outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
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