Welcome back to the weekend, we began with Breaking News out of The Middle East. Hezbollah has now confirmed israel killed its longtime leader. Just last hour the spokesperson for the israeli military confirmed that. His killing under the command of, Choice Chuck chose to join the war that hamas started. There are consequences for that decision. Aaron mcglocklin is live in tel aviv. Bring us up to speed on the latest list our. Symone, around 6 00 yesterday evening, a massive explosion rocked the city of beirut and minutes later, israeli officials were Briefing Members of the press that he was the target of an israeli airstrike on a residential building. They were saying that the Command And Control headquarters for hezbollah was located under then the building. And there was a question whether they had carried out the assassination effectively. They released the Audio Exchange between the Fighter Pilot who carried out the attack and his commander moments after the airstrike was carried
Welcome back to the weekend. In less than 24 hours, Michael Cohen will take the stand for his fourth day and Donald Trumps Election Interference trial. He was berated by Heated Cross Examinations Last week by trumps team. Today will be the 19th day in court. The prosecution signaled they wont be calling anyone else to the stand and the defense said last week that trump still has not decided if he will testify. Joining us now is our msnbc justice and Legal Affairs analyst, Anthony Coley. Director of the office of Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to attorney general merrick garland. And legal analyst Kristi Greenberg. A former federal prosecutor and former Criminal Division deputy chief for the Southern District of new york. Say that five times. I want to read you something. This is from the New York Times. The trump trail nears the end. If the jury chooses to believe the governments evidence, a conviction is warranted. Although noted that mr. Cohen remains the linchpin of the case. The
Hi there. Its 4 00 in new york. Buckle up. Witness number nine in the people of the state of new york versus donald trump was unlike any moment of this trial weve seen so far, unlike any witness in this trial weve seen. This is a trial thats seen twists and turns and drama. On the stand today, hope hicks, the Silent Trump Insider who was by Donald Trumps side for years from before he ascending down the Escalaors At Trump Tower and during the president s time in white house. A visibly and nervous hope hicks who began to cry as crossexamination began. Hope hicks described the Meltdown Inside Trump world over the release of the access Hollywood Tape. She was the first person in the campaign to know about it when she got an email from a reporter with the Washington Post. He was seeking comment from her. Hicks sent the email to other staffers including Kellyanne Conway and steve bannon. One, need to hear the tape to be sure. Two, deny, deny, deny. Hope hicks said there was consensus the tap
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