. >> harris: eric shawn kicks us off every day outside the courthouse and starts it for us. eric. >> hello, harris, they promised to be fair and soon they will do their duty. the trump jury about to get this case. let's take a live look inside the hallway. courtroom doors are on the right and inside in that courtroom judge juan merchan will start jury deliberations and giving the jurors their instructions. he has been spelling out the charges trump faces and explaining legal guidelines jurors use to reach the verdict. the burden of proof is on the prosecutors and that they should draw no inference from the fact that the defendant, former president donald trump, did not testify in his own behalf. he said set aside any personal opinions or bias against trump and focus only on the evidence. he said quote, you are the judges of the facts and you are responsible for deciding whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty. he explained reasonable doubt telling them it is an actual doubt, not an imaginary doubt. it is a doubt that a reasonable person acting in a matter of this import

eric shawn's live outside the new york state supreme court with more. eric? >> well, emily, remember the wendy's commercial? "where's the beef?" the jury here hasn't heard it yet. they could hear it later on this afternoon after the lunch break for michael cohen, but so far this morning: has been basically bringing the jurors inside donald trump's office, and the conversations he said they had when they heard about the claims of trump's alleged affairs. cohen spent a decade protecting. he said he would like, bully, and certain people as trump's lawyer, saying it is fair to call him trump's fixer and that he would do anything the boss wanted, wanted to make the boss happy. they did call it a fantastic experience that left him feeling on top of the world. cohen described earlier he was in and out of trump's office, just down the hall in trump tower. prosecutors trying to show through his testimony that trump was on top of everything and that the payments to stormy daniels would not have happened without the boss' okay. he testified that, when "playboy" model ka

. >> lawrence: eric shawn, what can we expect today? >> yesterday after hour and a half hours of deliberation, jurors had requests, asking for read-back of testimony and re-reading of judge merchan's jury instruction. they asked for testimony from david pecker on trump tower meeting and with michael cohen at that same meeting. pecker on the phone call about karen mcdougal and on paying karen mcdougal. the jury will hear discussions of the meeting where the three hashed out a plan to protect his prejudicial chances. pecker and cohen says trump was in on it and work with cohen in the catch and kill scheme. the jury may be trying to see if cohen and pecker kcorroborate each other. what cohen told has to be backed up by other evidence and the jury asked for testimony about his phone call with trump. trump asked if he should buy karen mcdougal's story, they had a nearly year-long affair, pecker told the former president yes, he should buy that. what is striking about the two requests, meeting at trump tower and the phone call seem to highlig

eric shawn has the next steps in the process.im after this. ♪ stuart: not much movement except the nasdaq which is down 120 points with lauren is looking at the movers. trump media. lauren: the company as a proxy for donald trump. the unprecedented has happened publicly, judicially and is bleeding onto wall street, trombones 2 thirds of this company. does, conviction affect his holdings? the sec has a bad actor disqualification but that is mostly for executive officers. nonetheless, is trump's ownership going to be complicated by what happened in court yesterday? stocks down. it is a volatile stock but something to think about. stuart: a significant move in meta, down 2%. the story? lauren: spain says two proposed upcoming products from facebook and instagram may violate data protection laws and order their suspension. stuart: how about pen entertainment. lauren: almost 12%. and activist investor fired off a letter to the board of directors, make changes because your stock is worth double what you are currently trading at. they a

let's go to eric shawn outside the courthouse. hi, eric. >> good morning, dana. he was the surprise witness who says michael cohen is full of it. that means, says the defendant, former president trump, that there is no case against him. robert costello back on the stand later this morning after yesterday's fireworks. costello is a trump ally, a well-known new york lawyer who last week stunned observers by telling congress and then fox news that michael cohen told a completely different story than what he told the jury here on the stand in court. costello says it was six years ago when cohen's home and office were raided by the f.b.i. that cohen turned to him for legal advice. costello says that's when cohen told him that trump had no involvement at all with the stormy daniel payment and the deal, in fact, was cohen's idea because he wanted to hide stormy's claims of an alleged affair from melania trump so she would not find out. yesterday he testified quote, michael cohen said numerous times that president trump knew nothing about the payment to stormy daniels. h

then as eric shawn reported they would have closing arguments after the holiday next tuesday. it seems like we're speeding up. is that good for trump? is it good for the prosecution? >> well, i think it's good for trump and it is good for the administration of justice. the only person who wants this trial to continue on is joe biden. it gives him multiple days where, you know, they are trying to keep donald trump off the stand and campaign trail. but it is not helping but remember, donald trump has figured out the work around. has press conferences every day. before trial and after trial where he is able to deliver his remarks direct to the camera. plus he is doing a rally in new york on thursday, which is going to be an extraordinary event. when is the last republican presidential candidate that has done anything but raise money in new york city? i think that's a really smart move by the campaign. >> harris: let me just point out that it is not just new york where he is going. he is going to south bronx, matt. he is not only reaching for the new york vote, he is going to the

