newsnight with abby phillip starts right now. israel is testing the limits of what the united states will tolerate. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. and today a not so gentle nudge from the leader of the free world to the only democracy in the middle east. watch where your bombs drop. i want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives, not stop going after hamas, but be more careful. today s warning from the president to his israeli counterpart makes what he told the world less than two months ago seem, frankly, a world away. i come to israel with a single message. you re not alone. you re not alone. as long as the united states stands, and we will stand forever, we ll not let you ever be alone. right now the two nations are no longer in lockstep. biden administration officials have advised israel that their campaign of overwhelming force needs to end and end soon, within weeks. it s not quite an ultimatum. sources
we now have a start date for donald trump s manhattan. it s right in the heart of primary season. the lead starts right now. the former president just learned he will be back in a new york city courtroom for the stormy daniels hush money case, and like i said, it will be right in the middle of the presidential primary season next year. trump says he understands he s not allowed to talk about certain parts of the case. then the charges now facing a 19-year-old accused of driving a u hall into the security barrier at the white house. inside the truck, according to the secret service, duct tape, a backpack, and a nazi flag. plus, well, that s going to give them something to tweet about. florida governor ron desantis turning to one of the most controversial ceos in world to help officially launch his 2024 presidential bid on social media. i m jake tapper. we begin in our law and justice lead. today a new york judge gave donald trump an official trial date, march 25th, 2024,
hello everyone, thanks so much for joining us for this hour, where we bring you tomorrow s news tonight. we have our great lineup of reporters to share our secrets. here when we have harry enten, , shimon prokupecz, and sarah murray. thank you all for being here on the couch tonight. okay, another texas town is reeling after another mass shooting at an outlet mall over the weekend, killed eight people, wounded seven others. tonight, we re learning more about the 33-year-old gunman and his actions leading up to the shooting. shimon prokupecz is following the story. let s start with what s next in the story. ultimately, right now, as much as we know about this individual, really the hate, the heat keep believed in really there is still this thing they need to do, authorities need to figure them out of. is there something else going on here that perhaps sparked this? so, that s investigators are now doing. you know, we learned so much about him through his social media.
back home? and listen to this and unexplained delay in the start of a once in a generation trial as the news channel that made millions promoting the 45th president election lies is now under oath were following these major developing stories, many more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. alright any moment now, opening statements are set to begin in the historic trial of dominion voting systems versus fox news in this sketch, the fox defense lawyer is on the right dominions attorney on the left defamation case could set legal precedent for journalists for generations to come. dominion we should remind you is seeking $1.6 billion for fox news. news is repeating false claims that dominion machines rigged somehow 2020 presidential election against donald trump flipping votes they claimed paying off politicians. the jury is now in place. the two sides were getting contentions contentious even before the opening statements, but now we have some sort of delay. cnn s da
remarkable scene tonight in the tennessee house of representatives were waiting for a vote. i should say actually vote has just taken place on whether to expel the last of the three democratic legislators. ah we re still waiting on the results of that vote for a gun violence protests that they held the last week on the floor of the house in the wake of the mass shooting the covenant school just a few miles away. representative justin pearson of memphis, who has just been speaking he now his fate hangs in the balance will be up to report to republicans who control the two thirds majority needed to expel him to decide his fate expelled earlier today, representative justin jones of nashville will talk with him in just a moment a measure to expel representative gloria johnson, knoxville failed by a single vote. to the nation. keep watching. we re losing our democracy. we need to make sure that we stomp out this march to fascism. absolute power corrupts. absolutely and we cannot f