this is dan cohen, dan is an independent journalist, so maker and founder of on captured media. you can see and support dan's work at on captured dot media and follow him on twitter at dan cohen. 3000, dan, good to see you. great to be with you, minute with so you were recently in haiti just before all of this new chaos erupt it and then suddenly a new phase out of haiti propelled into the spotlight. the guy called jimmy barbecue sherry z a. can you tell us what you know about him and why you think the main stream media and social media voices are characterizing him as this evil and cannibalistic gang leader over there in haiti? i mean what, or who does such a narrative? even serv to well i and my colleague, kim ives of haiti, liberty are really the only independent journalist to interview jimmy barbecue sheritza who has suddenly become a household name. and otherwise it's all mainstream media. so fortunately, we do know exactly who barbecue is. he's known is what his background is, what he's about. and essentially haiti is undergoing a revolution right now. and jimmy barbecue,

this is dan cohen. dad is an independent journalist, so maker and founder of on captured media. you can see and support dan's work at on captured dot media and follow him on twitter at dan cohen. 3000, dan. good to see you. great to be with you manila. so you were recently in haiti just before all of this new chaos erupt. it and then suddenly a new phase out of haiti propelled into the spotlight guy called jimmy barbecue sherry z a. can you tell us what you know about him and why you think the main stream media and social media voices are characterizing him as this evil and cannibalistic gang leader over there in haiti? i mean, what, or who does such a narrative? even serv to well i and my colleague, kim ives of haiti, liberty are really the only independent journalist to interview jimmy barbecue. sherry's da, who has suddenly become a household name and otherwise it's all mainstream media. so fortunately, we do know exactly who barbecue is. he's known is what his background is, what he's about. and essentially haiti is undergoing a revolution right now. and jimmy barbecue, sherr

okay, that's bringing dan cohen, who's the founder of i'm come to the news as an eviction investigative journalism platform. it joins us from washington. d. c. thanks for joining us on al jazeera. i wonder if we can strip all of this down to its bare bones and look at the consequences of israel. firstly, agreeing to the cease fire, the one that have mass assigned onto and its current form. what are the consequences for nothing? yahoo! and these are, as well from the start and nothing yahoo set out to contradictory goals to the world. and to d as bradley public one to see time us to, to rescue the captives and hostages. and those are obviously contradictory and neither can be achieved through military force. at this point, how my still remains a military structure throughout the entirety of the gaza strip. the idea that israel is going into the last stronghold of how much is a computer in rafa is a complete forest as a complete live because it hasn't effectively dismantled any part of how much is millie military command structure throughout the entirety of the strip. and in doing, in, in

cohen and a fiery courtroom showdown. nate foy live outside supreme court with more on this. good evening. >> reporter: today on the witness dan michael cohen admitted that he wants to see former president donald trump convicted in this trial and he also admitted to making money off criticizing trump, including recently saying that trump should go into a cage where he belongs. trump can't publicly respond to cohen's comments because of the courts gag order and after an appellate court refused to overturn the gag order, trump said this while leaving court tonight... >> nobody has seen anything like it but we would love to not be under gag order as nominee for president. >> reporter: during his direct examination, cohen admitted to lying before congress in 2017 and longing to special council prosecutors during the molar investigation. he said his loyalty to trump changed when he pleaded guilty to federal campaign finance violations and tax evasion in 2018. trump attorney asked cohen if he's obsessed with trump. take a look at his response. cohen said "i don't know if i would call it obsessed. i admired him tremendously." today c

my dan michael cohen and now they they fall for stormy daniels is literallyie the stripper who made themink she really liked them. >> yes but she's just saying what they want because they keep giving her money and attentio t n. >> yeah. you know, i wrote something down here that i thought was really smart hers reallye. t this is what i said earlier, and i forgot to say it or i wrote it down ther areedone actually prosecuting a crime done by their witnesthe witns. >> it's like cohen who didot this, not trump. cohen was the one that gave the advice, created this whole thing, paid. thvice. ally pro so they're actually prosecuting trump for what the witness. ut but they're doing it now. and everybody goes, wait a minute, it's cohen who's i guilty? >> i thought that was brilliant. but now that i say it n wht. >> all right, coming up,p, >> all right, coming up,p, new york crime becomes a facto r . (e someone needs to customizele someone needs to customizele and save hundreds with liberty . wait, there's an elevator only pay for what you need. >> every delivery, every, allery with phony allergi