eric shawn's there. eric, why is there another gag order hearing odd? >> reporter: -- today?u, there's another gag order hearing because prosecutors say the former president keeps on violating it, that he's basically intimidating and going after anyone who would testify gwen him at this trial. that gag order now underway in court behind me, judge juan merchan and the prosecutors discussing that. a few momenting ago, prosecutor chris conway basically accused the president of violating it four times, one of those instances attacking the jury saying the jurors are 99 5% democratic -- 95%. the former president has no way no though that because the jurors were not asked their political affiliation. but the socking him with the fines may be having an effect. yesterday during a rally in michigan, the former president said 95% of this area in manhattan is democratic, he did not use the word with jury or jurors. member mindful that he's already been socked with $9,000 in fines. he did arrive here though this morning if as usual angry and said that, in his words, this is a, quote, show

back to you. >> dana: eric shawn.nderway. >> bill: welcome to the broadcast, guys, thursday morning, day 14. stormy daniels back on the stand in moments. you were listening as paul was describing what michael cohen was saying on his tiktok feed last night and during the commercial paul played a little bit of that for us for the record, i deleted the app. i'm doing what government employees are supposed to do, right? >> he said he may run for congress and in the zone and. >> he is wearing a t-shirt with donald trump behind bars. if i were alvin] my head would be exploding. what happens to michael cohen when the day comes he is on the stand? >> there is such an embarrassment of riches already to cross-examine cohen with, it is hard to believe that you would need anything else. the idea he is sitting there plotting the launching of a political campaign on an appearance as a witness in the trump trial wearing a shirt with trump, you know, behind bars, if you were the prosecutor you just want to -- you just want to go unde

eric shawn is at the state supreme court with the latest. eric, what happened to? >> hello neil. out he not only that he stole money from his and toyer former president donald trump. michael cohen exposed as a thief during cross-examination. >> this case should be dismissed. should have never been brought. he's a corrupt judge. he's highly conflicted. he's totally corrupt. he's interfering with an election. trump trump's former lawyer michael cohen fishing damage in the cross-examination. todd blanche listening to more ignitions about cohen's credibility they guess he stole money from the trump organization for testimony showed trump a cohen back for spending money to rig an on line poll that favorite was endorsed $50,000 by the top organization but it turns out he only paid the polling company that conducted the poll 20,000 pocketed and pocketed the rest keeping 30 grand for himself. when blanche asked him if he about that again cohen answered yes. president trump's lawyers want to call bradley smith as their defense witness. he's a former chairman of the federal election commis

eric shawn live outside the courthouse. thank you eric. >> john: let's bring in leo trial, civil rights attorney and fox news contributor. when we look at michael cohen, liar, perjurer, tax cheat, and no thief? what do you think about what we heard this morning? >> two things. first, you cannot rehabilitate a liar. and more importantly, he confessed to the jury. to everyone in the country that he committed a crime. a new crime. we learned that he committed a crime of stealing. he is a criminal on the witness stand and there is no way he can be repaired as far as being rehabilitated. >> sandra: to this question about whether or not the former president, and great to have you on set here in new york. whether or not he will testify. i will get your legal take on whether that is a good idea or not after we reride to the former president himself back in april saying he would. >> will you testify in a trial? >> i would. i tell the truth. all i do is tell the truth. >> sandra: we will see what now holds but what would you advise? >

eric shawn for us outside the supreme court. eric, thank you. tender? >> sandra: let's bring in jim trusty, gray tabby on the program they are on break we will see this trial resume probably at the top of the hour 2:15 p.m. eastern time. i want to play out the sound from the former president this morning as he was entering the courtroom calling this biden's trial, listen. >> at least we are getting the word out but it is very unfair i would like to be in these various states where i should be campaigning like anybody else. this all comes out of the white house and the department of justice. this is all them. in fact a lead person from the doj is running the trial. so biden's office is running this trial. this trial is a scam and it shouldn't happen. >> sandra: those of former president's take what is your take? >> a couple of things on the plane the president made there is a core fact that's a little problem here which is the doj, the number guy had been back and forth between letitia james' office alvin bragg's office and the department just as he deci

first we go to senior correspondent eric shawn. he's alive at the courthouse. eric, what is the witness telling to those jurors today in the courtroom? >> hello jillian. they've broken for lunch but throughout this morning we have heard a lot about payments and invoices and reimbursement to michael cohen but so far, no evidence or testimony directly tying the former president into that alleged scheme to pay off stormy daniels. on the witness stand is the former trump organization controller jeff mcconney. he's been explain how mike cohen was reimbursed eventually for using his own money to pay stormy but mcconney said he knew nothing about any agreement ordeal for her alleged hush money payments. he sent allen weisselberg, the trump cfo at the time, said they were approved by eric trump. the former presidents on who happened to be in court today with them. the balance came from trump's own personal checking account. in those checks to michael cohen were marked for legal expenses. the defense says the former president did think just that. that he was paying micha

