it, with a republican primary dominated by an ex-president who has centered his candidacy around his legal woes, look no further. this morning donald trump, fresh off a decisive win in the iowa caucuses, was at a federal courthouse in manhattan as the defendant in a second defamation trial brought by the writer e. jean carroll. this time there s no question of whether trump defamed her. judge kaplan has ruled trump is liable for remarks he made in 2019 mocking carroll s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a chance encounter at a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and trump is not allowed to dispute carroll s account. the question now is how much a jury should award e. jean carroll in damage for those comments. opening statements are currently under way. we ll have a live report from the courthouse when the trial wraps from the day. so far, donald trump was in the courtroom. alongside his lawyer, alina habba, as well as e. jean carroll and her attorneys. the firs
calls off his assault on moscow. what does this attempted rebellion mean for russian stability? this is a blowing to russia, to our people. and russia s weakness, after a blow to vladimir putin s authority, ukraine seems opportunity. the man from kremlin is afraid and probably hiding somewhere. as debate over aid to ukraine splits the gop, doug burgum is ahead. plus a new choice, 12 months since the over turn of roe v. wade and for women a year of change and a brewing political fight. no president has ever fought for christians as hard as i have. how dare they attack our fundamental rights. what is the future after borgs rights. senator amy klobuchar will join me. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of the union is wondering what is next. the city of moscow appears no longer under immediate threat this morning. a mercenary leader who turns against the kremlin said he was pulling his forces back after getting as close as 120 miles outside of russ
Terror in israel. A scramble to respond to a brutal attack by Hamas Terrorists against innocent civilians. We will win this war. But the price is unbearable. Could it tip the middle east into chaos. Isr isr israeli minister ron dermer is next. And the american president pledged support for israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. But how will it change this plans for a path forward in the middle east . And impasse . Chaos over the speakers gavel paralyzed a u. S. Congress ready and willing to aid israeli. Mike lawler is coming up. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello, im dana bash In Washington where state of our yunon is praying for a quick end to a new car. We begin with breaking news. Israels ambassador to United States said dozens of americans are among the hamas hostages taken since the explosion of war in israel. The State Department is closely tracking those reports. Here is what the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken told me. We have reports that several americans
good evening. is michele bachmann s latest misstep the beginning of the end of her campaign? by most accounts bachmann did well in the republican debate taking rick perry to task on his order to girls to get the hpv vaccine suggesting he was catering to pharmaceutical manufacturer, merck. i ll tell you this, i had a mother last thiet come up to me here in tampa, florida, after the debate. she told me that her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter. it can have very dangerous side effects. the mother was crying when she came up to me last night. i didn t know who she was before the debate. this is the very real concern. people have to draw their own conclusions. that was bachmann on the today show accounting what some stranger said to her. no reason to doubt someone says this to mrs. bachmann but it s incredibly irresponsible for her to repeat this as part of her argument against the hpv vaccine and then thro