Thats it for me, thank you for watching news night. Passing the ball out to laura coates, live, it starts right now. Hey laura. I love this relay race, its like a track team. I love it. I cant run as fast as you, i am sure. Nice to see, obviously right back here tomorrow. Have a good show. Thank you a key witness flips, what will she say under oath and about the former president of the United States. Thats tonight on laura coates live. Guilty. Not accused, not allegedly, guilty. Now that is the word that describes a former member of trumps inner circle. Attorney sydney powell pled guilty today to six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference and performance of election duties. Remember this moment is what she said, well, remember this, about the kraken . Im going to release the kraken. Well, i happen to love a good Clash Of The Titans reference, but in this case she didnt release anything and, remember, the sydney powell would say one of the theories about hugo chavez in venezuela . The software that goes into other Computerized Coding Systems here, as well, were created in venezuela at the direction of hugo chavez to make sure that he never lost an election. Remember her Legal Defense in the dominion case, no reasonable person would believe her Election Fraud claims even though she was saying them. Now, she was facing 70 Felony Charges including a and had been facing jail time. But now it is just probation, not jail time the prosecutions asking for, and thats all, right . Well, not exactly. You Better Believe that when a prosecutor makes a plea offer, as she seems to have gotten, there is going to be some conditions. She will have to testify in future trials as impossibly testifying again to now former codefendant. And one of them is a man by the name of donald trump. Will that come to pass . We will have to see. We have a lot to talk about with my expert guest, weve got michael, more former u. S. Attorney for the middle district of georgia, and former federal prosecutor Elliott Williams is here tonight. Plus, on a very busy news tonight, president Bidens Oval Office address to the nation. But, did his message, to the American People, land with the American People . Will it come down to the emotion or the numbers . Were going to the magic wall to break down what americans do think about aid and the scope and the tenure of that aid to israel and also, dont forget about ukraine. And we are on the ground in tel aviv tonight with reaction to the president s address. But i want to begin with sydney powells bombshell guilty plea in the Georgia Election subversion case. Remind you, a few days before the trial was set to begin Michael Moore and Elliott Williams are here with me now. I love it when lawyers are on the set. I tell you, it makes me feel all giddy inside, mostly because i have been, as you have been, following this case and wondering what would happen here. We are literally on the eve of this trial, a jury selection. When you saw this guilty plea, one, were you surprised . Well, im glad to be with you on set. I wasnt totally surprised, i mean, this is sort of standard prosecutor playbook. Indict people and you try to get them to flip and become witnesses in your other cases. What was interesting here with the trial is expedited because she had filed a motion for a speedy trial, so everything was kind of moving on a quick basis. That was her right. There is a specific statute in georgia that allows her to do that, she did it, she took advantage of it. So now, it feels like things are moving a little bit quickly but some of thats because that speedy trial motion. What is going to be interesting is what they are able to get out of her. What will the prosecutor get . She pled guilty to charges related to the colton county, that with voting machines, paying some people to go down there. Not so much about trump, remember, this is a very detailed indictment and it really doesnt have a big tie there. I think what is more interesting is what she may be offering the federal case, whether or not for jack smiths case, not fani willis . Whether or not there is some conditions, whether shes made some statements. We dont know yet, but she may have made statements that would be useful not prosecution. When you look at it, and the cost inquisitor, and obviously plea officers, theyre not intended to be something that no defendant would ever want to take. Theres got to be a little bit of give intake in order to make it work. When you look at this and the end result, probation, not the full seven charges, the day practical before trial, do you think that this is something that the prosecutions case was stronger or weaker than they thought . Thats an interesting question. I think they are confident that they are getting something out for. Now, something that we all know is that the overwhelming majority of criminal defendants plead guilty in federal system, it is upwards of 90 and i am sure in the State Of Georgia its roughly the same. Which, by the way, is sometimes indicative of what we have talked about injustice in this country, that costbenefit analysis deeply rather than go through trial is more enticing. It is literally sometimes called the trial penalty, where people so it is wholly unsurprising that she actually did plead guilty. The sentence here, i think were all in agreement, is really not that much at all. I guess they are confident that they are getting something useful out of her, but, like michael said, it is hard to know exactly she is providing. Now, she was present for this, sort of, bonkers meeting on september 18th 2020, has people in the room called It Team Crazy versus team normal. Remind us again about this