. >> brian: eric shawn is live outside the courthouse. ic, do we know yet who is going to going to be on the stand today? >> no, we don't. prosecutors don't tell us publicly who is testifying in advance because they don't want former president trump to attack the witnesses. and as far as the president is concerned, he says he will go to the slammer to protect his constitutional rights. he said that after judge juan merchan has threatened sending the former president to jail because he is holding him in contempt of court. >> i have to watch every word i tell you people. you ask me a question, a simple question, i would like to answer but i can't talk about it because this judge is giving me a gag order. and said you'll go jail if you violate. and, frankly, do you know what? our constitution is much more important than jail. it's not even close. i'll do that sacrifice any day. >> judge merchan said, quote: the last thing i want to consider is jail. you are the former president and possibly the next president. the magnitude of that decision i

first let's go to eric shawn kicking us off outside the courthouse. hi, eric. >> good morning, dana and bill. a tenet of american democracy is the right to be judged by a jury of your peers. today for the first time in american history 12 ordinary american citizens will sit in judgment of the former u.s. president. the courthouse, inside the courtroom of judge merchan in over an hour from now he will give the jurors the final instructions for them to deliberate. those jury instructions expected to be finished at 11:00 a.m. when the jury is expected to get the case. the prosecution and the trump defense have weighed in on what merchan will tell the jurors. the judge mostly sided with the district attorney's side during that hearing and won't include the fact the hush money deal for stormy daniels, the so-called non-disclosure agreement is legal. it is not against the law. he also will not include the defense request that trump claims he was relying on his lawyer michael cohen, for legal advice through all this. in his closing arguments yesterday prosecu

eric shawn is live outside the courthouse. hi, eric. >> good morning, dana.heard the former president speak as he arrived here. yesterday the jury heard the former president in his own words talk about the case telling his lawyer and fixer michael cohen to pay karen mcdougal with a check. legal experts say that's important. the revelations paid for the jury in the courtroom coming from a meeting between the former president and michael cohen that they had two months before election day back in 2016. cohen secretly recorded that meeting using his iphone. they were heard talking about arranging the financing to pay mcdougal so she wouldn't go public about her alleged ten month long affair with trump. >> i spoke to allen about it. when it comes "time" for the financing. >> what financing >> we'll have to pay? >> no, no, no, i got this. no. >> you heard it. the word check. on the tape the former president tells cohen first to pay with cash, then the check. legal experts say that's very crucial because the defense can claim that means trump thought the deal was le

. >> ainsley: eric shawn is at the new york state supreme court with the latest for us. hey, eric. >> eric: good morning, ainsley and guys. well, from a porn star who ridicules the former president and says she hates donald trump to young woman who praises him and says it's a great president. all that in one day in this trial. back on the stand this morning, testifying under cross-examination, is madeleine westerhout. she is former president trump's former executive assistant. who sat right outside the oval office for more than two and a half years. prosecutors called her to testify about trump signing checks but court observers say her appearance backfired on the prosecution. she tearfully cried on the stand praising trump saying is he a good family man. and told the jury that he was a great president. she described the trump marriage as a loving, respectful one. and said mrs. trump would text her to ask when her husband was finished in the west wing so that he could come up to the white house residence for dinner. she said, quote: i believe they have a relationship of m

. >> gillian: first then we will go to eric shawn live outside the supreme court in manhattan. good afternoon, eric. >> hello, jillian. stormy daniels says she wanted to nail down her deal before the 2016 presidential election. she said to be safe the judge seemed to lose patience with the prosecution questioning throughout the morning at some point but they heard a lot about sex. misgenders this morning appeared nervous she spoke quickly talking about 18 years ago back in 2006 at the slope at a golf tournament in lake tahoe. lychee then described going to his hotel penthouse suite club dinner with him and said at one point that evening she went into the bathroom and when she emerged she found mr. trump lying on his bed and is boxers and t-shirt and then went into detail describing having sexual relations with him. the former president could be seen shaking his head throughout her testimony. she related also how they also kept in touch and said he would call her about once a week and visited at trump tower where he introduced her to everyone, he said, and offered advice on getti

eric shawn is there. what's trump saying about the trial today, eric?out the checks and the expenses this morning when he arrived. right now on the stand is an editor at random house penguin, the publisher that published some of mr. trump's books, just talking about as a custodian of record. all eyes on this intense day on stormy daniels who's expected to take the witness stand right after ms. franklin finished. ms. daniels, of course, expected to outline her alleged affair with the former president after they met at a charity golf tournament back in 2006 and why is she was paid off by michael cohen. prosecutors say the deal was to hide her claims to protect trump's presidential campaign. the defense says it was to protect melania, the trump family and brand. prosecutors say trump arranged with michael cohen to reimburse hem as part of their election conspiracy, those payments illegally marked as legal expenses. but this morning when he arrived, the former president genre it rated his defense, that he was paying cohen as his lawyer. >> we didn't put it

