the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
is in this battle with marjorie taylor greene. maybe i can be the peacemaker because they will inherit the eart h. we ll see. now we ll also hear from house ways and means cmi chairman jason smith. earlier today, his committee released bombshell testimony from not one but two irs whistleblower. now, based on their serious allegations. get this payons, get close atte. it appears the department of justice, she thought it was corrupt, even more corrupt. thi this is a corrupt organization. they wennizationt to great lengs to protect joe and hunter biden from eved r facing criminalchar charges. despite what is a mountain ogesf damning evidence, according to these whistleblowers, the irs recommends se felony taxns charges against hunter after they uncovereder get this, $8.3 million that he took in that was mysteriously excluden d from hunter biden s tax returns. now, that income cam reture fori entities in ukraine, romania and china. that sraine, romania a only thr. what about russ
tonight on three, 60 sparks fly in the courtroom already been found liable for sexually abusing took the stand. also, tonight trump ally roger stone on tape allegedly talking about assassinating two democratic congressman. we will speak to one of them tonight. later, my conversation with a former gaza hostage who reveals spent locked with her husband and children in an exam room at a major hospital in gaza. we begin with these words. i would love that. that is what the former president told george lewis kaplan today after the judge in the second definition arthur ettinger move him from the courtroom to which the judge, replied i know you would. an issue has come in, took the stand today telling jurors what it was like to ensure the most powerful man when i her a liar, and denying what is murder of legal fact that he sexually abused her in a new york department store 19 and east. the denial he repeated after court today. this is a person i have no idea until this have
i got to know them quite well during my time as white house press secretar y, there wasm jim acosta, kaitlan collins, the playboy reporterosta, hyena. lately, they ve had some rather harsh words. former president trump. i mean, he s a hoarder. these horrible stories about hoarding of animals and he was doing the sametoriesof thing with thee classified document hoarding of nuclear secret hoas. os it s almost a kind of gollum in lord of the rings moment.oment. you know, my precious. yes. it s it mys like a hoarding instinct. it s pathological. g in addition to being criminal after wonder, could a presiden t trump unshackled by any opposition, it is somehow use the justice department to imprison his enemies. iison t was really starting to freak me out. is the idea thata that we re non discussing changing the constitution to make it say you cannot be in jail? the well, that part. i mean, i will, because my fear in a government would be that i you know, i m a i m a big
the liberal establishment. and it s getting pretty nasty, too. it s becoming apparent that we barely skimmed the surface. the left weaponizes that particular word, extremists against republicans. congressman hakeem jeffries, a key leader among democrats in the house, is using that word non stop these days, support gun rights. you re an extremist. pro-life urate. extremists don t want the schools of government brainwashing your kids. you re an extremist, too. it s so-called republican moderates who talk a good game. but at the end of the day, always, always, always vote with the extremist. the extreme magar republicans were determined to take the country down because of the extreme maga republicans, because of an effort by right wing extremists to push back against the extremists. these so-called moderates voted with the extremist force. those extreme right wing cuts down the throats of the american people, right wing extremists that would have hurt millions of everyday americ