attack. over the next hour, cnn s sara sidner brings us the whole story on hamas, from how they were formed, what their ideology is, and how they ve evolved over the decades. we want to warn you some of the images you ll see in this hour may be disturbing. pure, unadulterated evil. i can t even try to comprehend these monsters. terrorists. this is not islam. they should be spit out. we cannot expect that israel will continue to blockade gaza, deprive them of their freedom, and assume that at some point they will not resist. at some point, it s going to boil over. october 7th was different. october 7th changed everything. what happened on october 7th was absolutely unprecedented. hamas has certainly targeted israeli civilians before. that s not new. what is new is simply the scale and just the ruthlessness. how do you define hamas? who and what is hamas? hamas primarily is a social, religious, political movement. hamas is seen by most palestinians as a
good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we are following the very latest in the new york hush money trial of former president donald trump. now, jurors are still in the courtroom, they re relistening to some of the testimony from former tabloid mogul david pecker and trump s former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. with us now to talk more about this as we continue focusing on what exactly is happening in that courtroom, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. outside the courthouse, in lower manhattan. defense attorney misty maris, temidayo aganga williams and jeremy saland, a criminal defense attorney, a former prosecutor in manhattan. so, vaughn, what is the latest, they are now focusing in on the third of four questions that the jury wanted to hear again. reporter: exactly. these were very four specific passages they wanted read back to them. they made this request yesterday afternoon before leaving for the day. there is deliberation bet
for that courtroom bell. there have already been three notes from the jury in donald trump s hush money trial, including one that led some key testimony to being read back to them today. will that help them move along deliberations? plus, a former president trying to pass the time. donald trump now has a tv in his waiting room, along with his phone, and he s posting a lot on social media, railing against what he calls a ridiculous case. getting some backup, donald trump s vp contenders look to score points with complaints about the jury instructions. only problem, they flubbed a critical detail. and the long road to a verdict. a big board break down of all the steps the jury needs to take before they can deliver this historic decision. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc s yasmin vossoughian live outside the courthouse for us once again. walk us through what the jury wanted to hear today, yasmin. reporter: they wanted
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Citizens have a right to clarify important questions. The judges have no right to interfere with the democratic wishes of the electorate, lets stop wasting time and get on to repealing the European Community act. As always, really keen to hear from you do get in touch throughout the morning. That ruling is in 30 minutes hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. As youd expect, the programme will be dominated by reaction to that Supreme Court ruling, due in just under half an hours time. As always, do get in touch use victorialive, and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today in half an hours time, the Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on whether the Prime Minister needs parliaments approval before she can start the process of leaving the eu. The long awaited judgment will decide how the eus Article 50 Exit Clause is triggered. The government argues that ministers have the power to do that, but opponents say they need parliaments