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thank you, as always. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. trump s lawyers, they ve been working to paint michael cohen as a sleazy liar who is hellbent on revenge, conveniently leaving out the fact trump used him as his own personal porno venmo. after calling 20 minutes over the past month, the prosecution rested their case. when he heard, trump was like, i ve been resting the whole case. [ applause ] time to rest. time to rest. michael cohen admitted on the stand today he stole money from the trump organization. only in a donald trump trial would the star witness be the one who ends up going to jail. how lucky is donald trump? donald trump is like a corruption mr. magoo. he s just stumbling around, quid pro quoing, metal beams falling all around him, getting out unscathed. we ll have more from donald trump s hush money trial, including the dramatic exchange in court with a trump ally tha ....
it s now 4:00 in new york. this morning a key chapter until the first ever criminal trial of an american ex-president came to a close. the testimony phase of the people of the great state of new york vermont vs. donald trump is over after the defense rested its case and trump in the end did not testify. although just a few weeks ago, he said this, quote, i m testifying. i tell the truth. whatever that means. happening right now in court, prosecutors and trump s defense attorneys are discussing the instructions that the judge will give to the jury. it s incredibly important. where donald trump faces 34 felony charges for falsifying business records in order to conceal another crime. we ll keep you posted on all of the updates out of those proceedings. we turn to the dramatic events this morning in court. team trump resting its case, one was a paralegal and the other was the attorney robert cost tell la lo. whatever credibility he had left after his outburst in court, the ....
already on edge. why we shouldn t believe every number when it comes to joe biden and donald trump. that evening, we are 169 days from the election. today, new york rested its case in the first criminal trial, i got to be in the courthouse as michael cohen s marathon testimony ended and trump s team began putting on its case. reporter: former president trump s team launching a fiery start to the case, taking direct aim at the credibility of michael cohen. calling robert costello, an attorney for rudy giuliani, who advised cohen. he was described as manic. cohen is implicating mr. trump and an alleged crime. costello testified that cohen told him, i don t have anything on donald trump. directly refuting the testimony that he was directed to pay off stormy daniels. michael cohen said numerous times president trump knew nothing about it and he did it on his own. the judge repeatedly sustaining objections leading to a heated scolding. the judge at one point saying are ....
and against whom, the idf struck multiple targets graens gaza, syria and west bank as two-week old war with hamas is on the virge of expanding. we begin our coverage with lucas tomlinson live in tel aviv and steve harrigan in beirut. former commando in an elite unit traveled today and spoke to commandos and offered this warning to hezbollah. if hezbollah goes to war with israel, it will make the mistake of its life, we will cripple it with a force it can t imagine and consequences for it will be devastating. the last time hezbollah went to war hezbollah leaders said in a famous interview after the war, we did not think the capture of the israeli soldiers would lead to a war at this time and magnitude. if i had known july 11 the operation would lead to such a war, would i do it? no, absolutely not. in tel aviv, bipartisan delegation of 10 senators came to meet counterparts, meet families of hostages and watch videos. to hamas, if you re not a coward, then give back ....
joining us. i m trey gowdy. and it s sunday night in america. as israel prepares for the next stage of war. the question is how many fronts will this war be waged on and against whom? in the idf struck multiple targets across gaza, syria and the west bank. as the two week old war with hamas is on the verge of expanding. we begin our coverage tonight with lucas tomlinson live in tel aviv and steve harrigan in beirut. lucas . trey, israel s prime minister, a former commando and one of israel s most elite units, traveled north near the border with lebanon today and spoke to his commandos and offered this warning to hezbollah and islam. if hezbollah goes to war with israel, it will make the mistake of its life. we will cripple it with a force. it cannot even imagine. and the consequences for it and the lebanese state will be devastating. now, the last time israel and hezbollah went to war was 2006. the israeli response was so intense that hezbollah s leader said in a now fa ....