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donald trump's attack dog, but today, the person who made it a point to keep track those enemies in line. tourney against his former boss in court. and of course, under oath, trump himself, realizing the importance of the moment, shut up with a huge entourage of political allies, including possible vp pick, jd vance for a president. remaining quite restrained though which of cohen's testimony but on the other end of the courtroom, the jury was listening. they were taking notes and the prosecution's hopefully, each one of those jurors are looking past cohen's let's call it obvious baggage and trying to connect the dots to see if the prosecution has built the case in the last 16 days. that is of course trying donald trump directly to the alleged criminal scheme for those 34 false business records. so ultimately how do they use michael cohen to do that? well, they had him speak to trump's political motivations to silence stormy daniel's, his approval of the scheme and this is key, his final sign-off of cohen's reimbursement. so

cohen testified that once trump learned stormy daniels was shopping i think her story he didn't care how would impact him as his wife has only concern was the campaign. cohen said the trump told him, quote, men will hate me guys, they think it's cool, but this is going to be a disaster for the campaign. cohen also claims trump told him to do what he often did for trump just fix it. he testified that trump quote stated to me that he had spoken to some friends, some individuals, very smart people, and that it's $130,000, yoyour like a billionaire, just pay it there's no reason to keep this thing out there do it. and he expressed to me just do it michael cohen eventually had to front the money himself because i guess he wasn't like a billionaire. and then near the end of today's testimony, he came full circle, bringing the entire stormy daniels hush money scheme, right back to donald trump. trump and cohen saying that these went to former trump cfo allen weisselberg in early 2017 we're they agreed on the reimbursement plan. he an

always work, but to get gave that plan to trump and then cohen says that trump personally approved it. now the prosecution asked cohen directly whether he was being paid for future legal services to which color responded that's what it was designed to be. then the process so get your what was it actually with cohen responding reimbursement of my money. i want to bring into the legal analyst, jennifer rodgers and michael moore civil and criminal defense attorney dante mills, courts reporter for the new york daily news. molly cray newman and retired judge george grosso are really important day too. lee be with you, judge grass. so because you were in the courtroom today, abby and i work as well this morning. you actually did the whole de and of course, michael column, he's known for his because clotted charismatic temperament right? sometimes bombastic, sometimes berating. he was not presenting as that today at all. he was measured, he was

calm and restrained. what did you see? >> he was smooth he told the complete story. he didn't hesitate the warrant uncomfortable pauses. and i thought that was his ark was quite interesting having i've been there every day. so having heard all of the testimony firsthand, how they he starts with that infamous first meeting and trump tower with him and pecker and trump, where the cachin skill kill scheme was plotted. and then the positive stories and then negative stories. and he went from that arc all the way other key aspects of the case from the doorman payment of 30,000 to the karen mcdougal payment of 150,000 to the stormy daniels payment of 130,000. and where do they basically end up the plane today? back in trump's office. in trump tower with michael cohen donald trump, and now substituted for

pecker weisselberg with the dynamite, dynamite piece of evidence. the weisselberg notes laying out the scheme that involve the false records to pay down to pay michael cohen $420,000, not do with his reimbursement, but do it for bogus legal services. and michael cohen walked that document right into trump. it was fascinating compelling testimony. there are still has to be cross-examination, obviously, this is going to be a witness subject to very serious cross-examination. but i think the prosecution team is feeling pretty good tonight, and i don't think defendant trump is feeling that great, right now, you talked about the ark two and molly, i want to get you in here because the ark that you also saw was he talked about being honored to have been asked to work from in the first instance, climbing the trumporg age like a family, he was almost sycophantic and wistful in the way that he

described when they actually asked them, how did you feel when donald trump will give you praise and his voice trailed off? >> i thought i was on top of the world. >> i mean, this is how he was beginning historian there he is now face-to-face with trump. >> yeah, i think that's kind of some of the strongest emotion we saw from him when he was talking about how much of an honor it was to work for trump. and i can describing he's always called the fixer and we hear he was his loyal luck he in many ways, he said when i was hired, my job was to my only job was to work for donald trump. i didn't take tasks from anybody else. and once he won the white house, i had no job any kind of described being despondent once trump won because he didn't really know what to do with himself and he was expecting to go to washington with trump and that didn't immediately look clear, but it was it was quite remarkable hearing. i'm kind of describe the better years and when he was sort of the day that this opportunity came up to work for trump is the last day he worked for his firm. and that he moved into the fantasy old office and he was right by

