Welcome to The Weekend. I am Alicia Menendez with symone sanderstownsend. Michael steele is off at we began with news is from the Middle East. Hezbollah, the iranian backed militant group based in lebanon confirmed its leader has been killed. The news broke from the Israeli Military who said it targeted Hassan Nasrallah in a series of airstrikes in southern beirut friday. Overnight, hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets across the border towards israel. The Israeli Military continued intensive strikes across lebanon. Smack joining us now from beirut is Msnbc Correspondent Matt Bradley. A lot of new information to cover this morning. Give us the latest. Reporter yeah, guys, first of all, the reason i am wearing all this Body Armor is in an abundance of caution. Ever since immediately after the announcement by hezbollah they confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah have been killed, we have experienced a burst of gunfire from right behind me from the neighborhood and possibly on the bea
Thats a shot of covington, kentucky. Pete the coffer of the New York Post has a story about Tori Spelling which got will cains brain going about where is everyone from 90210. Will were you team brenda or team cellingly . We were both team kelly. We have been us Team Everybody was Team Jennifer aniston on friends. Rachel you thought i was going to be luke perry versus jason previously, but i like jason better. Pete i wonder how much if you did diagnostic tests, if it would tell you what kind of person you are. Will oh, i love that. I want to clear up a debate there from earlier. These two introduced the subject the husband should be filling up a wifes gas tank. Rachel of course. Will i never heard of such a thing. This is not when were in the car together and the car needs gas. This is pete we would always get out and do the gas. Will no doubt about it. Theres a wrinkle to this debate that i think is equally controversial. They have communal cars in their family. Ive never heard of that
This time to give the country an opportunity weigh in on this matter. Its literally life or death. You know, were not asked to be successful. Were asked to be faithful. Thats a quote i keep in my heart from mother teresa. Well end on that note. Thank you, both. Thanks to both of you for watching this morning. Well see you tomorrow morning at 6 00 a. M. Ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. Right now on ana cabrera reports, the race for the presidency. A republican mega Donor Network now pulling its cash from nikki haley as her fight to beat donald trump moves to michigan. The chairman of the rnc announcing her resignation hours ago. Did she lose trumps favor . Also ahead, five days and counting, another Government Shutdown looming at the end of this week. Can congress cut a deal in time . New fallout after the Alabama Court ruling on frozen embryos. Fertility clinics now pausing ivf Services Amid mounting uncertainty. Thanks for joining us. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Its
the coverage. the new yorker cover with donald trump portray thed as a metal-wearing, goose-stepping nazi e soldier. trump continues to dominate the coverage as he did by doing an iowa town hall with fox news overshadowing at the same hour the ron desantis-nikki haley slug fest on cnn. and the former president generated wall the wall coverage by showing up in washington on his claim of immunity for actions in office; namely, challenging the last election. trump s presence in that courtroom which took him off the campaign trail just days before the iowa caucuses underscored the vindictiveness of the lawfare if being waged against him. why s he in court instead of campaigning? because donald trump being in court is the greatest bully pulpit for him where he can plaw fake. howard: trump wasn t required to be in court then or on thursday when he denounced the judge in his new york civil fraud trial, but he drew attention from his rivals whose iowa events are being buried by s
to him but to the government. his body man and alleged co-conspirator walt nauta appeared alongside him and also pleaded not guilty. all of it taking place in a city that has been bracing for this unprecedented day, this unprecedented event and as always is the case with donald trump bracing for the potential of violence. officials in atlanta are reportedly keeping a close eye on the security steps taken in miami given the possibility that fulton county district attorney may become the third prosecutor to bring charges against the ex-president. as for the ex-president himself, he has not spoken today, but on his social media site truth social he s been lashing out at the justice department, airing his usual grievances about the justice department and about what he calls a witch-hunt. his heated rhetoric against special counsel jack smith and attorney general merrick garland and the justice department will have no bearing on the legal process, however, judge jonathan goodman r