joining us now is michael santos, foreign policy and national security expert and mideast expert. michael, thanks for getting up with us early this morning. i just want your thoughts on this this situation as a whole. well, i agree with the last guest that, you know, weather is a likely culprit, it's often being pointed out that the president is largely a figurehead. all the power is in the supreme leader and the iranian revolutionary guards, which are basically a terrorist force, very dangerous. however, since this government, tries to place all of its legitimacy and basically divine right, claiming that they represent god, i think this is going to be perceived as weakness both within iran. and many people hate the government in iran and throughout the middle east. and it's very discrediting and it makes them look weak and incompetent. well, how does this affect, you know, people backing off that? how does this affect the middle east in the future and especially how the world looks at them? well, you know, this is a man, the president who was known as the butcher of tehran for exe

joining us now is michael santos, foreign policy and national security expert and mideast expert. michael, thank you for sticking with us throughout all of this tonight, as you heard, just there i was talking to matthew about the first vice president of iran. do you know anything about him? i mean, i don't know a lot about his personal record because it was assumed until today that he wasn't very important, and i don't think it's probably going to change because you're going to have elections in 60 days, and there he is. they are figureheads at this point. how many? the supreme leader has all the power. but in a way, iran has devolved increasingly into a military dictatorship. and a lot of the power is also in the iranian revolutionary guards. it's a very terroristic force. there are some radical factions with a little bit of luck that because of the incompetence that resulted in this, that it helps be one more straw that breaks the camel's back and brings down the terrible dictatorship that murders iranian people and poses a threat to the world through terrorism and helps iran. ru

cheesy merchandise there's nothing credible or likable about this guy he's as truthful as george santos and michaelmbine in different rest on michael company when it tells you there is no there there to this point almost every saint in sober legal analyst no crime is been defined or explain the only suspense will this jury and a deeply city vote to convict trump regardless of personal animus for the man but one would think there are reasonably people on this jury and the results in a hung jury and maybe we get back to having an election that comes after the issues and the candidates themselves because that's what people want to be talking about. >> i'm sure you saw this, people showed up in droves for trump's campaign rally in wildwood new jersey in the weekend, he thinks he can win the state of new jersey in november, watch this. >> as you can see today we are expanding the electoral map because we are going to officially play in the state of new jersey and we're going to win and the state of new jersey and it could be all of them this guy is so damn bad it could be all of them, he is so bad i thi

. >> john: may be michael cohen is hoping he will succeed where george santos failed. let's bring him back we were talking about costello and trey mentioned him, he did an exchange between judge mershon and costello incident goes like this. juan merchan says i wanted to discuss proper decorum when there is a witness on the stand if you don't like my ruling, you don't say "jeez" okay? and you don't say strike it because i'm the only one who can strike testimony in the court on. do you understand that? costello i understand. merchan and if you don't like my ruling don't give me the side i. our dog gives me that pair you don't roll your eyes do understand that question marks to go i understand that i understand what you're saying. merchan, are you staring me down right now? and then spix merchan says please clear the courtroom and finishes off says your conduct is contempt for spirit if you try to steer me down one more time i will remove you from the stand. i will strike the entire testimony do you understand me? there's a lot of ego going on there but there is also deco

michael. >> happening tomorrow, the man accused of killing a shop owner in san francisco's richmond district will have its first preliminary hearing. santososa is accused of beating to death. sixty-year-old yohannes too. well, the with a baseball bat outside of a convenience store in balboa street. it happened in august of last year that simply safe while they tried to stop de la rosa from shoplifting to died of his injuries 5 days later, faces several charges now including murder and assault with a deadly weapon. he'll be in court at 09:00am tomorrow. overdoses and airbnbs. those will be 2 hot topics on tomorrow's agenda for the marin county board of supervisors meeting the supervisors are planning to discuss overdose prevention strategies and regulations for short-term rentals like airbnbs and verbose. the board will also go over the county's plan on aging as well. >> you see trash on your corner. you no refrigerator left side of history that impacts us whether we realize it or not, our families are not trash where they should live in a community that has passed. >> and you can see a lot of people getting into the spirit. volunteers bea

