Im Zachary Cohen in washington and this is cnn hello and welcome to her viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer in washington. And we start with Breaking News once again, any moment now, the United Nations Security Council is leaning in new york for an Emergency Meeting discussing the very volatile situation right now in the middle east, there is growing worry Around The World after iran launched. And the precedented attack on israel arrives firstever direct assault on israeli territory from directly inside iran Israel Defense versus say, they shut down almost all of the 350 rockets and missiles so fired of the country overnight. Many of those rockets and missiles were shot down by the us and the uk. Were getting a first look at the destruction, though. Take a look at this this is some israels never team airbase. A senior us military official says there was no significant damage throughout the country as a result of the air Defense System israel Presiden
His rhetorical warfare and advance of his trial next week on charges brought by the new York District attorney. It should be noted, theres Policy Proposal for that, too. I will direct a completely overhaul doj to investigate every radical da and agn america for their illegal rate this in reverse enforcement of the law i think the point here is this, theres no question next week donald trump faces the highest stakes legal challenge of his career. But if he survives that first criminal trial and any other that occurs over the course of the coming eight months and wins reelection. He will enter the oval office, embolden personally and with for power than weve seen probably in decades from a president and a team. Were not hiding this, theyre making very clear what they wanna do, how they wanted to do it, and that their supporters want them to deliver eric okay i was i listened to what someone tells you. Thanks for joining us. The news continues right here on cnn happening now Breaking News
party politics, whose constituents are conservatives, and neighbors, who are trump devotees. this extremism, this acceptance of coercion, of political violence, or the threat thereof, of terror, of just insane harassment as a tactic, it s really powerful. i think it s fair to say, i really believe this, that it is completely subverted the ability of the republican party themselves to genuinely run a free and fair election within their own party, to choose their own nominee. because not only is there this ever-present threat, everyone in the upper echelons of the party also understands that donald trump will never accept defeat. you re having a contest with a guy who, is he going to accept defeat? they understand it, because of january 6th, but they understand it before that. they understand it because of 2016, when trump lost the iowa caucuses, and he reportedly pressured state republicans to invalidate the results. does that sound familiar?
would much rather talk about the economy and foreign policy because in their minds, nothing that trump does is going to change what his base thinks about him. that was reflected in conversations that we had with trump supporters whose opinions were not swayed by the first two indictment and it s certainly not going to be with the third, even though they are completely different. i love that you played that sound for me. for more on this, we are joined by nbc news political editor mark murray. julia teed us up to what we re talking about. we re talking to folks that there are some trump devotees maybe not devotees but swing
invites everyone, i should say, to read in full, as he says to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged. at one point he goes on to say, it s very important me to note, the depart the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until the guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law, to that, and my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest in the right of the accused. we very much look forward to presenting our case to a jury of citizens in the southern district of florida. we know the former president is gonna mount a very heavy case against about both the department just of justice, as he s already started attacking them along with many of them gop colleagues. how dangerous is that? what do you make of this statement from the special counsel, essentially saying to americans, read it? so what s inside this thing. do you think that would move the needle for the trump devotees? no, i think for the 30% of america