today as the calls for israel to pause its war on hamas grow louder. what s next and before we can go of the war, ahead. the shady bunch. donald trump jr. and eric trump take the stand in new york s 250 million dollar civil fraud trial. just days before the most indicted former president in u.s. history, and his daughter, ivanka, take the stand. the new gag order in the case. the tough questions the former first family is facing, and why it all means for the three criminal trials against donald trump. and a victorious revival. might one-on-one conversation with tony award winning director kenny leon about bringing ozzy davis is pearly victorious back to broadway for the first time in more than 60 years, and how this satire on race and segregation has incredible relevance today. i m jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. we start this hour with the latest on the push for a pause in the israel-hamas war. new video in overnight show secretary of state anthony blinke
my first conversation with would be a part of my banned book club, and when i should talk about literature and writing and the pressures that it is under in america. let s do that another time, but thank you for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. tony kushner is a tony award winner in a pulitzer prize-winning activist. thank you so much for watching, alex witt reports begins right now. a very good day of all to you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. it is noon here on the east coast. six pm in gaza, and we begin with breaking news on the israel hamas war. here s what is new at this hour. there you hear it. israel s grinding retaliation in gaza bringing new claims of attacks on schools, refugee camps, and ambulances. and new calls for humanitarian pauses. israel s military temporarily shut down a main highway to allow evacuations in gaza, but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a big no to secretary o
dollars. thank you very much. thanks for watching. erin burnenett outfroront sta right now. next, a deadly blast outside a gaza hospital. israel now claiming responsibility. this as israeli forces close in on gaza city. plus, an exclusive dispatch from cnn journalist ibrahim. we ve been following his harrowing journey out of gaza and tonight, we can report he and his wife and their two young sons have made it to egypt. also more breaking news. an appeals court freezing a gag order against donald trump in the federal election interference case while a new york judge expands a gag order on trump in another case. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. breaking news. israel ramping up its bombardment of gaza and tonight, acknowledging it was behind a deadly blast outside the hospital in gaza city. we want to warn you, the images we re going to show you are graphic. according to multiple videos that cnn has geo located, you can see
palestinian civilians. hezbollah speaking publicly for the first time since the start of the war. his message as concerns grow of a multifront fight. also ahead, eric trump back on the stand for a second day. his contentious testimony in his family s fraud trial, and his high wire act to escape blame. and later, the crypto king found guilty on all counts, the quick deliberations in sam bankman-fried s trial and how long he could face behind bars. hello and thank you for joining us on this friday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we continue with the breaking news this morning. secretary of state antony blinken back in israel meeting with the prime minister, as well as his war cabinet pushing for protections for palestinian civilians. on the ground in gaza right now, idf forces say they have encircled gaza city as israel pushes forward with its ground assault, and to israel s north, the leader of hezbollah just spoke publicly for the
o donnell. welcome to the black tie edition of the last word. our first guest tonight andrew weissmann and i were both at the same black tie event, he is the audience is about to see dressed so much more elegantly than i was. lawrence, lawrence, do not sell yourself short. you look very i wore one of these, the black tie and threw away the tuxedo jacket and put on this, i m getting away with it sort of. i like the full black tie for the friday, not the friday night show for the next week show, i think we deserve it in these trying times, i think we deserve lawrence o donnell wait to see my first guess you will demand in the future when andrew comes to the studio that he only show up and black tie, when you see this. from your words to my rider, i cannot wait to see both of you in your outfits this evening, momentarily. thank you, alex. have a good show. breaking news legals news tonight is undeterred by donald trump s legal delay tactics, judge tanya c