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its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other attorneys.
direct action, president biden says the strikes were defensive, meant as a deterrent. the houthis are vowing to not back down and experts in the region believe them. is this the moment israel s war officially expanded into a regional war. if so, who else might get dragged in. turkish president erdogan slapped the u.s. and the uk for what he called a disproportionate use of force and so did iraq, warning such strikes don t deter but rather expand the scope of the war. like hamas and hezbollah, the houthis are backed by iran to which the white house issued another warning this morning. here was nfc s john kirby. we re not looking for conflict with iran, and there s no reason to escalate beyond what happened over the last few days by the houthis, they are the ones who have been escalating. we re not looking for conflict with iran. that said, we know that iran supports the houthis, we know that they supply them with the missiles and drones, the same things they have been using
A. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. We begin this hour from the percussions of an air strike that killed Seven Members of the Kitchen Aid Group, and the nonprofit is pausing its aid efforts in the gaza ship, and the ship is returning to its port. Antony blinken addressed the strike. The victims of yesterdays strike join a Record Number of humanitarian workers that have been killed in this particular conflict. These people are heroes. They run into the fire, not away from it. They show the best of what humanity has to offer when the going really gets tough. They have to be protected. Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu issued a statement saying unfortunately in the last day there was a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the gaza strip. The aid workers were traveling in a vehicle with the world Central Kitchen Logo on it after leaving a warehouse that stored humanitarian aid. The nonprofit coordinated its effort with the military, and the group releasing a
Warned the North Koreans not to test President Trump, citing the recent strength on syria and afghanistan. Joining me from washington, david frum, Senior Editor at the atlantic. Brooker, White House Bureau chief at the washington post. Julie Hirschfeld Davis from the new york times, will join us shortly. David, i want to start with asia, since it is top of mind today. Vice president pences visit in particular. What is the administration looking for . David who can say . One of the things that is striking is it is usually the greater power that tries to deescalate the situation the United States. Has had a posture of recognizing north korea is in it for the money. Its not really a strategic act. The more you increase the apparent value of their nuisance, the more they will charge to have the nuisance go away. The u. S. Doesnt have credible military options. Everybody knows that. The Trump Administration doesnt have much of an alliance structure. It began be administration by blowing up