has officially finished. the defense only called two witnesses. and yesterday, rested their case. former president trump did not testify in his own defense despite telling the press multiple times he wanted to. you testify in your trial. yeah, i would testify absolutely. it s a scam. it s a scam. are you going to testify? yes. will you testify? no he won t stop. he the gag is not to testify. do you plan to testify in court? i probably so. i would like to. i mean i think so. i mean, there s a story of his life, who shocked me can nobody s shocked. it is a guy who said of course i am going to testify, you knew he was not going to testify for a couple reasons. one, he is just a walking perjury machine. seriously? you got a new ice cream machine that you say makes ice cream. the mcreamy by ninja. and creamy, yeah, well, he is a ninja perjury machine right? you stand in front of it for a couple seconds. i will never look at the creamy the same way. it cr
on this new hour of ayman , breaking news overseas where the search is on for iran s president after his helicopter crashed. republicans are already attacking the presidential debate, a debate that has yet to happen. what are they so afraid of? the gop s chances of winning control of the senate, higher than ever. what will democrats to do about it? let s do about it let s do it. we start this hour with breaking news. the search and rescue efforts are underway for the iranian president after his helicopter suffered what officials have called a hard landing in the northeast portion of the country. drones, dogs, and helicopters are part of that search effort as fog and treacherous weather continues to hammer them. the president of iran was on board with high-ranking members of his camp at cabinet and other officials. josh letterman is tracking the latest. what can you tell us about the current date of this search and whether or not there are other countries involved i
welcome in to the sunday show , i am jonathan capehart, and we are following breaking news out of iran. earlier today, helicopter carrying the iranian president crash landed in a mountainous region in the country s northwest, near the border with azerbaijan. iran s foreign minister and other state officials were also on board. according to iranian state media reports, rescuers have had a hard time reaching the crash site due to poor weather and heavy fog in the area. at this hour, there s no word on the president s condition. rescuers have reportedly pinpointed the location of the downed chopper and made contact with two of the passengers. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, josh letterman, who is following developments on the story, live in london. what s the latest on the rescue effort? reporter: well, it is the early hours of the morning in iran, and jonathan, it s been nearly 12 hours since we believe that plane went down and we still do not know the fate of the
two hostages have been released by hamas. they are yocheved lifshitz and nurit yitzhak, two elderly women, according to a source. a release falling mediation by cutter and egypt. they were taken out of gaza by the red cross. the source telling nbc news that they are in good health. one of the hostages was in dire need of medication. you can see here, according to the times in israel, she was a founder of the of some of the most horrific violence that was inflicted upon israelis and the terrorisattack of october 7 by hamas. lifshitz is his peace activist who readily transported patients from gaza for medical treatment inside israel. her husband is believed to still be held captive i hamas. the release of two hostages comes days after two americans, judith and natalie were free from hamas on friday. this is where we start the hour with josh letterman. former cia director, senior national kersey as, john brennan is back. and then we have john hudson with us. with us at the table
news overseas, where the search is on for iran s president after his helicopter crashed. staged, corrupt, and rigged, republicans are already attacking the presidential debate, a debate that has yet to happen. what are they so afraid of? the gop s chances of winning control of the senate are higher than ever. what will democrats do about it? let s do it. we start this hour with breaking news. the search and rescue efforts are underway for the iranian president after his helicopter suffered what officials have called a hard landing in the northeast portion of the country. drones, dogs, and helicopters are part of the search effort as fog and treacherous weather continue to hamper them. the president was on board with high ranking members of his cabinet and other officials. josh letterman is tracking the developments. josh, what can you tell us about the current state of the search and whether or not there other countries involved in trying to find where the iranian presi