or a congressman in general new york congressman don goldman coaching michael cohen that is a you said? do we know for sure dan goldman coaching michael cohen. >> we know met with cohen a number of times same congressman paid over 157,000 dollars, to merchan for political consulting that yet another conflict not surprising the case rife with issues to think jury will not pick up on it really, really disconcerting you think you want to hope two attorneys on this case will see, that there really is no legal merit at all there is no evidence here, and the case truly crumble. >> on the other side what krysia is talking about could be met for coffee talked weather you know those things are hard to prove -- you make allegations up of to progressive it at the end of the day on the other side of this even though so many holes in alvin bragg's case have been, public characterized enterprise from us outside the courtroom what is happening inside the courtroom, they talk about the fact all of this is about the jury. and the things you think jury are going to zone in on, you know listen take notes not what those of us on

gut would be the best-case scenario who you're talking about the cross-examination of michael cohen, john dan. thank you so much. >> thank you. laura and ahead, michael cohen has been described in court like the dog who yells, squirrel, but today, he was calm on the stand. >> jurors actually view this testimony and his credibility as well. we have a jury consultant who's joining us snacks fashion moves fast. >> so we partner with verizon to take our operations to the next level with a custom private 5g networks, we get more control well, if production efficiencies and greater agility, that's and to intelligence. >> it's your vision, it's your verys underwear are period proof and sneeze proof and swept. their leak-proof underwear from knicks, comfy and confident protection that field, just like normal with so many styles and colors to choose from, switching his easy at night let's dot com. >> if you have chronic kidney disease, you can reduce the risk of kidney failure with par sega because they're places who'd like to be seekers can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may

. >> does he think cohen kim with dan, what's coming for him on the stand? >> and we've got anthony scaramucci, who will join us later in this hour. >> his name was invoked in court today and we'll ask him about that moment and the political cavalry, the dark trump has called it. >> good evening. i'm laura coates alongside abby phillip right here in dc, and we do coordinate our outfits intentionally for you after 11:00. >> the question also is michael cohen motivated by redemption or revenge? >> that's a choice a jury is going to have to answer and be presented with the prosecution is asking the jury to look past all and i mean, all of cohen's many lies and ms and to believe that their star witness, when he says that trump not only directed him to keep an alleged sex scandal quiet, but also new of a bogus plan to disguise payments to reimburse him cohen reference a february 2017 white house oval office meeting. and this photo, the jury was told was taken, right afterward from the transcript cohen says, quote, so i was sitting with president trump and he aske

dan goldman, democrat. >> brian: training michael cohen how to handle testimony, they don't care about optics. >> ainsley:hired this firm where the judge's daughter works. >> brian: the daughter also worked for adam schiff. >> lawrence: whatever it takes to win an election. >> brian: i think james comer was overmatched by dialogue. >> ainsley: what did you say? what does that mean? >> carley: i think he knew and good time to play dumb. funny to see >> jjamie raskin and him, they were sitting next to each other like parents like how do we control. >> brian: james comer staffer whisper in his ear, do something. >> carley: get a third grade teacher in there. more news, two nationals are in ice custody after trying to break on to marine base in virginia on may 3. the pair stopped at gate while riding in a box truck. customs enforcement told us they are in removal proceedings and would not confirm whether or not they crossed the border. border crossings are surging under president biden. cbp reports 1.6 million gotaways from 2021 to 2023, more than during the decade from 2010 to 2020. texas governor greg abbot

we have senators, dan for simpson and cohen who led off with that op-ed. we're just getting started and this has got to be a movement bianna 2024. and we're serious about it how much money do you have? well, i'm not here to say how much money we had. i can tell you we have enough money to get us through this year and we're going to raise even more we're raising money from individuals and we're very excited about thousands, millions and say, well, we're going to, we're going to be able to advance a program with digital marketing with all kinds of things. so don't worry about that. we're getting started. we're going to be well capitalized and we're going to make, we're going to make this thing stand on its own for some time. so this time, i'm sick with me, congressman, i want to bring our panel into this conversation, but in doing so, i would like to just show you what the house speaker, mike johnson, who is the highest ranking member of the republican party on stage in washington right now. and of course, a constitutional officer of the united states and do

but that was picked up by newsmax as somehow democratic congressman dan goldman was helping to depose and prep michael cohen for his cross-examination or for his testimony, so someone you know very well and have covered for years, kari lake, the senate candidate, republican senate candidate in arizona, she seized on that and said, you see, you know, there's this whole conspiracy to try to make michael cohen look good, in other words, that congressman goldman was preparing him for his testimony, which he certainly was not. and that's how these things get woven. >> this is all part of they're saying that they're all part of saying this is a coordinated effort between the democrats and the white house, democrats on capitol hill, daniel goldman wasn't a member of congress at the time in 2019, when he was working as the lead counsel for the first impeachment inquiry into donald trump back in 2019. but kari lake is somebody who propagates this conspiracy, this is an entanglement. frankly, what we heard from others, matt gaetz and lauren boebert, again, was repeated attacks on judge merchan, and particularly the d

