room where some of the nation s top-secret missions like the raid on bin laden take place. house republicans opening up their own investigation, calling the events shameful, but national security advisor jake sullivan says there is no need to worry. the situation room is not in use, has not been in use for months, because it s currently under construction. the only people going in and coming out of the sit room in this period are workers getting ready to go. things got super tense in the briefing room. the white house asked point-blank if the cocaine belonged to the biden family. that question did not go over well with press secretary karine jean-pierre. can you see whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family or not? avoiding the question, that is not true. we ve answered this question, litigated this question for the last two days exhaustively. the biden family was not here. they were not here. they were at camp david. they were not here friday. they were
Hush money election interference on hold. Theres a ton of legal news to get to, reminding us that the new york case is just one of many surrounding the former president. In florida, newly unsealed documents suggest donald trump did more to obstruct the investigation into classified documents at maralago, that then jack smith included in the 40count indictment. What a d. C. Judge wrote there was evidence of in order for the Special Counsel to pierce Donald Trumps Attorney Client privilege. Thats a big deal, and why Donald Trumps team got those documents unsealed as judge Aileen Cannon holds a hearing on a motion to dismiss the case. In georgia, d. A. Fani willis won her primary last night. What that means for georgias election interference case, and its still yet to be scheduled trial date. And arizona, where eleven of Donald Trumps allies have pleaded not guilty to forgery and conspiracy charges in the states fake elector scheme, including refugee rudy giuliani. That case, already has,
Formally recognized a palestinian state. Deadline white house starts right now. Hi there, everyone. 22 witnesses, 21 days of court, 80 hours of Witness Testimony later, the firstever criminal trail of an expresident is coming to a close. The prosecution has one last chance to hammer home its case in close answer on tuesday, given that the defense put up just two witnesses, lasting four times longer than their entire presentation, only the manhattan d. A. Is wrestling with the about the Testimony Bombshell after bombshell over four weeks. Jurors listens intendly, as they testified about the confidential arrangement made with trump in 2015. Hope hick telling the about the infame owls Access Hollywood tape. Jurors also saw the handwritten notes that worked out the monthly reimbursements. Stormy daniels was questioned in detail about an rattled Sexual Encounter . Michael cohen it was, mr. Trumps former fixer turned foe Michael Cohen taken the stand. So, all the testimony and all of the evi
Tonight Donald Trumps lawyers wrap up the case and his criminal trial as the former president declined to take the witness stand. Then my interview with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, as a war crimes prosecutor now seeks a warrant for his arrest. And what is going on with the economy . Inflation may be slowing, but prices remain high in this country. I will ask the head of the Federal Reserve bank of chicago as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. It evening once again, im Stephanie Ruhle in chicago and we are now 168 is away from the election. In about one week from now, a jury of 12 new yorkers will start deliberating the fate of the first former president charged with a crime. Donald trumps defense team rested its new york criminal case today after calling just two witnesses. Donald trump did not take the stand. The Closing Arguments are now set for one week from today. Then the case goes to the jury. My colleague Laura Jarrett has all the details. Reporter
Report. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon, jessica. Thanks for having me sitting in the chair, come back tomorrow. You do the same but dont go anywhere because the leader, jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper and we were falling Breaking News out of new york. Of course, were day and Donald Trumps hush money trial. The defense rested right now in court, theres a meeting to determine what the judge will tell the jury next week before the jury begins debilitating the deliberating. What will no doubt be a monumental verdict one way or the other in the very first ever criminal trial of a former President Trump himself is at this court meeting. And well bring it you all the updates coming up, but leading this, our israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joins us live from jerusalem a day after the historic decision by the International Criminal court in the hague to seek Arrest Warrants, not only for the three top leaders of th