the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
hello, and thank you for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with donald trump back in court for the second day in the defamation case brought by writer e. jean carroll. this time with carroll herself expected to take the stand as the first witness. carroll is seeking $10 million in damages arguing trump ruined her reputation with the comments he made during and after his presidency. now, today s proceedings follow an intense jury selection process where trump and carroll came face to face for the first time in more than 25 years. nbc s garrett haake is covering the trump campaign, joining us from new hampshire this morning. also with us nbc s rehema ellis who s following developments in the courtroom along with our legal analyst former assistant manhattan district attorney catherine christian. so rehema, carroll did testify in her first defamation trial, but not with trump sitting right there in the courtroom. set the st
do. kevin bacon. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, israel and hamas extend their tenuous truce with more israeli hostages expected to be released today. as we hear from the family of freed 4-year-old american for the first time. she s been reunited with her brother and her sister. and that was magical in the sense that the brother and sister who for 50 days waited and hoped that abigail would come home. plus, a u.n. official calling conditions inside gaza catastrophic. i ll talk to a red cross official about the aid now getting in during this pause. also ahead, presidents and first ladies gathering today in georgia for a tribute service for rosalynn carter. her husband of seven decades expected to leave hospice c to attend his beloved wife s memorial. and later, a brutal winter blast taking aim at the northeast. millions of americans enduring temperatures up to 20 degrees below normal.
on how the meetings went bill: would you characterize it as hesitant at the moment? we re continuing the maximum pressure campaign until we see real actionable states taken by north korea to denuclearize. we re going to continue the same message, the same maximum pressure campaign and we re hopeful that north korea will come to the table and do what s right for the world. bill: i need a quick yes or no answer on this, do you support what house republicans are doing in the request for a special special counsel? look, we ve said we have a lot of concern. the president has not been shy about the fact he has real concerns with the fisa process and we re going to continue being aggressive on this front to make sure american citizens are protect. i think there s been a lot of things in the democrat and republican memos that should be looked at. bill: go get warm.
back. first of all, he kind of flubbed, sonia sotomayor s name and referred to the supreme court as having eight judges when it s nine justices. in addition that kind of got missed by some folks, rick perry said in times for crisis he would call for a national day of prayer. he s a person of favorite. a national day of prayer existed in this country since 1952 when president truman signed the bill for a national day of prayer and honored every first wednesday, or first thursday of the month of may. and it will be the 60th anniversary of such a thing, so basically perry proposed he would do something that already exists, kelly. kelly: maybe he wanted to add more day for praying, nothing wrong with that. perhaps another one. kelly: steve, go get warm, thanks so much. thank you, kelly. jamie: as we near the first election to the republican nominating process. there s a new poll that shows congressional lawmakers may