Proceedings. We will see if he stops to speak to reporters as he makes his way back into the courtroom. Usually is not the case, its usually on his way out at this time of day but we will be watching for that hello and welcome everyone i am sandra smith the new york as we head into our number to. John a lot ahead in the next 60 minutes on john roberts in washington this America Reports perry when court resumes they will meet with the prosecution and defense on what should be included in the Jury Instructions before liberation is. Its a critical step of the trial as the instructions will be the last thing the jury hears before deliberating for a verdict. A threadbare inventive prosecution, but the judge can kind of put his finger on the skill or not in these instructions. It will be very interesting the instructions but of course it all goes back to Jury Selection too, who are these people and what of their biases . John we have an allstar lineup of guests to take us through the latest
Quote, youre losing all credibility with the court, but making no decision on the matter. Matter. Then testimony continued from david pecker, who took jurors deeper into the world of catch and kill, detailing how his National Enquirer or sought out stories that might damage the Trump Campaign in order to catch them and then bury them. Afterwards, the cameras rolling, viewers watching the former president spoke out about not being allowed. He believes two speak out you have a gag order which to me as a totally i got situation im not allowed to talk, but people are allowed to talk about me so they can talk about me, they can say whatever they want, they can live but im not allowed to see that the sit tat look at my conflicted, judge. Its i dont think anybody interested in well, nor has anyone seen what might happen if hes jail for violating that order, which to be fair does not yet appear to be on the table. It seems unlikely that said theres Breaking News on discussions underway on how
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Deescalation. That is the message from the us Secretary Of State, tony blinken just now, after israel launched the retaliatory strike against iran, overnight. Now blinken was just speaking from a g7 summit in italy, telling reporters pointedly that the United States was not involved in any Offensive Operations. As he also said, the focus for the United States and g7 remains deescalation you saw israel on the Receiving End of an unprecedented attack. But our focus has been on, of course, making sure that israel can effectively defend itself, but also so deescalating tensions avoiding conflict. And that remains our focus so israels strikes were in response to the missile and drone attack that iran launched last weekend. The early read this morning seems to be the israel in its response overnight was trying to avoid further escalation. A source in the region saying that the strikes are over around so far downplaying the hit coming at them. John. All right. Us officials confirm that israel
operation. and of course, president biden in that conversation with netanyahu last week, made very clear that the us would not participate in any offensive action against iran. so now the real question going forward for officials here for president biden is what happens next? does this cause further escalation? this for tat or focus now returned to the war in gaza us officials have made clear that they still have those disagreements with the israelis over humanitarian aid, over a planned ground offensive in rafah. and certainly those issues have yet to be resolved. kd kevin, it s great to see you. also another question is, when will we hear directly from the president himself in reacting to the strikes this for tat and where it stands right now, it s great to see you. thank you so much. he s gonna be standing by and we re going to have much more more on this breaking news throughout the shope. john. all right. on a fast-track for opening statements in the criminal case against dona