Trump, the president ial candidates now agreeing to meet on a debate stage next month. They dont like each other, they dont respect each other, and the last time around it was a brawl. The move sends a bolt of lightning into a campaign thats been centered on a New York City courtroom. How the big change both sides agree to will make this debate sound and feel completely different from 2020. Plus, while trumps trial is dark, senator Bob Menendezs Corruption Trial is just getting going. Opening statements expected to start in the next hour. The new jersey democrat accused of accepting a car, cash, even gold bars in exchange for official acts. Well get the very latest from the courtroom in just a minute. And unicef just issuing a critical new warning about the children stuck in rafah, even as Benjamin Netanyahu says hes not backing down from a potential invasion. A unicef spokesperson who just left rafah will join us to talk about what needs to be done. An awful lot to get to on this wedn
Maccallum and this is the story. Alive look at a capitol hill, about to hold a News Conference after police cleared an anti israel encampment at George Washington university. It will take you there live as it gets underway in moments. The binder Administration Confirms a slow walking a shipment of my shipment of bombs to israel over concerns it could be used during a Ground Operation and rafah. s defense secretary lloyd austin said that has not been a final determination on what to do with the weapons but critics say the move does not drive with this. President biden my commitment to the safety of the jewish people, the security of israel and the threat to exist the jewish state is arent clad even when we disagree. Trace Brooke Goldstein are here, but refers to the Senior National correspondent rick jensen he is live up for us today at the white house, good afternoon. Good afternoon, Officials Say they have paused that shipment of bombs over concerns of an offensive campaign and rafah,
President trumps legal battles. The woman at the center of his criminal trial in new york took the stand today and gave graphic testimony about their alleged sexual encounter in 2006. But we begin tonight with the judge in the former president s trial over alleged misuse of classified documents postponing the start of that trial indefinitely. Correspondent david spunt has details tonight live from the justice department. Good evening, david. David good evening, bret. This case was supposed to go to trial in fort pierce, florida on may 20th. That is no longer happening. That date has been pushed back and while there is not a new trial date set, judge Aileen Cannon has set some deadlines, many deadlines, at least a dozen going on late into the summer, pushing the trial back at least until the end of july. In an order, just late this afternoon, about an hour or so ago, judge cannon announced she is extending several key deadlines in this case that take it out as i said until the end of ju
But he considers the question and he has this answer really ready. He says, declaratively and simply, yes, there are two things that he intended to get done during his lifetime. Two things that were on his to do list that he hasnt quite been able to finish that he would like to finish before he dies. He said, the first one was middle east peace. He had already been given the Nobel Peace Prize in part for his work in pursuit of that goal. Middle east peace. But yes, thats still not done. Still work to do there. Thats one. And then this was the second thing. The second thing still on his to do list that he said he hoped to do before he died. In the time you have left, what would you like to see happen . Completely eradicated before i die. I would like the last guinea worm to die before i do. That was president jimmy carter speaking in 2015. He was 90 years old. President carter is now 99 years old. It turns out hes getting very close to having that wish fulfilled. Whats a guinea worm . G
what is interesting is the role of the high level officials that some of which are obviously played out in public view. in the end, fani willis decided for whatever reason that she was not going to bring those charges, perhaps because of the additional political implications of it, and the difficulty that it would present for her case, kate. interesting. evan, thank you so much. paula, as well. they will continue to work their sources on this. sara? we wanted to talk to some of the politics of this, and we want to go to chief congressional correspondent manu raju up on capitol hill. and you talked to senator graham about this, and the biggest revelation about this, and really what we have here is who the grand jury thought should be indicted and who wasn t indicted and what the law is, and we don t have the details of the how they got to that place and the evidence that was put before the grand jury in this 25, or 26-page report. but you have had a conversation with linds