down the we attack that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now calling a tragic error. could this be the final straw and us support for the war in gaza? urgent manhunt underway after multiple inmates escaped from the louisiana jail after sliding towards gap in the jail yard fence i m john berman with kate bolduan, sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central history in the making today is closing arguments get underway and donald trump s criminal when all try the former president charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payment to stormy daniel s in just over an hour from now, trump s defense let s attorneys will kick things off with their closing argument. there are expected to really focus in on savaging the credit credibility of michael cohen and continuing to power in there. and also ask why other key figures? here s in the telling of these alleged crimes were not called as witnesses prosecutors then go second and hav
situation room, stay with cnn are special live coverage of this truly historic criminal trial continues right now. on the lead with jake tapper cnn breaking news and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, donald trump s hush money trial is in its final phase as the prosecution is in the midst of giving its closing arguments, court will be back from break at any moment. the prosecution has been arguing that president trump, quote, quote, corrupted those around him, and he got them to lie and covered up unquote. trump picked michael cohen as his fixer. the prosecution says, quote, because he was willing to lie and cheat for donald trump this follows nearly three hours of closing arguments from trump s defense attorney todd blanche, who attacked michael cohen using trump like nicknames, calling him the gloat not the goat, the glutes. the greatest liar of all time. he also said that michael cohen is quote literally like an mvp of liars and added quote, i don t know how many leinz
ingraham angle from new york city tonight. judge jeanine: closing arguments are still underway right now and the ludicrous trump tile in lower manhattan. the defense reminding jurors that this entire case is based on the word of a guy who lied directly to them. they even star witness michael cohen as the gloat. the greatest liar of all time. the prosecution has been droning on for hours. joining me now outside the courthouse is fox news correspondent nate foy. nate, what s the latest? nate: hey, judge, the prosecution is five hours in to making closing arguments. court normally ends 4:30. right now 7:00. still waiting for former president trump to leave the courthouse and speak as he is expected to do. within the past few minutes the prosecution has been interpreting tweets and quotes from trump s books and interpreting what they believe he meant during those or in those excerpts. today the prosecution also revealed the underlying crime that trump is accused of. he i
moment after the new york trump trial conversation is make its case to the jury deliberations are expected to begin tomorrow. the jury told to be prepared to stay later if necessary. the former president trump speaks when court adjourns parts will take you there life. welcome everyone, i m charles bieder for neil cavuto and this is your world s. get ripening forward with the very latest outside the courthouse. were on a break right now the prosecutors just that there are about one third of the way through their closing arguments in particular joshua stained-glass steinglass is providing more color on the underlying crime the former president donald trump is charged with. he s accused of to suppress negative stories about him leading up to the 2016 election. there also talking about the nonprosecution agreement that packer entered into and cohen s 2018 guilty plea to federal campaign finance violations. trump s team continues to object but they re getting overruled by t
it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with deadly storms now making their way northeast after leaving behind a trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma, arkansas and kentucky. at least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured. take a look at this. valley view, texas, gas station. officials say as many as 125 people were sheltering when a powerful tornado struck. overnight kentucky governor andy beshear declared a state of emergency as the severe weather threat continues into today for millions of americans. it leaves hundreds of,sands across the region without power. joining us from valley view, texas, is nbc s priscilla thompson. priscilla, good morning. where do things stand now? reporter: jose, good morning. right now in the hardest-hit areas there s devastation everywhere. we re here and you can see there s a car with its windows completely blown out. that car was actually in that gas station parking lot when this tor