And katy tur pick up our special coverage, next. Our special coverage, next good day, im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague, katy tur. The prosecution is quickly wrapping up its case in the first Criminal Trial Of A Former american president. The state is gets its chance now to repair any damage done by the testimony of its star witness. Moments ago, the defense wrapped up with Michael Cohen after three days of crossexamination. It was a grueling three days. The Big Wild Card is donald trump himself. Will he live up to his promise to take the stand or put his defense team rest without presenting a single witness . Dramatically demonstrating their argument that the state has failed to meet the burden of proof. Judge merchan has set a new schedule this week guaranteeing the case will not go to the jury until after the long memorial day Holiday Weekend. He announced this morning that Closing Arguments will not take place until next tuesday he says because he does not want
Of one of the series of fact witnesses that took the stand before the judge dismissed the jury for the day early just a short time ago. Trumps onetime white house aide Madeleine Westerhout earlier testified about trumps reaction to the allegations callings entire situation, quote, very unpleasant. All this is setting the stage for a huge week starting monday with the last batch of witnesses for the prosecution. We now know according to multiple sources that Michael Cohen will be one of them, the man who once said hed take a bullet for donald trump with the critical task of tying all the pieces together before the defense gets its shot and answers the question could trump himself take the stand . Well dig into that coming up. I want to bring in nbcs Vaughn Hillyard outside the courthouse. Phil rucker, msnbc political analyst and coauthor of multiple books on donald trump, Chuck Rosenberg is a former u. S. Attorney, senior fbi official and msnbc contributor, and with me here in studio, j
Neil protests in New York City and Around The World Today as israel prepares for a massive Ground Invasion in to the gaza strip. Were on top of all of these faster moving developments. Well talk to senator marco rubio and why he says israel has no choice but to wipe out hamas. Welcome. Im neil cavuto. To mike tobin in israel. Were learning about raids on a hamas targets in the last 24 hours with more to come. Mike . Certainly will be. A lot of tension at the northern border, a deputy to hezbollah leader says they wont listen to out Seed Pressure to not start another fight in northern border. Meantime, u. S. Defense secretary lloyd austin is in the area. He had a warning for hezbollah. Any country, any group, anyone thinking about trying to take advantage of this atrocity, to try to widen the conflict or bestow more blood, we have just one word. Dont. Israel had a warning for the civilians in the city of gaza that the time to get out for your own safety is now. Clear indicator that the
Our coverage of the israel hamas war continues now. It is 1 00 a. M. Local time there. You can see in its fourth day what it looks like in this war. We also lead our coverage by telling you back here in america, President Biden made his most thorough remarks on this war to date, releasing the news that the u. S. Has confirmed hamas has taken americans hostage in those surprise Terrorist Attacks. The president did not say how many. He did confirm hamas killed 14 americans there in those attacks, and he went on to condemn what he calls pure, Unadulterated Evil. You know, there are moments in this life i mean this literally when the pure Unadulterated Evil is unleashed in this world. Its abhorrent. The brutality of hamas, the bloodthirstiness brings to mind the worst rampage of isis. This is terrorism. The president s comparison there to isis is deliberate. The president is telling americans that hamas is acting like one of the worst modern enemies the u. S. Or modern world has ever faced
Nbcs Richard Engel forced to take cover from mortar fire just a short time ago. [ explosions ]. Israel gripped by a Hostage Crisis in the aftermath of the Surprise Attack. More than 100 missing, their locations unknown. Whats being done to get them home. Later, how did militants make it into israel by air, by ground without warning . The Intelligence Failure that allowed hamas to unleash widespread destruction. Good morning. Its 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. The Israeli Air Force launching an extensive attack as we come on the air three days after hamas launches a Surprise Attack against israel. The company claiming to have Retaken Control of all communities around gaza and ordering a, quote, complete siege of the gaza strip. The bloody cost of this young war is already horrifying. At least 700 israelis and 500 palestinians killed with more than 4,000 injured. Among the dead Nine Americans according to the u. S. State department. That number only expected