Mr. Trump of a criminal conspiracy to cover up a payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. The defense calling it merely a legal expense, saying its not illegal to try to influence an election. And the first witness, the former publisher of the national enquirer. The key Role Prosecutors said he plays in the case. Also tonight, clashes on College Campuses. Nearly 50 propalestinian protesters arrested at yale as another ivy league university, columbia, moves classes online, citing Safety Concerns after a campus rabbi warned jewish students to go home. The senate poised to pass a bill that could ban tiktok nationwide. What it means for tiktoks 170 million users in the u. S. That tiktok bill part of a 95 billion foreign aid package passed in the house after the Speaker Mike Johnson put himself on the line. Will democrats help him keep his job . Nbc news reports the surge at the southern border of migrants from china. And the
Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We are tracking an incredibly busy day on capitol hill. Just moments from now a Veteran Boeing Engineer will testify before a Senate Subcommittee that the 787 dreamliner could break apart in midair due to safety flaws. The president of Colombia University is defending her handling of antisemitic incidents on campus and accusations she failed to protect jewish students after october 7th. And in two hours, the senate will open the Impeachment Trial of Homeland Security secretary alejandro mayorkas, the first impeachment of a Cabinet Member in almost 150 years. But, we begin this morning with the very latest from former president Donald Trumps hush money trial, that is now taking shape after hundreds of new yorkers were summoned to court this week. Seven have now been sworn in to serve as jurors in the very first criminal trial facing the former president , centered around hush money payments made to stormy d
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
car. our team in the disaster zone. the hunt for thieves who stole $30 million in one of the biggest cash heists in los angeles history. how did they get in? our nbc news report on the rise of marijuana and the risk of psychotic events among teens. and the bond between brothers, one in the u.s., one in gaza, bringing life-saving relief to the war zone. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. president biden tonight signaling growing impatience with israel over the conduct of its military operations inside gaza and possibly conditioning american military aid to reforms. in a phone call today, president biden telling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that israel s strike that killed seven world central kitchen aid workers earlier week and the overall humanitarian situation in gaza are unacceptable, and issued his strongest warning yet that the u.s. could shift its policy toward israel. tonight, the white house calling
and upenn facing questions about the rise of anti-semitism on college campuses. also ahead, liz cheney sounding the alarm about donald trump s run for re-election. her warning and what it could mean for the 2024 race. and later oh! a massive house explosion rocks a virginia neighborhood. police were trying to serve a search warrant. so what happened? hello and thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m canana cabrera reporting fr new york. we begin with a new warning that gaza faces an even more hellish scenario as israeli forces intensify their bombardment of southern gaza. it is a significant new phase now in israel s aerial and ground campaign against hamas. an idf statement just released moments ago claiming its forces are in the heart of khan younis and jabalia. according to u.n., 1.9 million people are now displaced inside gaza. that s 85% of the population. and nbc s david noriega is joining us from tel aviv, israel. and also with us, major joh