[protesters chanting] john and that is a live shot outside The Gates of Columbia University in new York City where right now dozens of antiisrael protesters are Holding Signs and chanting, all while other students are trying to attend their first day of fall classes. In just the last few moments, there have been some arrests. Im John Roberts in washington, as we kick off a Brandnew Week in the fall season. Good day to you. Gillian good to have you, or good to be with you, i should say, john. Excuse me. You know what i mean. Sandra is off today. This is america reports. Right now we are getting these new pictures into our newsroom. They are also showing columbias famed Alma Mater Sculpture covered, you can see there, and red paint. The statue sits very prominently on the steps of the School Library on the main quad. John the protest came after israeli forces recovered the bodies of six hostages, including israeli american hersh goldbergpolin, executed at close range in gaza. Gillian rea
authorities ramp up security. then, republicans quick to defend the twice impeached trump but some want to have their cake and eat it too. how will it all shake out in the 2024 race? and vladimir putin s visit with china s president just days after a warrant was issued for putin s arrest. what this relationship signals for the war in ukraine as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening. i am mehdi hasan in for stephanie ruhle. we are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation s history. the people of america are watching, waiting to find out whether manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote,
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
will the truce between israel and hamas be extended? and what could that mean for the hostages that are still waiting fob freed? tonight in the second hour of laura coates live. well, hamas has put out the list tonight of now the sixth group of hostages expected to be freed. that after 12 more were released today. they are 10 israelis and 2 thai citizens. no americans were in that group today, even though the white house previously said that two women were expected to be freed as part of the deal that was announced between israel and hamas last week. there are hopes that some americans may be released tomorrow, but we re only beginning to learn what the hostages have endured. the father of 9-year-old emily hand telling cnn this today. the most shocking, disturbing part of meeting her was she was just whispering. couldn t hear her. i had to put my ear on her lips, like this close and say, what did you say? i thought you were kidnapped . she said she thought you were k
responsible. and two, i think it s a slight deterrence for other russians, who are doing things in ukraine, and they might think twice about doing one of these war crimes, because it might be a lot easier to pick up another russians, if not vladimir putin. and ambassador mcfaul, i ve got to ask, what do you say to people around the world in asia, in africa, in europe, and parts of america who say hold on, vladimir putin, rightly there s a case against him, yes an arrest warrant for his invasion of ukraine, and yet george w. bush is still swimming around, painting paintings, swapping cough drops with michelle obama, today we re marking the 20th anniversary, of his illegal invasion of iraq, what about that double standard? . oh well the first thing i d say, it s not like the united states to join the icc, we re not a member, we should be a member, we should join the international community. the second thing i d say, these are different, wars items where that were either. but that war