The committee will reconvene. I want to thank all of our extraordinary witnesses who have come to be with us today. Michael breen, president and ceo of human rights first. Thank you for coming. Hope frye, the executive director of project life line. Clara long the deputy direct for Human Rights Watch. Dr. Carlos gutierrez, a pediatrician in private practice. And ronald vitiello, who is the former chief of u. S. Border patrol and former acting director of i. C. E. I will begin by swearing all of you in. Please rise and raise your right hand. If you would. Thank you. Do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. Let the record show that all of the witnesses answered in the affirmative. Thank you. Please be seated. Please speak fl the microphone. Your written comments will be received without objection. And mr. Breen you are invited to give an oral presentation. Thank you for the tune to be here today an
of fulton county d.a. fani willis was communicating with the biden white house throughout its election interference investigation against the president s biggest 2024 rival. former president donald trump. it comes as it shows special prosecutor met, before filing charges against trump and 18 others. could the meetings and the allegations against willis derail the case against the former president. we ll ask charlie hurt coming up. it s unfortunate that we had to go there. it s unfortunate that there is a governor in texas, governor abbott who has politicized this issue of what s happening on the border and it s not making people s lives safer. it s a very uninformed comment on her part. really only one person in america not doing the job and that s the president of the united states, not enforcing immigration laws. do we have a southern border? yes, ma am, we do. how can people flow across it every day. 300,000 people in december. we are working very hard to try
out front next, trump takes the stand and gets slapped down by the judge. did the former president and gop front-runner do himself any favors with the jury in the rnc trying to bully nikki haley out of the race as trump threatens her supporters. one of those haley donors is out front tonight. are trump s threats backfiring? anti-semitism festering on-line in china and the country s strict government censors letting it go. why is china turning a blind eye? let s go out front . good evening, everyone. i m erica hill in forrier en burnett. trump testifies. the former president taking the stand in his defamation trial with e. jean carroll and his answers stricken more than once. the judge admonishing trump saying i never met the woman, i do not know who this woman is. it s important to note trump has been found liable of sexually abusing carroll at a defamation. this trial is to determine how much he must pay now in damages and it s a case that s long consumed trump according
with the largest fastest reliable network. give your business a head start in 2024 with this great offer. plus, ask how to get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. tonight on three 60, through reports that it meets a no nonsense judge. what he said on the stand in front of a woman he sexually abused, and what the judge would let his lawyer. ask lawmakers have said they wanted eu a deal but can t shoot his mother charged with involuntary land manslaughter. why she and her husband are being held responsible for the murder of four students by their troubled son. good evening, thanks for joining. as we begin tonight with donald trump s brief testimony in the penalty phase of a second trial for defaming e. jean carroll. it came after the judge, luis kaplan, reiterated in graphic detail with the former president had already been held liable for, sexually abusing miss carroll. with several interjections from the defendant, the judge established type parameters on wha
he s testifying for for the first time. he could not say, for instance, that he never assaulted e. jean carroll when another court of law established that he did. you stand by it, trump, 100% yes, habba, do you deny the allegations. trump, i consider it a false accusation, he said. judge kaplan, that answer is stricken from the record. habba, did you ever instruct anyone to hurt ms. carroll. trump, i just wanted to defend myself, my family, and frankly, the presidency. joining us now, msnbc legal analyst, she was inside that courtroom, lisa rubin. nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, and criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos. that was the defense asking donald trump all of three questions, one of which was stricken. it then went to the prosecution. tell me what happened then. reporter: katy, first of all, those three questions, two of the answers were partially stricken. i heard yeses and noes to those questions before donald trump attempted