tensions in the skies, a russian fighter jet forcing a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force calling the encounter reckless and unprofessional. it s at a potentially dangerous escalation at a crucial time in russia s war against ukraine. joining me now from the magic wall is cnn military analyst, retired air force colonel cedric leighton. i m so glad you re here to help us unpack. what happened in this moment? now, colonel, officials are saying that this drone was over international waters on the black sea when a russian jet dumped fuel on them and bumped into the drone? i mean, it sounds incredibly dangerous. yeah, it really is, laura. and it s good to be with you tonight. and where this happened is probably about in this area right here. so, all of this is international waters that you see right here, just off the crimean coast. and of course, the southern coast of ukraine. so, this area is one in which the united states of course has a lot of interest in tr
Minds around that we would like to project on israel the kind of government we would like there to be in israel. We have the government that there is. Netanyahu is beholden to the most far right elements ever in a coalition and that is the reality staring us in the face. Ben rhodes, thank you for your time. That is our show for this evening. Now it is time for last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, alex. It was a shorter day in the courtroom, but an important day in the courtroom. Everyone at the table was in the courtroom today. The regular gang, lisa rubin, andrew weissmann. We are done now. The evidence is in. We can make evaluations about where the evidence stands in a more important way tonight than before. And important questions i am sure they will have thoughts on that the judge will have to answer in the coming days. Have a good show. Well, at 10 11 a. M. Today Donald Trumps lead criminal Defense Lawyer todd blanche stood and said, your honor, the defense rests. The t
Im Josh Campbell on the ucla campus in los angeles. This is cnn welcome, to, cnns Special Coverage day ten of Donald Trumps hush money, Criminal Trial. I, wolf blitzer in washington, Phil Mattingly just outside court in manhattan. Court just broke for lunch until about 2 15. But before that, trumps Defense Attorney was grilling Stormy Daniels, former lawyer, Keith Davidson davidson was a point person for the deal to pay daniels to stay silent about her alleged affair with Trump Davidson then dealt with trumps thenattorney, Michael Cohen, phil yeah. Grilling is the right word, wolfe, the sixfigure deal. The parties crafted involved confidentiality and even fake names for both daniels and donald trump the. Question is whether Michael Cohen took it upon himself to draw it up, or if he was actually just doing trumps bidding cnn chief Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid is with me now. Paula. There has been a need to have a Pop Culture Encyclopedia if my 2005 to 2010 but more importantly
the conversation now, he realized, the best courtroom experts nowadays, are not lawn for, us man are not, coughs it, are not even manufacturers. it s now historians, john, whose job it is to try to figure out what this historical context really looks like. we think about this? well first of all i love when historians get involved with contemporary debates. it s clarifying, it gives us necessary perspective. this decision by clarence thomas is fundamentally far flood, and five different ways. first of all, the original historical context, that s we always remember the other part of the text, text of the second amendment that is not apparently applicable current days. second of all, and historic balance between gun rights in the public interest which was the historic context we see over and over in american history. you can take your guns into town in the old west.
inside four weeks until iowa. a brand new poll showing newt gingrich as running away with it. now his past used by conservative critics. more disturbing allegations against jerry sandusky. another man saying he abused him and gave him alcohol as a boy. i have been excused of being a tramt traitor to both sides. a woman goes from wall street protester to wall street professional on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, december 7th. ali is off today. i m christine romans along with carol costello on this american morning. welcome, everyone. welcome and good morning. up first this morning, newt gingrich threatening to run away with the republican race. his bid for the gop nomination going gang busters. it s beginning to look like a gingrich juggernaut. look at the latest gallup poll. among republican voters nationwide, 37% now say gingrich is their choice. he leads mitt romney by a whopping 15