By cnn contradicts pentagon reports about that Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal and the explosion outside the kabul airport, 13 u. S. Service members were killed in that blast, Hundred Grids are dozens at least of afghan, some of the goldstar families are now accusing the pentagon of telling lies. And leading this hour as the new york hush money cover up its picks back up tomorrow in new york, a change in tactics from Donald Trumps legal team were told when it comes to Adult Film Actress and director Stormy Daniels being back on the stand. Lets go to cnn paul read in new york and paula, the defense crossexamination of Stormy Daniels, we were told it originally was expected to be fairly brief, but but sources are telling you thats changed why . Yeah. They have a while to go at this point. And the reason they want to spend more time here is because they were surprised that in her testimony, she raised the possibility that the sexual encounter was not consensual, something that she had not previously said, though in her new documentary, she does raise this idea saying that it reminded her of being a young girl. She is of course a sexual abuse survivor. So theyre going to take more time to go back through those statements. This is really more focused on his reputation and possible Reputational Damage for some of the things that she said as opposed to the nuts and bolts of the case, big picture. Would you say that stormy or not so much . Look, this case is not succeed or fail on the testimony of Stormy Daniels. Shes a main character. No doubt, but she has no knowledge of the actual criminal charge at the heart of this case. Which is falsifying business records. But what she was able to offer prosecutors was a firsthand account of exactly what happened and this alleged encounter that trump would want to suppress in october 2016 she could explain to the jury what was it that was worth 130,000 after the axis . Hollywood tape, but before election day, another helpful thing she did for prosecutors was she to undercut a key Defense Argument and that is that this money was paid to protect trumps family because she said she was never asked to keep their encounter confidential. They subsequently met in multiple public places, including one time with another alleged mistress its karen mcdougal. So she was helpful to prosecutors, but by no means, is she going to make this case . All right. Paulo, read stick around. Lets bring in cnn legal analysts, karen friedman, niccolo, and manhattan criminal defense attorney stacey schneider, stacy, are you surprised at all that the defendant is going to take some extra time with Stormy Daniels apparently, theyre gonna go after her for even more aggressively trying to undermine and her credibility. Is that the right move . Do you think . Yes, im not surprised at all. Theyre taking extra time with her on crossexamination, which resumes tomorrow because she went a little bit off the rails in her testimony, meaning that she gave a lot of details about the alleged sexual encounter between her and donald trump in the hotel room. And there was a ruling at the bench with the judge before that happened that she could talk about the affair, but the judge did not want to get her to get into the details of it and a couple of times during her testimony, even the judge had to say to her slowed down or answer the question youre being asked because she was expanding well beyond the scope of the initial question from the prosecutor what the defense really has to do now is sort of repair that. Its almost like Reputational Damage. And paulas right, this is not crucial testimony to the case whether or not they had this affair the reason why Stormy Daniels is introduced as a witness in this case is to show Donald Trumps alleged motive and intent in hoshin that story up in procuring that story, why there was value to him near the Campaign Time to hush up the story. So theyre going to keep attacking her credibility and they begun doing that yesterday and when they get back on the stand tomorrow, im not surprised theyre going to go much farther by country tenuring to hammer away at her credibility because she gave so many details, they have to sort of counter that by doing it that way. Okay. Karen, youre the former chief assistant District Attorney for the manhattan de das office. Whats the goal here the defense wants to ultimately paint stormy as having made up this entire story yeah. I think they want to make they want to make her out to be a Liar An Extortionist and an opportunist and kind of just somebody who is just looking for an shes made a career out of paint, of Making Money Off of this encounter with donald trump and so they want to just paint her as a really deplorable person who should not be believed. And thats why i think theyre gonna go after her pretty hard and theyre gonna look at her prior the documentary she made It Statements in that as well as there was an Anderson Cooper interview as well as a 60 minute interview. And i think theyre going to go back and look at all of the those if theres any inconsistency whatsoever, they will definitely use that to crossexamine her tomorrow. And paulo, were still waiting for Michael Cohen, trumps former lawyer to be called as a witness. I guess the his testimony could really make or break the trial. Have his past comments on this case, bin been relatively be consistent . What do we expect to hear from me on the stand as a joke he has he has absolutely not been consistent historically. And like i said, Stormy Daniels wont make a break this case. But at this point, jake and it really does look like Michael Cohen will be the only direct link between the defendant this alleged conspiracy to falsify business its records. The only other person who could speak to it as alan weisberg, hes currently the former cfo, the trump organization. Hes in rikers as i am told, theres no plan to call him. Michael cohen gaetz on stand. Hes going to give the jury hes his version of events. Now. He is historically an unreliable narrator. He has given slightly different stories over the year first, but he knows here lucky, he needs to, he needs to earn the trust of the jury and some folks have asked me why trumps lead leuser, todd blanche hasnt done more of the cross examinations in this case that is because he is solely focused on the crossexamination of Michael Cohen this is going to be