about is ridiculous. i m in this race because the truth needs to be spoken. he is unfit. this is a guy who just said this past week that he wants to use the department of justice to go after his enemies when he gets in there. i mean, the fact of the matter is he is unfit to be president, and there is no bigger issue in this race than donald trump, and those numbers prove it. that s republican presidential candidate chris christie addressing the lack of direct criticism for donald trump at last night s gop debate. we ll have much more from that heated yet perhaps not relevant event straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill senate republicans are stalling a critical aid package, which includes billions of dollars in funding for ukraine. we ll explain why and what could happen next. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from gaza. israel says its forces are closing in on the hamas leader is believed to be the mastermind behind the october 7th terror attacks. good mo
don jr. and eric trump boast testified in the civil fraud case with the future of their family business at stake. today was eric trump s second day on the stand, and nbc reporters note that eric trump seemed more nervous today than in yesterday s testimony. they report that he was often leaning back and forth in his chair and fidgeting, and they also described him as agitated and defiant. the civil prosecutor spent part of today asking eric trump about allen weisselberg s severance package. weisselberg served three months at rikers island for tax fraud and was removed from cfo of the trump organization. when he left he was given a $2 million severance package with strings attached, including a provision specifying that weisselberg could not communicate with, provide information to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with any other person or entity. and weisselberg has been true to his word. he has never cooperated with manhattan prosecutors in donald trump s stormy daniels hus
outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
i m shannon bream in for bret baier. president biden addresses whether he would commute the sentence for his son, for his multiple felony convictions. new york police arrest a suspect armed to the teeth who may have been planning a terror attack. our series on space exploration examines the search for extraterrestrial life but, first, breaking tonight dueling field trips for the presumptive presidential nominees while president biden makes news in italy about possible executive action regarding his son hunter, former president trump was on capitol hill where his first visit since the riots on january 6th, 2021 mr. trump spoke with house and senate republicans and addressed a business round table. he also spoke with fox news congressional correspondent aishah hasnie about his eventual running mate. let s bring her in right now. good evening, aishah. aishah: good evening to you, shannon, if it wasn t apparent before it certainly is after today. president trump has the suppo