really needed. he has been trying to re energise western support. don t forget, he left the us earlier this week having failed to secure some crucial defence fund and the decision in brussels was hanging in the balance because eu leaders pushed it through in a pretty bizarre fashion. the only one to oppose the plan, viktor orban left the room when the decision was made. it is a bit of the detailfor decision was made. it is a bit of the detail for now, an obstacle to overcome. while ukrainians know the road to eu membership is a long one with no guarantee of success, this is a morale boost right when they needed one. it s a crucial time for the country, as winter weather picks up and heavy fighting continues in bakhmut and avdeevka. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov reports from the frontline in bakhmut in the east of ukraine, where troops are under pressure because of a dwindling supply of military hardware. in the bitter cold of winter, this deadly war grinds on, and b
after talks in brussels. at the same summit, leaders agreed to open membership talks with ukraine and moldova and to grant candidate status to the country of georgia. all three nations have been pushing to join the alliance. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, called the decision a victory for ukraine . the president of the european council charles michel said age talks would continue next year. he said important progress had been achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very powerful - achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very powerful signal i we sent a very powerful signal to the european citizens, a very powerful signal to the ukrainian citizens because we have decided to grant status to georgia to open negotiations with ukraine, and with moldova to make a very important step with bosnia and herzegovina, because we will open the decisions and a report will be issued by the commission in the coming weeks to make
Allegations that trump falsified Business Records to bury a story about an alleged sexual encounter with adult film star stormy daniels. The d. A. s office also alleges model Karen Mcdougal received a payment from American Media to silence her about another alleged affair with trump. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts and denied the affairs with these women ever happened. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, danny cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney and msnbc legal analyst and rebecca roy fee, a Law Professor at new york law school. So, yasmin, a lot going on in that courtroom today. Reporter a lot of folks are dismissed so far today, 96 walked in, 57 walked out after the two questions that were read by judge juan merchan, can you be impartial, many folks raised their hands, they walked out. Do you have conflicts with this trial, can you sit it out or can you wait it out, for the next six to seven weeks . Many of them walked out as well. Were at 57 havi
good to be with you, i m katy tur. we re watching a couple of stories, incoming an update from the governor of maine on the mass shooting last week. we re going to bring the news out of that. first, there are some major developments out of israel. the idf says it freed a hostage inside gaza. colonel yuri magadesh was e retrieved. she is said to be in good condition. as for the rest of the hostages, prime minister benjamin netanyahu today argued the ground incursion and intense bombardment are helpful. our common assessment of all of the not only cabinet members but the security forces and the military is that the ground action actually creates the possibility, not the certainty, but the possibility of getting our hostages out. because hamas will not do it unless they re under pressure. they simply will not do it. you ll notice netanyahu was speaking in english there. that was a press conference for foreign media, an acknowledgment that israel needs to convince the world t