mueller didn't seem to do with michael cohen. in the case of sdny determines that donald trump is coconspirator, why do you think that is? >> i don't know why that is. the braiseness of some of what michael cohen has been saying during his direct examination things like donald trump just threw out a number, i'm going to say i'm worth $a 5 billion and instructing michael cohen and the chief financial officer allen weisselberg to reverse engineer the numbers. cook the books and a have it add up. that's so braise and so nefarious. if you're doing it only because you're chasing tabloid headlines, that's one thing. but michael cohen made it pretty clear in both his congressional testimony and i'm sure in his trial testimony that, no, this was to secure bank loans. it was to secure insurance for his properties. this is years long fraud. in one sense, this is an opportunity for donald trump to confront his accuser through his lawyers. you get to confront and cross-examination, the witness who is are testifying against you, but in anothe

kp michael cohen is important but this case does not rise or fall on michael cohen's testimony. >> thank very much. >>> here in the middle east, emergency aid that should be headed into gaza has been crippled by a fight over fuel. we're going to tell you where that stands next. >>> welcome back to "the lead." we're live from tel aviv. diplomatic tensions are escalating after the united nation sect general said this at a u.n. security council meeting yesterday. >> it is important to also recognize that the effects by hamas did not happen in a vacuum. the palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation. >> he went on to say he was not trying to justify the appalling attacks. but in response israel's ambassador to the united nations called for gutierrez's resignation. today israel's ambassador to the u.n. said that israel will block visas to u.n. representatives that the type has come to teach them a lesson and then made this statement today to set the record straight. >> i am shocked by the misrepresentations by some of my statements yesterday in the security c

michael cohen and donald trum, honest. michael cohen and donald trump. they _ honest.hael cohen and donald trump, they were _ honest. michael cohen and donald trump, they were very _ honest. michael cohen and donald trump, they were very close, - honest. michael cohen and donald trump, they were very close, it . honest. michael cohen and donald i trump, they were very close, it used to be his most passionate backer and i was his most passionate critic. he cut off ties from donald trump about five years ago. since that is going on to read a book, he's never missed an opportunity to go after donald trump. this is the first time they've seen each other when michael cohen walked into the courtroom, he and donald trump didn't look at each other. donald trump at his arms folded when michael cohen gave his testimony. the court is in recess, they return in an hour. he didn't look at michael cohen either. it's worth mentioning that donald trump doesn't need to be in court but he has come and they were already pulling punches before they got to the courtroom. as you mentioned, t

michael cohen has since written books about trump, hosted a podcasts, making him public enemy number d not been in the same room for five years, until today, when cohen testified in trump's civil fraud trial in new york. trump was asked during a break he fell to see michael cohen? >> we know his record is a horrible one. it's not going to end up good for you. >> michael, how did it feel to see donald trump again? >> heck of a reunion. >> legal analysts lisa rubin was inside that courtroom today, and she joins me now. paint the picture, what was it like? >> chris, i was expecting that there would be fireworks between donald trump and michael cohen, and actually, they to attend behaved rather well with respect to one another. however, huge fireworks at the end of the day, from alina habba, from trump's prophesy in getting cohen to admit something, which i think many of us have seen coming, but didn't. which is that when he took his guilty plea in 2080 and pled guilty to a series of crimes including federal tax evasion, lying on a home equity line credit application, essentially, she got

we will shortly expect to see michael cohen as well.n the story and the rest of the news. that is it from me for the moment. do stay with us on bbc news. hello there. well, the week ahead looks fairly unsettled, with low pressure systems bringing outbreaks of unwelcome rain, weather fronts, and that wet weather persistent at times. turning windy by the end of the week, as well. earlier today, we've had outbreaks of rain working their way northwards through parts of the midlands, in towards the north of england. we do have a met office yellow warning for heavy rain through parts of the east midlands, in towards yorkshire and the humber. whilst in itself that wet weather not particularly heavy, it's falling on already saturated ground, so the potential for some further issues with flooding as a result. south of that band, drier with some sunshine through wales, in towards the south midlands and the south—east. wet weather pushing in towards the south—west later on. sunshine and showers for northern ireland and parts of scotland. brightest

that's golo.com. >> two more hostages have been -- >> michael cohen of course was donald trump's fixerre than a decade. his right-hand man. one of the employees see both of you would think. cohen is the guy at the hush money to stormy daniels after she said she had not affair with trump, in the end but it had trump lose his license, and ultimately his freedom. in the hush money scheme. then, he quite famously turned on his former, boss testified before congress under oath and warned republicans loyal to trump what it would lay ahead for them. >> i protected mr. trump for ten years, and i can only work but, the more people that follow mr. trump as i did likely, are going to suffer the same consequences that i am suffering. >> something precious there given how many lawyers in the past week have pleaded guilty. michael cohen has since written books about trump, close to the puck, has provided evidence for prosecutors making him enemy number one for the trump family. he and trump had not been in the same room for five, years until new york. trump was asked how it felt to see cohen again.

