right now on andrea mitchell reports, former president trump back in court after storming out this morning, fuming in the middle of closing arguments in the e. jean carroll defamation and damages case with the jury watching it all. while nikki haley scheduled two south carolina rallies this weekend. donors pour millions into her campaign, defying trump s appeal to write her off. and the u.n. s highest court pressures israel to stem the loss of lives in gaza but does not come down hard on israel, as cia director bill burns crosses the atlantic, trying to pose a deal to free the hostages. and critical funding for border. israel and ukraine. it s all hanging in the balance as mr. trump tries to get senate republicans to scuttle a border compromise that was weeks in the making. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. donald trump back in a manhattan courtroom for closing arguments in the e. jean carroll defamation trial. earlier today, the former president le
President Vladimir Putin earlier warned that if the West provides Ukraine with the Patriot systems, these air defenses would be knocked out by the Russian armed forces.
troubling developments in west africa this morning. burkina faso s military seized power in a coup, detained the president and dissolved the government. overnight, the united nations condemned the takeover and called for the immediate release of the president. the army announced it has control and the president has not been seen in public since sunday. we re also following other news around the globe from our team of correspondents. u.s. central command says the u.s. military launched multiple patriot missile interceptors at missiles targeting an air base near abu dhabi, where approximately 2,000 service members and personnel are based. according to centcom, a combined effort from the united arab emirates and the u.s. military prevented the missiles from impacting the base. and there were no casualties. this is the second attack in one
in the last few hours, we have heard word out of south korea, a mouthpiece for the rulers working party, i want to read you some of the excerpts that have come from it. the strategic nuclear force of the dpr is the best safeguard it describes the united states the worst nuclear warmonger in the world. it does appear that life goes on as usual today. but people certainly have this story at the type of mind. thank you for the report. now charisse in tokyo. what more can you tell us about how that nation is preparing? reporter: well, japan responding by deploying patriot missile interceptors into the southern region of japan.
to push for new gun laws. on board air force one, 12 families who lost their families in newtown mass car want to lobby lawmakers. japan is moving patriot missile interceptors into place in anticipation of a north korean nuclear test. north korea is telling foreigners in that country to start evacuating the country. an annual report shows airline service is getting better even though there s been a 20% increase in customer complaints. the report is issued as one major carrier considers shrinking the size of airline bathrooms. and the louisville cardinals are the ncaa champions, beating michigan. they were the number one seed going into the tournament. and they hung on through every obstacle, including teammate kevin ware s broken leg. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, april 9th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody. did you see the we talked about this earlier. we caught the end of the ncaa very end. i caught the