formerly president and would be the largest story in the political universe if it were about anyone else who has fewer legal problems. that is my factual introduction to the ongoing civil defamation and sexual assault/rape trial for donald trump. e. jean carroll alleges donald trump raped her in the 1990s. today is the sixth day of the trial and we are learning a lot as we are right in the heart of it. the jury also heard in a way from trump himself, but not live. instead, this jury, which is assessing these very serious allegations, heard from trump in a deposition that was taped in okay. now, there s no video of this new deposition available. we do know broadly what it looks like. it s a contrast to past depositions that trump faced. we also can tell you reporting today in what is a small portion of a 45-minute deposition was reported as evidence. this is something off the top i want to explain why it matters before i go any further. donald trump as a legal and political ma
the biden administration to shoot down the balloon over the atlantic ocean. the federal aviation administration has issued a ground stop close airspace in north and south carolina until 2:45 p.m. eastern time. the balloon is currently floating over south carolina and moving southeast republican congressman anthony of the homeland security committee standing by with his reaction. but first lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with 30 tables unchecked details. good afternoon mike if you going to shoot down a chinese spy balloon over the atlantic that s exactly how you do it. you close airspace you launched fighters. that appears to be what happened are present biden spoke earlier indicated a decision had been made without offering specifics. [inaudible] earlier this morning on fox former defense secretary chuck said it s unlikely this bible it will make its way home. i do not have the pentagon is going to do with the president ultimately decides but once he gets out
brian: whoever they are. ainsley: introduce each hour that he wants water and sunrise. brian: i like that. ainsley: brian got snow. will: ski slope. brian: for ainsley. you she misses it. ainsley: i love the snow. every city needs a little bit of snow every winter for the kids. brian: just to hydroplane instead of gripping the road. ainsley: to build a snowman. brian: you have to commit to making a snowman. let me say something? overrated. make one snowman, okay. this is it. ainsley: what about the snow angel? not overrated, that s eadsy. will: that s overrated too. lay in the snow goes up your sleeves and back of your coat. brian: spoken like a guy who never did it in texas. ainsley: welcome. glad you are here this morning. will: on pins and needings to see what it will be like at 8:00 a.m. brian: you re right it will be interesting. ainsley: 8:00. will: asking former presidents and vice presidents if they have any classified documents in
did. we got in there. obviously, it was coming right behind us. as we got in there. we heard a big boom. didn t hear anything else for a while, we walked out. then just came out to around ten trees. down in our yard. how frightening, at night as well, we re gonna go to priscilla thompson and silver city, mississippi with the very latest. just a few minutes ago. another story we re following at this hour. crews in pennsylvania are searching for five people after an explosion at a chocolate factory. two people when people are pulled from the rubble overnight. we re gonna live report from pennsylvania later on this hour. we go to more developing news now, the investigation into donald trump are accelerating this weekend. as he deals with several legal setbacks. it comes as new york investigators are looking into a death threat, and white powder having been sent to da alvin bragg. the substance was deemed non hazardous. the letter came hours after trump warned of potential
against top democrats for leading the trump impeachment by kicking them off the house intelligence committee while ignoring george santos campaign financial possible violations and false resume? we will have the latest tit for tat from capitol hill. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is about to announce a major shift in his policy for arming ukraine. he is sending advanced u.s. tanks that the pentagon has been insisting cannot be properly maintained on the battlefield. what s changed? we see the president walking into the roosevelt room. 11 months since russia s invasion of ukraine. 11 months in which ukrainian people have showed putin and the world the full force of their courage and the determination to live free. through every single step of this horrific war, the american people have been strong and unwavering in their support. democrats and republicans in congress have stood together. the united states worked with our allies and partners a