behavior, but it's not because of michael cohen is really i do think though i'm interested to see stormy daniels last week was comparative, but she stood up for herself on dan. i don't know if michael cohen should do that. i don't think he should present himself as a combative witness. it is argumentative with the attorney. i think he just needs to continue to like, put his statement of facts out there where he is and kinda lay it down for the biden campaign. i i think i want to turn the page on the next couple of days and get back to the contrast of chaos versus working for the american people. >> all right. >> we're, of course going be talking about this all throughout the morning just to hit here, republican senator jd vance answering questions genes on cnn is your additional could be trump's running mate plus stunning tornado damage in tallahassee as residents brace for more severe weather and jerry seinfeld commencement speech at duke, he faced a walkout you know what's brilliant think about it. >> boring is the unsung catalyst for bold. what straps bold to a rocket and hurdles and into space orange boring makes vacations happen, early retirements poss

thanks dan and ama, this show is dedicated to you, jeff cohen, aka chunk. >> he's a great lawyer. he does all my deals. >> he's like corey feldman, your doctor is it uh- for hours. the jury sent the judge two notes, one requesting to rehear jury instructions and the other asking to be read back. some testimony. jurors will determine whether trump is guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. well, we have all probably had that experience at the store where it feels like something like everything costs a heck of a lot more than it used to. some of the big retailers are trying to provide a little bit of relief. walgreens today announced it is cutting the prices on 1300 items. earlier this month, target announced it was slashing the prices of roughly 5000 items, primarily groceries and other everyday goods. amazon fresh announced it was cutting the prices on roughly 4000 grocery items. abc seven news reporter jeff stone spoke with the ceo of a family owned northern california organic food company, who

dan goldman also was helping michael cohen get ready for testimony. which is insanity to me.t care about optics. at which time congresswoman crocket came back and said what does that have to do with anything we are talking about. marjorie taylor greene brings up the eye lashes, aoc jumps in. >> ainsley: striked from the record. crocket goes after marjorie taylor greene for the color of her hair and her body type. >> brian: should we hear the whole thing? do we have the whole thing. >> ainsley: do you really want to hear this again? >> brian: yeah. >> ainsley: like these women fighting in congress? >> brian: i guess we got it later. i would like to see. >> lawrence: they want to go back and forth on personal insults. >> ainsley: i don't think they like each other. >> lawrence: right. these are the same people that try to act like they are dignified and all of that. they never show the real them. >> ainsley: i love that keith ocomer islike, what what are yog about? what is going on. ladies, stop fighting about your eye lashes and the color of your hair. >> brian: i just love th

cohen explained he negotiated the sum of $130,000 in, change for the nda with storm heyy dan. sked if trump had any knowledge of this, cohen told me know. when asked whether cohen got the $130,000 from trump, any trump entity or of friend, cohen said no. costello added this before the committee. >> he said i didn't want to embarrass melania trump, he said that's why i decided to take care of this on my own. went back to that several times. you did this on your own? on my own. did donald trump have anything to do with it? no. >> reporter: now, cross examination continues starting at 9:30 this morning and we expect this to be the last witness called by the prosecution and then the defense will have an town opportunity o present its case and decide whether it's going to call any witnesses so we'll see whether robert costello could be called to the stand on behalf of donald trump. for now, i'll send it back to you. maria: thanks very much. walmart meanwhile out. let's get to cheryl casone with the numbers. >> we've got a double beat, we came in at 60-cents on an adjusted base a sis

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cohen's testimony? >> well, to follow up with what dan said, it's worth remembering, one of the sort of small pieces thatld be shocking is michael cohen confirming that not only was there sort of this catch and kill component to the deal with david pecker, also, he said we disseminated false stories and we got the stories before they were printed and could pass on them and shape them and edit them. he gave examples of that involving ted cruz, marco rubio, and hillary clinton, where they actually saw the headlines and the stories and gave comments and directed how those stories should appear. that is shocking. you know, it is one thing to have media outlets accuse you of being biased or favoring one side or the other, but this idea you'd have a private agreement to sort of both catch and kill stories that would denigrate one candidate and disseminate negative stories against another is truly sort of the stuffer that happens in russia and other autocratic systems. it's another point that i think illustrates what dan is saying about this particular candidate and former president. >> andrew, the key word wit

