump. with two partners on board. abc and cnn. if a debate starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual, it is. this will now be the earliest general election campaign debate ever. and that matters actually not only for people tuning in and paying attention, but also for the political strategy at play. which we will get into right now. the times reporting this is what biden wants for a couple of reasons. democrats think early voting helps them more than the othe
my own personal funds from the home equity line of credit. to avoid any money being traced back to him that can negatively impact his campaign. he kept on saying over and over again 10-20 times i swear to god, bob, i don t have anything to donald trump. trump is a con man. he asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair. he said specifically and i cross-examine him on this this was my idea. i was extremely proud to be personal attorney to the president of the united states. i did not want to go to the white house. when he was elected he took the whole trump s inner circle to washington with one exception. michael cohen. they left him back in new york. michael cohen was very unhappy about that. this will deftly get reversed but after the election probably if he gets convicted and that s what they want. sandra: former president donald trump s defense team getting other crack today question the prosecution s star witness and former trump lawyer m
sandra: all right and hello to harris as well as short time from now the white house will hold a briefing after president biden challenged his top 2024 arrival to not one, but two debates and former president donald trump has accepted the challenge. hello and welcome, everyone i am sandra smith as we now know live from washington today great to be with you. good have you here. a small suggestion but you should put down roots here. i love being here. except the rain. i could leave the rain. tomorrow will be nice. the rest of the week. john: this is john roberts any time, anywhere, any place, for months now trump has been during biden to debate him and now it appears biden is trying to own that with a long list of conditions. those debates now scheduled for june 27th and september 10th. with stricter rules in place still questions as to whether the candidates will play nice this time around. avenue answer that question? the question is for the is shut up, man
ari melber is here now. what a season of gratitude. get some rest because we ll be seeing a lot of you and everyone soon. have a good show. thanks, niccole. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber, and with all the trial news, and more that have late they are house, the top story is political news that will help decide the election because it usually does. today president biden and donald trump both agreed to do two new presidential debates, the first coming next month capping weeks of posturing and negotiation that. breakthrough came today as the biden campaign took control of things with a plan that was months in the making, biden using this video here to publicly challenge trump to two debates on the biden schedule with two ready partners on board, abc and cnn. if a debate starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual, it is. this will now be the earliest general election campaign debate ever, and that actually matters not only for people tuning