continue to slaughter more innocent ukrainians. we don t want to see that. again, we ll see what these leaders come out with and what they say at the end of these discussions. we ll watch this very, very closely. again, we have communicated privately to the chinese. we certainly have communicated it publicly that that would not be an outcome that s to the better, not only of china and their interest, but certainly to the ukrainian people and to the whole idea of peace. what does it say to you that after the international criminal court issued that arrest warrant for putin, that, a, xi did still show up in russia, but you saw putin over the weekend in mariupol, in all of these other cities. i think to your first question, you ve got to keep this relationship in some sort of context here. these are two nations who chafe and bristle at the idea of u.s. leadership or u.s. influence around the world. they don t like playing by the r rules, that the world order has in place and
Minds around that we would like to project on israel the kind of government we would like there to be in israel. We have the government that there is. Netanyahu is beholden to the most far right elements ever in a coalition and that is the reality staring us in the face. Ben rhodes, thank you for your time. That is our show for this evening. Now it is time for last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, alex. It was a shorter day in the courtroom, but an important day in the courtroom. Everyone at the table was in the courtroom today. The regular gang, lisa rubin, andrew weissmann. We are done now. The evidence is in. We can make evaluations about where the evidence stands in a more important way tonight than before. And important questions i am sure they will have thoughts on that the judge will have to answer in the coming days. Have a good show. Well, at 10 11 a. M. Today Donald Trumps lead criminal Defense Lawyer todd blanche stood and said, your honor, the defense rests. The t
Its now 4 00 in new york. This Morning A Key chapter until the first ever criminal trial of an american expresident came to a close. The Testimony Phase of the people of the great state of new york vermont vs. Donald trump is over after the defense rested its case and trump in the end did not testify. Although just a few weeks ago, he said this, quote, im testifying. I tell the truth. Whatever that means. Happening right now in court, prosecutors and trumps Defense Attorneys are discussing the instructions that the judge will give to the jury. Its incredibly important. Where donald trump faces 34 Felony Charges for falsifying Business Records in order to conceal another crime. Well keep you posted on all of the updates out of those proceedings. We turn to the dramatic events this morning in court. Team trump resting its case, one was a paralegal and the other was the attorney robert cost tell la lo. Whatever credibility he had left after his outburst in court, the ones that resulted in
Www. Chicagohumanities. Org event next month, i am headed up to canada. I will be in calgary june 3rd, toronto june 24th and vancouver on june 27th. I will keep you posted on all the details on social media. You can follow me on all the things. I hope to see you there. That does it for me. Thank you for watching. The Katie Phang Show begins right now. W. Donald trump lost two debates in 2020 and he has not shown up right away since then and acting like he wants to debate me again. Make my day. The first matchup with no student what is to take place june 27th. The earliest in modern history. Had i been present by, when adjusted for broad indictments, i would have parted him. It makes present abided the big and the person imparting the the little guy. This is the man that showed up to support donald trump, all wearing the same suit and the same type. They look like a due up group called the four reasons. They look to a mens warehouse softball team. The testimony of former t donald trump
testimony. we know he will also be there at the courthouse today. so he could potentially be called as a rebuttal witness. but we ll see if the grand jury wants to hear from him as well. now, costello told me a few moments ago, he s handed over hundreds of documents to the manhattan district attorney s office. hundreds of e-mails about his former representation of cohen, and some contemporaneous memos he made of key events during the time that he was representing cohen, and cohen, of course, waived attorney/client privilege, which costello says is really unusual. the hope from the trump team here is that costello will corroborate michael cohen s earlier reflections yes on the hush money payment, that it was all him and only him. exactly. there s been an evolution in the narrative of exactly what happened here. and of course, several years ago, michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and other crimes, but he s always insisted more recently that he did a