let's begin with eric shawn to get us set up for our conversation. >> good morning. early today the trial is underway, michael cohen about to take the stand. he was on the stand all last week as president trump's attorney todd blanche tried to show he is a liar after the prosecution ends and the defense will begin its turn to defend the former president. blanche got cohen to admit he lied under oath in the past and tried to show that cohen lied to this jury when he claimed to talk to trump on the telephone talking about the stormy daniels. so far in this trial cohen has admitted he lied to a federal judge, lied to congress, lied to f.b.i. agents, lied to his bank when he opened a shell company and lied in the verb yeah investigation lied about seeking a trump pardon. the former president said he wants to testify and is under no legal obligation to do so. his lawyers have not yet said if he will do that. if he does not take the stand the only witness the defense may call is bradley smith. smith is an election law expert and former chairman of the federal election comm

. >> dana: eric shawn at the courthouse. get your update now. hi, eric. >> hi, dana and bill. the witness on the stand is sally franklin, managing editor of random house talking about some of the former president's book. prosecution trying to get some of that into evidence. but it is an intense day at court. electric anticipation as we all wait for stormy daniels to take the stand. ms. daniels expected to be the second witness right after ms. franklin testifies and she is expected to describe her alleged affair with the former president in 2006 and why she was paid off by michael cohen. prosecutors say the deal to hide her claims was to protect mr. trump's presidential campaign. the defense says no, it was to protect melania, the trump family and trump brand. prosecutors say that trump arranged with cohen. they are marked as legal expenses. when he arrived the former president reiterated his defense that he was paying michael cohen as his lawyer. >> we didn't put it down as construction costs, the purchase of sheetrock, the electrical costs. the legal expense that we made we p

eric shawn is at the courthouse. oday? >> reporter: well, we're going to hear some testimony from stormy, it likely will be stormy because president trump's attorney will be handling that cross-examination. but first, stuart, the president when he arrived here at court a few moments ago, he said that his a lawyers have gone to the appellate courts to try and overturn judge juan merchan's gag order against him, the former president saying he believes that is unconstitutional. as far as stormy is concerned, we saw her this morning. she entered the rear of the courthouse about 45 minutes ago and is set to take the stand at this hour, in fact if, any moment now. and the cross-examination if will likely not be very pretty. necklace, man, oh, man, did she really slam her story on tuesday when she started to cross-examine the porn star. she portrayed her as a lying trump hater who fabricated her detailed claims on having sex with trump back in 2006. that's when they met at this celebrity golf tournament in lake tahoe and too

fox's eric shawn is in manhattan to bring us the latest in a show of solidarity. >> house speaker mike johnson joining former president trump when they arrived at his criminal trial in new york city. >> this is the fifth week that president trump has been in court for this sham of a trial. they are doing this intentionally to keep him here and keep him off of the campaign trail. >> trump is facing felony charges related to his alleged 2016 hush money payments to star stormy daniels, so she would keep quiet about their alleged affair and not affect the 2016 presidential election. they paid a lawyer a certain amount of money. >> we marked it down as legal expenses. >> returning to the witness stand for a second day, michael cohen, trump's former lawyer and fixer. on monday, cohen testified for more than five hours, telling the jury that it was his former boss who directed him to make the payments to stormy daniels. >> i think that he has done a lot in terms of advancing the case, and i think if he maintains his cool and his the demeanor that we saw yesterday, i think he owns what he did.

eric shawn and william la jeunesse on my migrant numbers. mark meredith is at the white house where the lawn is green and nice. >> we try for you. the debate over presidential debates appears to be settled for now, both president biden and trump agreeing to two face-to-face meet-ups. the first one set to happen at the end of june. for months now we have seen the former president urge president biden to meet him on the debate stage and biden had said it would depend on trump's behavior and told howard stern he would debate. the first sparring will happen way earlier than voters are used to seeing. perhaps polling explains why. the latest fox news survey shows among registered voters trump is leading biden by one point within the margin of error. traditionally any incumbent would be polling higher if they have a shot at re-election. now trump says he wants more debates. he posted i would strongly recommend more than two debates and a large venue. biden is afraid of crowds only because he doesn't get them. tell me when, i'll be there, let's rum

reporter eric shawn on the prosecution witnesses who took the stand. >> former president donald trump wrapping up the third week of his criminal trial in new york, blasting the case and the gag order against him. >> everyone said there was no crime. everything was legal. and they're doing this because it's the politics. they want to get biden elected. that's the only reason forensic analyst doug ross returns to the witness stand under cross examination thursday, doss said he reviewed thousands of contacts on the phone of former president trump's lawyer, michael cohen, plus photos and recordings. >> one audio recording played for the jury included a conversation between cohen and trump in september of 2016. the two were discussing how to handle repaying national enquirer publisher david pecker for squashing allegations by former playboy model karen mcdougal of her alleged affair with trump. but just how damaging the recording can be for trump's defense remains unclear, having reported evidence with donald trump's voice is pretty evidence against him. >> i don't think that the president

