This is brand new video just to us. Israel says it struck the central headquarters of hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. You can see in this video the blast was massive. And israeli official tells Nbc News the target was hezbollahs powerful leader. It comes as israel has been systematically targeting high level commanders of the u. S. Designated terror group, both within and abroad, which prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says israel will continue to do in order to defend itself from groups looking to eliminate the state. Nbcs Matt Bradley is live in beirut for us. Also with us, aaron david miller, former arabisraeli negotiator, and Senior Fellow at the endowment for peace. Give us the latest. Reporter we were here a couple of hours ago when our walls of our hotel shook. You cant see it now but it was just over my right shoulder here in southern beirut. This is a neighborhood that has endured repeated israeli bombardments all week long. And most of that, as you just mentioned in your intro
they criticize me as being ableist. wokeness is a virus more dangerous than any pandemic hands down. i am going to be introducing my bill, the protect children s innocence act, that will make it a felony to perform anything to do with gender affirming care on children. we either get this government back on our side or we defund and get rid of, abolish, the fbi, cdc, atf. doj, every last one of them. all right, plus this hour, president biden gets his first democratic challenger of the 2020 presidential race and he has even said he is definitely running it. we are following the backlash from a major decision by walgreens that will keep the abortion pill away from millions of women across this country. and then, next hour a heartwarming story. and april boy who went above and beyond to help out the wager at his favorite restaurant, in an effort that has gone far beyond what either of them imagined. i will speak to kids in martin and devoun take gardiner ahead today, as
quote, encouraging the immediate release. we ll see. trump has had the documents in his possession, though, since monday s search. though there is nothing stopping him and his legal team from making it public at any time. the forward motion here came from attorney general merrick garland, making a big statement yesterday and making it clear that he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant for trump s home. and also new this morning, the washington post reports the fbi searched trump s home seeking classified documents related to nuclear weapons. let s begin with more from washington on this looming deadline for donald trump. what are you hearing about this? reporter: well, we did see that statement almost 12 hours ago from donald trump saying he s encouraging the re the release of the documents. we haven t seen the documents or a court filing yet. i checked a few minutes ago in the southern district of florida, court docket for the search warrant. noth
Coverage of Donald Trumps criminal trial, in a week that could be make or break as key witness Michael Cohen took the stand, and found himself on defense with trumps fate now hanging in the balance. The star would take the stand against donald j trump. Michael cohen is the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. The expresident came face toface with the man who used to do his dirty work who has now turned into the key witness. Everything required mr. Trumps sign off. Will he keep his cool when trumps lawyers begin what could be intense . The punches are building. I think that tuesday, there were bruises and today, there is blood. If i was a juror in this case watching that, i would say, this guys making it up as he goes. Is he . Weve heard different people, leaguer legal experts and other advertisers. Several times, covering this trial, including the key cross thursday. Michael did give the d. A. S what they wanted, including corroboration of what he says words realtime proof
Hello again. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting in new york. Jose diazbalart should be with us in just a moment. Technical difficulties. But right now, want to bring you up to speed, the court is in Morning Recess in former president Donald Trumps hush money trial, which is now in its 15th day. Manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg is in the courtroom for todays proceedings and nbc news has learned through multiple sources that former president Donald Trumps Attorney Michael Cohen will begin his testimony on monday. And is expected to be on the stand for several days. Lets discuss more about all of this with nbc news correspondent Vaughn Hillyard, who is outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. Also joining us, Catherine Christian, Former Manhattan assistant District Attorney, who is an msnbc legal analyst. Vaughn, break right now, but set the scene for what has happened so far this morning. Reporter yeah, good morning, ana. Madeleine westerhout