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michael cohen is still on the stand. at this moment the former president is not in that courtroom. >> give us your legal analysis including trump violating the so-called gag order by this judge. >> first of all, with respect to the statement that bryn just played that we just won this trial, that is false. he has not won this trial. to the contrary, the judge already has ruled against donald trump before the trial on one of the counts in this lawsuit. so donald trump has not won this trial. it seems like what he's saying is, i am please that had my attorneys just did a good job on cross-examination of michael cohen and i'm confident we will win. that remains to be seen for sure. his lawyers have been aggressively cross examining michael cohen and examining certain things. the verdict will be up to the judge considering the weight of all the testimony. as to the other point about the gag order, so this was really an unusual event here. the judge had issued a gag order about three weeks ago, after donald trump posted some

. >> lisa, trump's former fixer michael cohen told prosecutors a portion that was played today during opening statements, that he as in michael cohen and alan weisselberg, inflated assets to boost trump's worth. >> he wanted to be high or the forbes list, and he then said i'm actually not worth 6 billion. in fact, i think it's now worth eight with everything that's going on. alan and i were tasked with taking the assets and increasing each of those asset classes in order to accommodate that $8 billion number. >> lisa, we know that there's independent documents that the ag's office has corroborated not only michael cohen's testimony and some of the stuff that weisselberg himself has admitted to doing. was there visible reaction from donald trump when this particular portion was played and do you think it strengthens the case to have michael cohen testify to this? >> i can't tell you what donald trump's reaction was to michael cohen in part because i only saw him from the back, but i can tell you the lawyer's reaction to having michael cohen involved was huge, and they focused heavily o

michael cohen for the first time in five years. took the stand as a witness in trump's 250 million-dollar fraud trial and it was no shortage of drama to the proceedings. fresh off his testimony michael cohen, author of revenge, how donald trump weaponized that u.s. department of justice against his critics. that's the name of the book. he joins us now. michael, i must start with this. take a listen to what trump said about your testimony after he abruptly exit to the courtroom on wednesday. >> that witnessed just admitted that we won the trial, and the judge should into immediately. thank you. >> what's your response? >> i don't know where that even came from, to be honest. donald trump lives in a reality that only exists from his left ear to his right ear. nobody else saw or heard any testimony from me that exonerates him, that he won the trial. in fact, his lawyers made a motion for a directed verdict that judge and go around stated. and i've never heard a judge had this before. absolutely denied. not once but twice. so where he c

a lot of this started with michael cohen. he testified in congress in 2019 that this is something that the trump organization would do. to me, the make or break question for michael cohen is does he have the specifics. we know we have heard michael cohen testify. this is a pattern of practice that the trump organization would overinflate their assets. what you want to see is can michael cohen pinpoint specific transactions thats he was part of and exs plain they were overinflated and done specifically at donald trump's direction. as you say, michael cohen is a fraught witness. he does have those convictions for perjury and fraud. but i also think michael cohen has had a pretty sharp record since he turned on trump of telling the truth and being support ed in the things he's alleged. >> elie honig, good to see you. thank you. >>> president biden wants congress to sign off on billions in more aid to israel. but he's getting some pushback from progressives in his own party. we'll have more on that, next. >>> the biden administra

the main job in crossing michael cohen was to make michael cohen lose his cool, and seems to do the exact opposite of that, made her client lose his cool, and that's why we're talking about this now. >> lisa, bring us back inside the courtroom. extraordinary reporting about multiple outfit changes that trump's counsel was involved in, clearly a performative element to what she was doing. that, again, seems like it's designed to play in a different arena than the court of law. how is trump faring in the court of law? >> in the court of law, i'm not sure trump is faring well. yesterday's first 45 minutes of cross-examination was for effective than the hours that alena issue and cliff robert represents the adult sons. that's for two reasons. michael cohen resisted their questions as much as he could within the bounds of what was respectful. when he didn't understand a question, he made that clear. if they were jumping around in time periods, he asked for clarification, and when the question begged for a yes or no answer and he couldn't give more nuance, he answered honestly, sometimes stumpi