. >> brian: eric shawn live outside the white house.s could be the biggest day yet for defense. >> not the white house yet though, brian. we are at the manhattan criminal court and stunning new claim that could blow up this case. that michael cohen lied on the stand about donald trump. you know, earlier this week michael cohen, the former president's lawyer testified that he -- that trump oversaw and approved the plans to pay off stormy daniels to protect his presidential campaign. but now a well-known new york lawyer who once advised cohen robert costello told a judiciary subcommittee yesterday that in 2018 cohen told him, the former president had nothing to do with the deal. >> every time i brought it up, every time he answered, i swear to god, excuse me, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. i said, michael, whatever you have, has to be truthful. if you think you can go in there and tell these people lies, you're crazy. it's going to backfire on you. you can't do that. >> eric: legal experts say the trump defense could use cost

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let's go live to eric shawn outside the new york state supreme court. >> that's right.the oval office to a jail cell. could that be former president trump's fate if he continues to violate judge merchan's gag orders? >> the judge is totally conflicted. you want to take a look at it. i'm not supposed to be talking about it. but i am allowed to say that the judge has a conflict. you ought to take a look at it. he's taking away my constitutional right to speak. >> the defendant continues to rail against these proceedings and the gag order, even though the former president that he could potentially cost him his freedom. judge juan merchan warned that the vitriol in dangerous rhetoric has to stop, telling him directly, "the last thing i want to consider is jail. you're the former president and possibly the next president. the magnitude of that decision is not lost on me. your continued willful violation of the court's order constitutes a direct attack on the rule of law and will not be allowed to continue." in court, former trump organization controller jeff mcconney testifi

jackie, back to you. >> eric shawn forest thank you. >> john: that's the big question. went to the jury think? because initially the testimony that occurred on tuesday the directive seemed to be a very sordid picture of donald trump. how would that affect the jury? but then susan necklace according to most reports i saw successfully dismantled stormy in the early cross-examination. that change the jury's mind back right away. >> jacqui: also the underlying question of how relevant is any of this testimony to the crime we are talking about which is about bookkeeping, and after the last two days i am seeing reaction across the political spectrum saying we are getting closer to certainly an appeal if he is convicted but certainly that appeal working out for him. >> john: the problem with the appeal as andy mccarthy pointed out may be of lots of grounds for an appeal but the appeal may not happen until next year. and in the meantime if it were to be convicted and no one is saying it's going to be but if it were to be convicted joe biden could hammer him as a felon all the w

. >> lawrence: eric shawn live at new york state supreme court with details. hi, eric. >> good morning, guys. for first time jury heard donald trump's own words from his own mouth about paying karen mcdougal, dramatic day in court yesterday, jury heard a tape recording of trump and michael cohen made by cohen during a meeting with him and his boss at trump tower two months before election in 2016. they were talking about paying karen mcdougal $150,000 so she would not go public with her claim of 10-month affair. former president told cohen to pay with cash and then he told him to write a check to leave a record showing nothing illegal or wrong about what they say was typical and standard nondisclosure agreement with karen mcdougal, something businesses do all the time. another recording between cohen and keith davidson, beverly hills lawyer who set up the deals with karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. cohen was nearly suicidal because he was not tapped to go to the white house after winning the election. coen had was saying, nobody is thinking about michael, i'm

. >> brian: eric shawn is live outside the courthouse. eric. >> this trial could really blowup explosive new allegations about michael cohen could d derail. the claim is michael cohen lied on the stand about donald trump. mr. cohen testified it was former president who oversaw and approved plan to pay off stormy daniels. a well-known and prominent new york lawyer who advised cohen, robert costello told a sub-committee cohen told him the former president did not have anything to do with this deal or know anything about it. >> every time i brought it up, every time he answered, i swear to god, excuse me, bob, i don't have anything on donald trump. i said, michael, whatever you have has to be truthful, if you think you can go in and tell these people lies, it is crazy, it will backfire on you, you can't do that. >> legal experts say trump defense could use costello's claims to say he committed perjury. cohen is on the stand today and will face cross-examination from trump lawyer who could ask cohen about what he todz robert costello, whether

