Michael cohen testifying. I watched him inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss just a few feet away. Defense started their Cross Examination. We have been reporting on that along with our colleagues here. How it has been going. Asanother pivotal day. Michael cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the anstand. It is a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment we have been waiting for. The crossexamination. Will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin an intense crossexamination . It has been an explosive last hour of testimony. It is getting testy. Michael cohen is about 45 minutes now into todd blanches crossexamination. Donald trumps attorneys attempted to shred the credibility of the star witness. That is some of what went down. Prosecutors have you confirmed something new. Cohen is their last witness which means they are on track to rest their case here because there will just be this Cross Examination i told yo
Starts now. Welcome, everyone. Its a special twohour edition of the beat. Im ari melber. This is the second day of convicted former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying. Inside the courtroom where cohen was speaking against his former boss and by the afternoon the defense started their crossexamination. Weve been reporting on that. Heres how its been going. Another pivotal day in Donald Trumps criminal trial in new york. The prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen back on the stand. Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen taking the stand for a second day of testimony. Its a whole new game this afternoon. This is the moment weve been waiting for, the crossexamination. The burning question, will cohen keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin an intense crossexamination. Its been an explosive last hour of testimony. Its getting testy. Michael cohen is 45 minutes now into todd blanches cross. Donald trumps attorneys attempted to shred the thats some of what down today. Prosecutors have confirme
introducing an easier way to move with xfinity. it s just another way we re working to make your life simple, easy, awesome. go to xfinity.com/moving to get started. we got michael cohen testifying for seven hours, getting advice from the witness here on obstructing the committee work and not sharing the information with us in a timely fashion, and now we ve got john dean, 45 years ago went to pled guilty to obstruction of justice and now coming in to enlighten the judiciary committee on obstruction of justice. welcome back to hardball. that was republican congressman jim jordan, of course, the guy with the rolled up sleeves knocking the democratic-led house judiciary committee for having watergate whistle-blower john dean testify today. nbc news reports that this is part of the democratic party s strategy to dramatize the mueller report. 60 democrats, more than 1/4 of
former u.s. representative for north korea policy joseph yun. before cohen s hearing began, the president had dinner with kim jong-un. cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins is live in hanoi traveling with the president. the president apparently told lawmakers that he was worried that cohen s testimony would distract from the summit. reporter: yeah, jake. he s bothered by it. that s according to what lindsey graham told my colleagues that when he spoke with the president last night, the president was complaining about the fact that there are going to be two headlines out there, michael cohen testifying and the president s historic summit here in hanoi, with kim jong-un. michael cohen invoked the president several times during his testimony so far but there was one point in his opening statement, jake, where he looked directly into the camera and brought up the fact that the president is in vietnam right now. mr. trump claimed it was because of a bone spur, but when i asked