2024 election, and all the thanksgiving dinner our panel brings to the facts on these stories you will be talking about all weekend as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. the deal for us hostage release has brought hope but now new worries to families of those kidnapped by hamas. many of those families were anticipating reunions with their loved ones after initial reports suggested at least some hostages could be freed as early as tomorrow morning. but late today israel s government said there will be no release before friday. my colleague here simmons has all the details. tonight a delay for a long negotiated break. the hostage release including three americans and potentially many children will not happen before friday. three year old abigail idan may be among them. her parents were killed. our admissions are going a little crazy because it feel like we re closer. today despite agreed to finally details
this case is all about, this period after the election. some of those, of course, go through today. we talked about, of course, the threat to judge chutkan, and then we have threats to the district attorney in new york, the district attorney and the sheriff of fulton county, threats to the former judge s chambers providing over the ongoing trial. these are all from the last few weeks, so the notion that there was some dynamic that existed in 2020 that has since abated or gone stale i think is wrong. how do we how do we know what he gets held accountable for? i mean, this is the internet era. he s a high profile public figure who posts. he has lots and lots and lots of followers, but it s also covered on news channels that have listeners and newspapers that have readers and all manner of media can communicate his words to people of the public. how i mean, how do we how does the district court reasonably decide which postings he is responsible for prompting adverse cond
defense s first witness. meanwhile, we ll tell you why the former president is asking for his federal 2020 election trial to be televised live. new this morning, republican senator tim scott abruptly drops out of the presidential race, even shocking his staffers. what he told them on a call right after. overseas, the world health organization says gaza s main hospital is no longer functioning with several babies dying and more still at risk. also, the u.s. military launches air strikes for the third time on locations in syria used by iran in retaliation for attacks on u.s. troops in the region. and back at home, there are only five days left for congress to come to a deal to avert a government shutdown. the new house speaker has a plan, but does he have the votes? and we begin this very busy hour inside a new york city courtroom where former president trump s eldest son, donald trump jr. has taken the stand again. this time he s the first witness for the defense in
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m josé diaz-balart. we begin in new york city where tensions are flaring inside the courtroom as former president donald trump has taken the stand in the $250 million civil trial that threatens his sprawling business empire. the case centered around accusations that trump along with his two adult sons inflated various trump assets to get more favorable rates from banks and insurers. trump and his children have denied any wrongdoing, and while trump just took the stand about an hour ago, the judge already accused the former president of treating this appearance like a political rally. the judge has urged trump s lawyers a number of times to control their client. let s go right to nbc s vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. vaughn. reporter: good morning, jose. donald trump just leaving here the courtroom for a morning break after a contentious first 90 minutes of donald trump on the stand and under oath, facing questions from the
it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with deadly storms now making their way northeast after leaving behind a trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma, arkansas and kentucky. at least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured. take a look at this. valley view, texas, gas station. officials say as many as 125 people were sheltering when a powerful tornado struck. overnight kentucky governor andy beshear declared a state of emergency as the severe weather threat continues into today for millions of americans. it leaves hundreds of,sands across the region without power. joining us from valley view, texas, is nbc s priscilla thompson. priscilla, good morning. where do things stand now? reporter: jose, good morning. right now in the hardest-hit areas there s devastation everywhere. we re here and you can see there s a car with its windows completely blown out. that car was actually in that gas station parking lot when this tor