Lucas has more from delaware. 11 warships in all. InterNational Waters off the coast of alaska early last week. The largest in u. S. History. There was no reaction between the chinese warships that a spokesman went on to say in a statement to fox north come acty monitored the naval patrol that operated near alaska early last week. Aaron maritime assets under our command conducted operations to make sure that the defense of the United States and canada that patrol ended up in National Waters and the patrol is not a threat. Guiding Missile Destroyers to shadow that appeared the u. S. Navy routinely does the same thing to russia and china sailing warships and Flying Spy Tray spy planes towards each country. Rc 135 our aircraft back in the South China Sea in may. Officials say the russian and chinese are just returning the favor. Dan sullivan says he is concerned about this saying this is unprecedented in terms of the size and scope of this joint naval tax force between russia and china wo
impossible to separate donald trump s political fate from his legal one. trump today not knowing a victory lap over his major win in iowa, but spending the past several hours in a new york city courtroom. though he isn t required to be there at all. he isn t planning who hold a campaign rally in new hampshire until later tonight. why, you might ask? well, an nbc news entrance poll from iowa may provide a big clue. nearly two-thirds of republicans said he would still be fit to serve another term as president even if he s convicted of a crime. just 31% said it would make him unfit. so, the former president has been leaning into his court battles instead of shying away. using them as a platform, including a fund-raising platform. and as a political opportunity to show his supporters he s not afraid to fight. and that brings us to right now. the new trial involving e. jean carroll, the woman who trump was found civilly responsible of sexually abusing more than two decades ago. to
comment on this scandal. now, the first tactic, it s no big deal. this whistleblower s saying that the irs wanted actually tougher charges for hunter biden. it s not unusual for investigators and prosecutors to have disagreements before they, you know, as you go through these cases. how many times do they have disagreements along the way? all the time. all the time. yeah. all the time. this is part of the process. this is the way that it works. and it s what we want. laura: this is what we want. well, that s the only honest thing said in that exchange. that of course refuses to acknowledge the most incredible claim of all that joe was in the room where it happened when hunter was demanding money for his family from a chinese businessman, all ccp a provshgsd of course. here s how they covered that. the we have not verified it. it s based on a what s app, we don t know the verification on that, we don t know if huntr was exaggerating talking to someone if it
its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other attorneys.
information, corruptly concealing documents nationa, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and alsoracy to 18 u.s.c. 1001e statements. now, let s not pretend here because over the next year, mayb. e more than that, maybeonger, longer, we re going to be seeing a very complicated legal process that will unfold regarding this indictment. ste we re going to cover it every step of the way as it does es unfold. e at dif and i m sure at different points, you re going to see merrick garland, the attorney on the hill, insisting that this prosecutionthe hill all bee by the books without political fear or favor. are going to be filed.motion cross motions are goings to be filed. leaks will happen, but maybe in an unconventional wa hapy. but i want to be veryy clea clear upfront herer . tens of millions of americans believe that donald trump isican being indicted by d fbi because he s a political opponent of the d.c. establishment and joe biden and, of course est he s the most popular rep