thought go as fast as possible for his reasons not for my reasons. this is really a concerted witch-hunt. very simple. pete: that was president trump today. i m pete hegseth in for laura ingraham. this is a special i addition ever the ingraham angle live tonight from new york city. the stage is set for trump s hush money trial, the 12 jurors and six alternates finalized today opening statements start on monday. nate foy is live outside the courthouse with more. hey, nate. hey, pete, so, yeah, opening statements set to happen on monday. the jury is seated in former president donald trump believes that the trial is being rushed on truth social. he says that he is being railroaded by judge juan merchan contentious moments at the end of court today. trump stood up perhaps a bit early. the judge told him to sit right back down. judge merchan told trump s legal team that they can t continue challenging each of his decisions in an effort to delay the trial. while leaving court
The reports at this time. pete: we know what the most important thing happening in the world is but we re going to choose not to comment. joining me now former u.s. ambassador at jim hanson special forces and chief editor confident idle east forum. gentlemen, thanks for being here. i want to start with you. is that what passes for american leadership on the brink of a wider war? the answer is we support israel s trite defend itself. a couple of days ago last week iran 300 missiles. 300 drones in israel. missile defense because israel was able to destroy 90 incoming. they just cleaned iran s clock. because iran wasn t able to touch israel. the response overnight was measured and restrained send a very clear message to and you