second defamation trial brought by e. jean carroll. what trump told jurors when he took the stand in a case that could be in a jury s hands by this afternoon. plus, breaking news from the u.n., the top court stopping just short of ordering an immediate cease fire in gaza. what that court is now demanding that israel do in its war against hamas. and later, alabama puts a man to death using nitrogen gas, the inmate s stark finals words and the heated debate over the first new method of execution in more than 40 years. hello, thank you for being with us. it is friday, 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with donald trump back in a courtroom this morning for closing arguments in the second e. jean carroll defamation case, and a jury could get this case as soon as this afternoon. this after the former president took the stand in his own defense for just minutes yesterday after days of delays and speculation. let s get right to the courthouse a
coverage and casey stegall at dw international airport but first we send it off to christine coleman in santa monica, california, with a rough assignment on the beach. how was it working out there, christina? hi, bill, millions of americans across this great nation honoring the brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. take a look at this video. a wreath-laying ceremony for the uss intrepid and located on the hudson river in new york city and more than 50,000 served on board the ship during its surface. to me, it is sacred ground. the cemetery because so many people are buried at sea. here on the west coast, the national cemetery with 12 annual memorial day ceremony. the cemetery 15 miles north of downtown san diego and more than 30,000 veterans laid to rest there. i m very thankful everybody comes out and supports these whether they know those folks are see the fruits of the sacrifice that they have made for this country. in the midwest s
get this, 240 of those were minors. some as young as 12 years old. researchers highlighted improvements two took their own life and eleven considered suicide. this was a tax payer funded study. it was widely embraced this improved their mental health. republicans in the house and senate express grave concerns and demand answers writing this in a letter to the nih. rather than shutting the research down. researchers published saying the study was a success. the law makers are also questioning the so called success. the experiment had no control group. why wouldn t it have that? that s par for the course for an experiment. law makers say four of researchers involved were out outspoken advocates. north carolina senator is accusing nih for acting on political motivations. the attacks payer expense. 240 of them were minors at young as 12 years old. we think this is absolutely tragic. first of all taxpayer expense. second at the expense of minors. researchers are justifying ane
police release new body camera video of the deadly shooting in a new mexico neighborhood, and detailed look at how the officers took down the gunman who shot nine people in the shooting spree. mystery in the amazon and what happened to four young children who might have survived a plane crash. new footprints in the jungle are providing hope this morning. and there are major new developments that could impact the war in ukraine. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in aub right n in saudi arabia right now, and then he goes to japan where he is going to be greeted by the announcement that he has been pleading for. president biden just told the allies that the u.s. will support efforts to train the ukrainian pilots on the f-16 fighter jets. zelenskyy desperately wants the planes inside of his country. we have team coverage with natasha bertrand at the pentagon, and tell us about this announcement that the u.s. is going to support training on the f-16 and what exa
general bill barr name john durham to investigate the investigators and predicted he d find the crime of the century. durham didn t have much luck in the courts. now, four years after he started, durham s harshly critical report saying he relied on raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated intelligence along with seriously flawed information has plunged us all back into the same old, familiar debate, the story that seemingly will never end. i m howard kurtz and this is the mediabuzz. howard: the report by special counsel john durham exploded like a neutron bomb, and the media are deeply divided over his conclusion that the fbi acted on such flimsy evidence that its investigation of possible collusion between donald trump and the kremlin never should have been launched. first among those claiming vindication, the former president. this was a coup that they were looking at. these are sick people. howard: and many of those on fox news and elsewhere joined in castigating the m