. >> brian: eric shawn is at the new york supreme court. . >> main event monday michael cohen versus donald trump. michael cohen has been called to testify. his much-anticipated from the stand facing off against his former boss and the former president monday morning. from a porn star testifying to how she hates trump to young woman enchanted by him. says he was a great president ands he has been treated unfairly. her name is madeleine wes westerhaat. former assistant when he was in the white house. she cried on the stand. prosecutor called madeleine to testify about trump signing of checks in the white house, he was the executive assistant and set up the meeting one month into the presidency between trump and his lawyer michael cohen. some reports claim she was in the meeting and was going to tell about the deal. we never heard anything about that. i was told she was not in that meeting, her desk was six feet from the door. trump is close to his families and he would ask to wave when he took off on marine one. she told the jury she respects

court back in session for donald trump, eric shawn is outside the courthouse in new york city.at is the big headline so far? >> reporter: the headline, the defense has arrested, jerry going home, closing arguments set for next tuesday meaning from -- donald trump did not testify on his own behalf, doesn't have too, it's not required of the defendant. it was his choice, the last defense witness was robert costello. when he took the stand, from the former president to backup medicines. >> it's a kangaroo court, like nothing i have ever seen and we can't have it and i think the appellate court will take care of a lot of things. this should be an easy ruling and should really be. >> reporter: robert costello. and cohen's officer rated by the fbi. and trump had no involvement with the stormy daniels payment and the deal was cohen's idea. stormy's claims about alleged affair. back on the stand with costello you see signs of exasperation that he exhibited yesterday likely because the judge cleared the courtroom and acknowledged costello for his antics, said he would throw him off the

eric shawn live outside the united states supreme court. eric. >> it will be stormy for stormy.he will return in an hour from now after what we heard from the stand on tuesday. ms. daniels back for cross-ex cross-examination. on tuesday she talked about having dinner and sex with the former president in lake tahoe. that moved trump to buy stormy's s silence. trump's attorney got ahold of her. susan necklace tried to cast doubt on her story. asking, you have been making money by claiming to have had sex with president trump for a decade, right? >> i've been telling the story what happened to me. >> am i correct you hate president trump? >> yes, said stormy. >> you want him to go to jail, right? >> i want him to be held accountable. >> the former president could be seen shaking his head and cursing. that prompted judge merchan to tell trump's attorney to tell his defendant to cut it out. >> i'm speaking to you at the bench, i don't want to embarrass him. i will talk to him. you need to speak toim had. i won't tolerate that. today susan necklace will ask stormy daniels if she ever

coalition to bring home traditionally reliable democratic voting bloc in november hello everyone i'm eric shawn this is "fox news live." hi arthel. >> hi eric hello everyone i am arthel neville but president biden's visit to atlanta is the first time he has been on a college campus since they became the staging grounds avert massive protests over the war in gaza. we are reporting less than a dozen students at the commencement turn their backs to the president during his speech seemingly in a protest. this comes as the president is also seeing his numbers a road with black voters new fox polling shows approval among the key groups slipped seven percentage points since before the 2020 election but meanwhile president trump has gained nine% support over the last four years among the voting block we do have a live team fox coverage for you. lucas tlucas tomlinson is standy at the white house with what to expect from the president later today but we begin with madison scarpino live in atlanta with the wra wrap up of the presidens remarks. >> hi arthel is the first time biden has been on a college ca

. >> steve: he'll be in the courthouse and outside eric shawn has been there from the get-go, he is outside the u.s. state supreme court. >> wait for the cross-examination. trump's lawyer will try to rip michael cohen apart, tear his story piece by piece, leaving him battered and bloodied on the witness stand. in stunning testimony from michael cohen, trump's former lawyer and loyal fixer implicated the president into the scheme to falsify record to protect the 2016 presidential campaign. after court, former president quoted jonathan turley. >> the whole world is laughing at new york weaponized legal system. watching this unfold in this courtroom as a lawyer is deeply disturbing. they keep referring to documents, the documents show the nda, and payment that is not in dispute. >> michael cohen directly tied trump to the whole thing telling the jury when the president was sho shopping found out stormy daniels was shopping her story around he thought it was going to be a disaster so he paid her from his home equity account with his boss thanking him and promising to pay him back. once i receiv

. >> brian: eric shawn is live outside the courthouse with what to expect today. follow the coo with someone a little more exciting. yeah, brian and steve, stormy on the stand is what the ap has been reporting breaking a few moments ago. next witness in the trump trial will be stormy daniels, expected to testify about getting paid off according toer had claim by michael cohen to keep her alleged affair with the former president secret so it not affect the 2016 election and mr. trump's presidency would not be hurt if that alleged one-night stand was me made public. the president said he is willing to go to jail to protect his constitutional rights. >> i have to watch every word. he asked a simple question, i would like to give it, i can't talk about it. this judge is giving me a gag order and says, you will go to jail if you violate it. frankly, our constitution is more important than jail, not even close. i'll do that sacrifice any day. >> judge merchan says trump could wind up behind bars if he is in contempt of court. defendant called into question legitimacy an

