iran, while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say that trump s pressure campaign hoisted the hard-liners to the front and the top of the iranian regime. so, when president biden came into power, negotiated with iran was nearly impossible. it wasn t for lack of trying. for the first year of biden s presidency, his administration attempted a resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, but tehran refused to engage directly with u.s. diplomats. talk about stop and go for several years, then, something happened in 2022, which made matters even worse. the war in ukraine. you see, the original nuclear deal depended on cooperation between the west and russia. but once russia invaded ukraine, any collaboration with moscow was off the table, and now, iran is helping russia in its war. iran s attack drones are a common feature in russia s campaign against ukraine. the 2015 iran nuclear deal built at least a little good faith between ir
plus, republican presidential candidate and florida governor ron desantis reveals his biggest regret about the 2024 campaign. the key issue he says, quote, sucked the oxygen out of the gop primary race for everyone. all right. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday. thank god it s friday december 22nd. i am sam stein in for jonathan lemire. don t fret all you jonathan lemire fans. he is going to be hosting morning joe in a little bit. you have me for the next hour, though. former president trump s legal team is expected to file an appeal in the colorado supreme court decision that removed the ex-president from the 2024 primary ballot immediately after christmas. trump s lawyers are on a tight, tight deadline forhe appeal. they will file before january 4th. the ruling trump is ineligible for office will stand and it his name will not appear on the colorado ballot. the supreme court will then decide if it ll take up the case. meanwhile, the former president
fined for violating a gag order as maga completes their house takeover. he was one of the intellectual architects of pushing back on the stolen election. tonight, the radical shift right in the house with come baseman jimmy raskin, and the remarkable scene inside a manhattan courtroom. the ex president was forced to take the stand. you may have seen mr. trump storm out. i saw a defeated man. new details on the horrific attack inside israel by hamas as the united nations warns of the increasingly dire situation inside gaza. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today, the ex president stormed out of a manhattan courtroom during of civil fraud trial after being punished by the judge for violating a gag order. judge arthur engoron imposed that order earlier this month after donald trump publicly attract a law clerk working on his 250 million dollar lawsuit. this afternoon, the judge ordered trump to the witness stand to answer
time. our coverage of the war in israel continues. more rocket attacks and missile strikes tonight on both sides of the border. that toll continues to mount. we have now confirmed americans are among those killed in the hamas attack on israel. might also be among those being held hostage. we are also learning chilling new information about the deadly assault on a rave festival inside of israel. and maybe putting plan, on the roll around appears to be played in all of this. live report on that coming up as well. we start though with declining death. seems to be getting larger and larger as we speak. a spokesman for the israeli defense forces say are the seven hard as well as killed so far. palestinian health ministry saying 424 people have been killed in gaza. including 78 children and we also know that 23 hundreds palestinians injured and 2200 israelis have also been injured. now confirmed that several years citizens have been killed. others remain unaccounted for. that is no
welcome to all you wanting us here in the iyad states, canada, and all around the world. i m kimberly hooper. this is cnn newsroom are falling developments at ceasefire talks in egypt. and this comes amid a dire assessment of the humanitarian crisis in northern gaza last bracing for demonstrations at colleges and universities across the us this weekend, we ll look at the psychology behind protests. and a thrilling photo finish at the kentucky derby. cnn sport s carolyn menno joins be live to break down the 150th run for the roses live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kin group mover it goes here there isn t the israel hamas ceasefire and hostage talks have made some progress with it appears that they re far from an agreement. us officials say they have cautious optimism, but warned that talks have previously fallen apart at the last minute. cia bill burns is in cairo representing the us in the talks. officials from egypt, cotton and hamas are also taking part. us secret