michael say 48 happening tomorrow. the man accused of killing a shop owner in san francisco's richmond district. we'll have his preliminary hearing. santoso death. sixty-year-old your highness to wal d with a baseball bat outside this convenience store on balboa street. this happened in august of last year when police say 2 while they tried to stop de la rosa from shoplifting. and while the ended up dying of his injuries, 5 days after being beaten de la rosa faces several charges, including murder and assault with a deadly weapon that hearing is at 09:00am tomorrow. >> couple of big items on the agenda at the marin county meeting that happens. the board of supervisors tomorrow. they are going to be looking at various issues, including how to prevent overdoses, regulations for short-term rentals like with airbnb and vrbo and they also are going to go over the county's plan for aging. >> well, the first societies pints for paws event is coming up next month on june. first, tickets cost $95. that will get you commemorative belgian style glass and unlimited tastings of local craft beers and wines and ciders and to celebrate all this, the ber

michael. 6.48. and happening tomorrow. the man accused of killing a shop owner and san francisco's richmond district will have his. >> preliminary hearing santosis accused of beating to death 60 year-old johannes to wall day with a baseball bat outside this convenience store on balboa street. this happened in august of last year to while he was trying to stop de la rosa from shoplifting. he ended up dying of his injuries 5 days after being beaten de la rosa faces charges including murder and assault with a deadly weapon. the preliminary hearing starts tomorrow morning at 09:00am. overdoses and airbnbs will be 2 of the hot topics on the agenda tomorrow at the marion county board of supervisors meeting. they are planning to discuss overdose prevention strategies and and also regulations for short-term rental homes like on airbnb and vrbo. the board will also go over the county's plan on aging. >> all right. now to bay area e a's taking on the miami marlins at the coliseum, finishing up their series with them. marlins, though, took the win column for sports reporter kate rooney has highlights. >> oakland's best in baseball. six-game winning strea

michael is 5.48. happening tomorrow. a man is going to have his first preliminary hearing after allegedly attacking a shop owner in san francisco's richmond district. santos beating sixty-year-old yohannes john to wall to death with a baseball bat outside a convenience store on balboa street. this was back in august of last year to all the attempted to stop rosa from shoplifting. that's when the attack occurred while he died in the hospital 5 days later. de la rosa evaded arrest before being apprehended in september. de la rosa faces several charges now including murder and assault with a eadly weapon. he's going be in court at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. overdoses and airbnbs. those will be 2 hot topics on tomorrow's agenda for the marin county board of supervisors. their supervisors are planning to discuss overdose prevention strategies and regulations for short-term rental houses like airbnbs and vrbo is the board will also go over the county's plan on aging. we'll let you know what they decide on all those topics. meanwhile, a bay area baseball, the a's taking on the miami marlins at the coliseum, finishing up their series. but the marlins took the wi

michael 9.48. is the time and happening tomorrow, the man accused of killing a shop owner in san francisco's richmond district will have his first preliminary hearing. santoso wal d with a baseball bat outside a convenience store on balboa street. it happened in august of last year. that's when police say 2 while they tried to stop rosa from shoplifting to all the time of his injuries 5 days later. and de la rosa now faces several charges, including murder and assault with a deadly weapon. again, he'll be in court at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. suzanne airbnbs, those are going to be 2 hot tomorrow's agenda for the marin county board of supervisors meeting the supervisors are planning to discuss overdose prevention strategies and regulations for short-term rentals like airbnbs and vrbo the board will also go over the county's plan on aging. >> are you no refrigerator left side of history that impacts us whether we realize it or not, our families are not trash to where they should live in a community that has >> here you see volunteers gathering to beautify san jose over the weekend. and mayor matt mahan posting this on a social media of the big event where

and that's completely reliant on michael cohen, who let's be honest, i just called it has less credibility than george santos and we all know we can't trust her we're it's onto, you know, donald trump. >> i don't. do you see any scenario where he actually does take the stand? no. >> no. you want to make one quick? and so we're thinking about the defendant taking the stand. it's also the defendant. the defense doesn't have to put on any case at all. and more often than not, does not the jury, the judge will often and should instruct the jury that the defendant has the right, not just to not testify, but not to put on any case at all. and you should not hold that against him. that was sort of some of the problem and stormy daniels is tweet calling into question his choice maybe did not testify. yeah. and kaitlan, we know that there are people who thought that taking a longer time with stormy daniels this week when the president's de, former president's defense team got to cross-examine, might not have been the best legal strategy, but it was something that it was clear from your reporting and others that their