this is happening in the cross-examination of michael cohen. essentially it was all in relation to a 2019 congressional hearing where cohen testified that trump -- he didn't recall trump telling him to basically manipulate the financial statements, you know, to reflect the net worth that trump wanted. well, that was brought up yesterday -- rather when he was being directed by the state's attorneys where he essentially laid out how he would manipulate the newspaper and trump wanted him. in cross-examination they brought back up the 2019 testimony and asked essentially did you lie? were you lying to corning and he stood, michael cohen, by his testimony in 2019. for trump's camp they think this is a big lie. he's flip-flopping his statements, and they asked the judge to basically throw out this trial because this is at the heart of why this civil trial is happening. the judge said no. he said it twice, definitely no, and essentially we'll now continue in court. michael cohen is no longer on the stand but they did try to get the trial thrown out bec

michael cohen es abogado del donald trump testifica en su contra en caso de manhattan. vez en cinco aÑos que los dos hombres se vuelven a ver. >> ademÁs, sale a la luz la llamada que hizo un joven al 911 que avisaba que apuÑalÓ a su madre mientras dormÍa. al lado estaba su hermana de dÍas de nacida. el joven estÁ arrestado y la policÍa investiga el motivo. >> habla una de las rehenes liberadas de hamÁs, su testimonio es desgarrador, pero da esperanza a los familiares de seres queridos que no saben nada. dicen que ha sido el dÍa con mÁs muertes desde que comenzÓ la guerra. >> y en un reportaje especial un equipo de noticias telemundo llega a una comunidad en texas con viviendas a bajo costo. se ha convertido en el hogar de muchos migrantes. pero hoy estÁ en el centro. >> creo que hay mucho racismo. >> ¿por quÉ algunos polÍticos dicen que es un imÁn para el crimen organizado? >> noticias telemundo con julio vaqueiro. >> (musica). >> pero esta vez, comenzamos con la corte de manhattan, hace cinco aÑos que el expresidente donald trump y su exabogado michael cohen no estaban

this is the first time trump and cohen have faced each other in five years, regarding michael cohen's testimony, that new york times reports, quote, i was taskmaster trump to increase the total assets based upon of numbers that he arbitrarily elected, mr. cohen testified, saying that it was his responsibility to increase those assets in order to achieve the number. mr. trump, he said, quote meet with mr. cohen and another lieutenant and direct them to reverse engineer the statements to reach his desire net worth, and returned to him once they did. the accusation prompted a full body scoff from mr. trump, who spent much of the testimony alternately fiddling with his phone and crossing his arms. mr. trump's skill was soon replaced by a blank expression as he frequently consulted with his lawyers. joining us now, adam klasfeld, senior legal correspondent for that messenger, he was in the courtroom for today's proceedings. tim o'brien, senior executive editor for bloomberg opinion and author of trump nation, host of the bloomberg podcast -- and an msnbc political analyst. thank you both f

he went after michael cohen, i think on the hope that michael cohen would back down because of 500 millionis very, very scary. lo and behold, michael cohen said no. what the positions that. or put you under oath and questioning about the allegations and then tenure financial dealings and then touch on how you run your business. all of that into the public and, snap, within seconds, donald trump backs down. there is an important lesson in that for voters, for institutions like the media, congress, the court that are doing with this in many different ways with donald trump, as he tries to corrupt institutions, corrupt the rule of law and be on the media, they end and they. out its worst standing up to him when the facts are on your side, and to stand up as you need to, because like most police, he will ultimately back down. the other thing going on here is that donald trump's every lawyer's worst nightmare. he isn't disciplined, on sophisticated, sees it as performance are, rather than issue teaching legal moment. he routinely carbonates himself. he continually exaggerates or lies or creates