trump at trump tower yes, that was pretty remarkable. >> i mean, i not to be debbie downer, but but breed ebitda at the end of the de this was you know, they're going to present this sort of like rose colored case with michael cohen just giving all the perfect answers. but there were some things that are not going to be left unanswered, even just the kind of hearsay element of it. it's really just michael cohen's word that is anchoring actually the biggest part of this case at this point. >> yeah. i mean, they're going to have to get into some of the bad stuff before they turn them over. they certainly don't want the defense lawyers to have the first crack at tearing down michael cohen. he's going to have to do some of that himself first and they will do that tomorrow without question. one of the things is talk about how he was so wistful and so positive about his time with trump since then on his podcast. and in 1 million tv parents appearances and so on, he hasn't really been that

way, so he's going to have to explain how the breach happened, how he felt, how he transformed, and maybe the that's a persona that he's putting on for the purposes of the podcast or whatever, but he's going to have to own up to those feelings because they're ready the defense's ready to pound him over the head with that 1 million times, but can't both be true. >> i mean, just thinking about if you're the prosecutor kitchen, you really want to freeze him in time and say, yeah, okay. hates him now but i'm focusing on when this all went down. this is the moment in time to focus on when he this is the job that was done on every the all the bias. it's a developing now is after the fact, how do you play both? have to, because everybody starts in order to have a special relationship with trump, had to be good at some point. so you can disregard that. you can't ignore the fact that he was dedicated to trump exclusively for very, very long time. and in fact, i mean, he's named trump's attack dog all of that kind of stuff he was a bad person. but

for trump. >> so even when you talk about what the cross-examination there, of course they're going to call him a liar. >> they're going to talk about his flaws, but he used those flaws to benefit the defendant. that's sitting right there. so ultimately, what he's going to say is well, we did this together. we were in this together and i saw the light. i accept responsibility. now it's his turn. he would you mentioned yeah, that's okay they're talking about the tape because this is going to be in love with him i'm in him at the same time and that's really what happened. >> he gives a benign reason for tatum know, but nine reason to say i'm taping my i'm taping my buddy hanna, who happens to be my client and who i love and worship, but i didn't jelly by taped it. >> and that's what's going to catch you tomorrow. >> he told they're gonna get him on cross-examination about all the different times that he's lied. and one of the biggest times that we saw today was a delight in court because he said, i always told trump what was going on. he knew everything. i was totally honest with him. i told him what happened guess what, he didn't tell him that he was taping. this was a secret recording, so he's now allowed in court in this case a whole lot.

>> he did what he said was there for remembering correctly, it was to you? she asked the question to the best of your knowledge, are you aware of whether trump was aware that you are recording and he said, no. so he didn't neglect you say, i am not saying it wasn't surreptitious because she did because she didn't tell him. i mean, he he he's got his little record ago when in private while he's having this meeting. >> so you've got him now hiding something from the man he says is responsible for everything. >> well, that just doesn't make sense. i mean, that doesn't fit together, not two mention the fact that is completely distasteful and all kind of creepy that you're taping. >> just ask the tape is all kinds of fascinating, but there is a part of the tape that makes you wonder, did michael cohen believed that at the time even that karen do mcdougal transaction was maybe a little bit illegal and wanted to memorialize on the record that donald trump was was involved at knew about and what damaging to hold it open for the

audience at what he said was an off the expiration michael cohen gave was i recorded the conversation. because i wanted to make sure that david pecker, who was increasingly antsy about being repaid knew that trump intended to do so because he had this drawer full of boxes, full of ammunition, essentially against him and that was what he gave as x1 for the question. >> he knew that trump was on board with everything that was going on, but they never played, right pay tape itself is the reason why i believe this case move forward because without that, take your simply relying on michael cohen's word but that tape puts trump directly into the conversation saying, cash, are we paying cash? and i think that's the sum the sum and substance of why michael cohen has credibility, because trump is on tape, but it turned out i think that the way cohen put it, fit very well with david pecker's testimony. but i have

