judge s gag order still in place, so he can t speak about certain things. he has to be so careful. that is so unconstitutional, in my opinion. we have first amendment rights. we have rights as attorneys. sixth amendment rights. those are all being violated, and he still wants to take the stand even though my advice is, at this point, you should never take the stand with a gag order. but he is so firmly against what is happening in this court. trump lawyer alina habba previewing the former president s testimony in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. now, it appears trump will be a no-show. we ll show you what his legal team is saying about the last-minute reversal, and who will take the stand. plus, the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. an area where the u.n. has warned about dire humanitarian conditions. it comes amid new reporting that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu no
will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously called to t
his full throttle attempt to overturn the presidential election. by taking the precious time on this case, the justices have actually halted donald trump s federal election interference trial. that means that a deverdict is less likely before november s election. beyond justice delayed this case could reshape the presidency also and axios explains. quote, the next week may redefine the limits of presidential power for generations to come. andrew weissman and melissa murray are kicking off another hour back with us. i would just like to ask how how is this even a thing, melissa? if anyone listened to the oral arguments, donald trump asked his his lawyers are asking the justices to say you know, they gave examples of you can shoot someone and assassinate someone and a president could order an assassination and that should be covered because he needs immunity. that s a crime. so first of all, that s exactly right. some of the arguments that were made at that oral argument
Let me thank everyone for coming here this afternoon to discuss the important topic of tax reform. And while there are those who say that theyre putting out plans with notice a lot of competition but we have seenen anything that was specific in terms of what has been discussed. I think the conclusion that staff is come to that despite what is been suggested that this more and more is unveiled in a piecemeal basis, looks as thoug. Its really actually for people at the very top. Let me start by reiterating that democrats support progrowth, proworker, comprehensive tax reform. Ograms and i think my credential on this issue has been consistent over a long career about growing the economy. Let me highlight two key principles that we believe must be adhered to in tax reform. Our number one priority in tax reform is moving the dial to help the middle class and their families prosper. That means creating jobs and boosting wages, and givingnd hardworking, middleclass americans the relief they n
The same conclusion appeared in this time to pick a side, stop supporting hamas dared us to iran, we need the maximum sanction, the maximum enforcement of Nuclear Restrictions than the maximum international support. One way to justify additional sanctions is to renounce the nuclear deal, doing that would cause europe not to support distinction in many in the world would even say iwan was free to reopen it Nuclear Program without inspections or restrictions. Fortunately, the world is based, is blessed with an almost, beyond possible use Natural Resources and that is our supply of people coming from tehran. We can impose the maximum sanction without even mentioning the iran deal and then we will have european support as we point to almost 500,000 dead serious civilians, a direct responsibility of tehran as we point to the terrorism around the world, as we point to how they treat their own people and the execution of those of the lgbt communique. There is no shortage of reasons to support