prosecutors will say that those are receipts that corroborate everything that michael cohen testifiesitia james probably thinks she doesn't need cohen to win this case. she already is doing really well. but it is hard to pass up a witness who was this inside the alleged crime. a live witness in the courtroom can tell a story that documents cannot. >> let's get over to atlanta. blayne, you're at the courthouse. what more can you tell us about jenna ellis' guilty plea? what did she plead guilty to, and what are the conditions? >> we know he's the fourth defendant to plead guilty here in fulton county. most notably the third trump attorney or former trump attorney to do so. so, the terms of her plea deal were similar to what we have seen before. we're talking about five years probation, $5,000 restitution, community service, has to write a letter of apology and most notably she has to cooperate with the prosecution and testify truthfully in all future proceedings. what was notable, though, chris, what we saw today in the courtroom that we haven't seen in any of these previous plea deals

michael cohen, who served time in prison, taking the stand as a key witness in new york state's civil case against the former president. he testified he had to, quote, reverse engineer trump's financial statements, increasing the total assets based on a number trump suggested. trump outside court today calling cohen a proven liar, insisting trump did nothing wrong.

also played a big role in that has actually that michael cohen also had a case in. this is harder to prove. but again, this is a zil case, and michael cohen has played a huge role in this, and it is interesting that he is going to show up, and he has not ceded the limelight and it is not clear how the prosecutor is going on to like him to be here because he is a potential witness here, and it may not be the best thing for the case. >> elie, you wanted to say something about michael cohen? >> do you call him as a witness, but as paula reid said, he is the first one to bring it to our attention, because he brought it to congress, and this inflation and deflation of assets is something that was done all of the time at the trump organization. on the other hand, he has baggage and plead guilty to various fraud and perjury offenses years ago and he obviously and strongly dislikes donald trump to put it mildly, and the real question as a potential witness is how specific is his knowledge, because he has been pressed by this including here on cnn where he has appeared a cou

>> well, we know what michael cohen is going to say because michael cohen has not been particularly bashful to the news. i don't necessarily expect that donald trump is going to have much of a reaction in the courtroom, given everything that we've seen. but i am going to be watching for, given what we are just talking about, any comments that donald trump decides to make on social media about michael cohen as a witness in this case because that is something that is going to provide a lot of things, as to the judge's willingness to backup what he previously said about trump violating future orders. it's also going to be very telling as it relates to donald trump's other orders in d.c.. as you know, judge chutkan put a hold on her decision to issue a gag order in the case in the sea. but answers like this only give further fuel to the argument that donald trump has to put out a gag order on him as a defined in this case. otherwise, he will use this platform. that's the biggest thing i'm gonna be watching for. sensitively, i don't expect many surprises from michael cohen. >> let's turn your at

>> well when he wants to talk about michael cohen, he says michael cohen.f the cameras today, so he certainly knows how to direct his vitriol at mr. cohen's general direction. so i certainly think the judge had ample support for his credibility determination. >> you know, without the rest of the quote, it's a little bit arguable. you could even be generous to trump and say it was ambiguous. but there's a portion of that quote that we didn't have an opportunity to play on the air where he returns to talking about michael cohen, and that to me makes it even more clear that at the very beginning, he is indeed talking about the judge's principal law clerk, because many changes subjects to talk about michael cohen. and to be clear here, you guys putting on your experience in a courtroom, going after a judges clerk, posting on social media when you're a person who when you draw intention to people, often they will have security concerns. posting a picture, being ordered by the judge to take it down, not taking down one of them, getting a fine for that, and then c

michael cohen today. he's on the witness list for this trial and he could come face to face with his former boss for the first time in years. >>> we're waiting for remarks for president biden at any moment from the white house and when he's ready we'll take that to you live. in the meantime, i want to level set on what we've seen in washington over the last couple of days. one republican congressman said that the last week was like, quote, riding a mechanical bull, quite a visual but pretty accurate. president is going to weigh in after congress managed to pass a short-term funding bill that will keep the government open for the next 47 days. preventing a government shutdown is good news. so for the time being, as of right now, house speaker mccarthy has managed to avoid a complete disaster of republicans' own making by relying on democratic votes to get it over the finish line, congratulations are in order, i guess. but before you think, wow, government is functioning again in washington, not quite. beca

let's start with michael cohen. we have seen is testimony delayed due to his health. ys time. what are expectations of this testimony? >> to set the stage a bit, this is really coming full circle. remember, it was after michael cohen's prior congressional testimony the attorney general letitia james launched this lawsuit that wound up leading to all of this. so, it's really coming full circle, the person who started it all in a way. we know the relationship going back with michael cohen and donald trump, which obviously is now soured. you know that there's no love lost their. we know in that prior testimony, michael cohen mentioned how trump would manipulate the value of his assets of his worth. to serve his own purposes. we're gonna supposedly see michael cohen testify to that under oath this week. >> so, as cohen is set to appear, we know the former president was also fined $5, 000, i believe, for violating the gag order. you actually wrote about that saying, even if this fund is relatively paltry, it has the merit of being a consequence for trump, and going forward,

