Closing in

closing arguments. The lead starts right now.

We're less than 24 hours away from the prosecution and the defense making their final pitches to the jury and Donald Trump's

hush money cover-up trial how strong is the case going into this final phase a

panel of legal experts and a former New York judge will join the lead.

Plus, a tragic mistake.

That's what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu is calling the military strike on a refugee camp

in Raffa, Gaza Authority saying it killed dozens Israel, insisting its forces were going

after Hamas leaders.

And killer tornadoes, at least 21 people dead after devastating storms tore across the

Central U.S. over the holiday weekend.

That's severe weather now heading east may disrupt your plans to get home.

Welcome to the lead I'm Phil Mattingly, in for Jake Taffer today in less than 24 hours. Jury will hear closing arguments in the unprecedented first ever criminal trial of a former president.

Prosecutors will try to weave together weeks

testimony and evidence to convince the jury

that Donald Trump is guilty of falsifying business records

with the intent of influencing the 2016 election.

Now much of their case hinges on the testimony of Michael Cohen,

Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, who testified on the stand for hours

and whose credibility was repeatedly called into question by the defense.

The jurors have been away since Tuesday and after this memorial day break they'll likely begin

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