one question that i can help but they're asking is debbie downer related to douglas dennison inside joke? i think another way to let here the tape is that it sounds like a businessman and he's got his cfo and his lawyer handling things and allen weisselberg is handling things and michael tails are don't worry, allen's on top of this. i mean, that's on the tape and that's what that's what a ceo does is he let somebody else do the work and he signs the paper and whatever else. and so then we're not going to have weisselberg come to court. and so you've essentially got this absent witness you've got michael cohen saying this in microcode made one recording that they've given and it cut off in the middle and we don't have recording of trump say and yeah, go ahead and let's make some files, records or i know there's just two coming call

and i think they have a phone right? get the corroborates the incoming. >> that's going to be i don't have another tape, but they don't have another record. we can have a record that corroborates but it's a phone call cut off, but there's no there's no other recording. >> this is just this one. >> thani said he's never recorded trump, except that one time. and the reason he did it was because he was worried about keeping david packard happy. so we took an oath to tell the truth too, and they went to jail wouldn't it be so fascinating if there was president in history who had tapes and i could talk to his former lawyer john d, is coming on standby because that everyday i see so when legal orbit of a president ended up testifying against them, but of course it has happened before. i'm talking with the former nixon white house counsel john dean very is he joins me next, actually next. oh, now, while you play music in my ear then so okay, here john. oh, you're right now. you're testimony. i want to talk to you right now. you're testimony, again, former president nixon is frankly legendary what did you

think of cohen's testimony today? >> ralph all the reports i've heard, it was very good. obviously, the big test is going to come tomorrow as the panel made clear, when he subject to cross when you look at this, i mean, the idea of this tape, obviously, the nixon tapes distinct from what's happening here in this courtroom, but you disclosed your suspicion about the existence of nixon's oval office tapes. >> we were to talking about the jury hearing. the tape of trump and cohen talking about this hush money payment to chemical duggan. i want to play for just to remind everyone what this tape sounded like. listen to this correct. >> so i'm i'm all over that. and i spoke to alan about it when it comes time for the financing, which will be well i've yourself getting old woman. i got no, no now, cohen offers a kind of innocent

explanation. >> he says recording his own client that he wanted to prove david pecker that trump was going to pay him for that and hush money payment did that. >> and does that sound believable to you that a jury would buy that it's possible. i have no reason to doubt michaels assessment of why he was running his voice recorder when he went into the office of sounds like it doesn't sound like he turned it on when he got in there i understand that he cut it short because he had an incoming phone call which on my iphone often does cut. anything else off. so that's understandable also, and he didn't take the call, apparently. so i will hear his fuller explanation tomorrow. when you can be sure he's gonna be grilled on this issue at ad nauseum. if not even longer. >> yeah. i mean, we're hearing that the cross will be likely as long as the different direct, if not maybe longer, there's gonna be a focus on trying to undermine his

credibility by breaking them over the coals as you can possibly imagine here. and then you've got the idea of bias we've talked a lot about the moment in time where he worked for trump. but most people, know michael cohen in the aftermath there's going to be comments about his bias, his animus about revenge, possibly. cohen testified that he was resentful at not being brought to washington after he had done so much for trump what do you think that aspect is going to play well, i would think he probably was more resentful of having his bonus cutting two down sharply as it was. >> and the faculty was told his career was over with the trump organization. >> and then the he explained that his ego was what? >> made him want to at least be on a list to go to washington. but i thought he came up with a fairly clever way that he could cash in, which was to be the private counsel of the president richard nixon had a

private counsel who got a lot of clients as a result of his association with nixon he'd let her go to jail for his fundraising, but he did do well while nixon was president. as a result of that connection, i think that michael probably would have done well had things unraveled a little differently. can talk to me about the enormous pressure. frankly, that michael cohen is under him and he has been billed as the star witness for several months for really a very long time now, you have testified under tremendous pressure. >> what is it like living with? >> the anticipation and then the aftermath well, mostly i think particularly attorneys tend to just spend their time preparing and not thinking a lot about what's going to happen in my own case, i had to work with the prosecutors who really had on and off knowledge of watergate they quizzed me at

