vested denver following several major stories this afternoon two big rulings on a key abortion pill praising the legal stakes to protec abortion rights for millions o women. reaction is coming in, fast an furious. new developments in the ouster of two - lawmakers in the tennessee legislature as the vic president lends her voice to the fight. they understood the importance, these three, o standing to say that peopl will not be silenced we are also keeping a close eye on israel after severa attacks this easter weekend. a new move from the white hous on trans athletes that has all sides of the debate upset. all of that, plus the news thi week that the former vic president will testify against donald trump, what he migh say. once he is under oath. we re gonna look at that comin up as well we begin though with the breaking news on abortio rights a federal judge in texas has essentially blocked the fda approval of mifepristone potentially undoing two decade of legal and safe
from msnbc world headquarter here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we have breaking news from the middle east. live pictures from tel avi where a peaceful rally over judicial overhaul is underwa for the 14th week in a row it comes amid a new burst of violence, sparking fears of broader conflict in the greate region joining me now, nbc s ra sanchez in tel aviv, i kno you re back covering the - how is the violence affectin the demonstrations well, alex, you can see despite everything else goin on, these protesters are out o the streets in their tens of thousands. alex, i think they may vote to sing the national anthem here. i am gonna speak quietly but these protesters are out i the streets in there are ten of thousands, despite violence and when you speak to people here, they say, despit everything going on, it is crucial for them to be here. they feel israeli democracy is at stake at this point and that they will not b deterred we are just a couple of mi
me why donald trump would want to put this off the trial into the spring, right in the heart of a presidential primar season, when the da wanted t be in january? look, he only sees upside the campaign only sees upside, they think by having thi indictment, all of the rest of republican field has to fall i behind him basically, they see this as campaign boost, you can alread see the ahead of this desantis, no it s doing him a lot of favors with respect to fund raising he raised 5 million in the las 48 hours got it. i love for the city about agai very soon. that s gonna do it for me on this edition of alex wit reports, all be off for th easter holiday tomorrow, happy easter to all of you celebrating. my friend yasmin vossoughian continues our coverage good afternoon, i m yasmin
prosecutor plans to prove that the intent was to commit state tax crimes it does avoid many of the lega and factual pitfalls, thos defenses really will not hel him. if what the former president was trying to do was to take a deduction when he was not, whe a deduction was not warranted, those payments were disguise as illegal payments. and legal payments you can tak a deduction for. whether you re paying off hush money payments to a porn star, you can t. hugo, about 15 seconds, giv me why donald trump would want to put this off the trial into the spring, right in the heart of a presidential primar season, when the da wanted t be in january? look, he only sees upside the campaign only sees upside, they think by having thi indictment, all of the rest of republican field has to fall i behind him basically, they see this as campaign boost, you can alread see the ahead of this desantis, no it s doing him a lot of favors