I am emily. President donald trump struggles to unite his party. The reporting on nikki haleys refusal to endorse them. They say they are voting for someone else. Michael cohen will take the stand and president Donald Trumps criminal trial after a week of fireworks from another key witness, Stormy Daniels. Jen psaki will talk about her former bosss Reelection Campaign in her new book. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. We begin this weekend with another wild outburst from President Donald Trump outside of court. He attacked the judge and prosecutors in the case, claiming his criminal trial is corrupt and declaring he would be, quote, very proud to go to jail for our constitution. His efforts he defied everything the constitution actually embodied. He is laying the groundwork to repeat that playbook in 2024. This week, we are talking by challenging the results of the next election. Trump said people should, quote, follow your heart. Joining us now from our Homeland
It is four pm in new york, and 11 pm in israel and gaza. Im Simone Sanders townsend. Joined by a mid meridian, and the great Reverend Al Sharpton. This is continued coverage of the israelhamas war. Israeli Defense Forces are preparing a significant Ground Operation in gaza, describing it as, quote, integrated and coordinated attack from, air sea, and land. Israeli soldiers continue to mess along but as Benjamin Netanyahu visited the entropy today, telling them to, the next stage is coming. Thousands of people in Northern Gaza are navigating an active war zone as theyramble to evacuate to the south. On friday, israel warned civilians north of za the gaza city is now a battlefield. They told him to evacuate their homes. Thata reon home to 1. 1 Million People. Hamas instructed gazans to ignore the directive. 70 people and one convoy, obeying their order to leave were killed after him raley airstrike and convoy of evacuees. Most of them women and children. I do want to warn you that some o
Steve scalise, the man elected by the Republican Caucus to be the next speaker but was short of the votes to do so as just announced, apparently, inside the republican conference, that he is withdrawing his name from the speakership. We dont know why, other than the whip count a vote against him within the Republican Caucus today and ballooned to 16 or 17 votes. People were saying he could not get to 217 either to be elected Speaker Of The House. This comes a week and a half after mccarthy was deposed, successful with eight members voting i along with all the democrats. Theres been a speaker pro tem, Patrick Mchenry since then, serving in a custodial fashion. This is all totally unprecedented in american history. We havent had this before. Its 100 years since we had a motion to vacate the chair. Amidst an unfolding global crisis, the second in line to the president and Constitutional Office of Speaker Of The House remains vacant, with no clear path for this house Republican Caucus to r
Straight to a fox news alert, just in, brandnew images from the west bank. This appears to be clashes likely between palestinians there and Israeli Defense forces. Just remember in the west bank there are various zones, area a, area b, area c, some are in Israeli Military control, others in palestinian military control. Multiple checkpoints you come in and out of controlled by the idf, depending on level of security. I have been in an area like that caught in crossfire. In a moment youth arabs can take on a checkpoint in the west bank. West bank is separate from what you see on your map in the gaza strip. Brian might plug in a map of the west bank. Ariana ound ainsley they are hours ahead of you. Fbi is warning americans to be vigilant, major cities are on alert, chicago, philadelphia, l. A. , in europe, they are feeling the same way. This guy, who they are saying is former hamas chief, they said he is still actively involved, asking protesters to take to the street to deliver message
Capital. Steve scalise, the man elected by the Republican Caucus to be the next speaker but was short of the votes to do so as just announced, apparently, inside the republican conference, that he is withdrawing his name from the speakership. We dont know why, other than the whip count a vote against him within the Republican Caucus today and ballooned to 16 or 17 votes. People were saying he could not get to 217 either to be elected Speaker Of The House. This comes a week and a half after mccarthy was deposed, successful with eight members voting i along with all the democrats. Theres been a speaker pro tem, Patrick Mchenry since then, serving in a custodial fashion. This is all totally unprecedented in american history. We havent had this before. Its 100 years since we had a motion to vacate the chair. Amidst an unfolding global crisis, the second in line to the president and Constitutional Office of Speaker Of The House remains vacant, with no clear path for this house Republican Ca