or friendship with him, end quote. a spokeswoman for mr. gates said friday he stands by his 2019 statement to the journal and declined to comment any further. cnn has hasn t independently been able to verify the journal s reporting of why ms. gates was seeking divorce and the couple hasn t commented publicly beyond their initial twitter announcement. according to journal sources and documents reviewed, melinda gates said their marriage was irretrievably broken and a spokeswoman for ms. gates didn t respond to questions. jessica, thank you very much. top of the hour. thank you for staying with us. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. president joe biden promised to work with republicans on many big-ticket items and this week that promise will be tested. last hour president biden laid out another piece of his covid recovery plan and pushed back against republican claims that he is sending the economy into a, quote, tailspin. so, some months will exceed expectation
will continue to apologise. and russia and nato hold their first face-to-face apologise. and russia and nato hold their first face-to-face talks - apologise. and russia and nato hold their first face-to-face talks in - their first face to face talks in two years as tensions remain high over the build up of russian troops in the boot order border with ukraine. let s begin with prince andrew. prince andrew has failed to get a civil case in the united states, which accuses him of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, dismissed. virginia giuffre is suing the duke of york, claiming that he abused her when she was seventeen at the homes ofjeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell. the prince has strenuously denied the allegations, but the ruling by the judge in new york today means the civil trial can now go ahead. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. everything for andrew had rested on this ruling and it has gone against him. in his 43 page ruling in the case of vir
good day. i m jose diaz-balart back with you for another hour. andrea mitchell is on assignment. we are keeping watch on the manhattan courthouse where the jury is back in the courtroom and donald trump s defense team is starting cross-examination of a key witness in the former president s first criminal trial. the questions towards stormy daniels former attorney. earlier today, a second gag order hearing for additional alleged violations after judge merchan found trump in context tuesday and warned the only way to deter further violations might be jail time. the state insisting it s not what they are after in hopes of keeping disruptions to a minimum. the first violations were done on social media on his campaign website. we begin this hour with nbc s yasmin vasiljevs and jeffrey sloman. what s the latest from inside the court? the question going into this was, what was the purpose of davidson s testimony when it comes to the prosecution? that was setting up the purp
but the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers and numbers, my friend, don t lie. really election interference. it s all it is. ridiculous. the numbers are much greater. you have a racist attorney general who made some terrible. this showing as trump beating biden in five states. steve kornacki breaks it all down one year ahead of the election. overnight, new israeli air strikes on gaza city now surrounded by israeli tanks and troops where hundreds of thousands of civilians remain now cut off from escape routes from the south. and secretary of state blinken made unannounced stops in the west bank and baghdad after israel s prime minister netanyahu apparently rejected his calls to limit the air strikes and have temporary pauses to aid can get in and americans can get out. good day. former president trump is testifying in his new york civil fraud trial. the case that could collapse his new york real estate business. the judge telling mr. trump s attorne
hi there, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. in a few minutes president biden will address the community of lewiston, maine, the community still reeling from a mass shooting just over one week ago. 18 people were killed in that shooting. the victims range in age from 14 years old to 76. the story of what this community has been forced to endure is one that has become all too familiar to all of us. 18 people some of whom were out playing corn hole at the local bar, others were bowling with their families at youth night. new dads, sign language interpreters, honor students, youth bowling coaches. some of the latest victims in america s gun violence crisis epidemic. the new york times reports this,that, quote, the vit will most likely also be an opportunity for president biden to repeat his call far ban on assault weapons and tougher gun control and mental health measures that have been blocked on capitol hill. with me at the table, former top official at the department of justi