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Meet the Press NOW — May 20

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🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Michael Cohen's cross-examination wraps up in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, sending shockwaves across the Middle East. NBC News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube explains how a U.S. plan to transfer 11 detainees from Guantanamo was abruptly halted. Daniella Diaz, Chuck Rocha and Marc Short join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.

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0:00.0

If it's Monday, prosecutors in Trump's criminal hush money trial rest their case as

0:08.0

their star witness Michael Cohen wraps up his testimony and Trump's lawyers

0:12.4

call their first witnesses to the

0:13.9

stand with closing arguments now set for next week. Plus a senior

0:18.9

administration official says there's no evidence of foul play after a helicopter kills a helicopter

0:24.9

crash kills Iran's hardline president and foreign minister as the incident

0:29.1

threatens to further inflame tensions in the region.

0:32.0

On the 2024 campaign trail rhetoric ramps up,

0:36.0

as President Biden calls his rival unhinged

0:39.0

and warns he's running for revenge

0:41.0

while former President Trump invokes the electric chair and

0:44.8

repeats baseless claims that he won the 2020 election. Hi there, welcome to meet the press now, I'm Ryan Nobles, and we begin this hour in New York where the

1:04.4

prosecution has just rested in Donald Trump's hush money trial. It came after

1:09.7

yet a fourth day of testimony from former Trump fixer Michael Cohen who's of course

1:14.8

the prosecution star witness. This has defense attorneys continue to attack his

1:19.2

credibility and prosecutors sought to limit the damage caused by those attacks.

1:24.0

During today's cross-examination, Cohen admitted to stealing from the Trump organization

1:28.4

by being reimbursed for more than he paid a tech company.

1:32.4

He also acknowledged having a financial interest in for more than he paid a tech company.

1:32.6

He also acknowledged having a financial interest

1:35.0

in the outcome of this case,

1:36.7

although he testified that he'd profit more

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