hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. the trump davidians, that is how trump ally steve bannon sums up a movement that has swallowed whole one of our nation s two major political parties. a movement led by an ex-president currently facing 91 felony counts and on a third run for the white house on a platform of damaging democracy. that quote is from jonathan carl s brand-new book tired of winning: donald trump and the end of the grand old party. it reveals this dramatic collision of efforts to hold the ex-president accountable for his alleged crimes and misdeeds and a candidate who has no hesstation stoking the fires of right-wing extremism and sees winning the presidency as the only way out of his legal troubles. in an essay in the atlantic that is adapted from his book, john karl writes this about the decision by the trump campaign to hold its very first rally in waco, texas. the site of a standoff between far-right extremists and the fbi that ended in dozens of dea
recall. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in the israel, and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com announcer: this is cnn breaking news. right now, we re keeping a very close eye in the skies over gaza after the truly extraordinary images of war we saw here on cnn just a little while ago with flares raining down for some 30 minutes as israel appeared to unleash an intense new assault in its battle against hamas. our correspondents are standing by here in the middle east as well as in the united states. first, i want to go to cnn s nic robertson. he had a direct view of the bombardment of gaza as it was under way from his position in israel not far from gaza. nic, tell our viewers more about what you saw and what s happening there now. reporter: yeah, wolf, we just had a very heavy detonation coming from the direction of where all those flares were dropping a
with more news, right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports president biden calls for cease fighting on hamas terrorists as people around the world and here at home hear about the casualties in gaza. not a primitive cease-fire, even though protesteres like this rabbi are calling for them. i am a rabbi. i would call for a cease-fire right now. stand down. we ll get reaction today from a top adviser, to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and a new strike on a palestinian refugee camp today. donald trump jr. on the witness stand and his brother, eric, in the on-deck circle for the civil fraud trial against the trump organization. and the frustration. a senate from alabama is coming out of the senate, with a growing number of his months-long hold on approximately 300 military promotions. this is doing great damage to our military. i don t say that lightly. i ve been trying to work with you for nine months. if this keeps going, people are going to leave. that w
thanks for joining us in this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead, donald trump s son eric due back on the stand minutes from now. what he and his older brother said in court today in the civil fraud trial. a senior hamas leader just reiterating his vow to repeat the horrific october 7th attack on israel again and again as fighting ramps up in gaza. what does it mean for the future of the conflict? plus, the long journey to escape. at least 79 americans and their family members have been allowed to exit gaza in the last two days, according to a senior biden administration official. but for palestinians, the only way out is having a significant injury, as the situation there worsens daily. and here at home, a vote to expel embattled republican congressman george santos fails in the house. but his legal and political troubles are far from over. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments in new york. we are waiting for eric trump to get b
i ve told you, i hate to have to do this. things are being done, things are going as normal. i mean, it is just i hate it that a lot of these officers are having to go through this. senator tuberville is so sorry, and in the same breath claims it s not a big deal that key positions in our armed forces are going unfilled because of him. even fellow republicans are done with him. also tonight, eric trump gets testy on the witness stand in the new york fraud case after claiming, i know nothing about the trump organization s financial statements that he when he was shown evidence that he did know. oops. plus, the more you learn about speaker mike johnson, the more you realize that behind that mild mannered temperament is an extremist with a history of inflammatory rhetoric on lgbtq issues. and a live report from the israel gaza border after a day of intense bombardment as israeli soldiers encircle gaza city. we begin tonight with the second day of testimony from don