. >> bret: this is representative dan goldman from new york he deposed and got cohen ready for his previousestimony in the a.g. trial. what he said today about what he thought cohen brought in that direct. take a listen. >> i have deposed michael cohen. i have met with him a number of times to prepare him. this was different testimony than what his demeanor was during the a.g.'s case. this is different than he has been in the past. >> bret: basically, those folks in the analysis -- and the analysts are saying that they pre-corroborated with cohen was saying even though he has, you know, major problems, obviously, on and can be challenged. we have seen some of the cross-examination. has this been effective? >> you know, i think they are just getting started. and cross-examination really has to be methodical. keep in mind, bret, you had a witness, a really compromised witness on for two days. typically, you would not doing that as a prosecutor. you would want to show the jury you have very quick points to hit and evidence come in and get him on and off the stand because you are limiting cross

jonathan, mon dan we look ahead to michael cohen.book and the work you do for us and politico. what can we expect out of michael cohen's testimony and will the defense go after him just as they did stormy daniels. >> that is a safe bet. michael cohen is the blockbuster witness of the trial. stormy daniels brought sizzle but perhaps her testimony in some ways unnecessary. some of the drier stuff by the accountants and other trump aides more important. but cohen is the nexus of the scheme, the enterprise. his testimony is important and perhaps unlike stormy daniels necessary. he has significant credibility issues. we know that. he lied to congress. he went to prison. he is someone that the defense will argue has a real ax to grind against donald trump. he was trump's loyal right hand man. fixer. couldn't me as one of hundreds of reporters that got threatening reporters from cohen all the time when you wrote something about donald trump. he denounced trump and takes no opportunity to miss attacking him. being in new york city, michael c

dan abrams. you think the prosecution's case took a real hit yesterday? >> i do. because remember, michael cohenidn't just admit he stole money from the trump organization. michael cohen admitted that he stole money from the trump organization in connection with the very payment at issue in this case. part of the big payment that included the payment to stormy daniels. that's why this is particularly significant. i think that michael cohen now serves as an effective off ramp. right? for someone who doesn't feel right about the case. who doesn't think maybe this case should have been brought. but they can't say that, right? that's not what the jury is supposed to be deciding. that michael cohen can effectively serve as that answer, that excuse, that out for a juror who simply doesn't want to convict. >> george: you've always believed a hung jury is possible. now you think acquittal? >> i think it's possible. i think the case has gone worse for prosecutors than i thought. i initially figured there will either be a conviction or hung jury. i think there's even possibility of an acquittal although i

dan, let me begin with you. the prosecutors admit cohen has baggage.s the risk/reward putting him on the stand? >> there's a huge risk and a huge reward for them potentially. i have had some people say to me, why are they even calling michael cohen? you know? why don't they just avoid all of this? the answer is they need to call michael co-len. every other witness has been central around michael cohen. what prosecutors have tried to do is bolster his credibility. present witnesses who are there to say that what michael cohen will tell you is true. david pecker, some of the accountants, etc, to say this will be backed up with records and other witnesses. the problem is when they go after michael cohen, it will be professional and personal. yes, they're going to talk about the fact that he's plead guilty, about the fact that it was perjury and since then he's suggested that list 2018 plea, at least part of it, wasn't true. i'm going to be really interested in how much of this is personal. how much is driven by donald trump. that may be both helpful to th

cohen. he's joined here tonight by his attorney dan ya perry. we're grateful to you both for being here. >> it's good to see you all. >> how are you? >> i guess the word is relieved. this has been six years in the making. remember, the very first time that i met with the district attorney's office -- we talked about it when i was on your show after putting out disloyal -- the very first time i ever met with the district attorney's office was while i was an inmate in otisville. they came up to see me on three separate occasions. so this is a six-year process within which for accountability to finally be had. >> were you surprised by the verdict? >> no. >> hmm. >> i was not. i've spoken -- i've been on so many of the shows on msnbc, and i've told you all along that the facts speak for themselves, the documents speak for themselves. i've listened to so many pundits come on the various shows, including some of the hosts talking about x, y, and z, they couldn't be further from the truth. and i would have conversation with my lawyer danya on a regular

michael cohen, dan tests, a text. keith schiller on that same day, june 16, 2016, keith schiller was trump's bodyguard, his security guy michael cohen when texts schiller, can we speak? i need you tim parlatore what about the case atlanta is making about the micro-managing donald trump, which has been a theme throughout a lot of this testimony. it is a famous, i think the leonie just actually highlighted the weakness in the government's case. there is no direct evidence other than michael cohen's word the donald trump asked or knew about any of these things that we know of? correct. >> and so what they're going to have to rely upon is the general testimony that he's a micromanager and everything else. so therefore, they want the jury to assume that he was micro-managing this particular thing. and so i think that that's, that's gonna be a significant problem for them because if michael cohen doesn't have a single document or a secondary witness or anything to backup that this specific conversation happened. and if all t

