Telling the jury that trump said, just do it when talking about paying Stormy Daniels for her silence. Michael cohen saying he took out a Home Equity Loan on his own home to pay for it. He says trump promising to pay him back. The jury listening intently. Just a short time ago, the explosion, the demolition of that remainder of the bridge in baltimore. With the massive cargo ship still there. And with the crew of that step still onboard 48 days later. The harrowing moments inside a church. Dozens of families and children. A 16yearold boy armed with a gun interrupting mass. The priest ducking behind the altar. Tonight, the severe storms, possible tornadoes and damaging winds. Ginger zee with the new forecast. And now the smoke moving in from the fires in canada yet again. The race for the white house tonight. And President Biden taking aim at china, announcing major new tariffs he says to protect american industry and jobs. And tonight here, the new polls, where this race stands in the
emerging, horrendous hamas attack and the taking of hostages, but now that the united states is working with israel and trying to assist in locating hamas and understanding hamas structure, we understand they have a gap in capabilities. that s republican congressman mike turner of ohio with a candid assessment of israel s strategy. it s a sign more hostages could soon be freed. we ll have the latest out of the middle east just ahead. plus a preview of an important hearing today in washington that could determine what donald trump can say about his federal election interference case. and also ahead, we ll remember the life and legacy of former first lady rosalind carter. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday morning. i eemg jonathan lemire. thank you for joining us for this short thanksgiving week. with less than one year to go until the 2024 presidential election, for the first time ever new np be c news polling shows donald trump leading job.
breaking later this hour, texas governor greg abbott expected to endorse former president donald trump for the presidential nomination during an event where mr. trump and governor abbott will hand out meals to texas service members. also breaking as the idf expanded its ground operations further into gaza, world health organization officials assess the situation in the hospital after they issued evacuation orders for the remaining 2500 people seeking refuge air. let s go live to northern israel where alex hogan has the latest on escalating tensions between israel and hezbollah. you can see part of the skylight behind me. there is activity taking place on that side of the border. a few minutes ago, we learned about a potential war cabinet meeting being pulled up by the hour. a lot of conversations about the potential hostage negotiations u.s. and israeli officials have said there is no deal yet. we will continue to monitor. this is a major story. could be coming to fruition.
joe biden calls for two state as the call for a cease-fire. we will look at his op-ed in the washington post. and the most powerful rocket ever built explodes minutes after blasting off. some are calling the test flights success. queerphobia reports of a large explosion at a.u. and run school in gaza and used as a shelter. one called the courage or spying. the video is graphic. the source of the blast has not been determined and no confirmed casualty figures are yet available. the israeli aware of the explosion but have no further comments. we will have more on this in just a moment. meanwhile, the world health organization sends a team to gaza s largest hospital on saturday. he described it as a death zone. filled with terrifying people. they said a mass grave with anybody s was right outside the entrance. inside, the choking dust and smoke, the team counted 291 patients including 32 infants, extremely critical condition. officials say patients and staff have been orde
donald trump clearly engaged in insurrection to overturn the 2020 loss. even that does not bar him from running in this state. we will try to make sense of this stunning ruling in just a moment. we are also live on the ground in israel as the onslaught against gaza continues, differing accounts of what is going on at al-shifa hospital. we are monitoring a news conference from israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and we will have the very latest in a moment on that. nbc news exclusive reveals two very different messages, the president is sending out to people who write to him. depending on where they stand on the israel-hamas war. plus, fear and failure for elon musk today. he is facing a backlash over his own antisemitic tweet on x. backlash that now includes the white house and some top advertisers. latest spacex launch coming up in flames today in texas. very latest, much more on both of those mosques stories ahead. we want to begin with a stunning and landmark decis