will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously called to t
international coalition to defeat i.s.i.s. or to defeat al qaeda. it took many years. i don t think it s going to be many years. but i ve set targets and not a deadline, and we re proceeding as quickly as we can and also as carefully as we can because we want to minimize civilian casualties, and we want to minimize casualties on our side. that s israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a potential timeline for the war with hamas. it comes as gaza s largest hospital, which is caring for newborns, is out of fuel to power the facility. also ahead, we ve got new reporting on the impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. the new house speaker does not appear ready to move that effort forward, at least for now. meanwhile on capitol hill, the republican-led house released its plan to avoid a government shutdown. we ll go through the stopgap measure and the chances it could pass the senate by friday s deadline. good morning and welcome to way too early on this mo
right now on early start, dropping out. senator tim scott suspending his race for president. plus. bidenomics is not working. my one-on-one interview with dean phillips who s defying fellow democrats by challenging president biden in the primary. troops advance in gaza where the w.h.o. says the largest hospital isn t even functioning. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s monday, november 13th. it s 5 a.m. here in washington. also 5 a.m. in south carolina where tim scott stunned republicans by announcing he was suspending his campaign. the timing took many of his campaign donors by surprise. it s been clear since last month when they canceled a multi-million dollar slate of tv ads. his team worried about whether he d even qualify for the fourth gop debate next month. scott told fox that he s not going to back another republican in the race but that he would try to advance the message about the kind of person that
democratic values taking a page in the greatest generation as we face the threat of vladimir putin today. president biden, wrapping up his five-day trip for the 80th anniversary of d-day. last stop a special tribute to fallen american soldiers in a military ceremony cemetery and memorial just outside of paris. honoring those who were made buried from world war i. that s more than 2000 u.s. service members were laid to rest and also died for freedom, fighting during the first great war as the president first lady now heading back to the u.s. hello everyone welcome to fox news live pipe eric shawn. good to be with you. i am anita vogel part i felt level has the weekend offered president biden heading back to the u.s. earlier he first lady jill biden laid a wreath at the world war i cemetery former president trump skipped that visit in 2018 citing safety concerns during inclement weather but biden appeared to be using that today to draw a contrast between himself and the for
Update from our correspondent in a moment but first heres how the night of negotiations played out. It was for a climax of a Coalition Talks the head of the free democrat sleeze for building to make an announcement he said his party was pulling out of the negotiations. Younger ones were being forced to cast away our principles and everything that weve fought for over the years. And we will not let down our voters by standing behind policies of which were not at all convinced. Its better not to govern than to govern badly so that you. Could by. Probably doesnt. There was no immediate confirmation that the talks had collapsed for some time the other party chiefs remained inside and then they came out to face the cameras led by chancellor angela merkel. She confirmed for talks had indeed collapsed
but the other parties have to be prepared to do the same and this evening one wasnt. The collapse of the talks now puts merkel in a difficult position she could try to form a Minority Government