Try to remember a more consequential start to the united nations general assembly. You would probably have to go back to 2001 when the week opened on september 12th. Just a day after 9 11. Today, there are wars in Ukraine And Sudan and gaza. Another one threatened in lebanon and one looming in the south china sea. American troops are once again deployed on the fringes just in case and now the leaders or the major representatives of all of those countries are gathered right here in new york city. What are they saying privately to each other . And how much does it differ from what theyre saying publicly . The Qatari Amir was pretty blunt saying in israel doesnt want to negotiate for peace. The new iranian president was slightly more measured than usual, saying the country does not seek a wider war in The Middle East but no peace is possible while civilians in gaza are in his words, ruthlessly killed. And President Biden speaking to the assembly for the last time as a leader of the free w
it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on
and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jacks mitt s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on a collision course with the courtroom reality. that s what we saw this week as the disgraced former presidents that up for just a few minutes, in his own defense and the new york attorney generals civil fraud trial, when trump rambled, dissembled and presented himself as usual, as a
Coming just three days after a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse in an unrelated incident. The man later died. You can imagine the amount of cameras operational in new york around the courthouse and around here, trump tower. They are expecting donald trump to leave his home shortly, going to the manhattan courthouse where the trial will get under way. We expect opening arguments to start in a couple of hours. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 hours. He has pleaded not guilty to sa counts of Falsifying 3a counts of falsifying Business Records. He also denies having an affair with Stormy Daniels. Lets speak to richard painter, who was the chief white house ethics lawyer. He is now a Law Professor at the university of minnesota. Opening statements in a few hours. What can we expect today . Opening statements in a few hours. What can we expect today . Today will be the opening what can we expect today . Today will be the opening arguments what can we expect today . Today will be
Trial of one of the president ial candidates donald trump moves to Opening Statements. These are the scenes outside the trump tower. The former president faces 3a counts of Business Fraud in a scheme to pay off Porn Star Stormy Daniels to make sure an account of his alleged extramarital sexual encounter with her did not get published on the eve of the 2016 president ial election. Lets go to New York and Cbs News correspondent, wendy gillette. A busy day for the media camped outside, what are we expecting to happen today . Outside, what are we expecting to happen today . Yes, we are going to have opening happen today . Yes, we are going to have Opening Statements happen today . Yes, we are going to have Opening Statements at happen today . Yes, we are going to. Have Opening Statements at 9 30am, about two hours from now, we dont know how long the statements were last but they are not typically long as the Defence And Prosecution ugly out their basic elements of the cases. And try to swa