hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. very busy news day. thank you for your time. five men, one room. the stability of the global economy on the line. today the white house is the stage for talks and what happens could set the country on a path towards paying its bills or on a path towards financial chaos. pluses heartbreak in waiting in alan, texas. two school-aged sisters robbed of their futures. we re learning more about the victims and the shooter who slaughtered them. his fascination with guns, police stay quiet. and donald trump s civil case goes to a new york jury after closing arguments, the focus on credibility and mr. trump s refusal to show up. but up first for us in just hours, the white house meeting that will help answer this question. can washington still work? the stakes for today s big sit-down could not be higher. the full faith and credit of the united states. the roster pools together the biggest players. president biden,
good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight it is election night in america and front and center tonight are trump s lies about the 2020 election, as the january 6th committee lays out its case for how trump tried to overturn the election and knowingly lie to his supporters about it. trump s conspiracy theories are not just a thing about the historical record, you know, that we need to put in there. they re not a thing of the past, they re actually still metastasizing, just listen to two of the trump-backed candidate on the ballot tonight. tonight, will transform our election. you know that they did it to the election in this city. we fought right through to the end. they took the election. we the people know the election was stolen and we are not taking it anymore. so, one of those was adam running for nevada senate, other is katie arrington running for house seat in carolina, where polls closed a the the hour. counting now. trying to unseat incumbent nancy mace
Brian its 8 00 on the east coast, which is where were located. It is wednesday, april 17th. It is dawns birthday. Happy birthday, dawn. Brian shes already at the bar partying. New york, trump gets big cheers in uptown manhattan. Four more years four more years lawrence in harlem, this as biden hopes to sell his bidenomics agenda in pennsylvania as we inch closer to november. Ainsley plus a live look at capitol hill, President Biden director set to testify on Fentanyl Today As Former Ag bill barr sounded off yesterday. Simply put, without china production of fentanyl and fentanyl precursor there would be no crisis of fentanyl in the United States. Steve hes right, ditch the anticipate and grab the paddle. Pickleball is a new singles hot spot, particularly in the big apple. Brian illike your dink. Steve or drive. Ainsley stay out of the kitchen. Final hour of Fox And Friends starts now and remember mornings are better with friends. Today President Biden is taking his economic tour to pit
now. good morning. israel and hamas has reached a breakthrough deal to release hostages in exchange for a four day pause in fighting. the timing is expected to be announced sometime today. israeli sources say the first hostages could be released as early as tomorrow morning. and the deal calls for a four day truce. hamas set to release at least 50 women and children who were abducted during the october 7 terror attacks. in exchange hamas says israel has agreed to release 150 palestinian prisoners from jail. a u.s. official telling cnn that three americans could be among those hostages released. and 3-year-old abigail, the youngest american hostage being held by hamas, both of her parents were murdered in the october 7 terror attack. her family tells cnn that they are hoping that they will be released in time for her fourth birthday and that is that friday. the timing though for all of this very fluid. and we re still seeing large explosions rocking northern gaza. last
and sents them back to begin deliberations about 11:50. so the judge instructed them on what the law is and what she needs to prove in order to be successful on her civil claims of battery and definite nation maigs this jury heard testimony. 11 witnesses over 7 days. the defense did not put on a case. this will come down to whether the jury believes carroll s allegations or trump s attorneys defense. thank you. let s get inep sights from the criminal defense attorney joey jackson. this is not guilty or guilty, it s liable or not liable. it s a civil proceeding. i want to start with a quick fact check. donald trump posted this mo morning, waiting for a jury decision on a false accusation. then he goes on to say, i m not allowed to speak or defend myself. that s simply not true. correct? his attorney told the judge he would not testify, but he could have come in if he wanted to. correct?