i won t be resting. i don t dressed. tonight, the collapse of trump s final witness and the judges crucial decisions about what the jury will decide. then, another former trump s lawyer silenced in court. i don t want to mute you, but i need to move on. and the rnc head of election integrity arraigned for voter fraud. and why samuel alito s ethical nightmare for the supreme court is not going away. created a situation that we are all talking about, so i think it was a mistake. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. after five weeks the first criminal trial of a former u.s. president is nearly over. the defense rested this morning. i called only two witnesses and despite all his bravado and insistence is to the contrary, donald trump was not one of them. we knew that. instead we heard briefly from a paralegal about phone records before a man named robert costello took the stand. costello is a former federal prosecutor. a ver
you were texting with her when all of this was happening and she was locked in her safe room. thank you, mary, for your service. we re praying for israel. thank you so much. ainsley: you re welcome. second hour of fox & friends starts right now. brian: we start at the white house, president biden expected to formally take questions today. in a news conference for the first time since hamas news conference. lawrence: comes as secretary of state confirms confirms 33americans were killee terrorist group and more still missing. ainsley: family members of israelis held captive in gaza are meeting on capitol hill today. steve: i m in washington as the sun comes up and big news is mike johnson and the new front runner in the race and house speaker. we could see a vote starting at noon today in that building behind us. trey yingst on the ground in southern israel with the very latest, trey. reporter: good morning, israelis continue their strike against the gaza strip a
but mark meadows always felt it was rigged and it was rigged and stolen and because it was rigged and stolen our country has gone to hell. look at the border, israel. that would have never happened. ukraine would have never happened. our country is going to hell. look at energy independent we were. now we re not energy independent, not close. we buy energy from venezuela and lots of other places and we are a nation in decline all because of a rigged and stolen election. thank you very much. giuliani, do you think he will take a deal? dana: president trump making some comments today before the trial resumes here in new york court. michael cohen his former lawyer and fixer is on the stand for a second day and today trump s lawyers will be asking him questions. poking holes in the case. one comment he does believe that mike johnson, who is the republican nominee for speaker, is likely to win. doesn t seem like he will try to torpedo that nomination. bill: put out a post in
with us again on this unusual and special time on the beat that does it for us. you can find me on line. the last word with lawrence o donell is up next. at 10:11 a.m. today, donald trump s lead lawyer stood and said, your honor, the defense rests. the truth was, there was no defense. the team of high-priced trump defense lawyers are actually paid by the deluded people who send in contributions in response to donald trump s relentless begging for money from people he promised he would never ask for money. when he began his first presidential campaign major selling point was he was so rich he could pay for his own campaign and he was incorruptible and would never ask him or anyone else money and then he proceeded to never spend not a single penny. he loaned his campaign some money at the beginning but the campaign paid him back through the donations of those poor deluded people who sent the money to the liar who promised he would never ask for money. and now their money ha
us this afternoon for a small sliver of it. jessica, thanks for being with us this week. stay would see an end because the lead with jake tapper starts right now i heated hearing today for a different criminal cases involving donald trump, who lead starts right now the hush money cover-up trial is quiet today, but another case is turning into a shouting match. attorneys attorneys trading barbs in that federal classified documents case in florida. as trump s co-defendants, walt nauta accused his prosecutors of selectively and vindictively charging him with a crime plus new video showing the very moment that five young israeli women were kidnapped by the terrorists of from us. the footage is horrifying and graphic why their families wanted this video released. now and uh, judges ruling today on the iconic graceland mansion did something i m i m trying to scam their way into buying the property once owned by elvis welcome to the lean on jake tapper. we re going to start toda