length before my testimony, and then they went broad and you used me as a databank and a source and then after my testimony, immediately before they stop talking to me, and then after my test pneumonia, i was on the stand for two weeks during the big trial where i was working with the prosecutors. >> so in the courtroom situation, after that testimony, they had become to the back room and i met with them every break they came in, they would have questions for me sort of their database to get get facts about witnesses they were about to cross and what have you. so it was a very unique vantage point. i got to see the trial, which was from the prosecutor's own room. >> but how did it feel in terms of your safety, your feelings of laura? >> i wouldn't really feel any pressure. >> okay. i was very comfortable with what i was doing i was before i testified before the

senate because i had worked on capitol hill. >> i was familiar with the forum. it was there's no rules of hearsay and of course, in hearings like that, so you can go wide and far when you answer questions. it's much it's much more difficult to testify in a courtroom where there are rules of evidence. you have to be much tighter and your answers, and it seems die was struck from the reports today. i haven't seen the transcript yet. that michael but was very well-prepared and i think you'll probably be prepared and ready to take it on the chin tomorrow and take some punches in the gut and deal with them in a calm and collected manner. >> i think taking on the chin and maybe a punch in the gut would be the best-case scenario who you're talking about the cross-examination of michael cohen, john dan. thank you so much. >> thank you. laura and ahead, michael cohen has been described in court like the dog who yells, squirrel, but today, he was calm on the stand. >> jurors actually view this testimony and his credibility as well. we have a jury

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now, the jury in trump's hush money trial has been hearing all about michael cohen. >> they've heard he's a jerk that he's hostile. he's very aggressive, hopeless, like the dog who yells squirrel but today, they actually got to meet the man that allegedly no one wanted to talk to you and the trump organization and the michael cohen that they met though, is much more subdued than the man who was described as a highly excitable person, cone on the stand today, even poked fond and how he's been described so the question is, how is the jury going to ultimately receive all of this testimony? i want to bring in jury and trial consultant robert hirshhorn. >> robert it is interesting question when the person sitting in front of you is so very different from the person that you've been hearing about in a lot of ways, how is the jury gonna reconcile that so they came in with a set of expectations and he completely did not match up to it. and as

i've been telling everybody, it's not how a witness does on direct examination. it's our axon cross so if he maintains the same kind of state of mind, if you continues to become if he maintained his a plum the jury is going to be much more likely to believe him, but remember, abby, this is the person that went from saying, i take a bullet for trump to the guy who's now shooting bullets at trump. and he's going to come in with a lot of baggage and i expect the defense is going to go right after yeah. >> i think it's going to be very different. at vibe in that courtroom, i was in there today in the morning and it's so striking how this jury is. i mean, listen, i my hat goes off to them because they know that they have a really important job to do, and they walk into that room, stone-faced. they're looking straight ahead. they walked directly, one in front of the other two jury box, and they take their seats and maybe

more than half of them pull out pens and pads and their scribbling down notes practically the entire session. it was about over five hours today with michael cohen i wonder what you think that signals to them signals about them and about what kind of jury they're going to be. because there are some juries that are going to be about the letter of the law. and then there are some juries that might be about what they feel in their gut so they know this is a historic case. >> and i want to tell the whole audience, regardless of the outcome, even if it's a hung jury guardiola's we ought to give kudos to this jury because it's a really difficult job. that's why they call it jury duty, not jury fun, not jury vacation. yeah. so we ought to be proud of them. so abby, here's the thing the fact that we haven't lost a single juror should signal to everybody how seriously they are taking this the fact that they're taking copious notes, they are going to do the very best job they can decide in this particular

case. and i want to tell everybody they're going to hold the government or in this case, the prosecution to the burden of proof. >> and i'm telling you this is because this jury is so smart they've got to lawyers on the jury. >> this is, they've got a phd on this jury. this curious, so smart that if the prosecution doesn't prove their case they understand their job is going to be in a find this defendant not guilty. i've been saying abbey, this could very well be the oj simpson number two, everybody knew oj was guilty, but the state didn't prove their case. it's possible this could happen here, and the big reason why abby where's weasel burn? >> well i just saw right. i'm so glad you brought that up. the abs that has become the elephant in the room, especially after today. if you're the jury at you here, allen weisselberg, and you're like, where is this guy? and the judge when he dealt with this issue, they weren't in the room for it so are they gonna