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as he went into court mr trump called michael cohen "a proven liar", whilst mr cohen told reporters that simple." new york attorney general letitia james is seeking a fine of $250m and a ban on trump doing business in his home state for misrepresenting his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars. the investigation started after mr cohen gave congressional testimony in 2019 where he claimed trump inflated his property values. meanwhile, another of donald trump's former lawyers has struck a deal with prosecutors in the us state of georgia, where the former president and others have been charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election. jenna ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements. she has agreed to cooperate with local prosecutors. those are the developments. live now to nomia iqbal, our north american correspondent. we saw my gold going, and donald trump also talk about him being a proven liar. his former lawyer was his fix it for many years. this proven liar. his former lawyer was his fix it for many years.— his fix it for many years. this is search

before the hatred happened, michael cohen was on tv talking about how wonderful mr. trump was. there with him so he's very credible in that respect. so yes, he's biased in that he has this personal hatred against donald trump, but that doesn't mean he's not telling the truth. >> weisselberg, the former ceo of trump organization was willing to do time. he was somebody who was part of a criminal prosecution. he wouldn't flip. so is his statements in these depositions going to do you think be beneficial to the prosecution? >> the attorney general is going to use weisselberg's testimony. it is helpful to them. it doesn't matter whose interests he's aligned with. it doesn't matter that weisselberg may or may not remain loyal to trump. if he gave a deposition he raised his right hand and swore to tell the truth. that truth may be damaging to the person he's loyal to. this kind of thing happens all the time in civil and criminal cases. a witness may be hostile to the attorney general's office that is calling him, but he may have vital information, and you go back to what's been said s

and joining me now is former trump lawyer, michael cohen, who also plans to attend the trial tomorrow is the author of the book, revenge. michael, thank you so much for taking the time with me this afternoon. so, i just wanted to start with given how instrumental you were to this case how and what do you think it will be like to see trump face to face for the first time in five years tomorrow? >> well, for me, i am okay now. obviously, five years ago, i was going through my torment. it would have been very difficult, but right now, i am looking forward to actually seeing him in the courtroom. i would like him to be able to look me in the face to understand that he has created this, and this is the first time in his entire life that he is going to be held accountable, and have to deal with the repercussions with his own personal actions. >> as you said, michael, it's the first time he's really being held accountable on this front. what do you think it took so long for authorities to prove he was misrepresenting his assets on official financing documents? >> yeah, so remember that the t

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here it is. >> this is not about donald trump versus michael cohen or michael cohen vs. donald trump. this is about accountability, plain and simple. we leave it up to the judge in order to make the determinations on that. >> in a way this is about michael cohen vs. donald trump when it comes to believability or credibility. who wins out on that in court in your opinion? >> wow, that is difficult. ultimately saying, michael cohen is backed up by the documents. that is the key point here. at the end of the day it is very challenging when you are a business person submitting two different valuations to two different people for the same property and you can't say they are both accurate. trump has put himself in the position where even somebody convicted of lying to congress is going to appear more credible to the judge. >> in the georgia election subversion case jenna ellis became the third former trump lawyer to flip. she joins sidney powell and kenneth chesebro in pleading guilty. how is this case looking against trump now? >> you know, trump was always going to try to bl

not michael cohen. trump in fact has attacked that check in the past, which is why he was under a gag order in the first place. so the judge saying he found trump, quote, not credible when he said he was talking about someone else and he fined the former president $10,000. shortly after that trump stormed out of the courtroom. paula reid has more on trump's heated day in court. i want to begin with manu raju on capitol hill because, manu, the courtroom mess aside, a victory for trump on capitol hill today. house republicans electing mike johnson as their new speaker, and the 22 days in the house. how did he pull this off? >> well, republicans were weary of all the infighting, members who are more moderate, including ones who are more conservative, simply wanted to move on because they had been battling an intense discussions behind the scenes for days and have not been able to come to any sort of consensus. and as a result this chamber has been completely paralyzed, unable to act on key issues of nation