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members of that committee particularly dan goldman have the daughter of judge merchant on retainer paying her tens of thousands of dollars coaching michael cohen in terms of his testimony. that representative was trying to ask about it and that is when the whole thing blue up which is incredible serious issue, this is election interference. why are members of congress getting involved in a new york trial going after the president sitting in that trial was biden's number 3 justice officials sitting in a new york manhattan courtroom feet away from the man who is ahead of president biden in the polls, this is pretty incestuous all around and that is what representative green was trying to get to before we descended into chaos. aishah: something that caught my attention, you forgot how big of a liar michael cohen is an started to come back to you how many times he has lied on capitol hill in front of congress. do you think that's resonating with the jerry? you got to see them up close, you think the jury is getting that? >> todd blanche is very methodical when he lays these things out. it could get a little tedious but the jury was dialed in. seve

the defense calls key witness michael cohen the greatest liar of all time. dan abrams breaks it down. >> robin: deadly severe weather and flash flooding in the heartland. ginger is tracking the storm. the new threats, massive power outages and the powerful winds pushing a plane away from the gate in dallas and forcing two air traffic control towers to evacuate. >> we can't see anybody. we lost our ground radar. we can't see anything out the window. >> robin: gio is tracking all the travel trouble. >> michael: deadly explosion. the investigation into the blast in the middle of youngstown, ohio. we're on the scene. >> robin: heading home. another american freed after being detained in turks and caicos on ammunition charges. >> it was a huge relief. >> robin: the virginia father speaking about his ordeal. >> george: nicole brown's sisters on the trial of the century. >> oh my god. but i was in such shock, i couldn't scream. i felt numb. >> george: now how nicole's kids are doing 30 years later. >> michael: attention parents. the new report on peanut allergies. what

dan goldman to rosie o'donnell. what's more laughable is the i tools thats cnn and msnbc, who what's painted cohen as scott now are tryingfine himti as this hero, this reborn hero. he is so low he will take ithe i because he has nothing else. they are going to cast him aside once they don't need him anymore appear as for the 14-year-old prankster, they are saying this is a devastating blow to cohen's credibility. that's like saying eating a cracker is devastating to live those figure. he already had a massive credibility problem so this iscd not shocking that he was caught lying. this case should havoughe never brought. the truly shameful behaviour isn't just the people bringing the case but it's the c journalists cheering it onhe.y e for the legacy media it isy co suicide by cop p. or they are using the law to end their ownrw careers. this is that another corner turning for a dying media.rner they are so willing to say we are not going to bother dealing with the facts because we don't like this guy.. >> what kind of guy -- if they got a prank phone call from a teenager would get the samed? service -- secret service invo

dan. now to another fox news alert. former president trump's new york trial resumes this morning as michael cohen prepares to take the stand today. >> brian: eric shawn joins us live from outside the new york supreme court. eric, will this be the last week we go to you? >> eric: maybe. >> ainsley: maybe on this story. >> eric: maybe next week. yes, exactly. the defense could take over tomorrow. this could be the last day that michael cohen testifies likely could go to the jury by the end of the week. new questions and controversy over judge juan merchan because he gave money and donated to democrats. you know, former president trump has criticized the judge in this case for donating to democrats, including giving $15 to president biden's campaign in 2020. the state commission on judicial conduct dismissed a complaint against merchan last summer. reports this weekend said that the commission warned judge merchan that judges cannot be political. here's the judicial conduct code and says, quote: neither a sitting judge or candidate for public election to or for judicial office shall directly or indirectly engage in any politi

dan cell. but $3.4 million is a lot of my friends okay. anyway blanche asked michael cohen about his motivations. he quoted an excerpt of cohen's book, disloyal, where he writes quote, i wanted it all power the good life public acclaim, fame, big deals, fast car is private planes, the excess and glamour and zest for life. cohen says and then he's asked about that and cohen says, yes, those are my words. yes. yeah. first of all, he lives in mid manhattan. what he's gonna do it that car. i grew up there beyond me. what i've been curious about is we spoke about this before cross began michael cohen has really kept an even tone throughout the direct, even when the questions got difficult i wish there were cameras in the courtroom and sounds, so we don't know. yeah, it's crazy. just let me just underline that is wildly anachronistic that they're not lighting cameras in the courtroom. i understand that doing it for every case or whatever, but like this is hugely of the public interest. it's not 18, 32, i mean, like the public is sophisticated about these things open up, open up t