go into that deliberation box and say, why on earth what was the prosecution afraid of where they afraid to bring while yeah. burke to the stand yeah. >> because it's either going to support trump or worse, he's going to take the fifth, which tells the jury he's the guilty guy, not trump. here's the thing, abby the. state is corroborated a lot of things that colon is done, but what they haven't been able to corroborate are the individual communications between cohen and trump and the prosecution is really hoping that the jurors are going to believe cohen's version of what happened, but there's a perfect answer. if the answer is called allen weisselberg, the jury. and again, we got to smart jury with two lawyers. these lawyers know that the state has to prove their case if there's no weisselberg, there may not be a case. so even if the jury believes who and even if they believe cohen, they still so maybe you wondering, where's weisselberg iri that's very, very

interesting. robert hirshhorn, thank you very much for bringing that to us thank you, abby. >> and on that note, let's come out to the panel here. i mean, john where is allen weisselberg? he's all over michael cohen's testimony. but does he hang over this case at this point? he does right now. i mean, it's going to have to be addressed in the parties are currently in the process of talking to the judge about what's going to happen, right? prosecutors wanted to introduce the severance agreement that weisselberg had with the trump organization to explain why he's not available because all this money is still coming to him if he doesn't cooperate voluntarily with law enforcement, they said they'd also take get up that he's in prison for perjury and therefore unavailable they're probably not going to get those things, but the judge actually said today they weren't going to get you're not going to get the severance agreements, but we'll get some sort of instruction. i mean, they have to get some sort of instruction that somehow, not just that it's not just the typical missing witness don't hold it against either side. you can't speculate as to why he's not here. i think they'll get

something better than that, but what that actually looks like the parties are still fighting, but they have to get something he's definitely the element that missing ease in rikers, just everyone knows he's know where to find them. he's got like a inmate number as well. and so but the reason there is the conundrum is because they can't call they can't bring this to effort to remain in for the purpose of showing that he's not available. they also can't necessarily bring him in to testify knowing that he might plead the fifth throughout and not actually substance testimony there in a real pickle here, thinking about how you do it by the same token, they've tried to call everyone else, but weisselberg had called mcconney. they've called another bookkeeper as well. >> could that be enough? >> i don't think so. i mean, i really think that they're going to need to have him come in because he does he is the one in the room that supposedly has these sort of intimate details about what was said and who did what and who approved what and how it was going to work to backup cohen? i mean, they've corroborated some

stuff like that. the sun came up and trump rights with a sharpie and i'm an aid corroborator. i mean, really they've corroborates and things like their but when it comes to the crux of it, when it comes to what we're talking about in the indictment that's where they needed him. and i think that's going to be a problem for because it's two things to this. we have to remember two parts to this case. one is the business records component, and then two is did he do that? he hide this for the purposes of the election? i think cohen today solidified that this was done for the purposes of the election, but that other component, the business records being doctored, weisselberg is the one that would be able to testify to that and can confirm that. and cohen can't do it. he said he had the conversation with weisselberg once we went into the room, a meeting with trump and that's where they discussed it, but he can't talk about what was said in that meeting. so nobody knows that that piece is still hang i think the door is still open a little bit and i need them. >> the judge on that point, i mean, you could you you've given 1 million instructions on circumstantial evidence, wright

jury, you're going to look at hi in the evening went too bad. there was green grass. you woke up in the morning. it was covered in snow, right? then it must have snow snowed exactly. and so i take a bit of a contrary view. they've got to kill a piece of evidence that's been put in today. and i alluded to that earlier the weisselberg notes, not notes on any piece of paper, by the way, the essential consulting. thank statement with the $130,000. >> so we've been authenticated it's okay. bitten into evidence or jeff mcconney, the comptroller but then there were doubly admitted to the api cohen who said, i don't only recognize weisselberg's handwriting. i saw him make those notes i think substantively, one of the most important things for the people's case that michael cohen did today he brings that piece of paper right into trump's office. that's the piece of paper that they're

