Maria good thursday morning, thank you for joining us this morning. I am maria bartiromo, thursday may 9, your top stories, 6 00 a. M. On the east coast, President Trump on trial, Stormy Daniels is back on the stand and former President Trump hush money trial after making a scene on their first day of testimony with contradicting statements trumps team is reportedly planning a longer crossexamination after judge motion admitted part of her testimony were irrelevant details to the case will bring you alive report covenant. Rocket this morning indicated a decline at the start of trading, were looking at hours lower for stocks across the board as we look ahead to the Economic Data as well as earnings, jobless claims that 8 30 a. M. Eastern state with us for that, the bank of england every decision is out at 7 00 a. M. This morning we have mixed markets in the eurozone and as you can see some gains in some areas of germany but the others are lower this morning. , yesterday markets were mix
Emergency government for the duration of the military actions. Among the most important tasks is the release of civilians taken hostage. The head of our middle east news bureau, sergei pashkov, will tell you more about the situation in israel. Gaza militants captured many israelis, apparently, we are talking about dozens of people, these are parents with children, children, teenagers, and. Gaza young people at a music festival, these are military personnel, in total hamas reported that they managed to take 53 israelis hostage and bring them to the territory of the gaza strip, and more several dozen israelis remain under the control of militants as hostages, directly in those settlements near the gaza strip where fighting is currently taking place. The Israeli Defense forces are operating, and special forces have arrived there. In total, it is known that the collision occurs at twentyone points of contact. Some settlements in the israeli south are still controlled by militants, in the v
Fall of cygon. Uh, what do you make of this comparison between whats happening in cable and saigon in 1975 . I mean, you put them side by side, there it does appear to be a just comparison. But there was a difference. As us President Joe Biden says, fortunately, during the incidents in kabul, unlike what happened in sygan, no one got into a helicopter from the roof. Rooftop of the embassy, before the exit, all of the documents were burnt. On. Told stories are usually more important than those that have been revealed. It rarely happens that someone can get access to classified documents, and when the confidential documents are disposed, its like they never existed. But is there a way for the public to find out about the truth. Maybe the media are the only way. A media outlet reveals secrets, depending on the degree of its independence. In 2019, the Washington Post published a part of the secret documents on the us presence in afghanistan. The documents were known as the afghanistan pape
Of its independence. In 2019, the Washington Post published a part of the secret documents on the us presence in afghanistan. The documents were known as the afghanistan papers. A curious journalist at the Washington Post. Craig. Whitlock, a person who had been investigating afghanistan for a while and had been gathering documents. He published several thousand pages of documents, including interviews with scores of us generals and diplomats on security issues, but how did whitlock manage to do that . 2,00 pages of documents of of interviews that had been kept under wraps for number of years in which people who were in charge of the war admitted that. Uh the strategy was a mess, that they misled the american public. This important event happened after he got to know special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction segar, an organization that was established by the us congress in 2008 to inspect the reconstruction in afghanistan. General john sapco is the head and special inspec
In terms of capability, theres going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the of the United States from afghanistan, getting out of the us embassy in afghanistan from the rooftop, what does that exactly mean . August 13th, 2021, the us embassy in coble, transferring us staff and officials with helicopter. The fall of cobble was like the incident that happened 46 years ago in the us embassy in vietnam, the incident that was known as the fall of cygon uh, what do you make of this compare . Between whats happening in cable and saigon in 1975, i mean you put them side by side, there it does appear to be a just comparison, but there was a difference, as us President Joe Biden says, fortunately, during the incidents in kabul, unlike what happened in simon, no one got into a helicopter from the rooftop of the embassy, before the exit, all of the documents were burnt. Untold stories are usually more important than those that have been revealed, i