really the defenses case in many ways. Were going to hear every tweet, every tiktok, every podcast. Where trump, where he has said critical things of trump, where hes called for him to be jailed. This is likely going to go on for three days total with Michael Cohen. And what we saw with Stormy Daniels, but they got her to admit that she hates trump, that shed dance if goes to jail, katara and some contradictory statements talked about are incentives related to the case. That was the trailer for what were going to see with Michael Cohen. Yeah. I said just for the record, ball, i said relatively consistent. I mean, i havent seen a room full of so many unreliable narrators since murder on the orient express, stacy trumps defense team has asked the new York Appeals Court to expedite the appeal of the gag order which limits what trump can say about the witnesses in this trial. How quickly could they rule on this . Do you think they might not rule quickly at all because the heart the harm is really outside the courtroom. The trial is proceeding despite hidden being found in violation of the gag order and the Appellate Court moves more quickly when the harm is morgue regis and right up front. So im not sure theyre going to rush this issue but there was Something Interesting that happened yesterday really quickly about the defense team asked for a mistrial during Stormy Daniels testimony because she went so far afield in answering the questions with all these extra details and the defense was arguing, this is going to present judas donald trump, and judge merchan decided that what had happened in court was not enough to cause prejudice, at least at the trial level, and there was a limiting instruction that was given to the jury to disregard part of the testimony that wasnt crucial to what she was being asked, that was really more irrelevant and extraneous factor ax that were embarrassing to donald trump. There was a little bit of tmi yesterday, too much information coming from her testimony. So thats something that i am certain the trump team depending on what happens here. Obviously, if theres a conviction that is something they are going to go to the Appellate Court with as something they preserve the record yeah. Karen, to be fair to mr. Trump. I mean, it wasnt just tmi although there are certainly was tmi was also the suggestion being made by Stormy Daniels that there was some coercion involved, not physical coercion, and she certainly said that she was it was consensual, but she started currently seem to suggest she was kind of she felt pressured and regretted it all mean look, those are her facts. She she was very clear. She never said it was not consensual. She said she didnt want to do it. It was not something she wanted to do and she just found herself doing it. I mean, thats her story. And so she gets to tell it how she wants. Her credibility is an issue. They are denying that any of this happened, that they had any relationship with her. There was that famous that famous video of him being asked on Air Force One whether he knew her. He denied it and so he put her credibility and issues. So the prosecution is allowed to ask detail because the details are which show that whether or not someone is telling the truth and she talked about things like the furniture was heavy and they suite was bigger than my first three apartments. I mean, things like that. If she hadnt been there, she wouldnt know those types of details. So i thought it was fair game from the prosecutions standpoint to elicit that because her credibility has been an issue called into question by the defense all right. Karan friedman. Hello. Stacy schneider and paula rio. Thanks to all of you and its court resumes tomorrow morning. Keep it here on cnn for special coverage, picketing up at 9 30 a. M. Eastern coming up the shady money running some of the circles of politics im going to speak to the authors of a brand new tell all book. But first the bizarre admission from robert f. Kennedy jr. 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But in the meantime, kennedys campaign is fighting to get him on the ballot and more states and cnns even mechanic and has more on rfk juniors Ballot Access strategy robert f. Kennedy jr. Is on a statebystate mission to get his name on the ballot we will have Ballot Access by the end of july if his Campaign Reaches that goal, it could solidify kennedy status as a major one. Wow card. In an november rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump using he can win. Absolutely. Yeah, the road is wide open for a Third Party Candidate to be successful this time around, at this point, the independent candidate has qualified for the ballot in five states. Michigan, a key Battleground Plus california hawaii, utah, and delaware. The Kennedy Campaign also says it has collected enough signatures to appear on the ballot in seven additional states. Including nevada, new hampshire, north carolina, and ohio and align superpattern spent more than 2 million on Collecting Signatures to help kennedy gain Ballot Access. But has since abandoned those plants. Deferring to the campaign. A Kennedy Campaign official tells cnn it never planned on relying on other entities for balad efforts. People on both sides are waking up and wanting an option kennedys campaign pursuing a variety of paths as it seeks to secure valid access. In iowa, kennedy attempted to qualify for the ballot in a single day by holding a convention with 500 eligible voters from across the state. This is the american, ive thought we as an independent why cant we have a third choice . Obtaining Ballot Access can be inexpensive and challenging effort, depending on the state take florida, where the campaign will need roughly 145,000 verified singer. His campaign also sending teams to College Campuses in states like maryland. Were need to collect 10,000 signatures. Im gonna be honest. Im not a huge kennedy fan, but i think its important to have options for third candidates, even if theyre not your favorite at sets a good precedent for the future. In some states where it is easier to use a new Political Party to get on the ballot. Kennedy has formed the we, the people party, while in michigan, hes running is the natural law partys candidate. Im using valid access already one by an existing minor party in california, he gained valid access through the American Independent Party is process is forci