forget you that s it for us. the news continues. the source will kaitlan collins starts now statement the source tonight, you almost need a four letter word to describe what happened inside trump s trial this afternoon. i was there when the entire press corps was clear from the courtroom. after the defense s witness may judge mark sean urea plus all the president s friends who were also indicted. that courtroom today, the trump entourage included a former biker gang leader who spent years in prison, and a string of others who are also facing charges of their own and talk about a birthday surprise rudy giuliani served a birthday cake for his 80th. then was served himself with an indictment after abating arizona s attorney general for weeks will go straight to the source of her in moments i m kaitlin collins and this is the source the wheels came off, the bus. that is really the old only way to sum up what happened when six weeks into donald trump s hush money trial, th
it s not am here and then agnez, we are now entering the final phase of the first criminal trial of a former president donald trump is inside that courtroom there on the right side of your screen as the prosecution spinal and maybe most important witness, michael cohen is about to retake the stan moments ago, the judge we are warmer. shawn, just informed the court that he does expect closing arguments will not happen this week, but he does expect them to happen next tuesday because there is no chance of a verdict this week come to see it as a special live cover. on kaitlan collins in new york. an object saverin washington in minutes testimony resumes with a third day of cross-examination from michael cohen, the former trump you would all fix her turn witness for the prosecution. todd blanche trump s attorney will again ask the questions. the trump attorney landed several notable blows on cohen underlining seeming inconsistencies and cohen s memory at one point, blanche accu
about, yet he went to him to work on an issue that s so important. that says everything about his life. thanks, antjuan, and thank you, trymaine as well. president clinton and president obama are set to speak in baltimore. andrea mitchell reports starts right now. thank you, craig melvin. next on andrea mitchell reports, the justice department opens a criminal investigation into the origins of the fbi s russia probe. what s the crime? who s under investigation? and why are the findings of the nation s 17 intelligence agencies and the republican-led senate intelligence committee not enough for the trump administration? falling in line. republicans escalate their assault on the house impeachment inquiry, trying to slow down the pace after two weeks of damaging testimony. plus going home. thousands gathering in baltimore this hour, including two former presidents, for a final farewell
to congressman elijah cummings. the man that speaker of the house nancy pelosi called o
Specking one problem with a decision and saying this is clearly wrong, we have to send it back to the state, that s not going to work. we re going to have to see option a or b, i think an up or down vote on whether the 14th amendment means what the states have said, some kind of secret back door way out and escape hatch, that is disappearing by the minute. what about those who argue, listen, this is the way the court has made up. donald trump has appointed three justices, a conservative majority. there s no way they re not going to side with him. well, i would say that i think there s something to that. i think that the conservative justices do tend to rule in a conservative direction. and that would benefit trump here, but i would als say that all three of trump s appointees hold themselves out as originalists, as textualists, and again, there is an increasing pile of evidence here that under the original meaning of the 14th amendment, trump is simply not permitted to run for or h
Himself in. that position was a complete another train wreck. completely undermined any defense he had. if anything, he publicly implicated himself in all this. once you have that deposition on record, you re in a really tough spot. option a is to call your client as a witness, hope he does better, remember, he can still get cross-examined with that deposition or option b is to let the deposition stand and hope you don t make it any worse by leaving him off the stand. it s a sort of know when once you get that horrific deposition. laura, help us understand as non lawyers out there, help us understand why the jury did not find donald trump liable for rape but did find him liable for sexual assault or sexual abuse. what is the difference? does it suggest they believe some of what e. jean carroll said but not all of it? i don t know, forgive my ignorance. what does it mean? non whatever mistake you for