Major stories this morning. Former President Trump expected back in court in new york city. His legal team trying to throw out the first decision in the e. Jean Carroll Defamation trial, which found him liable for Sexual Abuse and defamation. Well dig into his arguments his lawyers are making in this case. In just the last hour the georgia high School Student accused of killing four people appeared before a judge for the first time. Just before his father was in the same courtroom also facing charges in the case, including second Degree Murder. Its 10 00 eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Thanks for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera in new york city. Lets get right to the Breaking News. Donald trump expected here in manhattan in this courthouse in the heat of the fall campaign rush. He is off the trail this morning to fight the vergt that found him liable of sexual Abuse And Slander involving e. Jean carroll. In that May 2023 decision, a jury ordered the former president to pay carroll 5 Million. N
Welcome to The Beat, im ari melber. But we begin with Breaking News in politics. Former republican Vice President and Defense Secretary Dick cheney is backing Kamala Harris. That marks one of her most high Ranking Republican endorsements in this campaign probably the most iconic. Dick cheney is an Arch Conservative Hawk and a gop icon, a fixture running republican administrations as chief of Staff And War policy as Defense Sect and Vice President and during 9 11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Those were stints that made him a Fire Brand Folk hero on the right and loathed by most prominent washington democrats. And indeed this news right now tonight would have been unheard ever 10 or 15 years ago and cheney is far from a never trumper. He endorsed Donald Trump in 2018. This also completes the Cheney Family unusual evolution and it did not come during the actual four years of trumps presidency, his governing priorities and his mistakes, it came over whether were a democracy or a C
were declassified. on that subject overnight, trump offered a, frankly, odd defense. if you re the president of the united states you can declassify by saying it s declassified. even by thinking about it. because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or wherever you re sending it and there doesn t have to be a process. there can be a process but there doesn t have to be. you re the president. you make that decision. so when you send it, it s declassified. i declassified everything. he seems to be creating a new security category. declassified in his mind. more on that in a moment. in new york, trump, his children and empire accused of fraud over the value of his properties for more than a decade. the new york attorney general wants the trump organization dissolved. also trump is facing a new sexual battery lawsuit from eg carroll, who accused him of raping her in a department store in the mid 90s. genie thomas, wife of clarence thomas, has agreed to sit down for an intervi
Labour leader keir starmer speaking in kent. We expect to hear a lot of personal stories like that as the leaders get out and about around the country meeting people and learning about their priorities, what they want the politicians to deliver in this General Election. As we have said the Prime Minister there at the Vale Of Glamorgan Craft Brewery in south wales. These are the moments when they will speak with business leaders, with voters, with the electorate, and hear about their priorities. One would assume a visit to a hospital and otherfacilities in the coming weeks. With me as alessia fitzgerald. Lets look at what moments like this are for. This is about the leaders being seen in all the right places. It is a photo opportunity. But it is a chance for them to hear from voters about what they need to deliver. fin them to hear from voters about what they need to deliver. They need to deliver. On the first thin , they need to deliver. On the first thing. When they need to deliver.
some news so you can out-trump trump. and by the way, how s that going for you, ron? you re down 41 points in your own home state. but there s one thing in closing that we have in common is neither of us will be the nominee for our party in 2024. ouch. two strong moments from california governor gavin newsom last night in his debate with florida governor ron desantis. it comes, of course, as nikki haley is gaining significant momentum as the top alternative to donald trump in the republican presidential primary. plus, israel and hamas are blaming each other for the end to a temporary cease-fire deal. we ll have all the latest on negotiations to renew the truce. and also ahead a gag order against donald trump is reinstated in the new york civil fraud trial. we ll get expert analysis on that coming up straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 1st. yes, it s december. i m in for jonathan lemire. we begin this morning with israel a