fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
elton john serenading the president and first lady at the white house after a dismal day on wall street and it was actually reminiscent of when james taylor showed up for big celebration at the so-called ablation reduction day. that day saw starks trembled dramatically still democrat cit economy is on the rebound that rolling back republicans that you can imagine back to that fo offering a dueling commitment t america they hope will put them in the majority. can t mess it reaction from four to congressman byron donal straight ahead. we begin with the democrats ramping up their attacks on wha they are calling so-called extremists met agenda republicans. we will find out all about that. christina has the latest on tha story she joins us from the wes coast. great to see you. president biden once again wrapped up political attacks against republicans tonight committing a majority would strip away the fundamental rights of americans. he made these claims at the national nation
Addition of my show. Up next, the beat weekend. Welcome to our special. The new york versus donald trump. We are bringing you this brand new breakdown of the third week of the historic and first ever criminal trial of the former president and current candidate as well. This was a tough week for the defendant. There was gripping, dramatic testimony from the woman at the center of the hush money plot, and of all the witnesses we have seen, she is the most famous through her encounter with trump, and there were testimony and key days of testimony from witnesses who were in trumps orbit, who could speak about what she said and cooperate corroborate it. We are looking at this game and how they try to influence the 2016 election. We can tell you as we recount why it was such a tough week for trump, we also know, according to the public remarks, working off the public evidence, we nowhere near the end of the thing. Two witnesses left according to the das team. We have the star witness, Michae
Captioning. Brought to you by meso book. Com if you or a loved one have mesothelial, will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 800 3214000 good evening. Welcome to our continuing special coverage of the trump, new york Hush Money Trial. I was privileged to watch some of day 11 hi, the courtroom today was both fascinating was fascinating to see up close. Hope hicks, once a top advisor to former president , testifying for the prosecution, recounting first the access Hollywood Tape coming out then the Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal revelations finishing her direct testimony with a potentially damaging account of what the former president s said in retrospect when the daniel story finally broken 2018, then moments later, hope hicks started crying. Hicks in that final answer saying, quote, it was mr. Trumps opinion that it was better to be dealing with it now and that it would have been bad to have that story come out. Before the election wh