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Joining us, msnbcs Yasmin Vossoughian outside the courthouse. Temidayo agangawilliams, a former prosecuor and Defense Attorney caroline pull lisi. Yasmin, Jury Instrekss under way right now. Whats going on . Jury instructions under way ahead of Opening Statements, jose and ana. 45 minutes for the prosecution, 25 minutes for the defense. Theyre doing that because theres going to be a lot of details, much of a timeline, a lot of dates and they dont want to overwhelm the jury in the Opening Statements process. Judgments made from the bench that i want to talk about with you quickly, first, when it comes to the evidence if, in fact, the former president decides to testify, judge juan merchan is allowi ....
first, the images coming in, the corner of an apartment building coming down. firefighters looking for survi survivors. one question tonight, did the rain, play any kind of role here? also tonight, that system that did slam the east and the south turning deadly. the tornado outbreak. more than 30 reported tornadoes, multiple states. and now, what s coming right behind all of this? rob marciano tracking it all. we have breaking news coming in from the supreme court. after that extraordinary move by special counsel jack smith. the urgent request, he took straight to the supreme court, trying to get ahead of donald trump s attempts to slow down the legal process. asking the court to weigh in on donald trump s claim that being president gives you, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution. what the court is now signaling about this request just in tonight. jon karl standing by. in texas, the young pregnant mother, doctors say her health at risk with the pregnancy, but ....
will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously calle ....
before, after 1973 and the yom kippur with the army and the government exchanged very similar accusations. well, we re going to have to leave it there. i m so sorry we re out of time, michael, but we will discuss. always good to be with you. thank you so much. and yasmin vossoughian picks up right now for chris jansing. hi, everybody, good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian in for chris jansing. he went out as a member of congress. he went out in infamy. george santos expelled in an historic vote just hours ago. where does that leave republicans and then new yorkers in his district. we re live on capitol hill for that conversation. israel resuming an all-out assault on gaza launching hundreds of attacks on land from air and sea. plus, the new report raising questions about what israel knew about hamas s plans more than, get this, a year ahead of time. and then remembering the first woman ever to serve on the supreme court. we re going to honor the life of sa ....