Tonight Donald Trump's defense team calling its first witness after the prosecution rested in his hush money trial.

The drama in the courtroom, the judge clashing of one of the defense witnesses,

warning not to give him quote, side eye. It came after Michael

Cohen's final day on the stand and what he admitted to stealing from the

Trump organization our team at the courthouse. Also tonight Iran's president confirmed dead in a helicopter crash

along with eight others what caused it and how will it impact Middle East tensions

plus his defiant words to me in his last U.S. network interview inside Iran before his death. The International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hamas leaders accusing them of war crimes how

Netanyahu and the US are firing back.

The tornado outbreak 17 across multiple states and where the threat is

headed tonight. Nearly eight weeks after it destroyed that bridge in

Baltimore that massive ship finally moved out the crew still on board.

Sean Diddy Combs apologizing after video showed him violently attacking his ex-girlfriend,

the growing fallout, and the powerful new memorial at the site of one of America's darkest chapters.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome the prosecution of the Donald Trump criminal trial has

rested its case against the former president after doing its best to

rehabilitate the credibility of its star witness, former Trump fixer Michael Cohen.

Day four of Cohen on the stand featured more cross-examination by the defense.

Trump lawyer Todd Blanch resumed his mission to paint Cohen as a serial liar bent on revenge.

Even getting Cohen to admit he had stolen tens of thousands of dollars from the Trump organization.

And then late today, the defense starting its case, putting former Cohen legal advisor

Robert Costello on the stand, who told the jury Cohen had lied about what Mr. Trump knew about the reimbursement of

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