the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trump s claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroom today. trump has been claiming that president joe biden has been forcing him to appear in court, which is not true, he did have no obligation to appear at today s hearing. trump s attorney argued that allowing the prosecution of donald trump would, quote, open a pandora s box, but the judge has pushed back on that and many of the arguments he was making. trump s lawyer also argued that the president could only be prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matter what
on university campus in prague. the shooter, a student at the same university, killed his father before carrying out the attack. we will have the latest. and could a european super league be back on the cards? a top eu court has ruled uefa s ban on a breakaway competition is unlawful. good evening. all week, we have been waiting for this vote in the un security council. they are still going back and forth over the language behind closed doors, hopeful still that a vote could come today. the negotiators don t seem to be able to agree on the exact wording of the resolution. it comes down to aid and the monitoring mechanism that is in the draught resolution. on a very practical level, the arab states are calling for the un to exclusively oversee the aid going into gaza and then its distribution. right now, the aid is largely controlled by israel, and israel can slow that aid down or speed it up however it so chooses. it holds the promise for applause, although negotiations in
will: earlier clashed with worshipers inside the mosque compound. palestinians shooting fireworks at authorities and chanting slogans praising hamas. prime minister ben gentleman minute netanyahu says israel s enemies will pay the price for the attacks on its people. serious events over there in israel. brian: they say it stems over what happened wednesday police in the mosque. that was a response and the israelis know exactly where the fire came from. ainsley: 34 rockets were fired from lebanon. 29 of them were intercepted in israel. israel s response tonight and later will exact a significant price from our enemies says benjamin netanyahu. that s why they attacked back. brian: so about 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday admirable kirby took to the stand took to the podium and i thought okay. why are some of these stations taking admirable kirby in the middle of the day i wonder what s going on. ainsley: turned up the volume. brian: got to it late. he decides that
hello, everyone, tlahank yo for joining me, i m fredricka whitfield. recovery efforts underway offer the south carolina coastline following the take down of a suspected chinese spy balloon on saturday. the u.s. military blasting the balloon out of the sky after it drifts over the atlantic near myrtle beach. president biden saying that he ordered the military on wednesday to take the balloon down as soon as possible. and now efforts are underway to recover the debris and analyze it to find out what it may have been doing as it drifted across the u.s. over the last few days. meanwhile china is accusing the u.s. of overreacing and expr expressing strong dissatisfaction and the balloons destruction. from all angles to the capital to the coast where the balloon was shot down. let s begin with dianne gallagher where she is live in surfside beach where recovery efforts is underway. what is being located and discovered? reporter: so, fred, we re in the surfside myrtle beach area
down. of course, the question tonight is, where is that exactly and when will it come down? by the way, how will it come down? the a spy balloon. the pentagon refusing to say whether they are considering shooting it down what looks like a chinese spy balloon floating high above some sensitive sites in this country. but officials telling cnn they haven t ruled it out either. meanwhile, this balloon, which is the size, by the way, of three school buses, is just meandering along thousands of feet up in the sky. it was spotted twice on wednesday over montana and twice over missouri today, including in colombia, missouri, this very often-afternoon where this exclusive footage was shot. it s flying about 60,000 feet up, 18,000 feet higher than a commercial airplane does. and now the pentagon says there is another chinese spy balloon that is currently somewhere over latin america. we will talk about what the heck is going on in the skies tonight. here to help us figure all this out,