today on inside politics, two minutes and a not guilty plea. the third attempt to bring an alleged trump co-conspirator before a judge went according to plan. that as new cnn reporting provides a window into what federal prosecutors knew before the mar-a-lago search. plus, ron desantis tries to have his cake and eat it, too, but he risks angering the trump base by attacking donald trump while defending a video that critics say crosses the line into outright homophobia. and putin, kim, trump. a new ad from team pence says the former president doesn t deserve a second term because he s soft on dictators. i m abby phillip in for dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. this morning important action inside the case against donald trump. the valet charged alongside the former president pleaded not guilty to six federal charges inside a courtroom after two failed previous attempts to arraign him. we start there in miami at that federal courthouse wher
half of them americans in exchange for a three day humanitarian cause. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen has travelled with the israel defence forces into gaza and while the bbc had editorial control of the next report, the section with the idf has been viewed by them. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations tojoin israel s invasion of the gaza strip. they re moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already inside the strip have surrounded gaza city. these men might be part of the next stage, locating hamas tunnels and fighting street by street. israel s prime minister promised his country a mighty vengeance against hamas. but with so much firepower, one question is israel following joe biden s advice not to be blinded by rage, to defend itself, but also, protect the lives of palestinian civilians? we went into gaza with the israeli army on condition we didn t revea
will not respond. were we ever going to invade crimea or move to stop putin annexing crimea? no, we weren t. were we ever going to do anything to stop the chinese in hong kong? this is fantasy. is not anywhere even close to a sensible foreign policy argument. of course these nations are exercising their power improperly. but the reason they do so is because we don t have the means to stop it. the collective west including the uk refuse to enforce the red line. couldn is cemented in the middle east. putin is cemented in the middle east. wagner and his mercenaries have influence in up to a dozen come countries across africa. russia has what it has always wanted, which is up always
kind of hard to follow. he s trying to make a logical argument, but he s combating a conspiracy theory. yes. so there s that. but he s also in his super pac, his supporters are trying to pivot to territory that i think is more solid ground for pence. watch this. america doesn t stand with thugs and dictators. we confront them or at least we used to. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. there can be no room in the leadership of the republican party for apologists for putin, there can only be room for champions of freedom. on the foreign policy argument, you saw a lot of pictures of trump there. he also told the associated press on ukraine with allue respect, i think the former presidd thgovernor of fl that s ron desantis, just don t understand americans interests in supporting the ukrainian military in repelling the russian military in ukraine. make no mistake, china is
about the future of nato under president trump. he said, listen, i ll say a prayer as he heads over for that nato summit. he said, there s a chance for redemption. but look at what president trump has done. he has warned on the campaign trail that nato may not exist, and that foreign policy argument is one that he s really leaned into. this idea that he s ready to be president on day one. we ll continue to hear that from him we expect over the next five days left in this no malarkey tour. mark memoli there with no malarkey. vaughn hillyard appears to be standing in some woods, but he is not. he is actually at a vineyard there. and this is round o., south carolina. i m from the state, but full disclosure, i had never heard of round o. until the editorial meeting this morning. you re between orangeburg and charleston, as i understand it there. what s mayor pete up to today? reporter: god bless the people of round o., but we actually don t have cell service. it s about a couple of min