it certainly goes further than a lot of republicans would like it to go. but there is no doubt this bill is going to save thousands of lives. ahead not next 15 minutes i ll speak with the democratic senator chris coons of delaware, a voice that worked on the deal and one of president biden s top allies. and relief at the pump, that s president biden s goal this afternoon, asking congress to pass a three month federal gas tax holiday, but it s already facing stiff resistance from democrats and republicans. why is that? we ll break it down coming up. and this hour on the hill, roger goodell is testifying virtually before a house committee. what he is telling lawmakers about the league s handling of work place misconduct allegations in the washington commanders franchise. what we are learning about the next hearing for the january 6th committee and the new revelations from the latest one. ali vitali is on capitol hill. and i want to bring in reporter kyle cheney and cha
Bret 100 percent not. Thanks. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight the key prosecution witness in the criminal trial. Concluded his testimony and the prosecution rested its case today. But, before that former trump attorney and selfdescribed fixer admitted to stealing 10s of thousands of dollars from his boss company. When the defense took over, cohen was followed on the stand by one of his former legal advisers. Now, there has been a request by the defense for the judge to dismiss the case from the bench. Correspondent nate foy is outside the New York State Supreme Court again tonight, good evening, nate good evening, bret. Todd blanche requested that the judge dismiss this case on the grounds that prosecutors did not prove that trump falsified Business Records or did anything illegal to influence the 2016 president ial election. The judge reserved his decision and trump spoke about that while leaving court tonight. Hopefully the motion to dismiss this
Sexual harassment and discrimination at the fdic and the bullying of lower level employees coming up. The tough questions that the chair of the fdic face today on capitol hill, plus and attempted assassination of slovakias Prime Minister shot multiple times earlier today, the sheer panic in the streets as this attack went down and leading this hour a moment of truth that needs to play out tomorrow in the new york hush money cover up case against former President Trump the criminal conviction or acquittal of a former president could really come down to this question. Does the jury believe donald trump, a defendant, or Michael Cohen, the key witness tomorrow . Jurors are going to continue to hear testimony from Michael Cohen, the key witness in this case. It was once a selfdescribed quote designated thug, unquote for donald trump. Cohen will resume intense crossexamination as the defense argues, that cohen can simply not be trusted just to give you a sense of how the defense set the tone
hello, i m maryam moshiri. welcome to verified live. the head of gaza s biggest hospital says a mass grave is being dug for nearly 180 people, after it ran out of fuel. fighting between the israeli military and hamas continues around the al shifa hospital. that s prompted growing international concern, with president biden saying he wants less intrusive action . medical staff at al shifa say the lives of 36 premature babies are hanging in the balance. this is an image of some of those children made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed after the fuel ran out to power the generators to keep their incubators going. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson on monday said three of the original 39 babies had died. israel insists it is only targeting hamas, and that their command centre is in tunnels beneath the hospital. it has also released these images, which it says are of incubators which it is offering to supp
rishi sunak sacked his home secretary, suella braverman, and kickstarted a major cabinet reshuffle that saw david cameron accepting a peerage to hold one of britain s great offices of state. david cameron, now lord cameron, is of course well known on the global stage. and he s now beginning to speak to his new counterparts, including us secretary of state, antony blinken. according to a social media post from his new office, they discussed the israel gaza war, including, israel s right to self defence and the need for humanitarian pauses to allow the safe passage of aid into gaza . they also expressed their support for ukraine and reiterated the strength and depth of the relationship between the uk and the us . france s foreign minister, catherine colonna, tweeted congratulations and welcome , and added theirtwo countries must join forces during this unique time in global affairs. and his german counterpart, annalena baerbrock, extolled the importance of the close par