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
we will not allow them to use israel as a political country. good morning, everyone. welcome. i m phil mattingly in new york. we re going to show you live pictures at the rafah border crossing there in egypt where 400 foreign nationals and 60 injured people are expected to leave gaza today. ambulances have been lining up to pick up the wounded. we spoke to an american pediatrician who was able to get out yesterday. it was her first interview and she feels terrible for the people still there running out of water and food. just relieved to be here, but i just feel awful for the devastation that the gaza people are going through. pretty much camping for the last several weeks, but it s been scary in the last two weeks. we kept running out of water and that was water to flush the toilet. we were fortunate to have drinking water, which was not true of the gazaens just outside the fensz from us. they were running out of drinking water. meanwhile, israel continues its air and
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. it s one pm eastern, eight pm as night falls on gaza and israel. we begin this hour with breaking news on israel s intensifying offensive in gaza, with new video showing fires burning on the gaza side of the southern border with israel. here is what we know, new at this hour. there are new warnings that the intense bombardment of gaza in the last 24 hours is only the beginning. the idf says, all civilians remaining in gaza should move south. elon musk says that his spacex starlink will help humanitarian groups that lost phone and internet service, and there is growing concern among u n agencies for the welfare of palestinians. [sound of gunfire] this is what the intensifying israeli offensive in gaza sounds like from the israeli side. and then take a look at this. [sound of artillery] you saw and heard there a hamas rocket landing on the beach in ashkelon on the israeli side of the gaza b
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stop that man, i want to vote for him. without security clearance, how will ivanka be expected to do whatever the hell is she does all day? but can you imagine being john kelly in this situation? being asked to grant the president s daughter and son-in-law top level security clearance? he probably said, mr. president, with all due respect, we didn t even want to give that scootecu clearance to you. president trump referred to apple ceo tim cook as, well, see for yourself. you ve really put a big investment in our country. we appreciate it very much, tim apple. i think i m done. i mean, that s it. he calls tim cook tim apple. and i guarantee you this means that trump calls himself donald president. sometimes they write themselves. and tim cook just sat there. what can you do? what can you do? what can you do. buckingham palace is dealing