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challenges as he makes a third run for the white house. today, he made a virtual appearance at a hearing in the manhattan d. a. s hush money case. it was his first court appearance since pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. this afternoon, the judge told him the trial would begin on march 25th 2024, the heart of the presidential campaign season. the judge also issued an order of restricting trump opposing about some evidence in the case, nbc legal analyst lisa reuben was in the courtroom. the judge did not obey the protective order to trump line for line, but definitely wanted to make sure on the record that trump had reviewed it line for line with his lawyer and that he understood most importantly that it is a court order that if he violates, he risks a wide range of sanctions including and up through criminal contempt. was my clinic believes this is an infringement of a first amendment right and i have assured him, your honor, that was not yo
i mean, the situation there is there aren t words. the devastating. there are no words i don t know if it would describe it. you think about how many people died. 17,000 people. think about that. good morning, everyone. we re so glad you could join us. we hate to start your day with terrible news. but what you were just witnessing, was a miraculous rescue, children pulled from the rubble days after a catastrophic earthquake. but time is running out to find survivors. we ll take you live to this disaster zone. the staggering death toll just keeps soaring in turkey and syria. also, this overnight, senator john fetterman is back in the hospital. doctors are making sure he didn t suffer another stroke. we ll bring you the latest. president biden is going on a cross country blitz after his state of the union address. the next stop is florida. we re going to speak to the state s republican senator rick scott. he is the gop leader president biden accused of wanting to cut
quote, look he worked hard tonight. he put into words what he felt, and he ended the evening far stronger than he began. give him credit for that. here s another. quote, his wife jill is looking lovely tonight in a beautiful purple dres. now, if you don t know who said this, don t worry about it. the answer is really very unlikely. those were both reviews from former president donald trump. and as much as trump also ranted about biden s speech even he had to admit that last night was a strong night for the president. he managed to sort of trick republicans into greeing with him. there were a few of those moments. the most notable was one this. we started making thewealthy pay their fair share, some republicans some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. i m not saying it s a majority. let me give you anybody who doubts it contact my office, i ll give you a copy. i ll give you a copy of the proposal. as we all apparently agree social security and medicare
At the hospital in northern gaza, the idf says it killed several militant commanders and insisted it was preventing harm to civilians. Our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. Left in ruins. This was once the Beating Heart of gazas health care system, but israel says that it had become a terrorist base. Two weeks ago, its troops returned to Al Shifa Hospital for a second time launching a surprise attack. They say they shot dead 200 palestinian gunmen and arrested top hamas figures without harming civilians. Palestinians say many innocents were hurt and killed. Translation there are so many bodies here. Weve been getting them out ever since this morning. Its shocking. Weve never seen anything like it. The fierce fighting entered al shifas wards and razed homes nearby. Israels military sees this as one of its most successful operations of the war so far, dealing the enemy a major blow. But critics say its also a worrying sign of the ability of hamas to regroup in areas that i