Seeing trumps very own words and rhetoric in a court filing as it gets. Attorneys for the expresident accuse the Special Counsel of asking the court to, quote, take the extraordinary step of stripping President Trump of his First Amendment freedoms during the most important month of his campaign against President Biden. They say, quote, now keenly aware that it is losing that race for 2024, the prosecution seeks to unconstitutionally silence President Trumps but not President Bidens political speech. On pain of contempt. End quote. Now, if all this sounds familiar, its because trumps attorneys have been making this argument for months now. As the New York Times notes, almost from the moment mr. Trump was indicted, his legal team has raised a First Amendment defense. Its also a defense that jack smith anticipated. His indictment of donald trump on the Election Interference Case says on the second page, the defendant had a right, like every american, to speak publicly about the eleioand
Step counter those sport matt and wireless remote call good morning. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning, its saturday, april 20. Im victims walker. Heres what were working on for you this morning congress is in session for a working weekend because see a final vote on a 95 foreign aid package for ukraine and israel as early as this afternoon. A much different vote though could cost. Mike johnson, the speakers gavel, Marjorie Taylor greene says theres a civil war in the House Of Representatives. And as another lawmaker joining her motion to vacate, were going indepth ahead annually, a half a dozen blasts, rock a Military Base belonging to an iranbacked militia in iraq at a time of high tensions across the mideast. What we know about it coming up and former President Donald Trump hits the Campaign Trail today, just two days hes before Opening Statements begin. In an historic Hush Money Trial in new york, the judges stern warning to trumps legal team, thats coming so in just about
civilians, surging humanitarian assistance, and ensuring the security of those who provide it. israel must meet this moment. with regard to our policy in gaza, look, i ll just say this. if we don t see the changes that we need to see, there ll be changes in our own policy. that s u.s. secretary of state antony blinken laying out president biden s latest message to israel following a tense conversation with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we ll have much more about yesterday s phone call and the future of u.s. policy straight ahead. meanwhile, there s a new development in the race for the white house. it s now looking less likely that there will be a serious third party candidate this year. we ll tell you about that. plus, we ll bring you an update on donald trump s legal issues including the new york attorney general trying to dig deeper into the bond that was posted earlier this week on behalf of the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on
white house this tuesday. and fox news is also learning that president zelenskyy will also brief members of the u.s. senate. that as a congress debates whether or not to send more aid to defend ukraine from the illegal and barbaric invasion continuing by vladimir putin opinion. more on this in just a moment with general jack keane on what this means, but first,s israel [gunfire] eric: israeli forces pushing against the terrorists of hamas, striking more than a 250 hamas targets in gaza just over the past 24 hours. the idf has ordered urgent evacuations in the southern city. well welcome to fox news live, i m eastbound shawn. arthel: a hello, everyone, i m arthel neville. the idf even publishing a map of the area it plans to hit hard underscoring the harsh reality that with hamas if operating from civilian areas, there is no safe place in gaza to take shelter. meantime, u.s. forces in the middle east shooting down three more drones that targeted two bases in syria accord
a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. i m max foster. bianca is off this week. but just ahead on cnn gaza s largest hospital collapsing under the weight of war. the hospital must be protected. kdonald trump jr. was the first witness to take the stand. they wanted to set the tone to persuade the judge that this was the quintessential american business success story. mike johnson moving to essentially pick a fight with his right flank over government funding. i think it is a failure. i m not voting for a clean cr. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, november 14, 9:00 a.m. in london and 11:00 a.m. in gaza where the health system appears to be on the brink of collapse after weeks of intense fighting and shortages. the director of al-shifa calls the conditions catastrophic. not only for patients but also the thousands she will terg inside and outside the if a still. he says there is no more water, foo