Special counsel jack smith paints a picture of a commanderinchief willing to throw out the votes of millions of americans, including large numbers of black voters who turned out to elect joe biden. Trump fueled Conspiracy Theories, putting poll workers, and Public Servants at risk. On january 6th, he embraced violence, and swamped a mob, that went on to attack one of the most sacred monuments to our democracy. Even now, trump continues to behave as if hes above the law. We have Breaking News this evening, his legal team has until monday to respond to a Government Motion for a protective order related to a threatening social media post. From the former president. We are going to get into the legal specifics of the case, and the political implications throughout the hour. But, make no mistake, while it is donald trump who will be going on trial, it is the fate of our nation that will be decided by the outcome. We begin with delicate, stacey pulaski, from the virgin islands. A former Hous
cannot wait for that on sunday night. thanks so much for joining us. ac 360 starts right now. tonight on 360, the former president meets a no-no sense judge. what the judge did not even let his lawyer ask. plus, the lawmakers who have been saying they want a border deal but now can t take yes for an answer. and later, a school shooter s mother on trial charged with involuntary manslaughter. why she and her husband are being held responsible for the murder of four students. we begin with donald trump s brief testimony in the penalty case. it came after the judge reiterated in graphic detail what the former president had already been found liable for. namely, sexually abusing miss carroll. also with several interjections, the judge established tight parameters on what trump s attorney could and could not ask. it made for quite a scene today. trump biographer, maggie haberman, was in court to see it. also joining us, elie honig. think spent about ten minutes going back
anti jewish in american history. let s take a look now at the human cost of russia s invasion of ukraine. moscow, like kyiv, has been very secretive when it comes to casualties from the fighting, but a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have died. that s four times higher than the figure acknowledged by the kremlin. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training, with significant numbers recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they are filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners, recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verif
wagner. ron desantis described it as a crisis at war. donald trump called it an invasion. with less than two weeks left until the iowa caucuses, today, trump and desantis published dueling op-eds in the des moines register. both cast immigration as the most pressing problem facing our country. both candidates promised that they, and they alone, can t fix it. now, what both trump and desantis are advancing in these offices, neither actually fixes to our country s border issues, nor are they actually immigration policies. but they are the sort of plans you can tell people that you have, and they are articulating them to the public. they want to let fewer brown people in. they want immigration to be the most painful process possible. they want to set new records in deportations. again, none of that really addresses any of the root causes of migration, for the actual problems with our immigration system, which are real. but it is a plan, and it s a plan around which republicans
ongoing and it really focused ongoing and it really focused on increasing humanitarian aid into gaza. vote we have been advised the boat has been delayed and it is not clear whether the vote will take place tomorrow on saturday stop the boat had already faced multiple delays this week. vote it comes down to the aid and inspection of it as well as and inspection of it as well as a temporary pause in fighting. that un draft resolution and the humanitarian aid, of course, comes as israel s military operation has turned life upside down for almost everyone in gaza. one of the major issues facing people is a lack of food. the latest analysis as almost the entire population is facing shortages. the ipc data says 26% of gazans more than 500,000 people have exhausted their food supplies. what does that mean. those people are now facing the prospect of what is described as catastrophic hunger and starvation. according to the world food programme s executive director, the situa