meeting, people forget. Drinking out of a fire hose, they forget about that. These arent my words, this is white House Attorneys referring to a number of people around foreign president trump, a team crazy, making this argument to install sydney powell as a special investigator, a Special Prosecutor overseeing all matters of elections. Even people in the room thought made literally no sense. She can testify as to conversations in that room, things that were said to her, to the president , by the president , and anybody else in there that might be charged with crimes. So that is one thing, but, beyond that, its hard to know what useful testimony are going to get out of her. You know the tendency, whenever you have, obviously donald trump is in a room litigious, lee it takes a lot of the action, i think forget the other 17 codefendants, what about trump . It could be that she is useful with the other 17 codefendants. Chesbrough maybe not, because he doesnt want to be tried with her, but is this for donald trump . Because it is now the second person to have pled guilty, not in the case may be out of d. C. , as you mentioned, but is this significant to him . It is. Its somebody that is described as his inner circle entering a guilty plea in charges hes connected with. We just dont know the detail that she can give abouts particular involvement, but shes just a piece of the puzzle. She is not necessarily the Silver Bullet of the case, but i think she might give some context to sort of the involvement going on. Do you know, i really thought the plea itself was a little bit anticlimactic. It is a misdemeanor, she is pleading just six different misdemeanors, so it sounds like a six different sentences, but its not, its 12 months that run after each other. She finishes her sentence, she has no record, if he can still vote into all of those things. So to put all the drama of bringing people in and parading them in to be processed and arrested and talk about the largest Election Case it was a little bit anticlimactic. That told me two things. Number, one it could be that she has good information, we dont know. But it also could mean that the state saw this as a way to sort of help dispose of an early case that may not want to lay their entire trial out right now before the trump trial is set. They may not want to do a preview. This is what this is going to be, just a preview for the rest of those defendants to see the entire case. You make a strong point, because the calendar was not the front of the prosecutors in the case. They have to be prepared to try the case when they have indicted, essentially. But, the idea of the preview, remember they made this argument that they had a time altogether because it would be repetitive, it would be an inefficient use of the resources the court, that this would have sucked the quaint, its trials with the same evidence. But, it is interesting that the misdemeanors, she can still vote. She can still vote in georgia. Part of this has to be a letter of the people of georgia, an apology of some kind, i cannot wait to read that particular letter, i have to say, but she can still vote. She can still vote. Well save that letter for a second, and along the lines of the clip that you played at the beginning, some of these quotes and, really aggressive statements made by her. This is an individual who is as much of a true believer in what we can call the big lie as anybody else, now with play out. I want to underline your point, its really good one. Lets play some of what elliotts talking about and how significant it has been. We are not going to be intimidated, we are not going to back down, we are going to clean this mess up now. President trump won by a landslide, we are going to prove it and we are going to reclaim the United States of america for the people who vote for freedom. Now, she has to accept responsibility in order to plead guilty and she needs to walk into a court and say, as she sort of did today, but to say i engaged in acts of fraud, i acknowledge this conduct. It is vastly different in the wars iso right there. Is she going to stick to the line where, you know, she sits beneath the conduct, or she going to sort of wobble. She issued a Statement Today saying patriots, look out, the news we are going to have tomorrow. So im not convinced that this individual doesnt go to trial and that this plea agreement doesnt fall apart in some way, but who knows. We have seen Plea Agreements implode before and maybe some people just like stepping on a rake. Who knows . Not me, Michael Moore, Elliott Williams, thank you so much. Next, were on the ground in tel aviv with reaction to president Bidens Oval Office address tonight. Hes reminding americans who we are and what we stand for. Lets not forget who we are. We reject all forms, all forms of hate. Whether against muslims, choose, or anyone. That is what great nations do. Well, tonight, a rare Oval Office Address from President Joe Biden really laying out his case for why he thinks the United States public should support wartime aid to not only ukraine, but also israel. This, as the world faces a series of crises. American leadership will hold the world together. American alliances will keep us, america, safe. American values are what make us a partner other nations want to work with. To put all of that at risk if we walk away from ukraine, we turn our backs on israel, its just not worth it. Joining me now from tel aviv, cnn anchor kaitlan collins. Kaitlan, so good to see you. Biden has been making the case that it is not only about, perhaps, the humanity, but also about National Security and that balance for the american public. What stuck out most do you . Yeah, he said he didnt really blame people for asking why is the u. S. Sending so much money to ukraine, or spending so much money to israel, but he laid out why he believes that was important. Its not just about those two respective nations, but how those battles arent fought there, if those fights arent fought for, what he says is democracy versus autocracy, then those battles will happen in the United States or u. S. Troops could be involved. So he was kind of drawing the through line between these two separate wars, to war zones he is now visit with his trip here in tel aviv just yesterday and was making this argument and equating to two very different entities, hamas, of course, the terrorist group, in gaza and Vladimir Putin of russia. Saying they are both fighting democracy, they are neighbors who have this democracies. It was this through line of something that is two very different situations but he tied them together as the reason hes asking for congress for this major ask in funding for both. Meanwhile, he is tying these together, but youve got congress that has their hands tied and not doing anything, obviously, because they dont have the speaker of the house and theres no actual end in sight for that yet. You hear about President Biden making that pitch, asking for that paid, i mean, is it not only falling on deaf ears but also a hands that cannot do anything about it . Yeah, it is going to a Paralyzed Congress tomorrow when he sends this over. The senate seems very clear that they would like to pass this. Youve heard from some senators who disagree with funding for ukraine, but overall there is a pretty unanimous consensus in the senate from both democrats and republicans. In the house does not even consensus within the republican conference, they cant decide who they want to elect. They are debating whether or not they should empower the guy who is temporarily interposition, really just as a caretaker, to do the job in january because jim jordan cannot get the votes. So it really does strike you when you listen to President Bidens speech tonight, this rare Oval Office Address, only the second time hes addressed of the country from there, and then you think about down Pennsylvania Avenue in capitol hill, republicans are behind closed doors, essentially yelling expletives at one another, blocking each other on twitter, fighting, and cannot elect a house speaker. President biden says, ultimately, he does believe that will get resolved. This aid will get past, but it is quite a notable roadblock. Kaitlan collins, thank you so much. Look, as President Biden is it calling for more american aid for ukraine and also israel, i want to take a look at just what the u. S. Has provided so far. Cnns tom foreman, hes at the magic wall to break it all down for us tonight. So, tom, what can you tell us . Since russia invaded ukraine in early 2020 to the u. S. Has sent tanks and missiles and artillery, drones, Missile Defense systems, troop transports, radar, loads of Infantry Weapons and equipment and so on, all in all more than 75 Billion Dollars worth of aid has gone to ukraine from the u. S. And, military spending, this part right here, accounts for well over half of that total. That is much, much more than the u. S. Sends to any other country and it absolutely dwarfs american contributions to israel, which, in 2021, was in the typical range of 3 to 4 billion dollars, laura . Wow, just seeing the numbers laid out it is really stunning to think about. Its quite a difference. We have recent cnn polling, i think, on what americans actually think about what you just described. Lets start with israel, what do those polls say . If you look at this american sympathy for israel is on a real upswing right now. So you might expect strong support for that relatively modest amount of u. S. Aid to israel, but the numbers paint a murkier picture. 35 of americans say the current level of aid is about right, 15 say it is too much, 14 say it is too little, and 36 , the largest singlegroup, say they are unsure. An interesting side note in this, the numbers show that republicans and those who watch the news closely are more favorable to this current level of aid, or . What about ukraine funding . Is there polling about that . Yeah, we have one back in august. In that case it shows a dramatic drop since the early days of the war and a large majority of americans favorite help to ukraine. Whether it is because the length of the conflict or the ron out of money that he sent that way, 55 of americans, this number right down here, they are currently saying there should be no additional funding for ukraine. And 45 say the money should keep flowing. Here, republicans are saying that is enough spending for ukraine. They strongly oppose more spending and democrats fully favor more money for the fight against the russians. So, all of these numbers, but all of this together, but together the turmoil on capitol hill, thats what President Biden is up against 20 made that speech tonight and what hell be up against incoming days. Tom foreman, thank you for bringing it all down. It was really helpful to see the numbers right there, i appreciate it. Well, President Biden is making a direct plea tonight to the American People and he is calling aid for israel and ukraine. Hes calling it an investment, but did he make his case . Ill ask the experts. And later ill talk with the uncle of nathan Natalee Holloway just days after her killer confessed. The power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. And thats a good thing . Great in my book who are you . No power . No problem. Introducing stormready wifi. 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