Overnight, a us official told cnn, israel carried out a Military Strike deep inside iran good, this escalate the already tense situation in the middle east Jury Selection in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial could wrap up today. Opening statements in this store, a case are on track to begin monday, plus on the house floor, a critical test for a longstalled foreign aid bill for israel and ukraine hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and urine the cnn newsroom happening now a decadeslong shadow war between israel and iran spills out in the open. Us officials dow say israel launched and overnight strike on iran, appearing to target a Military Facility some 200 miles from the Capital Tehran in the hours since the attack, there has been a nearly unified Global Response arounds allies like china and russia echoing calls from israels western supporters to show restraint. And avoid a wider regional conflict. Cnn is covering the story from around the globe our chief International Security correspo
stay on track. what do you think opening statements could look like on monday i think we do have opening statements on monday and i think you re going to hear from the defense on the defense, sayyed, i think they re gonna go right after the witnesses from the outset. what you re going to hear and what their back what their backup particularly michael cohen. right. you re relying on someone who he s going to make the argument that they re the prosecution is relying on someone who has who has a grudge against the former president and they re going to try to make that point throughout the trial. they re trying to disk credit witnesses from the outset that the prosecution there s going to put on the stand and that s where i don t think they ve listed a lot of witnesses for the defensiveness it s all about attacking. it s all about attacking the witnesses, credibility that the prosecution is going to put on in this case. in particular, michael coe yeah. and i thought speaking of wit