the stand. his testimony a day after paul pelosi shared his chilling first memory after the attack, saying quote, he remembers waking up in a pool of blood. plus right now, powerful images are coming out of d.c. tens of thousands of people standing together. a forceful show of support for israel. loved ones of hostages demanding their release today while the idf shares heartbreaking news that a 19-year-old that was being held captive is now dead. what we know about her, the revelation that one israeli peace activist thought to be held hostage in gaza was actually killed on october 7th. and a lot of new developments there. our nbc news reporters are following all of those developments but we begin on capitol hill where we just heard from that senator who stood up seemingly ready to fight a witness before the committee. ali vitali is reporting for us. what did he say, ali? >> basically, no regrets, chris. he defended his actions that happened during the committee hearing. look, this is congress. we've seen tense exchanges before. but this really did seem like it was going to escalate to a place where you do not often see in the halls of congress. so much so that the senator's colleague on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders, put his hand out and said you're a u.s. senator. almost reminding him, he could not stand up, try to remove his wedding ring and almost walk towards one of the people testifying. now it's a moment where senator mullen is saying he doesn't regret it and he says he didn't do his research good enough in the words of mullen, talking about the man from the teamsters who he almost came to blows with. thankfully it didn't almost come to a physical altercation. >> we're seeing in this tape now from the hearing. bernie sanders had to step in. >> yeah. that hand is doing a lot of work there as senator sanders tries to use it to physically caution down his colleague there as he stands up and again, maybe tries to remove his wedding ring, but sanders' hand consistently there and his words, even though we can't hear it now, he's saying to him, you're a united states senator, trying to ease the conversation down. at least just make it that it doesn't come to blows. >> a dramatic development in just the last 90 minutes. the man accused of nearly beating paul pelosi to death with a hammer taking the stand in his own defense. what are we hearing from david depape? >> talk about dramatic. in a stunning move, the defense calling him to the stand. our in-court producerescribing his mannerisms as bursts of speech. he talked about the night when he broke into the home, saying he woke paul pelosi up, he tried to block him from going down an elevator in his broom and when he saw the police lights show up at the door, he hit paul pelosi because he felt like his plan had been thwarted. they are trying to show he was at the pelosi home not to kidnap her or hurt paul pelosi because of nancy pelosi's title in congress, which is why he's been charged with these federal charges of attempted kidnapping and assault on a federal official's family. they are hoping that his conspiracy laced, his conspiracy theory thinking won't sway the jury because that is why he we want to the home. to lure nancy to get her to lure another target so he could get to hunter biden. he said that was his number one target. we heard from paul pelosi yesterday. he talked about that moment and how he knew something was very serious. he tried to remain calm. as you mentioned, he woke up in that pool of blood. he says the headache has gotten lighter, but it was a point where he couldn't stand or walk without feeling dizzy or lightheaded. but there were also moments of levity where he joked about his hair is finally growing back and he credited the fact to his italian roots. right now, the defense has a couple more witnesses an the jury is expected to get that case today and we could have a verdict by friday. >> dana griffin, thank you so much. now to jesse kirsch in washington, d.c. with that huge crowd of people at the march for israel. i understand the israeli president just addressed the crowd. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yes, that's right. he wrapped up a short time ago. they're on to the next speaker here. just for context where we are, we are along the national mall. the u.s. capitol is just that way. i want to give people an idea of how large this crowd is. this is really just a fraction of all the people out here. our estimate, best estimate is tens of thousands filling much of the national mall heading toward the washington monument. down there, the u.s. capitol. being over there, one of the things that the president of israel called this march is the march for the babies. of course, we know that there are children reportedly amongst the hostages. children among those who were killed in israel from the reports we've seen from the middle east as this goes on. we're now about six weeks since the attack by hamas on israel and now all these weeks later, tens of thousands of people here speaking out in support of israel and speaking out against antisemitism. this is coming on the heels of new data from the antidefamation league which says in the same stretch of time this year compared to last year over the month following hamas' attack on october 7th, reporting a more than 300% spike in antisemitic incidents in the u.s. so it's that heightened time of concern of the potential for threats against the jewish community. of course, there's heightened concern for threats against the arab and muslim american communities as well. even as that's going on, we have tens of thousands of people out here. we've seen signs from houston, peoria. we met up with a group that bussed in overnight from cleveland, ohio. from cincinnati. people saying they've come in from canada for this. some communities reportedly chartering planes to be here. just gives you a sense of the broad strokes of what we're seeing and i can tell you, chris, also from the people we've spoken with, something i've heard from some is an inextricable link from judaism and israel. one woman i spoke with who shared a viewpoint in that realm is the daughter of two holocaust survivors. she told me if her parents were still alive, it would kill them to see what has happened in israeli recent weeks. that's one of the sentiments we've seen. another thing i want to point out is i saw a gentleman holding up a sign critical of the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. that man said he's been getting criticism for sharing that criticism, but he says he's here to voice support for israel. it speaks to the difficulty of sharing nuanced views right now. a challenge in what appeared to be one uniform side from 50 feet up. when you get up close, it's