Antiisrael protesters making their voices heard disrupting congressional testimony bite sofs by the Vice President. Democrats try to revive a failed border bill in time for the election and is the iconic home of Elvis Presley going on the market . Well bring you there the latest on the fate of grace land. Bret but, first, breaking tonight, the defense has rested in the historic criminal trial of former president donald trump. The judge dismissing the jury until next tuesday now the judges and the attorneys on both sides are trying to decide on Jury Instructions. A crucial part of this trial and how the jury will eventually come to its verdict. Correspondent nate foy is where hes been from the beginning, outside the New York State Supreme Court again tonight with the latest. Good evening, nate. Nate good evening, bret. Judge juan merchan didnt provide a ruling or a timeline of a ruling about trumps request to dismiss the case. Instead today, after testimony from bob costello, lawyers on both sides debated about the instructions that will be given to the jury after Closing Arguments and before deliberations begin when they will decide if trump is guilty or not. Heres trump leaving court tonight. This is such an embarrassment of a showing of prosecution that i would imagine the judge wouldnt grant the judge to dismiss the case. You cant imagine it. There has been no evidence. There is no evidence. Bret, during todays afternoon session Trumps Team Asked judge merchan to explain to the jury that socalled Hush Money Payments are not illegal. Merchan said it came up several times at trial. And another instruction would go too far. Merchan actually sided with trumps lawyers though about a key matter of the instruction. Prosecutors, of course, argue that trump falsified Business Records to illegally influence the 2016 election. But the Jury Instructions will read, quote if the payment would have been made even in absence of candidacy, payment should not be treated as contribution. So, if the jury thinks trump was motivated by his brand or his family, the Bookkeeping Charges could not be elevated to felonies. Trumps team rested their case after Bob Costellos testimony today. He was the 22nd overall witness. The second witness for the defense. He testified about his close relationship with Rudy Giuliani and setting up a back channel to trump. Costello maintains he used that back channel at cohens request. Now trump himself did not testify in the trial and today outside the courthouse his son don jr. Said that it would have made no sense with how unfair the trial has been in his view. So, bret, Closing Arguments are set to happen on tuesday with deliberations set to begin on wednesday in the first criminal trial ever involving a former u. S. President. Bret . Bret nate foy, thanks. Lets get some analysis now from George WashingtonUniversity Law professor jonathan turley. Jonathan, thanks for coming on. You were in the courtroom over the past couple of days and now were in this parted where they are working on the Jury Instructions which i said at the begin something very crucial. Whats your take about how thats transpired today . Well, the Jury Instructions are really the key issue that is dividing the two parties here because they are worlds apart on critical questions. And, for example, the government wants the court to instruct the jury that it does not have to satisfy the higher criminal standard in establishing terms like using unlawful means to influence an election. The defense is saying hold it. You created a sort of frankenstein crime. You zapped a dead misdemeanor into life. You turned it into a felony. And now you are saying that you dont have to prove the criminal higher standard for all the elements. And merchan is going to have to make that decision in the coming days. There are other issues that could be determinative and decisive for the jury. So, its probably the least exciting part of a trial but it may be the most important as we see what merchan orders. Bret the other thing we have seen from merchan and you talked about this previously the way he has handled different cases, different witnesses, the way he dealt with costello, the last defense witness. And the way he, you know, comparison or contrast dealt with cohen and Stormy Daniels on the stand. Now looking at what you see from costello the last defense witness. Getting people out of the courtroom and the whole bad blood between the judge and costello, do you think the defense made the right call ending on this witness . Well, bret, you know that i said earlier that i would not have called costello, not because i thought he was a bad witness but because he opened up too many potential doors. In my view this case is collapsing by its own verdict. This verdict, if it was guilty, i dont know how it could be sustained on appeal. Those attorneys in the room have a different set of issues. They are representing the leading candidate for the presidency. They want to take this case down now. They dont want to wait for an appeal. They know even if its a Misdemeanor Conviction people are going to say is he a convicted guy. And so they brought in costello it played out as we expected. On crossexamination they used him to bring in this back channel to Rudy Giuliani and to paint him as a trump operative. In terms of his relationship with the judge, i thought the judge was right to tell him you cant roll your eyes and you cant say things on the stand about my orders. But the problem is that the judges rulings really were hard to justify some of those reactions by costello he sort of blurted out. He couldnt understand what the judge was doing. On a couple of those i agree with him. The judge has largely ruled for the prosecution. I think he has been right on a number of occasions. I dont want to vilify him but he has been a proprosecution judge in this case. Bret last thing. The fact that we are waiting until tuesday, a week from today, to start Closing Arguments and give this case eventually to the jury isnt that a long time considering where we are now . Its an eternity for the defense. Because you want to go straight into Closing Arguments. They are going to go back in the world for almost a week