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judge jeanine pirro, piers morgan, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. president biden completely bombing in his first news conference since hamas carried out their barbaric terror attacks against israel. the president sounding out of breath and could barely muster up the energy to give israel a passionate defense. the big news right now is that israel has reportedly agreed to delay their invasion of gaza so that the u.s. can rush michelle defenses to the region to protect u.s. troops there. but biden says it wasn t me. have you sought assurances from him but he will hold off on the ground invasion into gaza until the safe release of the hostages can be assured? no. what i have indicated to him is that if that s possible to get these folks out safely, that s what he should do. it s their decision. but i did not demand it. i pointed out to him, if it s real, it should be done. obviously, they are in jeopardy. the question ....
at least eight are dead, dozens injured. now the truck driver accused of dui and facing charges. just out, the first ntsb report on that baltimore bridge collapse. what happened on that ship before impact? president biden announcing sweeping new tariffs on china s goods, including raising the tax on their electric cars to 100%. nbc news investigates the battle between the church and a library in a place known as the hometown of superman. and superstar caitlin clark making her pro debut as the new wnba season tips off. announcer: this is ester h. nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the gloves came off today in the criminal trial of donald trump, as the defense got its chance to question former trump lawyer and fixer michael cohen. trump attorney todd blanche confronting cohen with his history of lies, peppering him with questions designed to expose potential holes in his credibility, painting him as a disgruntled former employee ben ....
a officer that protected the building and a convicted rioter are both on the ballot. the 11th hour gets underway tonight. good evening once again, we are live from dc and we are now 175 days away from the election. today trumps criminal trial in new york, defense attorneys got their chance to go after michael cohen. the defense taught portray him as obsessed with a desire for revenge against trump himself. here is my colleague with more. tonight trump s defense team tearing into the star witness. trumps self-described fixer turned critic is out for revenge on his former boss. do you want trump to get convicted in this case the defense attorney asked, sure cohen acknowledged. confirming he recently said the former president belongs in a cage like a animal. the defense trying to paint him as motivated to lie. that now his financial livelihood including media appearances and podcasts centers on trashing trump. cohen acknowledging he has made more than 300 million on hi ....
confronting him about his own social media attacks on mr. trump. the tense questions coming after cohen detailed a 2017 white house meeting when mr. trump allegedly agreed to reimburse him for the hush money payment to stormy daniels. the jury seeing the checks. also, the pressure cohen says he felt from the former president not to flip on him, and how cohen says his family finally convinced him to turn on his old boss. also tonight, the horrifying crash in florida. a bus carrying farm workers colliding with a pickup. at least eight are dead, dozens injured. now the truck driver accused of dui and facing charges. just out, the first ntsb report on the baltimore bridge collapse. what happened on that ship before impact. president biden announcing sweeping new tariffs on china s goods, including raising the tax on their electric cars to 100%. nbc news investigates the battle between the church and a library in a place known as the hometown of superman. and superst ....
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m josé diaz-balart. we begin this busy hour with escalating tensions across college campuses nationwide. hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested as students across the country protest israel s war against hamas in gaza. local police moved in on some of the student encampments as some universities urged protesters to disperse. the university of georgia confirmed police arrested protesters who had set up tents on that campus. there s no sign these demonstrations are slowing down. just this morning, the president of columbia university in new york said the school will not divest from israel. she added, quote, one group s rights to express their views cannot come at the expense of another group s right to speak, teach, and learn. joining us now, nbc s antonia hylton live from columbia s campus. good morning, what s it like on campus to today? reporter: good morning, jose. well, there s a standoff really ha ....