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Morning Joe

and immigration policies. they could have gotten that but -- in short, they were going to shake up washington with biden as their main focus. that didn't happen. instead, biden has gotten pretty much everything he's asked for from this congress without having to concede much in return. house republicans paid a much higher price due to their internal discord and dissension. gop lawmakers have ousted one speaker while another may be forced to turn to democrats to remain in power. jackie, i turn to you here about mike johnson. will he lose his speakership? will democrats back him? return for what he did? what do you know about his evolution toward aid for ukraine? he visited mar-a-lago recently. he wasn't just going against his far-right flank in congress but donald trump in this decision. >> yes, mika. those are all very good and

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

filled out, exactly what he was writing checks for and that michael cohen was not getting just reimbursed, he was getting paid because he was his long-time personal lawyer. he is trying to make the case that the ledger is much like a checkbook, and it's just a little denotation here, trying to make out donald trump to be a more sympathetic, unwitting actor in all of this, someone who is being unfairly indicted and charged and prosecuted and that the focus of the hush money payments in and of themselves and maybe salacious, but that in itself is not a crime. todd blanche here trying to make donald trump seem to the jury as somebody who is an innocent man who is being unfairly victimized. >> and vaughn, as you were speaking we're hearing that merchan the judge has called a bench meeting interrupting donald trump's lawyer right now after another objection by the prosecution leading up to this bench meeting, we're quoting blanche as saying you will hear he fought back, like he always

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

>> in their own case because you want to blunt the edge. >> quickly, caroline, we've talked about how the defense doesn't have to give an opening statement. it sounds like, based on what our understanding is, there will be an opening statement in this case, but are there risks to giving an opening statement if you are the defense? are you showing your cards? >> not in this case. i expect here the theme we will see, the prosecution is always going to want to boil things down, make it really simple, as maya said, focus on that brass ring. psychology is everywhere in a trial. the defense, complexity, confusion always works for their advantage. i suspect they will say, listen to the evidence carefully. does all of this make sense to you? they're going to harp on the law, harp on the specific elements, say it doesn't add up. confused juries always works for the defense's aid. >> our special coverage on msnbc continues with a look at the

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Outnumbered

gets hurt. i'm not saying that it won't with ukraine and russia. of course, they are next to our allies. they want for our protection too. you know they can win that war. we set in military and focus. not a general has told me that they can win that war. we are at a stalemate. >> he's got a reputation of making a lot of promises and keeping none of them. >> kayleigh: his district loves him.tera >> more "outnumbered" in a moment. stay with us. eeper, you're the first to know when high rate debt is stressing your budget. but your family's service has earned you a big advantage. the va home loan benefit. with the lower rate newday 100 va cash out loan, you can pay off high rate credit cards and car loans. that's real money you can use to take care of your family and home.

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World Business Report

feel they could be impartial because of who the defendant was, donald trump, for others saying they had other personal reasons such as just the length of the trial being difficult. but that other kind of point in focus, just the burden and anxiety that many feel on this trial has certainly been an issue. so interesting to see that that has now come up just as they were getting video to start opening statements. we were already talking earlier about how it is a shorter day today because of passover, the judge saying there might be a break because one of the jewellers has an emergency dental appointment. there was an expectation we might see the first witness called with david pick—up. that may now not happen, hard to know how things will go. was that the expectation that the first witness would be called today? certainly the defence had asked prosecutors to alert them to who

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BBC News

world. he did come out in the week after those attacks and say he publicly accepted responsibility, his share of the blame. but it has taken until now, six months of a war raging on in gaza for him to hand in his resignation letter. he has said the intelligence division under my command did not live up to the task we were entrusted with, i carry that black day with me ever since. and really the major general�*s announcement sets the stage for possibly more resignations from top security officials in the country, it will put pressure on some in the political echelons as well where responsibility hasn't really been taken for other failings that may have contributed to the 7th of october attacks. all of this comes as fighting continues in gaza. the focus over the past couple of days has been very much on what has been happening in khan younis in the

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BBC News

this content around which i think really gave everybody a better focus at a time when everyone was really quite stressed and worried, and just brought a big sense of relief to everybody. brought a big sense of relief to everybody-— brought a big sense of relief to eve bod . �* ., ., , everybody. ok, i'm afraid we must sto the everybody. ok, i'm afraid we must stop the reminiscing _ everybody. ok, i'm afraid we must stop the reminiscing and _ everybody. ok, i'm afraid we must stop the reminiscing and bring - everybody. ok, i'm afraid we must stop the reminiscing and bring it i stop the reminiscing and bring it right up to date because we are out of time, naomi wilkinson, thank you very much for coming on the programme, thank you. amazing memories there. let me just keep you across what we are right now, two sets of live pictures to bring you, firstly from new york, what's been happening there with the donald trump trial, external shots of security there. that trial just wrapped up for the day, wrapped up a little earlier than usual, we'll have all the analysis, reaction to it very soon of the day in court there, and also let's take eun out to westminster because it is a crucial day in parliament. the house of commons starting off about 90 minutes is or so ago, the rwanda policy will be bouncing back and

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Verified Live

time for the look at the business. we'll start with news from tesla, the electric car—maker is the focus of investors on wall street for all the wrong reasons today. they have opened sharply lower, slashing the price war its model free car by around $2000 in major markets, including germany and china. that is after similar price cuts in the united states. tesla has been grappling with falling sales and rising competition in the electric car market. that is causing many investors to rethink how they value the company. shares have lost more than 40% of their value this year. tesla reports quarterly results tomorrow evening. earlier i spoke to david bailey, professor of business economics at the university of birmingham, he specialises in the car industry. he gave me a sense of just how tough it is right now for tesla. . , , . just how tough it is right now for tesla. . , ' . ., ., tesla. really difficult water for tesla,

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CNN This Morning

numbers it's not helping him build a broader coalition that he needs to build an order to where from the primary at the end of the day is this case is going to be decisive in november, i don't think it is one way or the other, and i think the biden team is being smart about keeping their focus on the messages that i think are going to be decisive, including abortion, the economy and then trump's sense of chaos overall frank four big picture i wanna show you what some of these republican senators had to say last week about the trial. >> and we'll talk about about watch this first are you concerned about that kind of alleged conduct not really because he doesn't seem to be a factor for a lot don't give it a lot of thought. >> justice systems and motion, we'll see if it's a fair trial. >> just think it's too late to contrived and really let's

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Verified Live

time for the look at the business. we'll start with news from tesla, the electric car—maker is the focus of investors on wall street for all the wrong reasons today. they have opened sharply lower, slashing the price war its model free car by around $2000 in major markets, including germany and china. that is after similar price cuts in the united states. tesla has been grappling with falling sales and rising competition in the electric car market. that is causing many investors to rethink how they value the company. shares have lost more than 40% of their value this year. tesla reports quarterly results tomorrow evening. earlier i spoke to david bailey, professor of business economics at the university of birmingham, he specialises in the car industry. he gave me a sense of just how tough it is right now for tesla. . , just how tough it is right now for tesla. ., , , . just how tough it is right now for tesla. ., , ' . ., ., tesla. really difficult water for tesla,

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