hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicolle wallace. the potential indictment of donald trump which would be unprecedented for this country is a story that is playing out in both new york where a grand jury could issue an indictment any day now and in washington where republicans are quickly mounting a political defense of the former president, let s begin with the developments in the case itself at this hour. on monday team trump dispatched a last-minute witness to testify before the grand jury investigating hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels back in 2016. attorney and former confidant to michael cohen robert costello, now after his testimony he previewed a likely defense for donald trump. that this then attorney michael cohen paid the hush money payments on his own terms, take a listen to what he told reporters. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer and stormy daniels had negative information that she wa
says it has lost communication with its contacts at al shifa hospital, gaza s largest. the israeli army denies accusations of strikes on al shifa, although they have admitted to fighting in the area. in this video you can see hospitals operating in darkness in the north, as doctors without borders says hospitals have come under relentless bombardment for the past 2a hours. health groups have warned of a deepening aid crisis in gaza. the israeli army denies strikes at gaza s largest hospital, al shifa, but has acknowledged clashes with hamas fighters in the area. you can see this hospital operating in darkness in the north. a surgeon at al shifa told the bbc power, water and food have run out into the hospital s intensive care unit had been hit. the idf says it will assist in the evacuation of babies from the paediatric department at the hospital on sunday. meanwhile, israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says his forces have completed the encirclement of gaza city, an
so a little before debate time, he gets a shot in the. i say he ll come out all jacked up. trump takes over philly while cnn cuts to the mike. mic caroline, thanks very much for your time. you are welcome to come back at yot with am i supposed to do i m not supposed to say, but we got a showdown here we are. something tells me the squad isn t behavingshow. tells are you ready to fight? i endorse joe bidee squan. i think he s done a lot of good things for the country. the alternativise is unacceptabe . dr not all celebrities love joe. andrea di matteo is here. are you crazy? plus moment. lled t of it was billed as the fighhet of the century before he faced off against smokin joe frazier, the great muhammad ali said, i want 15 referees to be at this fight because there ain t no one man who cane keep up with the pace. therne mi m going to set exceptw it s fight nightit in washington . trump stepping back on the debate stage and democratsh. already smell trouble. president
the email from a firm executive says jon corzine gave direct instructions to transfer client funds to cover and overdraft in another account. it was just three months ago when jon corzine told members of congress this anyone at mf global to misuse customer funds, never intended to, and as far as i m concerned, i never gave instructions that anybody could misconstrue. well, how damning is the e-mail we now have. represented jon ghn gotti jr. i out front now. put into another account, treasure of mf global has in an e-mail, this was per jc jon corzine s, instructions. we don t know if the monies transferred were actually client monies. we don t know even if they were client monies that corzine knew they were. because the account also contained firm funds which were, could have been transferred out properly, and apparently corzine and the firm nobody of represented in writing they weren t client funds. do you think there s room to dance around here? legal room. it l
three children and their grandparents? a cop car out of control slamming into a packed restaurant stopping only inches from a firepit and tanks of propane on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s wednesday, december 28th. welcome to american morning. i m alina cho along with ali velshi. so glad you re with us today. good morning, alina. up first, remember newt gingrich s pledge to keep his campaign positive? forget about it. with six days to go before the iowa caucuses the former house speaker kicked it into slice and dice mode. listen to newt gingrich in the situation room with wolf blitzer challenging mitt romney to man up. and the massachusetts governor was willing to return the fire. mitt romney s the guy running the most ads attacking me, and he s doing it through this disingenuous, oh, gee, i don t control all of my former staff and millionaire friends. it s baloney. he wants to defend his negativity, show up in io