COURTROOM TODAY. LET'S BRING IN YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN WHO IS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. ALSO WITH US, DEFENSE ATTORNEY MISTY MARIS. AND SO, YASMIN, SO FAR TODAY, THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER INTENSE DAY. WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON? >> Reporter: IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES, A LOT OF INTENSITY TO SAY THE LEAST AS ANA MENTIONED. WE'RE NOW IN REDIRECT FROM THE DEFENSE HERE ON THEIR OWN WITNESS. I GOT TO SAY, JUST KIND OF READING THE TEA LEAVES HERE AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM INSIDE THE COURTROOM, THIS TESTIMONY SO FAR FROM ROBERT COSTELLO IS FAIRLY DAMNING FOR THE DEFENSE. THEY WANTED TO BRING ROBERT COSTELLO ON THE STAND TO REFUTE MICHAEL COHEN'S TESTIMONY TO SAY AS WE HEARD FROM HIM YESTERDAY THAT MICHAEL COHEN NEVER SAID THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH STORMY DANIELS, THEY NEVER HAD SEX, HE NEVER SAID THIS WAS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF DONALD TRUMP, THAT DONALD TRUMP NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE PAYMENT MADE TO STORMY DANIELS. BUT INSTEAD WHAT THEY'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY DURING CROSS EXAMINATION BY SUSAN HOFFINGER IS KIND OF TICKING AWAY AT ROBERT COSTELLO'S CREDIBILITY. WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW THE DEFENSE WAS GOING TO CHIP AWAY AT THE CREDIBILITY OF MICHAEL COHEN AND WITNESSES LIKE STORMY DANIELS AS WELL. IN FACT, THE PROSECUTION IS DOING THAT EXACT SAME THING AS THEY DID DURING CROSS EXAMINATION OF ROBERT COSTELLO AND I WANT TO READ YOU THROUGH SOME OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM ROBERT COSTELLO'S TESTIMONY SO FAR THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT IS FASCINATING STUFF. SO HOFFINGER ASKS THIS, YOUR FIRST MEETING WITH COHEN AT THE REGENCY, YOU DISCUSSED HOW CONNECTED YOU WERE TO RUDY GIULIANI, COSTELLO, NOT TRUE, YOU'RE QUOTING FROM AN EMAIL THAT WAS MUCH LATER. HOFFINGER, YOU WERE VERY CLOSE TO RUDY GIULIANI AND YOU HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR 50 YEARS. YES, KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS AND WE WENT TO A WEDDING. HOFFINGER, YOU SENT THIS EMAIL TWO DAYS LATER. I'M GOING TO READ IT FOR THE JURY. I AM SURE YOU SAW THE NEWS THAT RUDY IS JOINING THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM. I TOLD YOU THAT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH RUDY COULD BE VERY, VERY USEFUL TO YOU. SO, REFUTING WHAT ROBERT COSTELLO SAID ON THE STAND A MOMENT AGO. AGAIN, THEY DO IT BETWEEN, HOFFINGER, YOU CONTINUE TO TELL HIM YOU CAN PROVIDE A BACK CHANNEL TO GIULIANI. NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT. HOFFINGER, DO YOU REMEMBER SENDING THIS EMAIL TO COHEN? YES, I DO. HERE'S THE EMAIL, GUYS. MICHAEL, I JUST SPOKE TO RUDY GIULIANI AND TOLD HIM I WAS ON YOUR TEAM. RUDY WAS THRILLED AND SAID THIS COULD BE -- COULD NOT BE A BETTER SITUATION FOR THE PRESIDENT OR YOU. AGAIN, REFUTING COSTELLO'S TESTIMONY. AND THIS ONE, GUYS, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DAMNING, I WOULD SAY, KIND OF FINISHING UP CROSS EXAMINATION FROM SUSAN HOFFINGER, AND IT STARTS WITH THIS, IN JUNE OF 2018, HOFFINGER, YOU WERE UPSET THAT YOU WERE PLAYING YOU. COSTELLO, NO, THAT'S THE WRONG WORD. I WAS INFORMED. HOFFINGER, DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE HE WAS ALSO PLAYING PRESIDENT TRUMP? COSTELLO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S CORRECT. HOFFINGER, YESTERDAY YOU WERE ASKED A QUESTION BY DEFENSE COUNSEL WHOSE INTERESTS DID YOU HAVE IN MIND. HOFFINGER, YOU SAID YOUR OBLIGATION WAS TO MICHAEL COHEN. DO YOU REMEMBER SAYING THAT? COSTELLO, YES. HERE'S THE EMAIL, GUYS. HOFFINGER WRITES, JEFF, THIS IS THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED FROM MICHAEL AFTER SENDING HIM A DETAILED TEXT FOLLOWED BY A VOICE MAIL ONE HOUR LATER. HE IS PLAYING US AND THE PRESIDENT. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO THIS A-HOLE? HE'S PLAYING WITH THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON THE PLANET. THAT EMAIL CERTAINLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, DOES IT NOT, MR. COSTELLO? THAT IS HOFFINGER SAYING IT TO RO
