300,000 additional troops will be called up to fight. this comes as russia has suffered ahumiliating losses to ukraine with troops retreating from territory. putin used his most direct language to date regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the comments come across the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. president biden set to speak just hours for now, as multiple kremlin backed authorities announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissed the moves as a sham driven by fear of defeat. i want to bring in kylie atwood here in new york, nick paton walsh is live in ukraine for us. this speech we thought it was going to happen yesterday, i
welcome to hannity . tonight we begin with the obvious, joe biden, he s a train wreck both mentally and physically. his presidency, that s an unmitigated disaster both at home and abroad. and his campaign is a joke with a few cringe worthy events, actually wanted a at least. small crowds, no enthusiasm whatsoever, attending a biden rally is more of a punishment for democrats filled with anxiety. is joe going to be able to string two coherent sentences together and then successfully walk offstage, which is why nobody shows up. a kind like today in philly. and jill biden said on the view either joe is elected or evil will win. we got the tape. democrats, they are in a state of panic, they are desperate so in lieu of any traditional campaign or running on the novel idea of an answering the question are you better off than you were four years ago, well, the democratic party, they are now relying on another political tactic. you can call it the weaponization of our justice depart
bret: did i see that. greg: what is happening? bret: thank you, greg. dana: wow, i m never bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, closing arguments in president donald trump s criminal trial in new york. prosecutors trying to convince a jury the presumptive presidential nominee engaged in conspiracy and cover-up. defense attorneys organization the prosecution s star witness michael cohen is a massive liar. in fact, they said cohen is the gloat, the greatest liar of all time. and they are pressing for an across the board acquittal. both sides trying to score points with the jury before it starts deliberating the first felony case against a former american president. correspondent nate foy is outside the new york state supreme court has he has been tonight. good evening, nate. nate: hey, bret. as prosecutors continue making their closing arguments tonight, former president donald trump described it on truth social in one word
keep pushing forward with this, and there are a lot of other liars. to me, that s the weakness in the defense coming in. to point it out, it s 11:00 eastern, and 8:00 pacific right now. they did bring up the catch and kill yeah, and related it back to cohen. that specifically, duncan, the idea that catch and kill is not illegal. we have talked about that before and that s true. they brought out the testimony and he s bringing in during the argument other catch and kill instances, schwarzenegger, and others, and this is different. the reason it s different is catch and kill is not illegal and maybe it s a questionable journalistic technique but it s not illegal. prior to 2016, the national enquirer and donald trump never engaged in this together, and why is that? this is borne out by the testimony of david pecker, and then they talked to michael cohen about this, and the timing of it and the fact that it was taking place after the access hollywood testimony cam
Citing the unreliability of the victim s testimony, the Allahabad High Court last week acquitted a man who had been found guilty by the trial court (in 1986) of raping an alleged minor girl in.