not necessarily like that. i want to share if we can, a quick moment we had with one of the people coming in from the cleveland area overnight. here's what one young boy shared shortly after getting off the bus this morning. >> what do you want people's take away from seeing you out there? >> i want them to see that israel matters and that this isn't just something that's going on. it's something that we need to fix. >> that was a young boy coming with more than 1,000 people from the cleveland, ohio area. just one of numerous communities being represented out here in the nation's capitol today. chris? >> jesse, thank you so much. we are learning more about the fate of two women thought to be held hostage in gaza. erin mcloughlin is reporting from tel aviv for us. what's the latest, erin? >> reporter: it has taken weeks for israeli officials to understand the magnitude of the loss on october 7th. some of the remains were so badly charred that the identification process has been long and pain staking. many of the victims still listed as missing. today, the israeli prime minister's officer announcing the death of 74-year-old vivian silver. she was killed on kibbutz barry. her friends remember her as a peace activist. i have a statement from her good friend, a hostage negotiator. negotiated the release of el yad more than ten years ago. she said vivian silver was always a moral compass for everyone in the peace camp in israel and palestine. she beeved talking about peace was n enough. you have to live a lif of peace. she volunteered to drive cancer children from gaza to hospitals in israel for treatment. her murder is a great loss to her family as well as all israelis and palestinians who want to live together in peace. the israeli military also announcing the death of a 19-year-old soldier. she was working near the gaza border that day when she was taken hostage. hamas' military wing releasing a video of her saying her name, her parents' name, as well as describing the gaza bombardment. the israeli military new listing her on the names of those killed in action. they have postmousily promoted her to the position of private to corporal. >> thank you for that. new testimony in trump's civil fraud trial from a witness the new york attorney general tried to block. why the defense wanted him on the stand in 60 seconds. e wante the stand in 60 seconds. in new york where donald trump's trial is set to resume any minute, his defense team is set to fight a battle that's already been lost. today, they brought a real estate adviser to the stand even though the judge already ruled the company's methods were fraudulent. he was followed before lunch by a forensic accounting expert. at one point, chris kise claimed quote, everyone is running around saying fraud, fraud, fraud, and that hasn't been decided yet. i want to bring back vaughn hillyard with me here in new york along with catherine, former assistant d.a. and msnbc legal analyst. fraud, fraud, fraud, catherine. he says it hasn't been proved. i thought it was that the judge had made that determination already. >> he's partially right. so the judge decided that the trump organization repeatedly enganled in fraudulent activity in violation of the new york city executive law. what the judge hasn't decided yet is with intent to defraud, they falsified business records, financial statements, and they committed insurance fraud. so mr. kise is correct. there are still remaining courses of action that the attorney general has to prove the company, the defendants, intended to defraud. >> so tell us more about what's been happening inside the courtroom today. what's happening? >> this is the part where it's getting more weedsy. at one point, one of the witnesses was asked to leave the room when asked about the definition of fraud is. additional claims, too. what we have seen today is a real estate manager who has known donald trump and worked with him for years. he was first up on the stand. again, this is the defense calling up their witnesses and right now as we speak on the stand is jason flemings, an accounting expert, who they're really beginning to get into the details. again, that intent question. to what extent were donald trump, his children, and the executives working on finances at the company intending to defraud the banks and lenders. >> one of the things that the d.a. had argued to the judge was that this was unnecessary. it sounds like what you just explained to us, catherine, is the reason the judge decided no, sorry, he is going the take the stand. >> very necessary. i learned as a prosecutor, don't ask a judge if it's going to get you a conviction first. so the ag shouldn't have asked if he finds liability. so the judge will listen to them and he can't be accused of precluding expert testimony. >> vaughn, overnight, the former president reposted a message. this is very much in keeping with donald trump, but it was calling for a citizen's arrest of the judge and new york attorney general. did that come up today? >> it has not come up. lisa rubin, our producer, adam reece, they're in the courtroom and ears perked up because this repost came out just minutes before the courtroom came into session here. i think it needs to be understood that donald trump was reposting on his social media account an individual who explicitly said they would like to see quote james and the judge placed under citizen's arrest for blatant election interference and harassment. donald trump is not in lower manhattan here this week, but i think it's important to underscore the fact millions of people are following him on the social media account and right now, the gag order is presently against speaking about courtroom staff. not james and not the judge specifically. but this was a direct some would call a threat. >> i want you to expound on that if you can. the question i get a lot, catherine, i'm guessing you do, too. well, there's a gag order. how come he can post all this stuff. the answer is? >> well, the gag order in new york is only limited to the court staff. the gag order on the january 6th case has been stayed until next week. so there is no gag order. the same way he called for execution of general miley. he can do this. he has not been gagged. it's only about the judge's court staff. >> vaughn, catherine, it is hard for folks to keep track of which case is which and where the gag order applies and what it applies to so we're lucky to have you here. we've got the massive rally underway in d.c. as the congressional committee hears testimony about the latest surge in antisemiism and islamophobia. and the idf claims hamas held hostages under a gaza hospital. now, if that's true, could more strikes on civilians be on the way? 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