president to his israeli counterpart makes what he told the world, less than two months ago, seem frankly a world away. i come to israel with a single message, you are not alone. you are not alone. as long as the united states stands, it will stand forever, we will not let you be alone. right now, the two nations are no longer in the biden administration officials have advised israel that their campaign of overwhelming force needs to and, and and soon. within weeks, it is not quite an ultimatum, sources made that clear. but the united states is now more willing to say that quiet part out loud. they believe that israel is simply killing too many palestinian civilians, and far too many palestinian children. president biden outright accused israeli forces of, quote, indiscriminate bombing. it s an accusation that israel heard, and looked right past. he is saying, you are bombing gaza without care. absolutely not. and you know what, you know, let s just see history. ame
rudy giuliani. jury deliberations began today and ruby freeman and shaye moss s civil death defamation suit against giuliani, we started on monday. the two women are seeking $47 million in damages for the torrent of abuse and threats of violence that they say rudy giuliani brought on them with his lies in the aftermath of donald trump s defeat in the 2020 election. after promising monday that he would take the stand and testify in his own defense, in the lawsuit brought against him by the two election workers, he apparently had a change of heart. it s also possible that giuliani s legal team decided to putting him on the stand would be a disaster after he said this outside the courthouse on monday. whatever happened to them, which is unfortunate if other people overreact, but everything i said about them is true. do you regret what you did. of course i don t regret it. i told the truth. those remarks led the judge, beryl howell, to suggest that rudy giuliani might hav
wednesday night. alex wagner tonight s starting now. good evening alex. yeah. definitely the fact that we were talking about who is alone. 150,000 florida republicans i believe have signed on to that ballot. it is just an epically appalling move to try to do this to people across the u.s.. it is a disastrous political decision. they will pay, and pay, and pay as long as they can keep trying to do this. thank you chris. thank you jessica as always. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. anks to you at home the criminat donald trump, the one that was most likely to be completed before the 2024 election, the special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case today, it effectively came to a standstill. it was frozen, or in legal terminology, its deadlines were stayed. two weeks ago the judge in that case, judge tanya chutkan, denied the claim that the entire case would be null and void because of quote, presidential immunity. trump s lawyers immediat
now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, in for lawrence. good evening, ali. you know, alex, you and i sometimes talk about serious things, and once in a while talk to your colleagues about when you re not on camera? you and i had a remarkable conversation before the show, topic being hair, which i don t think most people would think that you and i would be talking about. yeah, i mean, listen, just because you are not and enthusiastic of the hair salon, necessarily, does not mean that you don t have valid opinions. we managed to fill a few minutes a conversation. and we feel some more conversation on live television in front of an american audience. we ll see you soon. have a. great show. it s not the weekend. this is how i m thinking of things. it s wednesday. we are tracking a number of major developments tonight, the cases against defendant donald trump, including a delay tracked by the former president including the hand of one federal judge overs
right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news at a courthouse in washington, rudy giuliani no longer set to testify today in his own defense in the defamation case brought by two election workers. why did the man once known as america s mayor decide not to take the stand? plus, donald trump s fed in pause. will this force the judge to change the trial date? also ahead, the house voting to launch an impeachment inquiry, so why now after a year of investigation resulting in no evidence of wrongdoing by president biden? and later, the return of vladimir putin s hours long year-end news conference, the first since the invasion of ukraine. his new admissions about the war and what he said about a potential prisoner swap with the u.s. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news from washington. in major reversal, rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his defamation trial. he wa