take a listen to what they said earlier. >> this is not about donald trump versus michael cohen or michaelp. this is about accountability, plain and simple. we leave it up to the judge to make all the determinations on that. >> he is a felon. served time for lying. you will see it for yourself. he is a liar trying to get a better deal for himself. it's not going to work. this case would have been over by any other judge. we did nothing wrong. that's been proven. >> reporter: here is the key piece of information for our viewers to remember as they watch this play out today. it's michael cohen's testimony to congress that sparked this investigation from attorney general etitia james that led to the trial. it was in his testimony before congress that he claimed that trump overstated his wealth. that's really why we are here today. he is now a star witness in this trial. jose? >> mary and dasha, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> up next, an update on the speakership race in washington where it stands now. you are watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. . and you know i didn't. it m

michael cohen says that rebuilding will take years, not months. reporting live in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> thank you, rob. a two-week fight over who the next house speaker should be continues with no apparent progress. ohio congressman jim jordan, a hard-liner and trump ally fell short of the needed votes today. kron catherine heenan is in the newsroom with more on the drama on capitol hill. and that continues. vick, ohio congressman jim jordan did lose first vote to become house speaker with another vote now scheduled for tomorrow morning. he failed to drum up enough support today despite temps right when pressure campaign over the weekend win over the holdouts. his strategy right now seems to be just keep plugging away until something breaks his way. that seems pretty iffy during a long walk back to his office after the first vote. he initially deflected questions from reporters, including those who wanted to know what the holdouts are telling them. why won't they bent? jordan called those confidential conversations. meantime, political analyst michael ya

as you said, recent years we have seen a public feud between michael cohen and donald trump whether itbe on social media, in interviews, but this is going to be the first time that they are in the same room together. and much of cohen's testimony is going to focus on when he was in the room with his boss at the time talking about financial statements, talking about donald trump's net worth and the discussions they had according to the attorney general about how the trumps inflated their net worth to get business loans. it's going to be interesting testimony. certainly something that everyone will be very clued in on essentially for donald trump especially rather pause he has been very into the testimony he is listening to but this is certainly one of a different level. we are also expecting to hear from one other witness before michael cohen takes the stand today, but we are waiting to hear what he has to say before he leaves his new york apartment. i am sure we will hear from former president because he always talks before he heads into the new york courtroom. we will hear what they h

his company's assets >> former president donald trump watched as his former personal attorney michael cohened against him in new york's lawsuit over trump's businesses. >> nbc news reporting this - cohen said trump would come up with his own net worth estimations. "my responsibility along with allen weisselberg predominantly was to reverse engineer the various different asset classes and increase those assets in order to achieve a number that trump asked us for," he said asked what that number would be, cohen said, quote, "whatever number he told us. >> seth: so trump would literally just invent a number for the value of his assets or his net worth out of thin air, then tell his minions to fudge the math in order to make that number work. that would explain why his net worth was some always some very round clean number like $10 billion. no one has a net worth that is exactly $10 billion. usually there's at least one decimal point. it's like getting a fake id that says your 21st birthday is "today." [ laughter ] "that's right, my birthday is today. that's why i need these key lime flavored w

hava who really isn't taking on for the most part the substance of michael cohen's testimony.y bit. and today has largely focused on a few things. one, that michael cohen has it out for donald trump, who didn't give him the job he supposedly wanted in the white house. two, that michael cohen continues to exploit his personal association with donald trump for his livelihood, now that as a convicted felon he's no longer able to practice law. and, three, she has gone back to the fact that yesterday on the stand two gasps in the courtroom, when he pled guilty to certain crimes that had nothing do with donald trump that included tax evasion that michael cohen says now he lied to a federal judge in order to get an advantageous plea deal. in other words, he sat in a state court and admitted under oath that when he was in a federal court five years go, also under oath, he lied. and she is trying to chip away at the credibility that michael cohen might have with the ultimate decisionmaker here who is not a jury, but new york supreme court judge arthur engoron. >> lisa rubin, thank you

