attendee, the far-right election denier was in the capital on election day, he got a push from some less radical concerns about his viability in the general, where he faces the relatively popular pennsylvania attorney general josh bureau. a democrat who could benefit from mastriano s extremism. here at midnight on the east coast, we can also tell you the state s republican senate primary remains too close to call, mehmet oz is basically tied with dave mccormick, while the super mega candidate is trailing in third kathy barnette. the number two official in that state john fetterman defeating connor, lamb fetterman is not giving a traditional victory speech tonight, we won t have that for you, because he s currently recovering from a stroke in the hospital, he s expected to make a full recovery. then there is a call on a giant upset, allows for republican madison cawthorn, now you may have, heard as you see right here on your screen, officially a one term or. losing his sea
Coverage of Donald Trumps criminal trial, in a week that could be make or break as key witness Michael Cohen took the stand, and found himself on defense with trumps fate now hanging in the balance. The star would take the stand against donald j trump. Michael cohen is the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. The expresident came face toface with the man who used to do his dirty work who has now turned into the key witness. Everything required mr. Trumps sign off. Will he keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin what could be intense . The punches are building. I think that tuesday, there were bruises and today, there is blood. If i was a juror in this case watching that, i would say, this guys making it up as he goes. Is he . Weve heard different people, leaguer legal experts and other advertisers. Several times, covering this trial, including the key cross thursday. Michael did give the d. A. S what they wanted, including corroboration of what he says words realtime proof
Wicked weather this week between heat and rain storms and winds in excess of 100 mile per hour in texas, houston, where at least seven are confirmed dead. And hundreds are still without power. Katie, how do things look there now . A new shift of workers have arrived this morning and their work is underway after some cleanup crews worked through the night and theyre trying to board up a lot of the shattered windows in some of the Downtown High Rise Office Buildings and hotels. And you can see the work is cut out for them and there are a lot of windows theyre going to have to take care of, all of this damage, caused by the strength of 100 mile per hour straightline winds that hit right in downtown houston. The cleanup and power Restoration Efforts are likely to take weeks, not days. More than 500,000 people in Harris County here are still waking up in the dark. Its a huge concern as we enter the stretch of 90 degree days coming up. Weve been speaking with a lot of people on the ground be
And again that matters. Because the question being raised whether past the point of anger which hes allowed to feel and into something that involves a vendetta where the truth might be sacrificed. Or lied about that history. He said he did ask to be President Trumps personal attorney, but not a different rule of general counsel. It went on and on like this today, if you will. Ke this just like it did the other day. And so its possible or dilute the larger. Defense attorneys are trying to make, but that they are trying to raise. Its possible on the other hand, and i was watching Michael Cohen go through it, that the cuts can slowly eat away as the key witness to Donald Trumps State Of Mind. Another way to put this is without the other money guy, Allen Weisselberg, who is in jail can certainly make trump look bad here in the real world. Others can factor that in, the guys have been to jail twice now. Without the cfo they needed the other trump aid who knew about the state of his mind. In
Sean spicer, would the president be okay with a package with a time line in which the tax cuts would be enacted and people would feel it in 2018 and not 2017. A bit of ambiguity. Heres spicer. Theres two issues. Fiscal year 17 and calendar year 17. For tax purposes, its calendar year 2017 that theyre probably most concerned with. The president as we work with congress will have those details to be able to flush out. Something that they have to work can congress on. President trump dropped news on this whole conversation just moments ago telling reuters in an interview, speaking about the border adjustment tax, which is a big question in this. The president said, and im quoting from reuters here, it could lead to a lot more jobs in the United States. As that article dropped, spicer talked up the merits of it
saying it benefits workers, americans and the economy. Nothing from the white house yesterday, but certainly it appears theyre starting to talk it up just a bit. Neil . Neil very in