cohen admitted he stole money from trump, he admitted to stealing $60,000 from the trump organization. joining me now is pennsylvania congressman danongressman, thank you for being here. i know that this morning you're going to be going down to that courtroom, you're going to be there with former president trump to show support. have you spoken with him yet? can you tell us what you're expecting? >> hey, maria, great being with you. well, we're expecting a little bit more of a circus, i guess, right? i mean, what went on yesterday was -- in fact, that's an insult to some clowns. cohen just proved to be along with being a liar and being guilty of tax fraud, bank fraud, he's also a thief. he admits stealing tens of thousands of dollars. look, this whole trial is just really sad, if you really get down to it. i mean, talk about undermining democracy. they love talking about how they're all for democracy. i don't think there's anything more than weaponizing our court systems and having a presidential candidate accused of you all kinds of frivolous crimes. by the way, what is the crime he's actually accused of? is it fraudulent campaign

2018 -- in february 2018 michael cohen was still issuing statements saying the trump campaign nor the trump organization had anything to do with his reaction to stormy dan said he was being specific with his choice of words saying donald trump he specifically did not name but those are opening the door. >> that's meaningful. >> you continue to defend donald trump over and over so now suddenly why did you lie for him so long? and now suddenly you're telling us a different story inside this courtroom and the jury is supposed to believe you? the cross-examination hasn't gotten to some of those key moments. >> maybe this would be a good time to do it given this is presumably the last witness from the prosecution as said. i have to ask because we've been playing this tape a lot and it's important to remind people what republican leadership is saying about this trial and the justice system, the surrogates in matching suits coming out in support of trump, presumably there will be more tomorrow but we can't actually know. the fact they're doing trump's bidding by launching attacks on judge merchan and his daughter, that's potentially an attack on the gag order.

we're about to enter in terms of trump and cohen and stormy dan, who remind people, paula, when it comes into the picture have the payments already been made to stormy daniel's but not the false? by business records component of it. >> so at this point, i believe he's entering the chat. i believe we are well past, so we're in 2018. so at this point, she's already received her hush money. they were previous attorney keith davidson, the falsified business records, all of that allegedly happened in 2017. so here we're in 2018, and this escalation really has to do more with mike cohen and him losing control of the stormy daniels story as stormy daniels herself, when she takes on michael avenatti. so cohen's says he along with trump, eventually agreed not to enforce the nda against daniel. so that's really why this portion of testimony is it's not necessarily for the alleged criminal conduct, but i think this will likely help explain the sudden decline or the relationship between trump and michael cohen and the interests potentially, i mean, talking about 20:18, you've already your into a pre

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cohen's past lies to undercut his credibility. no surprises there. but joining me now is democratic congressman from new york, dan goldman. he's a foreigner from our federal prosecutor. he also served as lead counsel at trump's first impeachment trial. congressmen, good to see you. thanks for joining us tonight. >> great to be with you abby. >> i wonder based on the evidence that you've seen in presented so far in this case, michael cohen is likely to be the last witness for the prosecution. would you vote to convict him if you were on the jury i think that's a tough question. >> i haven't been in the room and i think it's really important to be in the courtroom meant to see all the evidence come in. there are so many little things, little points of corroboration, phone records, things that we don't talk that much about. in public or on television, but make a big difference when you're putting a case together what i will say is that it's a smart move. i think the way that they have organized the witnesses and the way that they have weaved in a lot of the corroborating evidence. now that michael cohen is the last witness,

expect are going to they're going to call their big final witness, michael cohen what do we expect from that testimony? >> yeah, dan and this will be the most important moment of this case. so let's take a look ahead to what we can expect to hear from michael cohen when he takes the stand on monday, easy to forget now, but there was a time, as you know, dana, when cohen was donald trump's fierce advocate, lawyer fixer, and he's going to take the jury back to that time now, michael cohen spoke just yesterday. he gave us a little bit of a tease about his upcoming testimony. let's take a quick listen to what he said. >> kinda looking forward to it. because again can't be finished with something unless you started. right? it's kinda like an entrepreneurial mindset. you can be in, in, unless you willing to get in it. and so there we go sooner or this thing starts. the sooner this thing finishes, and that way i can yeah, this too shall pass little bit oblique there, but are cnn reporting has confirmed that he will be testifying on monday. now, the most important part of michael cohen's testimony will go to these catch an