first to new york where trump and michael cohen are set to face each other in court for a second dayin the civil fraud trial. cohen isn't the only former trump ally now turned legal threat. in georgia, this is jenna ellis, she's the latest trump lawyer to accept a plea deal, while abc news is reporting that trump's former chief of staff mark meadows has been granted immunity in jack smith's federal election investigation, and we should note nbc hasn't confirmed that report and meadows' lawyer called it, quote, largely inaccurate. let's bring in nbc news correspondent dasha burns outside the new york city courthouse, and also former federal prosecutor kristy greenberg. what can we expect for day two? >> reporter: ana, first, let me catch you up quickly on what was an explosive day in court yesterday as michael cohen took the stand and gave testimony that really only he can give as the a.g.'s star witness. he described in detail how former president trump directed him and trump organization's cfo allen weisselberg to inflate his wealth significantly. he described how trump essentially

as for trump, he said michael cohen has a horrible record and he's not too worried about his testimony. we expect cohen to be on the stand today and tomorrow. we'll see how the testimony picks back up but again, before he left, that was the main part of the new york general's case in this civil trial is what cohen said right there. guys? >> thanks so much. >>> house republican lawmakers have picked tom emmer as their new speaker designate. it's the third time republicans have tried to find a new speaker. we'll take you live to capitol hill to see if the third time is the charm. >> yes. plus, a dock tor in gaza is warning the enclave, the largest hospital, could become a mass grave if fuel runs out. we're going to take a look at the push to get aid in and speak to an american who is desperately trying to get out of the gaza strip. to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo comes with a built-n engine like google, but it's pi and doesn't spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. and t

. >> dana: coming face-to-face with long time lawyer and fixer michael cohen. cohen is expected to give testimony in the state attorney general civil fraud trial against president trump and more on those stories throughout the hour. >> sirens sounding across central israel and the west bank and a heavy barrage of rockets from gaza and israel continues to bombard with air strikes and hamas releases two more hostages. welcome to a brand new hour of america's news room. i'm dana perino. >> bill: welcome, partner. i'm bill hemmer. asking to release hostages and they're promising a reward and protection for the informants home. and israeli air strikes pounding the hostages and iranen-backed hezbollah in lebanon to stay out of the fight. bill. >> bill: eric sean is live with the united nation withs details oned to oohs meeting of the un security council and greg palkot starts us off on the northern border between israel and lebanon in the time you've been there, greg, how serious have been the clashes between israeli military and hezbollah militants to the north? rep

the other thing that i found very entrusting today, michael cohen, there's a lot of testimony from michael cohen. what was interesting about it, there were prosecutors there from the district attorney's office, and they were there to watch. i would imagine they were there, but they were there watching because they were trying to see what sort of witness michael cohen is because he is going to be a key witness in the stormy daniels case, so there's a lot of eyes on this for different reasons, and i think those two things aren't as talked about but are very important in this. >> and, tim, if mark meadows, who was the closest person to donald trump in the white house actually begins to cooperate with jack smith, you know donald trump, what does that do to his corpus mentis? >> it's another sort of block in the jenga block of donald trump's psyche, each little log being pulled out, it gets more tipsy, and he becomes more unstable. it's not clear to me the terms under which mark meadows is testifying. it sound like, you know, it's not necessarily clear that he has flipped. he may be cooperating

joining me now to discuss, trump's former fixer, michael cohen. he is now principle of crisis acts, and also the host of two podcast. mea culpa, political beat down. and to new york times bestselling author of revenge, how donald trump weaponize united states department of justice against his critics. michael, good to see you. trump, very very well. what did you take away from seeing him, his demeanor outside of that courtroom? even inside the courtroom we got a peek at it? >> the this is very typical donald. on the outside of the courtroom, he was all bluster, he was typical donald, he was in campaign mode, to the point that he was looking to figure out how to make this scenario into something profitable. inside the courtroom, he was behaving the way that you would expect somebody to behave when they are in a situation that they have no control over. that is something donald hates. he hates not being in control. he sat there like a good child, he did not say word, he did not speak, he did not get out of control. >> he was angry. >> where he had t

or michael cohen versus donald trump. plain and simple. howard: so what's your take on the new york judge fining trump $10,000 for ripping the partisan judge himself, and he said the person sitting next to him, the judge concluded it was his law clerk, trump said, hey, i was talking about michael cohen. >> yeah. i don't know whether trump was really talking about cohen. i think he was probably talk about the clerk, but idea that he can't criticize the clerk, trump's defense made a motion that asked that the judge and the clerk stop rolling their eyes during their cross-examination of michael cohen. this judge clearly has an agenda, and trump should be able to say it including criticizing the clerk. and it's not as though it's a jury trial, it's not, you know, he's not going to influence anyone who's going to make a judgment on anyone except judge who's already said he's guilty and a bad guy. howard: i think he was talking about michael cohen, that's the whole reason he was there. let me play this clip where donald trump r

