Good morning. It is 10 00 eastern. Im ana cabrera alongside my colleague jose diazbalart with special coverage of Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial. And right now, court is back in session with the witness who has already clashed with the judge, returning to the stand. The prosecution just completed its Cross Examination of veteran new york lawyer Robert Costello and so now hes facing questions on redirect from the Defense Attorney. And all this after the judge cleared the courtroom yesterday to Admonish Costello for making comments under his breath, rolling his eyes and staring down the judge. It is already tense in that courtroom today. Lets bring in Yasmin Vossoughian who is outside the courthouse. Also with us, Defense Attorney misty maris. And so, yasmin, so far today, this has been another intense day. What has been going on . Reporter in the last 30 minutes, a lot of intensity to say the least as ana mentioned. Were now in redirect from the defense here on their own witnes
Here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us tonight as we track what could become a verdict that could hinge more than anything else on mierk call cohens testimony. Al sharpton is here more than anything else weve tried on the beat before. You see us with james brown. The rev is here. An artist making his beat debut harry mack. Our top story shows why a verdict is on the way in trumps criminal trial. His Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call Defendant Trump to testify as is their right to call or not call. So they finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers called two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the da called. Some of whom you can see right here. The star witness cohen, former trump aides like hope hicks, Stormy Daniels, tabloid chief and an array of many different important people. Now legally youre looking at the typical mismatch. The da the the prosecution calls more witness
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Then lose the confidence of the jury. Special live coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial continues. Right now. Thanks for watching. Ill see you back here in three hours s youre watching Cnn Special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps first Criminal Trial. Im wolf blitzer, our nations capital, laura coates is outside the manhattan Courthouse Worth today Michael Cohen laid out once again today the who, the what, and the why behind that payment to silence porn star Stormy Daniels. He detailed two jurors how the Hush Money Scheme continued after trump became president of the United States talking about a February 2017 meeting he had with trump. And then Trump Organization, chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, and a set up how trump was going to pay cohen back for the hush money initially paid Stormy Daniels, laura yeah. And wolf cohen also described the fallout after the fbi raided his properties back in 2018, describing what cohen testified would be his last conversation w
Is made this morning in a new york courthouse. Donald trump will be the first former president and presumptive president ial nominee to face a criminal trial arriving just minutes ago for the start of Jury Selection in the new york hush money cases. He faces 34 Felony Counts of falsifying Business Records to cover up a Hush Money Payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels in the runup to the 2016 president election. The focus of the trial today, choosing the men and women who will decide this case from a pool of thousands. We have a team inside the courthouse watching it all as it unfolds. We have a team as well with us right now to talk you through it. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is standing by outside the courthouse. Also with us chuck rosenberg, former u. S. Attorney and senior fib official. Maya wiley a former u. S. District attorney. Williams who is a former prosecutor. Thank you all for being part of our coverage. Vaughn, lets start there at the courthouse. Walk us through what we can