explained the mechanics of reimbursing former trump attorney and fixer michael cohen for the $130,000 paid to adult film actress stormy danations. they describe how the large sums that won't to cohen for the alleged purposes of hush-money payments came directly from donald trump's bank account and for the first time during the trial a check from the alleged scheme was shown in court. let's bring in former litigator msnbc msnbc legal correspondent lisa linney. you got a front row seat yesterday inside the courtroom. not as splashily when you hear about accounts payable, but important. >> totally important. as understated as what you said, was juan merchan telling donald trump it appears the $1,000 fines are not working as a deterrent. yesterday was an incredibly important day in court and not at all a sensational one because document by document mcconney and tarasov went through the 34 business records alleged here to have been falsified and the prosecutors made them read from the documents so the jury can understand what specifically about each and every one of these documents is allegedly false. for example, michael cohe

michael cohen first paid $130,000, essentially out of his own pocket to stormy dan right before the 2016ure her silence after that, donald trump and the trump organization reimbursed michael cohen a total of $420,000, and that is really the heart of the charges in this case. now, if we look at the way the $420,000 that we use to reimburse michael cohen what structured. here's what we see. $130,000 of that money payback michael cohen for the stormy daniel's payments another 50,000 went to pay michael cohen back for this company, red finch. we're going to come back to that in a second. they then doubled it and gave michael cohen $180,000 to cover his income taxes on those two payments. and then there was a $60,000 payment to michael cohen that adds up toward 20. take my word for it. what we learned this morning, however, was that out of this $50,000 to red finch, michael cohen actually only paid red finch 20,000. he pocketed and kept for himself $30,000 of it. so the testimony now has been clarified. here's how michael cohen talked about that transaction on his direct testimony last week,

cohen. we are almost done checking all of our schedule amendments. in the meantime, dan johnson, could you come up? we need you or a second. everybody hang tight and please be respectful. mics will stay off. dan, where are you from? south carolina? ok. north carolina. dan johnson from north carolina. if i could have everyone's most sincere attention and absolute deathly silence. very, very quiet because i have something really important to announce. thank you guys so much. >> at the 2018 new orleans convention, i met my current partner. sarah brady. the first two years we had several arguments because i was more of a right libertarian and she was a left libertarian but we came around on that. and we have had two beautiful children together, alexander isaac and leonidas valentine. and you always think a lot about what the right moment, who the right people are, who do you want around you when you make important life decisions? and you have had, really the only family i have ever had outside of my immediate family, is libertarian, you guys. and i don't know what that says

trying to rush this testimony of michael cohen for some people looking at those who might not have familiarity with how long trials go or how long someone's on this? dan they might say he's been on the stand for more than a day, two days really, how could that possibly be a rush that we'll think about? think back to pecker and how long he was on the stand and the level of detail that they went through with him and if you think about the volume of material that michael cohen has to go through and the relative brevity that he did. it was something that it did seem to me to be going much much faster than i would have expected given the volume of stuff. and then seeing some of the detail from these transcripts it's not the level that i was expecting from that they spent 90 minutes entering checks into the record last week, we're literally methodically and going through every documents actually proves the case that's the point. >> all they have to prove is that donald trump is connected to that falsification. and he did it for the reason of winning elections the crimes providing color, right. >> by this point, we've seen the whole conspiracy play out from

michael cohen is back on the what is dan? and michael is much as obviously we knew trump's team wanted to say that michael cohen is a liar and to raise doubt in the jurors minds about whether or not they can trust him. but it seems like this is at a point where really the question for the jury will be when can they start believing what michael cohen said? and can they believe what he said on the witness stand earlier this week when as a defense attorney, do you know if you've achieved you've your goal. i mean, the jury doesn't really give much away that's really good question, really. >> i think the main goal all of this cross-examination is to set up the closing argument to answer that very question you just asked, that they're setting up the closing argument and they're going to hit the jury instructions. are there going to hit credibility of witnesses? oh, there's a wicked good jury instruction for the defense, which you are the user the jurors are the sole judges of credibility. and then he's going to bearing wall of the t

the jury has seen evidence it was cohen who bought the silence of stormy dan gels just days before theces and checks documenting how mr. trump paid mr. cohen back calling his repayments "legal expenses." a disguise according to prosecutors to cover up the hush money scheme that mr. trump deny and you'll see everything that michael cohen testifies to after spending years with these prosecutors behind closed doors, everything will be corroborated by text messages, by documents, even by witnesses loyal to president trump. that's why i believe this jury despite the attacks and personal attacks on michael -- >> reporter: cohen's baggage is well documented. prior convictions for campaign finance violations and lying to congress one part that will be a grueling cross-examination as the defense team argues he's a scorn man who makes a living tearing down his old boss. even the judge directing prosecutors friday to warn cohen to stop talking about mr. trump. moving from the trial to the trail over the weekend -- >> i've come here from new york -- >> reporter: drawing huge crowds in neighboring

