this is gops. the global public square. welcome to you around the united states and the world. i m fareed zakaria live from new york. today on the program, what would it take for ukraine to win this war? i ll put that question to two of america s top military officials. general david petraeus and james. do gas prices trump human rights? i ll ask an expert. and the federal reserve acts boldly to get inflation under control. will it work? i ll ask rana. first, here s my take. in 1942, winston churchill tried to ready the british people for a long conflict. referring to the allied victory in egypt, he said, this is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. when we think of it in those terms, what phase are we witnessing in the war in ukraine? we are likely in the middle, explains gid eon rose, an excellent book how wars end. he points out that every war begins like a chess game, with a dramatic attack and a defense.
in that new york city civil fraud case. brian: democrats stressing out about losing young voters. horrifying our numbers among younger voters leaving in the droves. lawrence: shakira explains why her sons weren t fans in the barbie movie. [laughter] brian: that was it? i thought it was going to be longer. lawrence: it was a tease. ainsley: remember, y all, mornings are always better in the friends. brian: y all wasn t in the prompter. steve: former president donald trump has posted $175 million bond in that new york city civil fraud case. brian: yup. he lined it up. this lace the groundwork for an appeal and prevents state attorney letitia james from seizing his new york assets. ainsley: griff jenkins at the white house. $545 million bond seem like a lot. now $175 million seems. steve: drop in the bucket. ainsley: pocket change. good morning. trump tower and other trump properties are safe from la tletitiajames seizure. he took truth social saying i
people behind including racine. on my watch we make promises and we keep promises and we leave no one behind. that was president joe biden in the battleground state of wisconsin yesterday announcing a major economic investment while highlighting his predecessor s failed deal in that exact same town. we ll have more of his comments straight ahead. meanwhile, the president is also drawing a hard line on military support for israel s impending invasion of rafah. that decision is now drawing some sharp criticism from lawmakers on capitol hill. and also ahead we ll get a preview of what to expect today in donald trump s hush money trial with stormy daniels set to take the witness stand yet again. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with president biden s visit yesterday to wisconsin, a key swing state in november s election. the president was there to announce a $3.3
are down-playing this. they are not at this point pointing the finger at israel. they are not at this point promising revenge. we are expecting to hear the iranians speaking fairly shortly. this is preplanned speech. it s not specifically in response to this strike, so we ll be closely monitoring that. in terms of israel, they are not officially claiming responsibility one way or another there are no plans of address from netanyahu and no official comment from the israeli government and israeli military. and that, too, is really telling. it feels like the israelis are trying to give iran space to not escalate this further. they re not trying to rub iran s face in this. they re not crowing, not claiming victory. so you have this kind of war of words playing out on top of the actual strike itself, so at this moment despite those iranian threats we ve been hearing all week that any iisraeli attack would be met with massive retaliation, it does not look like iran is trying to esc
good to be with you. i m katy tur. all eyes are on lower manhattan where five women and seven men are in their eighth hour of deliberations, tasked with deciding whether donald trump is guilty of a cover up to interfere with the 2016 election. this morning, the jurors asked the court for a second hearing of key testimony. the descriptions from both michael cohen and david pecker about the 2015 trump tower meeting where the three men agreed to work together to promote and protect donald trump in the press. from pecker, quote, at that meeting, donald trump and michael, they asked me what i can do and what my magazine could do to help the campaign. i said what i would do is i would run or publish positive stories about mr. trump, and i would publish negative stories about his opponents. i said i would be your eyes and ears. if i hear anything negative or hear anything about women selling stories, i would notify michael cohen. this from michael cohen s testimony, quote, what he,