that the big board leader to tell us what is actually happening. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro is also going to join me later on the show. but we do want to start tonight with what was a truly surreal and wild and crazy scene and lower manhattan today. apart from the fact that the former president on trial, a big deal on itself, today began like many other court cases would. the defendant took the stand, raise, hand and swore an oath to tell nothing about the truth it was all standard in the beginning until the defendant opened his mouth. that is when things got a little crazy. suddenly the guy on the stand acted like he was at the campaign rally, not in a courtroom where he was the defendant. trump took shots at the case saying this is a very unfair trial and a disgrace. he took shots directly out the judge saying, the fraud is on the board, not me. he took shots even had attorney general letitia james calling her a political reminded trump this is not a political ral
former u.s. secretary establishing by to break it all down. former trump attorney and the star witness in this case michael cohen is also here with his say. we are now 364, days away from the presidential election. brand-new polling sites everyone kind of freaking out, steve kornacki is at the big board later this show that tells us what s actually happening. pennsylvania governor is also going to join us later on. we have a packed show, but we do want to start today with what was a truly surreal and weld in lower manhattan today. apart from the fact that this was a former president on file, it s a big deal in itself, today began like many other court cases, what the defendant took the stand, he raised his hand and swore an oath to tell and nothing but the truth. it s all pretty standard in the beginning part. until the defendant opened his mouth. that s when things got a little crazy. suddenly, the guy on the stand acted like he was at a campaign rally, doubted a courtroom
fraud trial against him, the penalty part. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news in manhattan where donald trump is already inside the courtroom about to take the stand in his $250 million new york civil fraud trial. these proceedings are just getting under way this morning. nbc s vaughn hillyard is standing by outside the courthouse. also with us, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi attorney and former investigative council for the january 6th house committee. we saw those live images inside the courtroom. we aren t allowed to have cameras inside the courtroom during the actual testimony. i understand, vaughn, trump spoke moments ago before he walked into the courthouse. start us off there in mann with what the president, former president is saying this morning and what we can e
dana, along with dana: president biden pushing for a pause, hamas rockets from gaza are raining down on the jewish state. trey yingst was live on the air, a rocket landing near him. a rocket just slammed into the building next to where we are at. in terms of a ceasefire, it s challenging to have a ceasefire while rockets are still raining down on israel and that s what s being called for here, and part of the reason that the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says he won t have any sort of ceasefire because the fire still continues into israel, plus you have the issue of the hostages. 241 israelis held and some are foreign nationals, but the majority of them are israelis, held inside the gaza strip. dana: the leader of hezbollah is signalling a second front could break out in the north. escalating missile strikes on israel and the chief is now threatening america. america is a fully responsible for the war prevailing in gaza against its people. israel is merely the
it s the top of the hour. i m boris sanchez with jessica dean in washington, d.c. we have new video just into cnn, and we should warn you it is graphic and disturbing. so if you need to, it may be best to turn away now. it shows dozens of casualties near a hospital in gaza. we re seeing at least a dozen bloodied bodies strewn across the ground near an ambulance. the escalating humanitarian crisis in gaza, a main focus as america s top diplomat returns to the middle east. the secretary of state antony blinken today pressing israel for a pause in the fighting with hamas as the war now enters its fifth week and international condemnation grows. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we have been clear that as israel conducts this campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. it matters because failure to do so plays into the hands of hamas, and other terror groups. now while blinken was speaking, the