donald trump s classified documents case, the first since the judge put the trial on hold indefinitely. we are live out of florida where the trial hurtles toward a dramatic conclusion. deadly tornadoes rip through iowa, a single town bearing the brunt of this devastation. where the threat remains today. also ahead, louisiana is the new front line in the fight over abortion rights. details of the bill just passed by the state s house, making abortion pills a controlled substance. and later, one dead, dozens injured after severe turbulence on a singapore airlines flight. what we are hearing now from the airline s ceo. hello, it is 10:00 eastern. thanks for being here, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news. the first hearing in donald trump s classified documents case, since the judge postponed this trial indefinitely, and today the court in florida is hearing two different bids to dismiss this case, one right now from trump valley, walt naut
cite as the other crime trump allegedly intended to commit or conceal? and second and perhaps most important, will the jury be allowed to consider misdemeanors as well? i want to bring in nbc s vaughn hillyard live outside the courthouse. chuck rosenberg and catherine christian are both with us here in the studio. so chuck, explain how this decision may go and how the judge may frame the instructions, which could be really determinative as to whether a jury that might be confused or conflicted might be looking for an exit strategy other than a guilty verdict. so some context might be helpful. the jury has heard all the facts. the judge will now instruct the jury on the law. it ll be their map to apply the facts that they heard to the law as they are instructed. the way the two sides, the prosecutors and the defense sort of fight it out, andrea, to get their preferred jury instructions read to the jury. this all takes place at the thing that s about to start, a charging co
it s now 4:00 in new york. this morning a key chapter until the first ever criminal trial of an american ex-president came to a close. the testimony phase of the people of the great state of new york vermont vs. donald trump is over after the defense rested its case and trump in the end did not testify. although just a few weeks ago, he said this, quote, i m testifying. i tell the truth. whatever that means. happening right now in court, prosecutors and trump s defense attorneys are discussing the instructions that the judge will give to the jury. it s incredibly important. where donald trump faces 34 felony charges for falsifying business records in order to conceal another crime. we ll keep you posted on all of the updates out of those proceedings. we turn to the dramatic events this morning in court. team trump resting its case, one was a paralegal and the other was the attorney robert cost tell la lo. whatever credibility he had left after his outburst in court, the ones
to those words and admit he has a financial stake in how donald trump s hush money trial plays out. tons of details and memorable moments in his testimony today including an admission cohen stole from the trump organization and that he paid one client with cash stuffed in a brown paper bag. just before the trial broke for the lunch break, the prosecution started its redirect by focusing on the stormy daniels payments and pushing back on the defense s suggestion they were correctly labeled as legal work cohen did for donald trump. the question now, did multiple days of cross-examination destroy cohen s credibility in the eyes of the jury, and could that help donald trump s defense get the former president off the hook, or do they believe him? do they believe hissy kwens? a key thing that was raised out of the earshot of the jury when they went to lunch, chris, this whole issue of the c-span clip that showed keith schiller and donald trump were on a stage in a rally when tr
hi, everyone, welcome to monday. the people of the great state of nuclear reactor versus donald j. trump is entering a new chapter. the prosecution rested and team trump has started its defense. on the stand right now, attorney robert costello who according to michael cohen formed a back channel to donald trump himself in the year 2018. that s when michael cohen was the target of a federal criminal investigation. costello claiming that michael cohen told him trump did not know about the hush money payments to stormy daniels. cohen has testified on direct that he was still in protect trump mode at the time. that he didn t tell costello. the prosecution rested its case, though, just in the last hour after methodically brick by brick restating the elements of their criminal case against the ex-president. they sought to clean up some of the damage done by trump defense attorney todd blanche with an assist from their star witness, trump s ex-attorney, michael cohen. prosecutor sus