It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Were tracking several breaking stories right now. Israel strikes back, targeting iran overnight. The fallout as tensions grow in the middle east. Here at home, a critical vote under way right now on capitol hill to advance a whopping package of aid to ukraine and israel. In new york city, Jury Selection back under way in Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial, a full panel of 12 in place as they search for five more people to fill the alternate seats. And we begin with Breaking News on capitol hill, where happening right now the house is voting on whether to consider a package of bills with 95 billion in aid for ukraine, israel and the indopacific. Joining us now from capitol hill is nbcs ali vitali. What is happening right now . Reporter look, just in the last minute or two, jose, since we came on the air with you, democrats who had seemingly been holding their votes back from this rule vote just i think to get a sens
Good morning. Its 11 00 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. We begin with the latest of day two of the criminal trial against former president donald trump. Hes charged with 34 Felony Counts and accused of falsifying Business Records related to a hushmoney payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump who is the presumptive nominee for the president is coming facetoface with jurors that will decide his legal fate. We heard from trump this morning before he headed into court. I should be right now in pennsylvania, in florida, in many other states, north carolina, georgia, campaigning. The judge should recuse himself. Also this morning, prosecutors asked the judge to both fine trump and hold him in contempt for recent social media posts accusing him of violating his gag order. And joining us, msnbc legal contributor, and a civil rights attorney and former prosecutors and msnbc legal analysts and served as a prosecutor in the bill cosby case. Yasmin, get us up to speed of what
All the wrong reasons basing Perspective Jurors who could make him convicted felon and dozens dismissed almost immediately. In fact, not a single juror was picked today. Will take you inside the Hush Money Trial or source tonight. Maggie haberman had a birdseye view of trump, the lawyers, the jurors and the judge. Im kaitlan collins. And this is the source imagine showing up for jury duty and finding out that you might have a Front Row Seat for the next several months to be the first criminal trial of a former president. And that you could be one of the people who will decide if donald trump should be a convicted felon . And potentially shape his political fate. And while youre being questioned, there is the guy sitting right there who stock and trade has often been intimidation throughout his career. Well, that was what greeted 96 menn he tonights on a beautiful spring day. Youre in new york today. Its a bit chilly or though in the courtroom at one point, every available seat in that
now. good evening everyone i m laura coast, and welcome to cnn tonight. there was involving the person right there with the name denied on top of his photo. the question is is the defendants of course who wanted to move their cases from georgia to federal court and the judge said no. no. to mark meadows. then of course he was trump s right hand man in his move to criminal case federal court is obviously not going to happen. what is happened right now he has already appealed. this is not just about him though. he is the first of five people who moved to to change their trials to federal court. plus am i asking, i know i m not, where is danelo cavalcante? he crab walked out a wall and out of prison right under the nose of prison officials. remember this? our guys are literally in the woods going through bushes checking sheds, checking urch clear houses. we are on line with the cert and tactical teams. we know the guard who was on duty when cavalcante escaped he has been f
news hello everyone. thanks for joining me. i m alison camera was triggered with less than four minutes until launch. the computer that launches the rocket stop the countdown clock now officials are racing to learn why both astronauts are now back at crew quarters after leaving the capsule, a short time ago joining us now from the kennedy space center is cnn space and defense correspondent kristin fisher so kristinn obviously this is not the news that nasa or boeing wanted today. what happened? we just don t know yet and we re going to find out hopefully quite a bit more during a press conference that nasa, boeing, and the united launch alliance have called, which is set to start in exactly one hour. now, all we know right now is that there was an issue with the ground launch sequencer and that is the computer that s responsible for launching this rocket. it s essentially an automated process. once you get down that close to lift off and there was some kind of problem wit