congress meantime out for the holidays, but they left a whole lot behind, including aid for israel and ukraine, funding to keep the government open, and border security. and just in to cnn. harvard s president under scrutiny. what she is doing as congress launches an investigation. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we begin with the supreme court facing hugely consequential decisions at the moment that could determine the fate of donald trump and the presidential election. trump using a delay tactic in one those major cases, asking the supreme court to hold off on deciding whether he has immunity from prosecution. perez special counsel jack smith is asking for an answer because trump is about to go on trial. they are urging the court, slow down, stay out of the dispute. they say the supreme court shouldn t be rushed into making one a decision so soon. going straight to the supreme court next week to appeal that historic ruling that kicked him off the bal
Back and you can always check in with me. The last word is next. , Donald Trumps red necktie friends, who alex was just talking about, came to the courthouse this week to praise one of the criminal defendants in the building and to attack District Attorney often bragged , who donald trump falsely accuses of spending all his time and resources on the prosecution of donald trump. The people Versus Harvey wind team, we are moving forward in that manner. We intend to retry it, and the court sets a window for trial. We are already moving forward with that matter, having conversations with survivors, censoring their wellbeing and pursuing justice. We are here, now, because the work of the office goes on in so many ways, as those of you have covered the office know the breadth of our work and that work continues. We have the expertise and resources to take on tough cases while dropping down crime alongside law enforced. That includes dropping shootings down 40 in manhattan, murder is down 17
President ial debate or in history has ever faced. Nothing even close to it and it is one that could create a gigantic challenge for joe biden. He may not be able to say anything about Donald Trumps indictments during these debates and that is a prospect no one has considered yet. Andrew weissmann will consider it for us in the discussion coming up. Lets talk about wednesday, the codeword, maybe. Ask if that is legal. Im going to be watching. We will check. Thanks, alex. Have a good show. Thank you. Donald trumps red necktie friends who alex was talking about came to the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse this week to praise one of the criminal defendants in the building and attacked District Attorney evan bragg, who donald trump falsely accuses of spending all of his time and resources on the prosecution of donald trump. People versus harvey weinstein. We are moving forward in that matter. We intend to retry it and those of you in court saw that the court set a window for a trial in the fa
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
Prosecution. Michael cohen, back on the stand. Susan hoffinger went through the different times that Michael Cohen has lied, his legal troubles, the fact he has been disbarred. And under crossexamination from the defense. He is obsessed with revenge against donald trump, thats what theyre saying. As donald trump roles and with a full entourage including the Speaker Of The House. President trump is a friend and i wanted to be here to support him. Tonight, chris hayes and alex wagner break down what happened inside and outside the courtroom with Rachel Maddow, katie phang and msnbc political experts, when special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins right now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes, along with alex wagner. Thank you for joining us for our special coverage of day 17 of Donald Trumps criminal trial. We will be joined by Rachel Maddow and Lawrence Odonnell in a minute to break down what we heard from the most pivotal witness in the case, Michael Cohen, today. In my case