we now have a start date for donald trump s manhattan. it s right in the heart of primary season. the lead starts right now. the former president just learned he will be back in a new york city courtroom for the stormy daniels hush money case, and like i said, it will be right in the middle of the presidential primary season next year. trump says he understands he s not allowed to talk about certain parts of the case. then the charges now facing a 19-year-old accused of driving a u hall into the security barrier at the white house. inside the truck, according to the secret service, duct tape, a backpack, and a nazi flag. plus, well, that s going to give them something to tweet about. florida governor ron desantis turning to one of the most controversial ceos in world to help officially launch his 2024 presidential bid on social media. i m jake tapper. we begin in our law and justice lead. today a new york judge gave donald trump an official trial date, march 25th, 2024,
course, put their spin on it with the associated press describing sb 14 this way,. the gop controlled legislature is pushing to make texas the latest conservative state to crack down on medical care and get this, the rights of transgender people, the rights of transgender people, that is not what this is about at all. we are talkingwh about children, children having life changing chiloperations that are irreversible. contrast this with washington state, where democrats havetorst just made it legal for doctors to perform a number of these procedures without parental consent. mastectomies, without parentaler consent and without even parental notification. enif there are, quote, compellig reasons not to notify pathe parent, imagine if this were your child. some are calling it statme are e sanctioned kidnapping. if you ask americans there are e no two sides to this debate. a new washington post poll found that an overwhelming majority of americans oppose puberty blocking hormones
looking to enter the u.s. in the next few hours. do not risk your life and your life savings only to be removed from the united states. we are making it very clear that our border is not open, that crossing irregularly is against the law. cnn s nick valencia is in brownsville, texas, on the southern border, where officials are working with buses and airlines to try to get migrants out of that city. nick, is that working? reporter: well, we got some clarity from the city, just a short time ago, jake. we asked them where they re going to be sending migrants to. and they said the destinations that migrants are asking to go to and that the city is going to help them get to include chicago, dallas, houston, brooklyn, denver and miami. and though the city is known for quite some time along with the state and really the nation that title 42, this policy is going to end in less than a day, they re still working out the specifics of their plans and things they want to avoid acco
theeat hod r. also from texaserharged with manslaughter, accused of slamming his suv into a crowd of people waiting for a bus in brownsville. at least 10 injured. police say the driver ran a red light and jumped the curb. tensions rising at the southern border. title 42 set to expire on thursday. 26,000 apprehended crossing into u.s. in just 72 hours. authorities are bracing to up to 10,000 a day. reporting from the border tonight. the closing arguments in the deformation case against former president donald trump. e jean carroll s attorney using donald trump s words against him. what they played in court saying that she was exactly donald trump s type. the defense saying that she stole her story from an episode of law and order. clashing over the subway choke hold the case going to a grand jury this week the former marine breaking his silence and the family of the man who died reacting. tonight, the urgent search now underway for a missing ems worker in cleveland. authoritie
carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian sources told the bbc that at least nine palestinians were killed in the air strikes which targeted the homes of three of the top commanders of the al quds brigade, the armed wing of islamichhad. civilians are reportedly among the dead. a bbc correspondent in gaza said explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. we ll have more next hour. we ll be speaking to our correpondent in gaza city. to the us state of texas, where the driver of a car that struck a group of people at a bus stop killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter. it happned in the city of brownsville, texas, it happened in the city of brownsville, texas, which is right near the mexico border. police have identified the driver as george alvarez, a 34 year old brownsville resident with a lengthy criminal history. investigato