something that judge merchan can continue up to the time of sentencing. i m just thinking about the judge in the hearing with the gag orders where he said and none of the weight that was going on was lost on him and who this is in front of him. and he said, i don t want to send you to prison, but i have a job to do. we don t know if he s going the next thing i think the country s going to be waiting for is that, and what does prison for a former president look like? can it be done in fort brag in a room? i don t snow. unbelievable. unbelievable thought. thank you not just for being here today when this happened, it s fitting that you are both sitting here next to me, but for being here every day as this goes on. harry lipman, i know we lose you. saying thank you to your contributions to your hours for the trial are ones i d be going through and itemizing. thank you very much. for those of you at home joining us just now, you have been watching msnbc continuing cover
[gunfire and blasts] hopefully it goes up, but our canadian embassy did not contact due to the bad network services. we have a little hope to leave and save our lives. john: any moment now, the state department will provide an update on israel s war with hamas as a crucial border crossing opens for evacuations from gaza, and president biden posting on x moments ago, he expects americans will be among the people getting out. hello, john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be back. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york. a lot should be developing in the next couple of hours as we see dozens of foreign nationals, many of them badly injured lining up at the rafah crossing between gaza and egypt, desperate to flee the fighting that has gotten more intense since israeli troops began moving in last week. john: the first batch of evacuations came after qatar officials secured a deal to allow people to get to safety. it is unclear when americans will be allowed to leave and
two. i m john roberts in washington as we sit and watch and wait. sandra: every day is a new day. i m sandra smith, and this is america reports. the judge told the jurors they must be unanimous to find the former president guilty on any of the 34 counts that he currently faces. they also cannot hold trump s decision not to testify in this case against him. and when it comes to the prosecution s star witness, michael cohen, the judge told the jury that they cannot convict solely on his testimony. john: let s bring in our panel, trey gowdy, host andy gaudi, and lydia hu, correspondent for fox business. so andy, let s start with you. the jury has to unanimously believe that donald trump committed a crime in order to convict him. but they do not need to unanimously agree on what that crime was. and in what world does that work? andy: not in any world i have ever been in, john. you look at what makes it a criminal prosecution appropriate in the sense of taking somebody s
well, bell, it s great to see you. thank you so much. i knew our have seen a new central starts now good, morning, everyone. i m standing outside the manhattan criminal court. this is cnn special live coverage of the criminal case against donald trump. it s day is the day the jury gets the case. a case that began 44 days ago with jury selection. today, the jury deliberations begin in just about one. our court will open here. the judge will instruct the jury, then they will go behind closed doors and how long it takes. we just do not no, 34 counts against the former president charged with falsifying documents all to coverup payments to stormy daniels to influence the 2016 election. prosecutors say this is a case about election fraud. i do understand we re seeing pictures from outside trump tower, donald trump will leave his home their head down here. he has been speaking before he heads into the core or i do have to say today, if he speaks before going in, it could be part
the region. our message to anybody, and i can t confirm this report, our message to anybody who seeks to escalate and deepen the conflict, be mindful of how seriously we take our national security interests. 220 palestinians killed in the west bank, 197 since the beginning of the year, and how concerning that netanyahu is opening a new war front in the west bank considering the president spoke to this himself out in the rose garden talking about how dangerous extremists in the west bank are killing innocent palestinians. it s deeply concerning. each and every one of them is a tragedy, too. it s expected the senate will move forward to confirm jack liu as ambassador to israel. how do you see his role and impact on negotiations, is there a way to i know why there is concern with israel about fuel, but in terms of power or other of those services, you talked about wanting to see restoration, is there some other package that could be moved forward that you think could pro