good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. just a few minutes from now, ivanka trump will return to the witness stand in the fraud trial where her most used phrase has been i don t recall. and moments ago, we learned about a new legal maneuver from prosecutors. plus, with his daughter on the stand and republican rivals headed for the debate stage, donald trump looks to take back the spotlight with one of his signature rallies tonight. and a big blow to glenn youngkin s brand as virginia voters thwart his plans for a gop takeover for the legislature. what could it mean for presidential ambitions. breaking news in the hunter biden saga, the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, sending the president excuse me. let s go to our nbc reporters. excuse me one sec. apologies for that, lindsey. let s begin in new york city. we re outside the trial in lower manhattan and from what we re seeing from ivanka today, stylistically she s
the middle east. we begin with breaking news on the israel-hamas war. here s what s new at this hour. right now, thousands are gathering in washington d.c. to protest the war, and call for a cease-fire. we will have a live report from there in just a moment for you. secretary of state, antony blinken repeats calls for a humanitarian pause in israel s retaliation in gaza. but israeli prime minister met benjamin netanyahu says no, unless it s tied to the release of hostages. there are increasing reports of attacks on palestinians, and the occupied west bank, carried out by israeli soldiers and settlers, and the u.s. is advising all americans to leave lebanon now, fearing escalations in the war. and the idf has released this new video that it says shows soldiers attacking tunnels along the gaza strip. arab leaders meeting with secretary blinken in jordan today, joining the call for humanitarian pause, echoed by thousands protesting on the streets of london again today. and by le
conditions for a durable, sustainable peace. durable, sustainable security for israelis and palestinians alike. we re focused on the day of. we also need to be focused on the day avenue. so in conversations we ll be having through the course of this weekend i expect you ll see a focus there and particularly how we can get over time to two states for two peoples which in our judgment remains the best guarantor and maybe the only guarantor of a secure jewish and democratic israel and palestinians with the state they re entitled to. so these will be the things that we re focused on. these are challenging times. these are intensely difficult issues. but i m convinced that american diplomacy can make a difference in moving everyone to a better place. that s what we re working to do. i ll take questions. thank you, mr. secretary. do you assess that israel has shown restraint up to this point in their offensive in gaza, and what are the concrete steps you ll be pushing them on? an
mass murder there, lewiston, very close to bowdoin college. and he came to our attention because of a school shooting in tennessee that he was trying to bring to the attention of the state legislature and that actually, as people recall, got him expelled. and he, of course, worked his way back in and got elected again, but he is here to consider what this means, what it feels like to him to have that hit close to his college the way it hit close to home in tennessee. i m eager to hear on justin pearson on this. he has remarkably deep and wise thoughts for someone so young on a host of really complicated and distressing topics. yes he s a unique voice. we re lucky to have him here tonight. thank you alex. i have no understanding. those were the under oath words of donald trump jr. today when his temporary job title was witness number 21. called to the witness stand by new york attorney general letitia james to testify against his father, donald trump jr. is a codefendant
children killed in the span of three weeks. we believe. it on that note, my friend, ayman, thank you for your time and thoughts and perspective on all this. evening.social now it is time for the last word, with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. we re gonna be joined tonight by tennessee state representative justin pearson, who, as it happens, is a graduate of bowdoin college in maine. so he has been really struck by what happened in maine, and the mass murder there. lewiston, very close to bowdoin college. and he came to our attention because the school shooting in tennessee that he was trying to bring to the attention of the state legislature and that actually, as people recall, got him expelled. and he of course worked his way back in and got elected again, but he is here to consider what this means, what it feels like to him to have that hit close to his college all the way it hit close to home in tennessee. i m eager to hear on justin pearson on this. when