from msnbc world headquarter here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we have breaking news from the middle east. live pictures from tel avi where a peaceful rally over judicial overhaul is underwa for the 14th week in a row it comes amid a new burst of violence, sparking fears of broader conflict in the greate region joining me now, nbc s ra sanchez in tel aviv, i kno you re back covering the - how is the violence affectin the demonstrations well, alex, you can see despite everything else goin on, these protesters are out o the streets in their tens of thousands. alex, i think they may vote to sing the national anthem here. i am gonna speak quietly but these protesters are out i the streets in there are ten of thousands, despite violence and when you speak to people here, they say, despit everything going on, it is crucial for them to be here. they feel israeli democracy is at stake at this point and that they will not b deterred we are just a couple of mi
actually was uncovered well, you know, it would be hard to prove, or at least there s some legal hurdles with proving the intent to commit election fraud, eithe state or federal electio fraud. they re both legal and factual hurdles, the former presiden is going to try to claim, look he was being extorted, this was, if anything, to bring clarit to the election. not fraud. not obfuscation, and that, i fact, he was just trying to do the right thing. to quash a story that wa erroneous. so, also, it wasn t for th election, in fact, it was fo his own personal, you know personal use, in other words to protect his family. those are all possible defenses both legal and factual but can i ask you, what about the state tax crime that you said, that would be i se you nodding, what about that one? that would be easier to prove? so, that s about getting to we don t know exactly how th