Good morning. You were alive in the cnn newsroom for President Donald Trump, who says his people for quote, get extremely angry with whats happening thats ahead of fun day. When for the first time in history of former american president will stand Criminal Trials. Trump is accused of trying to buy the silence of a porn star, stormy daniels. He allegedly had an affair with trump denies the claims and has tried to delay the proceedings time and again just days left. That tried and true or somewhat true strategy is running out of runway earlier this week, his lastditch effort to delay failed for the third time in three days this morning, we should note the Us Secret Service says it is ready to go to provide protection for the former president , adding that it will quote, not seek any special accommodation outside of what would be required to ensure the continued safety of the former president. Meantime, trump is on a Truth Social Tirade Railing against the case. The judge and the entire s
once again dredging up lies about the 2020 election, just six weeks before the iowa caucuses. this afternoon, trump accused president biden of, quote, waging an all-out war on american democracy, and his chain hand campaign handed out these signs, you can see it on the screen, joe biden attacks democracy. the former president told supporters at another rally today that he hopes judges will let him prosecute the 2020 election, and encouraged them to go into ballot tabulating facile at this times in 2024 to, quote, guard the votes. kristen holmes has been following the trump campaign today. she s in cedar rapids, iowa, for us. kristen, what s the latest? reporter: yeah, jim, essentially, this is the most forcible rebuttal we ve seen from former president trump to the argument that president biden has routinely made, that a second trump term would be a threat to democracy. he even vaguely referenced a speech that biden gave in september when he talked about maga republicans
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news. we just learned from the white house that one of the americans being held hftostage by hamas ia 3-year-old child, i repeat, a 3-year-old child. the child s parents were killed in the october 7th attacks and more on that in just a moment and meanwhile in gaza the health crisis is spiralling out of control at the hospital there and officials there say al shifa, gaza s biggest hospital is, and it has staff trapped inside and am wrablabses unable check the wounded and doctors say they expect to lose more infants each day as they face the risk of infections. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims the hospital is being used as a xhancommand cen for hamas which officials deny and they re working to create safe corridors and our dana bash asked netanyahu for a days long pause for humanitarian aid and this is how the prime minister responded. that s not a pause. if you re
Aisle, are rightly concerned about how he may respond when tested by russia, iran, north korea, and other transnational threats such as cyber. Considering some of these hotspots in the world in detail, i would like to start with iran, which remains a top concern for this committee. Their behavior with respect to forces across the region has not improved and irans unsafe actions have continued. I believe the joint plan of action is the most effective way to prevent iran from resuming their Nuclear Weapons program. General mattis, while you raise concerns about the jcpoa when it was being negotiated, you stated during a center for strategic and International Studies forum in april 2016 that in your words, there is no going back absent a real violation. I agree with that assessment. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about how we can build upon the jcpoa to address other
iranian threats including its malign influence in the region and Ballistic Missile programs. Violent Extremist Gro
Right now the judge is reading the charges after mr. Cohen told the court, i am truly sorry and i promises to do better. He Apologize Nod country. And the defense team is asking for full consideration of mercy and telling the judge that the client came forward to offer evidence against the most p powerful man in the country not knowing the result. The prosecutors are responding forcefully and saying that powerful and privileged individuals cannot violate laws without impunity, and back with me, this tremendous panel, Danny Cevallos, Ken Delainian, and elliott and jill winebank. And jill, what do you make of what we have heard so far in this robust apology that we have heard from Michael Cohen saying that he was acting out of Blind Loyalty to donald trump. Of course, the phrase Blind Loyalty to donald trump reminds
me of the book by john dean Blind Ambition and there is some similarity between the two of them where they were basically blinded by the power of the president. But you can o