using to set up the scheme the scheme where they're going to pay michael cohen the $420,000 and disguise it as lawyers fees as far as the evidence, there is 34 counts. you know what i think the nine the nine strongest cout saw, their nine checks trump sayyed for $35,000 the people have put in evidenced throughput. here's a guy who has bragged about caching $0.50 checks. the jury is going to be expected to believe he signed nine checks for $35,000 each for michael cohen, who was performing know independent legal services unless he was aware of that. i take a contrary view. i think it's a compelling case that makes it interesting point because you will have to remember it's not i'll just invoices or checks. i mean, there's a lot of different accounts are 34 when they could very well find some and then none. how did this play in the courtroom that i mean, we're talking about the elephant in the room that was not there on my suburb. >> did you get a sense bring in the courtroom today that the

jury was wanting more oh, it was kinda interesting today. >> there were so few objections because so much of the evidence we saw a cohen was already in. there, wasn't me. they're there were about 27 objections. overruled. and about half of them are sustained. but it was pretty there was not one sidebar today. so everything about stormy last week and the lawyers are constantly up to the bench so it was kind of a flowed quite smoothly in comparison to some other witnesses that we've seen, a lot of these documents that have come in though we learned after the fact their significant. so last week when we saw that statement with allen weisselberg's handwriting on it what could be potential smoking gun? weisselberg signing calculating how much conus out on a statement for the literal alleged hush money and today we heard about again, that cohen's handwriting was also on that statement the $50,000 that that was a new piece of information red finch. we didn't know that before. so i

think it'll be very interesting to see when the prosecution gives their closing statement and they tie this all up together. but what was very interesting about cohen today, i think he wove together so much of what we've heard these documents, the different witness. >> it's important to think about all this and again, the jury hearing it before the pre corroboration is so crucial as a strategy knowing you've got quiet the achilles heel. thank you so much, everyone on this trump was in court also, by the way, with an entourage in tow, including the vp hopefuls jd vance, it's all part of some kind of an audition and maybe a strategy for how to attack his enemies well, discuss it next make your first move with battery power, made by steel

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more trump allies into this courtroom today than any other de of the trial in attendance were vice presidential contender, steady vance, the senator from ohio, also there, senator tommy tuberville of alabama, congresswoman nicole malia taka's of the state of new york, and attorneys general from alabama and iowa steve marshall and brennan bird, respectively from a republican presidential candidate, vivek ramaswamy is expected to be there tomorrow also, i think in the vip stakes, but it all begs the question why why is this even happening and why now back with us as attorney dante mills, cnn contributor leah wright rigueur, political analysts, natasha alford, dante, i want to get you on this because i think that there's all the circus of it, but it's important. these other people who are not trump, the jd vance's of the world, they're out there in front of the cord. they're making all kinds of false statements, but they're also doing what they know. trump can't do which is attack the witnesses, attack the judge's daughter that's

kind of look, it may not be crossing an illegal line, but it's crossing a line in a way. it definitely isn't. you said is that when we talked about before the gag order, you said it's actually working, right? trump is stopped. he stopped talking as much and he's not he's not crossing the line but we see he's employing other people to do it. jd vance did that today, talked about merchant's daughter, which is not supposed to happen. the problem is, i don't know what authority the judge has to control what other people are saying. so this may continue to go on, but as long as it's not trump doing it, then there's no punishment. >> well, that's the whole design. if it right. that's the that's the part that's important to think about. >> and also who's doing it. >> i mean, these are members of congress who are mean brought in as well, who are just the optics of it. natasha there to support him for a criminal case involving actions taken to try to hide from the american public allegedly a payment like this but laura, there's almost like a pre filter selected for

the type of people who are willing to do these things. you know, jd vance willing to flip flop, right? first, he was anti-trump. now all of a sudden he's in trump's camp. it's about power. it's about proximity to power. and i think that this is a test. this is the loyalty tests to see who's willing link to do whatever it takes to speak in trump's favor. >> and of course, one of the things trump was really excited about today, we're at the polls a big new york times-siena poll showing these leading and a lot of battleground states. and that is a snapshot of the race as it is right now. essentially taken all together. this is an either a tight race or trump is slightly ahead and that is happening in spite of all of this, this, legal legal imbroglios that he's a part of well, i think there's two things that are going on. the first is that it tells us that the biden administration is having some real struggles with key demographics that make up the alliance or the coalitions

