If it's Tuesday, Michael Cohen, the prosecution star witness, and Donald Trump's

hush money case now faces a tense cross-examination after testimony directly

tiling the legal scheme to Trump.

Plus, the sleeper Senate race that suddenly has everyone wide awake

and reliably blue Maryland where Democrats are fighting over the future of the party

and the state that could decide which

party controls the Senate. And new signs that Israel could be poised to invade

Rafa despite US warnings and threats to withhold weapons as troops gather on the edge of southern

Gaza where hundreds of thousands of civilians are sheltering. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Yamey Shal

send or on day two of Michael Cohen's testimony

and Donald Trump's hush money trial with defense attorneys now grilling the man

who once worked as a former president's fixer. This afternoon Trump's

attorneys began their cross-examination confronting Cohen with some of his public statements lashing out at the former president during the trial.

That came after a day and a half of testimony in which Cohen laid out the former president's involvement in the

hush money scheme to keep Stormy Daniel silent about their alleged affair.

Cohen testified that he made those payments at Trump's direction and he said that they were acting to

protect his campaign and that Trump himself was part of the efforts to cover them up as

legal services. This morning as he entered the court. The former president spoke to reporters,

once again repeating baseless claims

and conspiracy theories about the nature of the trial.

The gag order has to come off.

So when you ask me a question about the people that we're talking

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