will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously called to t
mark: hello, america, i m mark levine this. is life, liberty and levin. vivek ramaswamy and january nguyen. we want to john nguyen. we want to pick up a bit where we were last night and underscore an issue here. the same media that helped force joe biden on us is now leading the way to remove biden is get a different nominee. if this doesn t demonstrate once and for all the media and democrat party are one in the same, in fact the media lead the democrat party in many respects to nothing well. nothing well. this is a battle now between the media and democrat party activists. that is media wanted to replace biden activists and some do and some don t. 99% of the democrat primary are committed to joe biden. that s not giving up and saying the new york times tells us to throw off biden. what the media want is the complete dis-enfranchisement of millions and millions of voters throughout spring, early summer and primary period. they promoted them and they would run in the democr
mark: hello, america, i m mark levine this. is life, liberty and levin. vivek ramaswamy and january nguyen. we want to john nguyen. we want to pick up a bit where we were last night and underscore an issue here. the same media that helped force joe biden on us is now leading the way to remove biden is get a different nominee. if this doesn t demonstrate once and for all the media and democrat party are one in the same, in fact the media lead the democrat party in many respects to nothing well. nothing well. this is a battle now between the media and democrat party activists. that is media wanted to replace biden activists and some do and some don t. 99% of the democrat primary are committed to joe biden. that s not giving up and saying the new york times tells us to throw off biden. what the media want is the complete dis-enfranchisement of millions and millions of voters throughout spring, early summer and primary period. they promoted them and they would run in the democr
mark: hello, america, i m mark levine this. is life, liberty and levin. vivek ramaswamy and january nguyen. we want to john nguyen. we want to pick up a bit where we were last night and underscore an issue here. the same media that helped force joe biden on us is now leading the way to remove biden is get a different nominee. if this doesn t demonstrate once and for all the media and democrat party are one in the same, in fact the media lead the democrat party in many respects to nothing well. nothing well. this is a battle now between the media and democrat party activists. that is media wanted to replace biden activists and some do and some don t. 99% of the democrat primary are committed to joe biden. that s not giving up and saying the new york times tells us to throw off biden. what the media want is the complete dis-enfranchisement of millions and millions of voters throughout spring, early summer and primary period. they promoted them and they would run in the democr
let s get started then. schools in england return today after the latest lockdown, and many parents are desperate for this next step. not only will it bring a better balance between work, life and home, but it should also lead to an improvement in mental well being. the reopening of schools will also have a significant impact on the economy. according to uk government figures, around 53% of parents say they had a reduced ability to work as a result of the schools being shut. in another piece of research, published today by the government backed behavioural insights team and jobs website indeed, showed that offering flexible working explicitly in job ads would increase applications by up to 30%. so is the end of lockdown also an opportunity to reset the way we work? let s discuss this. ann francke, chief executive of the chartered management institute, joins me now. good morning to you. some parents may already be up, getting packed lunches made and all sorts to get the kids b