donald trump and michael cohen haven't seen each other in five years. has gone on to write these bestselling books. he's become a bit of a tv personality and certainly a prominent political commentator who never misses an opportunity to criticise donald trump. so this was their reunion. and as mr cohen put it, after he had given testimony and there was a break time, he said, "heck of a reunion." so that's probably definitely one way of putting it. but mr cohen actually gave evidence to a congressional probe back in 2019 which looked into donald trump's finances. and that was the impetus for this lawsuit that this investigation that letitia james, the new york attorney general, brought forward. and as you outlined there, mr cohen has been talking about, he's been giving evidence in which he claims that he was told to inflate donald trump's assets. this is the accusation that he's been facing. there was a bit of a detour into sports. basically, yhey spent a lot of time talking about the buffalo bills. basically, they spent a lot of time talking about the

this is not >> donald trump versus michael cohen, michael cohn versus donald trump. is is about accountability inside mister trump. quick to mention, cohen has no >> the >> cohen is the key witness for new york state attorney general letitia james, who's hoping to win a 250 million dollar judgment against mister trump for fraud and a permanent ban blocking mister trump and his 2 sons from running businesses in new york. the judge already ruling mister trump committed fraud for years by lying about his net worth and overvaluing some of his new york city properties to land multimillion-dollar loans and good insurance premiums. cohen testifying i was tasked by mister trump to increase the total assets based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected. cohen also seeing as part of his job as mister trump's personal attorney and trump organization. vp was to reverse engineer the various different asset classes increase those assets in order to achieve a number that mister trump had test us under cross-examination, trump's attorneys pointing out that cohen admitted to lying u

he was back in a manhattan courtroom today, facing a star witness, his former fixer turned foe michael cohen. >> this is about accountability, plain and simple >> raise your right hand >> reporter: it was cohen's congressional testimony that jump-started the new york case, where his former boss now stands to lose his namesake company, accused of exaggerating the value of his assets to receive better loan terms in a $250 million civil fraud suit. >> it was my experience that mr. trump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes. >> reporter: today, cohen said he was tasked by the former president with boosting mr. trump's total assets to achieve a number he arbitrarily elected, one mr. trump's legal teams has argued real estate values are subjective outside of court, mr. trump took aim at cohen's credibility, pointing to cohen's guilty plea for tax fraud and lying to congress >> he's a proven liar, as you know. he's a felon so he's a liar, trying to get a better deal for himself, but it's not going work we did nothing wrong, and that's been proven >> and laura is here michael cohen

asked questions about who were you referring to, the clerk, which would violate the gag order, or michael cohen which would not violate the gag order. trump said i meant cohen and the judge didn't believe him. so there is a question as to whether donald trump can appeal this. the answer is technically yes, he can try to appeal. he has a very low likelihood of success. what this trial judge has done is make a credibility finding. those times of findings are usually uniquely in the province of the trial judge. the trial judge will say i was the one in the courtroom. i was the one able to assess his demeanor, to watch him answer. in my judgment this judge has said i do not believe donald trump. therefore fined against him. and therefore imposed an increased fine. >> so how unusual is all of this? >> very unusual. first of all, to see a going order in the first place. we do see them sometimes. usually it litigants are very mindful of violating gag orders. donald trump has done it twice i'm sure it's happened in u.s. history but never in recent his history. where a person has violated a going order

michael cohen didn't take the stand until about three weeks in.s a very dramatic moment, i don't think the prosecution's case. rises or falls with this. >> barbara, quite, always thank you so much. appreciate it. and trump's former attorney, michael cohen, will be on politicsnation beginning on five eastern right here on msnbc. we're coming up, folks. we are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ c. our seco>> hi, everyone. yasmin vossoughian. we are covering a lot of breaking news this hour. if you are just joining us, welcome if you're sticking with us, we are thankful for that. the next phase of israel's war on hamas has begun. tanks and israeli tanks and troops are on the ground inside gaza. a defiant israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, spoke just a short time ago, promising the defeat of hamas and lashing out at critics of how the assault on gaza is being conducted. we're going to have full coverage of what he had to say in just a couple of moments. up