in the cross fire as the war between israel and hamas escalates, and questions of mount about gaza s future. former congresswoman jane harmon is here to discuss. trump s on trial, don jr. prepares to return to the stand in the new york civil fraud trial while his father suffers a setback in florida, for now. charles coleman junior will be here with insights on what it all means. and, spotlight los angeles, mayor karen bass tells me about her old efforts to ease the homeless crisis in los angeles, and how she is helping other big city mayors meet the challenge. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. this week started with democrats hair on fire. on monday a new york times poll showed presidential biden trailing donald trump in five out of six key battleground states. by tuesday night, voters had their say, and it was not good news for republicans. they were trounced at the polls on election night, after voters in ohio, kentucky, and virginia soundly rejected candida
rights. on monday, donald trump was called to the stand to testify in a 250 million dollar civil fraud trial, that could break up his entire family s business empire. predictably, he was combative as a witness. he often gave long winded responses, and he avoided answering questions directly. instead, he took the opportunity to disparage laetitia james, the attorney general who brought the lawsuit, and arthur engoron, the judge presiding over the case who had ot punishment against the company. now on monday, angwin had asked the presidents attorneys to control their client while trump was on the stand. at one point, when asked about one of his properties, he declared, quote, i m not a windmill person. interestingly, no one had asked him anything about windmills. during another line of questioning about his financial statements from 2020, one trump began to reply, quote, i was so busy in the white house with china, russia, and keeping the country safe, at which point the lawyer
the takedown, after a man armed with an assault-style rifle is spotted. senate offices placed on lockdown. officers swarming the area. what they ve now revealed. pierre thomas live in washington. tonight, the breaking news involving israel s war with hamas. has president biden now asked for that three-day pause to help get the hostages out? tonight, what axios first reported late today, and tonight, abc news asking the president, did he make that request? his answer right here. matt rivers from israel tonight. here in the u.s., a protest over the war turning deadly. demonstrations between pro-israel and pro-palestinian groups. witnesses say a 69-year-old jewish man hit in the face with a bullhorn. falling backward. his head hitting the pavement. election night in america. the key races across the country. and the issue of abortion driving voters in ohio and virginia. also tonight, the governor s race in kentucky. what these races could signal, one year out from the pres
welcome to jesse waters prime time. i m rachel campos-duffy in for jesse, who st in at an event in california. it s no secret biden s tryingen. desperately to rebrand himself as a wartime app president with his approval ratings at record lows and biden nomics not workin g, war is all biden has to campaign on, and biden knows it s history. presidents in the middle of war do better in the polls liken george w bush and lyndon johnson, who breezed their way to reelection. but if biden wants to beo be a wartime president, he s going to have to demonstrate that he understands the complexitiesrst of war. t co is this the most complicated time of your presidency so far? thank you so much. thank you. nothing to it.orld you can t say nothing to itod when the world is on the brink of world war three. joe, we ve never been g more vulnerable. our military bases are getting attackedetting . d record numbers of islamist and chinese are pouring throug h our open border and protesters a