that are necessary to win for the biden administration to win reelection but the other thing is that there is a trial that is going on in the court of public opinion this is why all of these people who are coming in auditioning for the trump show, the trump beep stakes, whatever we're going to call it. but also putting that messaging out there. if you listen to what they're saying there actually making the argument that this is injustice, this is unfair, this is not a legitimate process. and so they're doing the work that trump cannot do. one because there's a gag order, but also two, because he is locked up. pardon the pun, but he has locked up in court in trials and quite literally has to take care of the business of of, of being under investigation and being indicted. so what we what we're seeing here is the outcome and the player, the play-by-play of this. and what we're, what i think telling us is that his strategy is actually working so it's the combination of the biden administration failing and a lot of ways, but also the trump administration strategy in this kind of chaotic moment.

>> but here's a split screen as well. i mean, there's a strategy being employed now, maybe rolled out by the vice president kamala harris? not at all. fending off any legal attacks, but being more and more increasingly visible and he or she was taken today talking in dc about breaking down barriers and she wasn't minting are words back many centuries being a little bit more relatable. this, or this my mother would say to me, don't you ever let anybody tell you who you are you tell them who you are. >> we have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open sometimes they won't then you need to kick the door down my life was like, it's like cabinet for reporters to have politicians curse, especially using the f-word the vile things that donald trump has said that he's been allowed to get away with like, let vice

president harris have her moment of authenticity and i think that's what people want. they don't want talking points, they want to know that they can believe in these candidates and what struck me about that poll that leah was just talking about 50% of people say the economy is bad. and that's against all of the numbers that we talk about. stocks being up, jobs, being created. and so there's a disconnect and that is a heart issue. how are you connecting with the minds and the hearts of the people? and i think you just have to be real. that's how you do it. >> i also think it's important that she's making part she's making messages where she is really strong so it's not just about i kicking the door down. she's also really strong and messaging on abortion and we know that abortion is one of these things that trump is extremely vulnerable on. she has also been going to various hbcus across the country in either speaking in person, are doing these videotape messages because i think the biden administration understanding just how important black voters are to this coalition. so

she's really working, i think working the campaign trail and the ways that she should have been doing from the very beginning. >> really important point i think about and truly a moment of authenticity we remember the big effing deal prize herself she was a little bit surprised, waited for like a beat machine prime to add are now. thank you, everyone so much ahead. >> a story very personal to me. one dentist changing the lives of so many, frankly, just like my dad added, my champion for change is next trump hush money trial, gavel to gavel coverage. >> the way only cnn can bring it to you. legal insight, expert analysis, and real-time updates live from the courtroom follow the facts, follow the testimony, follows. cnn good day to cough. oh, no bob, i call later chest congestion hello. >> 12 hours of leaf wow, bowers

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people whose ideas and innovations or dramatically improving lives, business and society. well, tonight's story is personal for me. you know, my dad is a dentist who always gave back to the community. so i knew firsthand about the power of a smile and how life changing it could be to give some the ability to be free to speak and show themselves as they wanted to be seen. my champion for change is dr. don draper simpson, who is both providing dental care and hope to the people who need it most you doing man good he does so much more than clean teeth also, teachers, he motivates. >> he's like a therapist. he's so much more than a day you have demonstrated philosophy of providing care and respect, and dignity to anyone who needs your help. >> i do what i do because this

is what god put me on this earth for i'm actually the daughter. >> i've a dentist who really devoted his it's life to public service and ensuring dental care was given to people who are most in need. he would go into the prisons. he really believed in meeting people where they were you also wanted to go into the prisons. i understand as well the only to provide that service, but you recognize in many ways why should they be denied the dignity of care. >> there's a shortage of diminished in prisons around the country. most inmates, 9.9% of them, they really are grateful that they get to get out of pain if i can be courteous and kind and respectful and do my job and treat you good regardless of who you are, where you are. >> that's my goal this is new foundations for children. >> we have kids in the foster care system and we have qizan, juvenile justice system. he serves in underserved population. he's not making a

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