they are going to Holl Holiday Picnics ad family members. Saying things about this case. How unpopular they might be if they acquit or reach a hung jury. All of that works against the defense they are not expwessterred. They are not supposed to watch the news. But they are going to go back home in a saturated News Environment surrounded by family and friends that are going to want to talk about only one thing and its the one thing they are not supposed to talk about. Bret yeah. Watch the news. Pick up the phone. All kinds of things. Jonathan turley outside the courthouse, jonathan thanks. Bret President Biden is focusing on raising campaign known today. The israelhamas war has proven to be a strain on his campaigns ability to bring in funds White House CorrespondentJacqui Heinrich has details from the white house lawn. Jacqui good evening, bret. After President Trump outraised President Biden by 25 million last month that is a first in this cycle the president was in massachusetts today trying to turn that trend around. But his support of israel is now also chafing against his donor base. George crop, who will reportedly raise 2. 5 million for biden in boston today told the times this israel thing has been a catastrophe for him. Biden needs to suspend Arms Shipment for both humanitarian and political reasons. If the election were told today, i would think he would lose. It comes as another biden donor, George Clooney finds himself in awkward spot ahead of his own fundraiser next month starring obama and julia roberts. His wife amal, a human rights lawyer, defending recommendation as part of an icc expert panel to issue Arrest Warrants for both hamas and israeli leaders including Prime Minister netanyahu. The white house not convinced. We fundamentally rejected it. Administration is discussing bipartisan calls for sanctions against the court which holds no jurisdiction over the u. S. Or israel. Thats like saying after 9 11 well, im issuing Arrest Warrants for george bush but also for bin laden. Its a hit job. Team biden. [free, free palestine] turning the attention elsewhere. The former president of the United States who praises dictators, took to social media and highlighted language from nazi germany. And it s. Pulling. The now deleted video posted to trumps truth social account references a unified reich amid other Ambition Fess Wins in november. The Campaign Says it didnt create a video and staffer shared it without seeing the word. Mr. President , your reaction to donald trump using unified reich in a social media post . Your reaction . [inaudible] trump meantime is slamming biden for his announcement to release a Million Barrels of gas from the Strategic Reserve ahead of the july 4th holiday. Trump was outside court this morning slamming that decision and saying that President Biden has ruined this countrys energy independence, bret . Bret jacqui, yesterday, President Biden had to correct himself or the white house corrected him after saying the u. S. Hostage a u. S. Hostage being held by hamas was at the white house today we learned he had other gaffes. We got the transcript from the president s sunday speech to the naacp and it included nine corrections that the white house had to make on both factual errors and pronunciation errors. For example he wrongly said that he was Vice President during the pandemic when he meant recession. He also called Insurrectionists Erectionists among other errors like getting the amount that he has saved americans on their Health Insurance premiums wrong for a second time. Bret . Bret okay, jirk on the north lawn. The dow gaining 66. The s p 500 was up 13 for another new record close. The nasdaq rose 38, also a new Record Finish there. The president s top dip defending his boss actions during the israelhamas conflict. The war there. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken was on capitol hill today for a Paver Hearings that at times got heated. We will get details tonight from state Department CorrespondentGillian Turner. Mr. Secretary, you may proceed. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I was saying the peoples republic of china. [heckler he is war criminal] the blood of 40,000 people is on his hand. Gillian Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken on the hot seat facing off against antiisrael protesters first and then the senators. It seems like the world is on fire in part because of the weakness of our administration. You have presided over the worst Foreign Policy disaster of modern times. Blinken was on defense against accusations the u. S. Has hamstrung israels selfdefense by Withholding Weapons Shipments and warning the idf against invading rafah. Senator, i was in israel five days since october 7th. I have been there five times since no. One starting with President Biden has made sure they had more to defend themselves against hamas. He has face the criticism for offering condolences after the death of president raisi. Its something we have done many times in the past going back many administrations and many decades and we do as a normal course of business. Well, i dont think it should be a normal course of business. I think its shocking that this administration would mourn the death of the butcher of tehran. Best way to stand up to iran in the region is for israel and saudi arabia to Border Security alliance. The choice thats increasingly clear is a choice between a path that leads to israel normalizing its relations while virtually all of its neighbors versus endless cycles of violence, destruction, death and insecurity. Well, there is no rest for the weary. Blinken will be back up on capitol hill tomorrow all day lock to testify this time in front of the house. Meanwhile tonight we are learning the u. S. Capitol Police Arrested seven people today in connection with those protests at this hearing. Bret . Bret Gillian Turner at the state department. Gillian, thank you. Israels Communications Minister has ordered the government to return seized Camera Equipment to the Associated Press after blocking its live video of gaza earlier today. 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Republicans say this isnt a real effort to find a solution. Its about