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eric shawn joins me at the courthouse. where do we stand?ing arguments underway. trump's defense attorney giving the final summations. he could be finished in half an hour from now and he echoed what was said this morning, claiming often brag just asked no case. >> everybody says this is crazy, not a trial that should happen. it's a very sad thing. this is a dark day in america. we have a rigged court case that should never have been forgotten. >> reporter: through the morning jurors have been hearing often brag's case torn apart piece by piece. blanche zeroing in on michael cohen telling the jurors they cannot believe anything that comes out of his mouth, that cohen is an admitted liar and convicted felon. he said donald trump is innocent, he did not commit any crimes, the district attorney did not meet the burden of proof, he said, period. as for the checks trump did sign come the invoices and ledger entries prosecutors say were falsified business records, blanche said it made sense for trump to pay cohen because cohen was doing legal work

happening now michael cohen testifying trump's new york criminal trial, eric shawn is there, what wer. >> is started with the people michael cohen on the stand in a day in which we expect fireworks in face-to-face he is testifying in court when describing his life in describing how we got involved with the former president that was hired as a lawyer after he was able to fight in the co-op building that they own and eastbound as fantastic on top of the world working for the trump organization and he did whatever former president trump wanted. at one point he was asked by the prosecutor did you ever lie on behalf of him, he said yes and he said the term calling effexor and he said it was fair, this morning when he left from his apartment building he refused to say anything to reporters saving it for the stand is expected to tell the jury that he brought with the president of office back in 2017 and it was at the meeting that cohen is expected to testify the trump agreed to reimburse him for pain stormy daniels and they call those legal expenses, also this morning the judge rejected the

more on that soundbite, the whole thing with eric shawn. >> reporter: the jury wants to find out exactly what did donald trump do. they sent out testimony of witnesses talking meetings with trump and what he allegedly told them. this is the testimony that's back at the jury at that moment, and they are deliberating. early this morning the day started with the judge cpac 11 reading instructions that include how to consider if a witness lied or made inconsistent statements, seeking how to consider the testimony of michael cohen. earlier they just finished hearing what the national enquirer publisher and michael cohen said, trump told them to do when they started to hash out their plan. it was august of 2015 two months after trump launched his bid for the white house, they told the jury trump at the meeting they held in trump tower told them to work together on that secret plan to protect trump's campaign. may 13th cohen took the stand and testified to the jury it was trump who set it up, told the jury that trump said to him and packer at the meeting, quote, the two of you should work toget

adam: eric shawn at the new york supreme court, we got john you also as he sees it.d the defense has been arguing, and it is a big moment at the end, the money part of this front and center. >> the prosecution is trying to restore the credibility of stormy daniels. and from the sound of it i don't think trump's lawyers look at could ability, it's a hard thing to do. there attack on this being you make this all up, someone who takes their clothes off and has sex on tv for money, i take my clothes off and have sex on tv for money. why what i make anything up? i show you everything i do. it is a hard job to attack the credibility of someone like that. the prosecution if they are smart might leave things alone and move on to michael cohen next. neil: this is a family show but that is okay, you're a busy guy and a brilliant guy. seriously. go ahead. >> i don't think my mom sent me to law school -- neil: it is a strange world. one thing i was thinking about is how far and how damaging the testimony could be and could it be the kind the jurors can't an here, the other issue

eric shawn joins us live outside the courtroom. eric? >> eric: hello, brian and hello guys.hael cohen expected to finish his cross-examination today as we this weekend we learned some new revelations about judge juan merchan's donations to democrats. >> the judge, as you know, is highly conflicted like nobody i have ever seen is conflicted. he should not be the judge. he should not be allowed to have anything to do with this case. he should be so far away from this cases. were. >> eric: former president trump has repeatedly accused judge juan merchan as having a conflict of interest because of his political donations. turns out merchan has donated to democratic causes a group cause called stop republicans he gave to joe biden's election campaign in 2020. it was only 15 bucks. the state commission on judicial ethics rules say that's a no-no. he should not have done that judges are not allowed to take partisan stands. we knew that the panel dismissed a complaint against the judge. but this weekend reports say they did give him a warning about donating to a political parties an

senior correspondent eric shawn is outside the new york supreme court now. eric. >> hello, harris. the defense is trying to portray stormy daniels as a trump hating gold digger who would only tell her story if she got paid. ms. daniels on the stand denied that and said she wanted to get the truth out. right now the searing cross examination is continuing by trump attorney susan necheles. she is slamming stormy's mostives bringing up the money angle. showing the jury how she says the porn star has profited off her claims that she and trump had that tryst back in 2006. necheles showing the jury items that make fun of trump that stormy sells. she asked stormy if a large part of the livelihood comes from the money she makes off of trump. stormy said no, but did admit she has to find a way to pay her legal bills. at one point necheles act if stormy attacked her boyfriend and if he thought she was insane. prosecutions objection prevented stormy from answering those questions. then the trial ventured into stormy daniels saying she can speak with dead relatives and necheles stormy made mon

