Bret 100 percent not. Thanks. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight the key prosecution witness in the criminal trial. Concluded his testimony and the prosecution rested its case today. But, before that former trump attorney and selfdescribed fixer admitted to stealing 10s of thousands of dollars from his boss company. When the defense took over, cohen was followed on the stand by one of his former legal advisers. Now, there has been a request by the defense for the judge to dismiss the case from the bench. Correspondent nate foy is outside the New York State Supreme Court again tonight, good evening, nate good evening, bret. Todd blanche requested that the judge dismiss this case on the grounds that prosecutors did not prove that trump falsified Business Records or did anything illegal to influence the 2016 president ial election. The judge reserved his decision and trump spoke about that while leaving court tonight. Hopefully the motion to dismiss this
Now in West Virginia and maryland and in nebraska. West virginia polls are closing this hour where more than a half dozen republicans are vying for manchins open senate seat. Results coming in at the bottom of the screen and we will bring you any major developments as they happen. But, first, disorder in the court. Tonights angle. First, lets take some quick takes on the atmosphere in the courtroom today where i was. To give you a sense of what the g. O. P. Frontrunner has been dealing with these past three weeks, the air is musty, the floors are old tan brownley no yum and the bench is hard oak with a stress on the word hard. All right. Im no Body Language Expert and i could be wrong. My novice reading is there are at least two jurors and perhaps as many as four who will not vote that donald trump is guilty. Will vote not guilty on the evidence that was presented. Now, its hard for all of us, including jurors who have been instructed to keep their emotions in check to do just that, ri
This is absolutely unacceptable. All students should feel safe when when they are on campus. All students have the legal right to feel safe on campus. 15 days campus in existence and finally break it up. Six of these people have been permanently banned from the campus. I dont know if they will follow through it with it columbia they said if you are still in the encampment suspended. Imagine going nine tenths of a year Ivy League School and getting to the finals and then deciding im going to get a sleeping bag and stay in an pickup tent for an area of the world i knew nothing about three weeks prior. Thats just it. You have a situation where i have never seen such some palestinian different regalia from the flags, of a country that doesnt exist. To a symbolism for fattah, which is run by Yasser Arafats group to many people with hamas signs and the antisemitism which runs rampant. Some people are in denial about it. They want to soft peddle it. But if you are a jewish kid at that school,
Haiku. Next time. Bret thank you. Good evening. Im bret baier. Lawyers for former President Donald Trump seek a mistrial and a modification of the gag order imposed by the judge as Stormy Daniels finishes her testimony. Congress faces a deadline to reauthorize the federal Aviation Administration, the faa, what this may mean if you are flying soon. And, the house considers censure for a squad member over her comments about jewish students. But, first, breaking tonight, we are covering two big stories regarding major decisions from President Biden. Israeli leaders say they will go it alone if necessary after the president threatens to halt some military aid if troops, israeli troops carry out major operations inside rafah. But we begin with reaction to the president s new rule to change the process for dealing with migrants seeking asylum along the southern border critics saying its a minor fix for a major problem. Senior National Correspondent rich edson has the story live from the nort
Double dose of overtime. Snap. Into the end zone. Super bowl. New england. Tom brady marching the patriots down the field beating the chivas 3731 in the afc title game. What about the rams that stunning victory and call that wasnt made . Do you think i watched a little football yesterday. Two overtime games. Steve i was watching the kansas city game. Watched my team go to the super bowl but it did not exactly work out. Ainsley to get as far as they did. Steve they did. That unbelievable catch made by chris hogan of the patriots. What a great player. He actually went to high school with my son peter back in the olden days. He was a lacrosse player back then. Is he amazing. Brian everyone had a shot at him. Dolphins let him go and patriots pick him up and he ends up being fantastic. I watched hard knocks on hbo because i have very few friends i have a lot of time. Chris hogan call him 7 11 open all the time. Barely on the roster and now one of the best players. Super bowl rams, super bow