it is the top of the hour. so glad you re with me today. i m poppy harlow. we re following several major stories. growing worries among republicans over the january 6th committee s damning revelations about former president trump has many openly cheering for other republicans to jump in the 2024 race for the white house. that s even if trump announces he will run. also, anxiety building in the party in circles about the committee s new hearings in september, and what impact they could have on the midterming. more on that in a moment. meanwhile, liz cheney says a subpoena for ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, is not off the table. all of this as today, the governor of georgia is scheduled to testify by video before the fulton county grand jury investigating whether trump tried to interfere in the 2020 general election there. let s begin with my colleague on capitol hill. you have new reporting, melanie, on republicans pushing for other republican
argument that the plot against trump was designed to inject the fbi in to the election , which would be a no-no if they can prove that. so it s the trial at hand of former hillary clinton campaign lawyer michael sussmann getting out of his vehicle in washington at the courthouse. now, at issue is whether he lied to the fbi when he brought them what he claimed were links between trump and a russian bank called alpha. they say, the prosecutors are saying that sussmann manipulated the bureau in to an investigation in hopes of prompting a big problem or an october surprise two months before the 2016 election. that is what they re efforting to prove here in this d.c. courtroom. who better to talk to about this than andy mccarthy here on day two of the government s case against sussmann. he just wrote a brilliant piece about this. it came out an hour ago. first to david spunt who is live outside that d.c. courtroom watching it all for us. hi, david. hi, martha. good afternoon. a
Good morning, it is 10 00 eastern. Im ana cabrera alongside jose diazbalart for special breaking news coverage. Donald trumps Hush Money Trial is back under way in a manhattan courtroom and a significant witness is in the courthouse this morning, as proceedings get under way. Adult film star Stormy Daniels, who we learned is expected to testify today. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is at the courthouse. Here with me in new york for the hour, danny cevallos, criminal Defense Attorney, catherine christian, former assistant Manhattan District Attorney and jeremy solan, former attorney in the manhattan d. A. s office. Vaughn, kick us off, we have a witness on the stand right now, who well get to in a moment, but, again, this morning we expect Stormy Daniels at some point today to take the stand and the judge before the jury was even called in already set some parameters around her expected testimony. Fill us in. Reporter right. Some could say this was a long time coming. This began all the way back
Dana breaking overnight israel Firing Hundreds of missiles targeting Hamas Terrorists in gaza. This in response to a barbaric series of Terror Attacks targeting children, women and the elderly. The death toll now eclipsing 1,000. President biden is set to break his twoday silence today. Good morning, im dana perino. Good morning to you. Bret im bret baier for bill hemmer. Complicating israels response an estimated 150 people taken hostage by hamas. Americans are believed to be among them and hamas is threatening to kill them onebyone for every time israel strikes gaza. Dana the families of the missing are calling on President Biden to act. Some of them as you can see here are about to hold a News Conference in tel aviv and well take you there live as it happens. Bret Peter Doocy Standing by at the white house. We begin with greg palkot reporting live from israel. Greg. Bret, dana, we are a mile and a half away from the gaza trip. The town of sarot, israel says this town is secure. Lets
In other developments, a hamas delegation is expected to attend ceasefire talks in cairo on sunday, following an invitation extended by egyptian mediators. Israels war cabinet is reportedly set to discuss whether to send a delegation, whilst a British Royal navy ship is sailing to the Eastern Mediterranean to support the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip. Our first report this hour is from hugo bachega injerusalem. In tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. It has been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. People are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their Prime Minister to go. He should resign after what happened. Six months ago the war start, and hamas and everything. He claimed that he wants to go to war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. For one israeli family, the hope is over elad k