. >> harris: senior correspondent eric shawn is outside the courthouse now with what happens next. eric. >> next this afternoon is the charging conference. that's when the judge -- the lawyers and judge discuss what they will tell the jury next week during closing arguments. the headline right now, testimony is over. former president donald trump did not take the stand in his own defense. that is his right to not do that. perhaps one reason the trump defense team decided not to put the former president on the stand is that they believe and are confident that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has not proven his case. the last witness that this jury heard from was, as you said, robert costello. costello, a former trump ally and lawyer talks a lot about michael cohen. he said that cohen is full of it and has said that cohen lied on the stand. costello brought us back to 2018 when he said michael cohen came to him for advice and told him at that point president trump had nothing to do with the stormy daniels payoff and didn't know about it. this morning prosecutor tried to undermi

senior correspondent eric shawn is outside the new york state supreme court now. eric. >> hello, harris. former president trump arrived this morning he was in a mood. he said he may file a lawsuit today to try to overturn the judge's gag order on him. the gag order prevents mr. trump from attacking witnesses, jurors, court staff and family members there. many court observers think the former president wants to overturn that gag order to be able to attack a witness who has attacked him. presumably to fire back on his former lawyer and now one of his main critics, michael cohen. >> the gag order stops me from talking about people and responding when they say things about me. we have people saying things about me and i am not allowed to respond. this judge has taken away my constitutional rights. >> in court the cross examination is finished. the district attorney technician who extracted recordings and photos from michael cohen's i-phones. he used one to secretly record his boss, trump, talking about how they would pay karen mcdougal's deal for her to keep quiet abou

let's get to eric shawn at the courthouse. hi, eric. >> good morning, dana and bill. michael cohen will likely face a crushing cross examination later on today as todd blanch will try to rip his character, his composure and his whole story apart. as you have been saying yesterday, mr. trump's former loyal fixer and lawyer took the stand and testified against him saying it was president trump who was behind the whole scheme to falsify those business records and hide stormy daniels' story of having sex with him all to protect his 2016 presidential bid. trump's lawyer expected to launch that savage assault on cohen tearing into his history of lying under oath, his deception and duplicity to undermine his claims that have bolstered the prosecution case. he said when stormy came forward with her story in the final days of the presidential race trump reacted by saying it's a disaster, a total disaster. women are going to hate me. this will be a disaster for the campaign. trump told him to arrange the deal with stormy with trump organization cfo allen weisselberg. he is in j

you hurt a little bit of that from eric shawn. blanche says that stormy daniels went public because larry flynt, the publisher was willing to pay her legal fees. as we learned so much more about what isn't in this case, like witnesses and so on and so forth and might actually be able to tell us something. what do you make about some of the motives that the people involved that we have seen like stormy daniels. larry flint was willing to pay for legal fees. where is that part of this case? >> it underscores all the questions of credibility that we have been covering on this network. it underscores the shape of the trial itself is always made by what evidence can be admitted and how it is presented. when objections are sustained and which ones are overruled. this entire time has clearly been shaped in the prosecution's favor. i know jonathan turley from inside the courtroom today said before the jury came in. the judge reminded the parties defense prosecution, don't go into the law, that is my job. that is what is worrying us. this

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not over eric shawn's head. >> it is over. the former president did not take the stand. he said he wanted to do that, one reason the former president did not testify on his own behalf which is his legal right is his lawyers be leave alvin bragg simply has not proven the case. the last witness the jurors heard from was the defense witness, the second one that was called, robert costello is a well-known new york lawyer who was a trump ally who said michael cohen lied on the stand. costello brought the jurors back to 2018 when he says michael cohen was advising michael cohen back then and told him donald trump had nothing to do with the stormy daniels payoff and did not even know about it, wasn't even his idea. prosecutor susan hoffman tried to undermine costello saying that saying costello was part of a pro trump cobol who was and still is in mister trump's corner, showed emails suggesting rudy giuliani served as a go-between between costello, cohen and the trump. costello denied he was trying to put any squeeze on cohen. emile cross-examined and asked this, quote, did you

. >> ainsley: eric shawn is live outside of the new york stated supreme court with what we can expect today. eric? >> eric: what a day today, ainsley. michael cohen. he's going to take the stand and is he expected to be the first witness in this trial to directly tie former president trump into this scheme to pay off stormy damages and then file those false business records. but you know michael cohen will come here to testify with quite a history. he has made no secret of his disdain for his former boss. his job was once to go after trump's enemies but today is he turning the tables by going after former president trump. he is expected to tell the jury that trump told him to pay off stormy and then the former president reimbursed him to protect his 2016 presidential campaign. but, of course, trump's defense is expected to point out a lot about michael cohen. the lawyer that he lied to congress, served federal prison time for tax evasion, bank fraud, campaign violations and ccannot be believed in anything he says. the former president has trashed cohen's credibility before when cohen