central. inside politics starts right now. today on inside politics, honing in on haley. donald trump is making it clear he now sees one person standing in the way of his march to the nomination, and his attacks on her are familiar. plus, back in court right now, trump is in hmanhattan listenin to the woman who says he raped her 30 years ago. she s telling a jury how her life has been turned upside down. and more than 200 days, people have been held hostage by hamas terrorist who brutally killed people inside israel. we re going to hear directly from their families desperate to bring their loved ones home. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start in new hampshire where donald trump, nikki haley and ron desantis are all campaigning today, with less than a week to go before the primary there. they are intensifying their campaign schedules, and their attacks on each other. here is what we heard from donald trump last night. nikki ha
New york Hush Money Trial. In iran, thousands of people showing up today for the funeral for the countrys president as the u. S. And other World Leaders worry about what tehran will do next in the region and beyond. Plus, three European Countries now recognizing the Palestinian State today. The u. N. Enforces are forced to halt food and aid into gaza as israel fails to provide protection from military attacks. This as ceasefire talks remain stalled. We will talk to the parents of an Israeli American hostage. They are here pressing for the release of those being held. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. As President Trump awaits closing arguments, the judges instructions and the Hush Money Trial going to the jury, important developments today in the maralago classified documents case. Trump defense attorney todd blanche will try again to get the 40 federal charges in the florida classified documents case thrown out. When judge cannon convenes a hearing on the Dismissal
In tone on what could come as the Washington Post reports that the white house is very, very, very worried that this war is going to get out of hand. National security adviser Jake Sullivan warning that this could spiral in to a regional conflict. Theyre now preparing for an Evacuation Plan if needed that would move hundreds of thousands of americans out of the region. Obviously that would be a herculean task. We remember how difficult it was to get 124,000 out of afghanistan in that very difficult exit back in august of 2021. Heres john kirby just moments ago. Watch. It would be imprudent and irresponsible if we didnt have people thinking about different scenarios. Were not at a point of execution of evacuations right now. Martha this is one of the women released from hamas custody yesterday. They still have her husband. We dont know when this first photo was taken. This is her before and this is her after she was held for 17 days. She spoke of being beaten with sticks, held in a spid
Language] is what it is in hebrew. A few nights ago, here a young canadian pianist named kevin chan served up some of that hope at a concert at new york citys carnegie hall. He surprised the audience with a performance of this song. Israels official account on social media shared the footage online, Thanking Chan for playing that. I want to thank you so much for joining us on this busy night here. We will be back tomorrow night, of course,. Cnn news night with abby phillip starts right now. New signs there is growing daylight between the u. S. And israel on this war, as the clock ticks on the lives of dozens of hostages in millions of civilians. Thats tonight on news night. And good evening, im abby philip. Two more female hostages are now free tonight after being released by hamas. Both are israeli citizens. Two women, 79 and 85 years old, are now at a hospital in tel aviv after being handed over at the rafah crossing. You will hear from one of their daughters in a moment. But first,
Welcome to our continuing coverage of israel at war. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv tonight. Information we have just received shows israeli tanks and personal near the border with gaza. The idf also announced they would increase airstrikes on the spokesman said the military is now focused on the next stage. And then there is this. Cnns team on the ground here saw dozens of tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers and even bulldozers on the border with gaza, the sort of equipment one would expect to see during a possible ground operation. This is just one of several areas where weve seen scenes like this. Altogether, weve seen hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. President biden was asked today whether he was encouraging israelis to delay a possible invasion. His only response was to say quote, im talking to the israelis. End quote. These comments come after shipment of aid carrying food, water and medical supplies was finally allowed to cross into Southern Gaza from egypt. No fuel was