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🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Former President Donald Trump’s attorney accused Michael Cohen of lying on the stand in his ongoing hush money trial, President Biden asserted executive privilege over records of his interviews with a special counsel who ended up criticizing his memory, the Texas governor pardoned a man convicted of murdering a protester, and more in tonight’s broadcast.

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0:00.0	Tonight the courtroom drama Donald Trump's attorney accusing Michael Cohen of lying on the stand
0:05.2	Cohen Mr. Trump's former fixture back under a scathing cross examination the defense
0:10.6	appearing to catch Cohen off guard, casting doubt on a 2016 call he said he had
0:16.2	with Trump over the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, saying quote that is a lie,
0:21.7	how Cohen responded,
0:23.4	as he faces another day on the stand.
0:26.3	Also tonight, President Biden asserting executive privilege
0:29.6	over recordings of his interview
0:31.2	with the special counsel who ended up criticizing his memory. of his
0:34.4	memory
0:35.2	a rare high-risk alert for life-threatening flash floods in the south
0:39.9	the dangerous storms being called a nightmare scenario.
0:44.0	Just in, the man convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, why the Texas
0:49.0	governor just pardoned him.
0:51.2	A Florida neighborhood terrorized gunman with high-powered firearms unleashing
0:55.8	a barrage of bullets and search for answers. The Kansas City Chief's kicker under fire for his commencement
1:02.2	speech urging women to be homemakers and
1:04.7	blasting the LGBTQ community what the NFL is now saying.
1:10.0	And after thieves made off with a beloved Jackie Robinson statue, the community coming together to help
1:16.1	a legend rise again.
1:19.7	This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
1:24.3	Good evening and welcome a grueling day for Donald Trump accuser Michael Cohen
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