See you soon. Welcome to the beat. I am ari melber. A lot going on. We begin reporting on two major Breaking News stories. Hamas is releasing two american hostages. They are safely back inside israel. Also, Breaking News from the trump coup rico case. A key architect of the trump coup plot Pleading Guilty in a georgia courtroom. This is the second trump lawyer in as many days to be convicted. We have joyce vance standing by as we follow this story, and we also have a reporter coming up from the mideast region on the major breakthrough on those hostages. First, we begin with what were learning in the United States in one of the biggest cases to ever come down the pike in any court, state or federal, accusing a former president and aided by his lawyers of a coup. So a Top Trump Lawyer who is linked to that coup for the first time today Pleading Guilty. We had begun our jury Selection Process this morning, but ive been informed there is a change of plea. How do you plea to count 15, consp
three months ago when this iran deal was being negotiated. you view iran as a threat to the state of israel. it looked more conciliatory yesterday publicly when prime minister netanyahu was talking to president obama. are you more comfortable than you were then? we did disagree on the deal. today we are looking forward. most important thing is to make sure iran keeps its obligations end of the deal and keep iran s feet to the fire. two, to deal with and to check iran s aggression in the region. i mean, you see iranian aggression throughout the middle east and we have got to contain that and roll that back. finally and not less important. iran has a global network of terrorism in africa, in asia, in europe, in the middle east and even in this hemisphere and it s crucial we work together effectively to deal with those challenges. you just indicated you had a
israel has shouldered a tremendous defense burden over the years and we ve done it with generous assistance of the united states of mesh. i want to express my appreciation to you, the appreciation of the people of israel to you for your efforts in this regard during our years of common service and what you are engaging in right now. for all of these reasons, i want to thank you again for your hospitality. even more so for sustaining and strengthening the tremendous friendship and alliance between israel and the united states of america. thank you very much, mr. president. thank you. joining us from washington, the spokesman for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu confirmed as israel s next ambassador to the united kingdom. thank you for being with us. my pleasure. you listened to benjamin netanyahu s words there. it s jolting talking about the friendship between the president
and the prime minister. you ve been on this show before and certainly the prime minister himself has spoken about feeling abandoned by the united states. what s changed? we ve had disagreements as president obama noted yesterday on the iranian nuclear deal and we had an honest disagreement but the truth is we re looking forward. israel and the united states are friends. we re allies. we re partners. we have to work together to deal with the challenges that both our countries face and those dangers in the middle east unfortunately are more stronger today than ever before. we see states fall apart. syria, iraq, libya, yemen. we re seeing islamic extremists move into the cracks. it s just so important that the united states and israel work together closely to meet those challenges. do you feel now differently just to follow-up on what joe was asking than you did two or
about iran? they still are holding hostage washington post journalists. there are concerns we have as a nation and obviously you do, too. is there any talk about collaborating on sanctions or any sort of awareness about the nature of the regime or do you view the iran issue as completely behind you in terms of the relationship? we still see iran as a direct threat to our country. i mean, every time iranian leaders open their mouths, they talk about obliterating israel and destroying israel. it s not just words. it s not just talk. they also walk the walk. the iranians are funding terrorists who are shooting rockets at israeli civilians. they are trying to build a second front against israel. they re trying to take more deadly weapons and give them to hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza. the iranians are a real threat. they also threaten you.