understand dan former president will stay in the courthouse in a sort of separate war room, while that is happening. now, when a verdict is rendered, our understanding is that each count the 34 separate cohen'se-by-one, a guilty or not guilty verdict for each. now, if there are any guilty verdicts, it's going to be up to the judge to make the penalty, the punishment for that our understanding now, of course, is yet to spur set a sentencing date and it's possible he may not set that until after the election. so what that means voters could be going to the polls holes with the former president on the ballot. as a convicted felon brynn gingras. cnn, new york there's new information about who might be on the ballot as trump's vice presidential candidate in november, the york times reports that arkansas republican senator tom cotton is at or near the top of the list. >> cotton is a staunchly conservative harvard educated army veteran of both the iraq and afghanistan wars. the time says a number of people are also in the running for the vp spot, including three other senators. florida's marco rubio, south carolina's tim scott, and jd vance of ohio us defense secretary lloyd austin has resumed his

happening in the campaign in october 2016 that would have led michael cohen and donald trump to believe that a payoff to stormy daniels was not just advisable but absolutely necessary to preserve his chances. i had a chance to reread the testimony over the weekend once we had the transcript, and the timeline that she puts into motion is absolutely devastating. it starts with being notified of the "access hollywood" tape by "the washington post." she's the first person that the campaign -- in the campaign to understand that "the washington post" has the tape and the transcript on october 7th. once the tape is released and the article is published, so many things happen in rapid succession. a number of prominent republicans quickly disassociate themselves from donald trump and the campaign. you've got another tape and a rumor about it coming to her the next day on october 8th. then by october 9th, trump has his next debate. the first question out of the gate, or one of them from anderson cooper and martha raddatz, is about the "access hollywood" tape. by october 10th, "the new york times" is publishing reports of ot

dan last week. so when are we going to get michael cohen? why don't we get stormy, dangerous? the prosecution? it's trying to lay it down clear and repetitively to the jiri dalma. trouble is involved in everything you couldn't spend more than a di without donald trump signing off. so that when they attack michael cohen and say he can't be trusted when he says mr. trump told them to do this, when he says mr. trump wanted this done, you can trust him. they want to be able to say, well, what about geoff mecole? what about hope hicks? what about everybody else they brought in? nothing can happen here without donald trump saying, do it. that's what they're trying to do. use a credible witness, somebody they have no doubt to attack geoff per connie's credibility to essentially put a safety blanket around my you a little bit like the pecker testimony and also in a way like hope hicks, this is a guy who's very favorable to donald trump. >> i already five years of loyalty it was paid a half $1 million severance agreement when he decided to leave and it's the controversy in 2023. so he is someone who te

cohen about the prep he's done. he said that he heard several questions first-time from prosecutors last week, he's asking about the prep that he did for his congressional testimony with now congressmen dan goldman, who at the time was was working for congressman adam schiff. but on that moment, i was looking back at michael cohen's testimony and just all the testimony we've heard of the last several weeks this weekend, and maybe that moment with 14 year-old and the prankster. >> obviously, it was a moment that was not a good one for michael cohen or the prosecution. but he also testified about other instances where he had to phone calls with trump 30 minutes before we went opened up that home equity line of credit account that he used to pays me daniels. >> we saw the flurry of calls with david pecker, with keith davidson, whose negotiating this i mean, there is other evidence here that backs up michael cohen's testimony that the jury has also seen i mean, do you have doubt that? >> that could also be pretty effective for the jury here yeah. i think you're right and the fact is the prosecutor's if they think they've been heard anywhere gonna be able to come back and throw up some softba

very important points for me, dan daniel is trying to solidify the idea that he was aware of why this would be impactful for the actual election. and of course, michael cohen way the star witness in all of this talking about what his role was going to be and what donald trump knew. but this $420,000 payment is at the very core of the issue. can they prove that there was actually a connection between donald trump and michael well, cohen and what happened. they could use what's known as a new york law. this idea of an intentionally aiding instruction, where they can find that a person is committed the crime of another by showing that they commanded listed, requested, or intentionally aided that person to engage in that conduct. in other words, a full day of instruction may actually take placed that's how important it is. so, judge merchan has left the bench and it is going to be wearing a historic moment that could lead the presentations of the information are over. >> elie honig. yeah. >> they're going to be back at 2:15 today to talk about the charging instruction. yeah. what does that mean? so jury instructions are really important. this will happen now n