BALDWIN: Some just stunning testimony out of this Brooklyn courtroom where former cartel leader El Chapo is on trial. His former right- hand man testifying that the drug kingpin once paid a $100 million bribe to the former President of Mexico, President Enrique Pena Nieto. Pena Nieto's former chief of staff is calling the allegations false, defamatory and absurd. Let's go straight to CNN Espanol correspondent, Maria Santana. She's been in this courtroom from the very beginning. And so, Maria, have we heard anything directly from former President Pena Nieto?</s>MARIA SANTANA, CNN E CORRESPONDENT: Well, Brooke, while the former President has himself denied ever taking any bribes from El Chapo and the Sinaloa cartel. He has himself yet to respond to this latest jaw dropping allegation by Colombian drug traffickers, Alex Cifuentes. Cifuentes has described him as one of the most trusted men of El Chapo. And he said that on three occasions after his arrest in 2013, he told U.S. government prosecutors that El Chapo had paid $100 million to former Mexican President Pena Nieto. He said that this payment came in October 2012 when Pena Nieto was the President elect of Mexico and that he heard from El Chapo directly. That at the time Pena Nieto directly called El Chapo asking him for money saying that he would let him come out of hiding and continuing trafficking drugs if he did this. Pretty shocking. And of course, former chief of staff of Pena Nieto has denied these allegations -- Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: Maria Santana on the L Chapo trial. Maria, thank you. Back to one of our top stories this remarkable request from the House Speaker to President Trump. That could mean there will be no State of the Union address on Capitol Hill. We'll take you live to the White House.
Drug Trafficker Says El Chapo Paid Ex-President of Mexico $100 Million Bribe.