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Contentious Cross Examination, how the former fixer turned star witness is upending Donald Trumps hush money trial, and when this whole thing may drew draw to a close. And then the other big trial in New York City, senator bob menendez is arriving this morning for another day of Jury Selection. Well have the latest on his criminal trial. Good morning, it is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and lots of news this morning. Lets begin with the Breaking News in the race for the ...

a subtle message shift, but a strong message from secretary of state tony blinken saying that far too many palestinians have been killed. and senator joe manchin says he is not running for re-election and threatening the democrats chances of keeping control of the senate next year and stoking speculation of a third-party presidential run. and dispatching alerts across the country with letters sent to election offices in six states and workers finding fentanyl in one office. john an...

for that courtroom bell. there have already been three notes from the jury in donald trumps hush money trial, including one that led some key testimony to being read back to them today. will that help them move along deliberations? plus, a former president trying to pass the time. donald trump now has a tv in his waiting room, along with his phone, and hes posting a lot on social media, railing against what he calls a ridiculous case. getting some backup, donald trumps vp contender...

versus donald j. trump. were getting live updates from inside of the courtroom. were going to do our best to watch them together and bring out and interrupt our conversations and bring you any and all significant moments as theyre happening. over the last few hours the prosecutor has been going through the claims made by trumps lawyers in their closing argument this morning. steinglass, the prosecutor, pushed back against trumps lawyers claim from this morning that porn star stormy dan...

Court outside this building and heading in. so clearly, they are going to go forward with these closing arguments in this civil fraud trial. new york attorney general asking for $370 million in damages, and also basically to bar donald trump from doing business with the trump organization. >> yeah, its a huge day from a trial perspective, also keeping a close eye on the security issues. john, you have a show coming up. well let you go. i want to turn to elie honig. to johns point, this is a big ...

Surprises? were coming into the conclusion of this and i would think the white house, its a no brainer to me, that they taught to be represe ought to be represented. >> liz, it strike message the sad fact is that nothing has change d in the last three year. in 2016, the trump campaign sought dirt on clinton from russia and now, post mueller, the trump campaign is seeking dirt on biden in ukraine. and you have republicans defending that. is the fact that the standard now is that foreign help has ...

Hear from. these are central figures, shan, to the narrative we heard. mick mulvaney, secretary pompeo, john bolton, even the vice president. we are likely not going to hear from them. do you think democrats are risking anything by potentially wrapping this up too soon? are there more people to hear from? >> well, you know, i think to julies point theres no budging on the hill, if they were to delay by trying to fight longer to get these people, thats not going to budge anybody, either. i think ...

And the former campaign manager for president trump corey lewandowski. weve been watching the whole thing and youve commented on it. sort of top line comment is that he is a terrible witness. >> hes a terrible witness. just looking at this from a trial perspective. its political and not a trial but hes angry, sarcastic and not credible. when asked direct questions, you had a meeting with the president in the oval office. i dont know. what did you say? what page? i mean -- hes obviously dodging t...

Days before acquitting him. >> looking at this from a trial perspective. the jury probably looked at it from the view of the officer. and thats what juries have to do. however so many in the african-american communities and poor communities are afraid of the officers who fear them. in another shooting where officer betty shelby was acquitted. she said she was fearful of him. even when people have video, such as the philando castile shooting, even from the that perspective, they are acquitted. >>...

There are trials that have come up since. i think of casey anthony and george zimmerman and people use the term trial of the century. the o.j. simpson trial was indeed the trial of the century. how do you think the coverage of that really changed media? >> well, it was a media-created event. a trial that was supposed to last perhaps a month, month and a half, really extended into most of the year. in fact, it was the longest sequestered jury in the history of california. jury members actually sa...