today on inside politics waiting and watching. we are about to find out how much donald trump will have to pay after being found liable for defamation and sexual abuse. it is now all up to the jury. we will have live updates from inside the courtroom. plus, pushing for a pause. president biden dispatched his cia director to help negotiate a deal to release israeli hostages kidnapped during the brutal october 7th attack. this as we are learning about a very tense call between the u.s. president and the israeli prime minister. and ignoring the supreme court. that s what the state of texas is doing when it comes to the southern border, and almost every republican governor is supporting the decision. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. as we speak donald trump s attorney is giving her closing argument in the e. jean carroll defamation trial. the jury will start deliberating this afternoon on how much trump must pay in damages. this morn
officials say there is no timetable for slowing the pounding of gaza, a war cabinet member comes to washington where pressure is growing to end it soon. also tonight, does he think it is festive or something? the former president aired his grievances, makes a list, and tells the people on it what to do and where to do it. plus, alexei navalny missing and feared that in russia s. prison system, he resurfaces. bringing a christmas message of courage, hope, and good cheer, from one of the coldldest cornes of the modern-day . good evening everyone, john berman here for anderson, we begin with he was officials. trying to steer israel towards. a new lesson tense of less. destructive phase of its. campaign in gaza and israeli officials signaling they are in no hurry. one of those officials in washington to night meeting with secretary of state anthony blinken and national security adviser jake sullivan. we re going to have the latest on those meetings which wrapped up about six minu
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