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american alliances are what keep us, america, safe. it is the value that puts other nations up for working with us. if we turn our backs on israel, it s just not worth it. part of president biden s address last night urging americans and congress to continue to support ukraine and israel in the vastly different war each is fighting. we ll go live to israel for the latest on the expected ground invasion of gaza. meanwhile, republicans are somehow creating even more chaos on capitol hill. with another speaker s vote scheduled for this morning, it comes as the temporary speaker is getting fed up and is now threatening to resign. plus, we ll get expert legal analysis on the surprise guilty plea from one of the many defendants in the georgia election interference case. that s a big one. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, october 20th. i d love to get both you and willie s reaction to the president s speech last night. i thought it was really effect ....
bill: how was the weekend? dana: you? bill: excellent. you ve been waiting for this, right? dana: i read about it all weekend. bill: cohen is on stand. prosecution is relying on cohen as their star witness. questions over his credibility could make his testimony damaged goods in the eyes of the jury. we ll soon find out. former president said this before he went into court today. this trial is lagged. it is dishonest, a disgrace to new york and a disgrace to the country. i should be out campaigning now instead of sitting in a very cold courthouse all day long. this is a biden prosecution. it is election interference at a level that nobody in this country has ever seen before. bill: eric shawn brings us up to date outside the courthouse. 30 minutes in and how would you summarize it. we are, bill, good morning. the people call michael cohen. with those dramatic words the testimony of former president trump s loyal fixer and lawyer on the stand now testifyi ....
so shady, michael cohen secretly recorded his client, donald trump. he has already been convicted of lying to congress and done prison. yet the michael dean cohen is the prosecution s star witness. in the new york versus trump trial. cohen used to be trump s lawyer and personal fixer as he was called. legal experts say his testimony could make or break this case. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. michael cohen says he was directed to falsify business records in order to conceal payments to sex film worker stormy daniels ahead of the 2016 election. those payments were in exchange for silence about her alleged affair with trump and while no witness this is perfect, we know that cohen is a special brand of liar like your pants are on fire. the judge in the case has refused to put a gag order on cohen, who posted several hours on tiktok can t stop talking about trump and the trial. the judge said maybe he could talk a little less this weekend. he ....
angeles. israel conducting airstrikes and localized ground raids in gaza at this hour, the israeli military says the latest rounds of attacks killed a senior hamas member involved in planning last saturday s horrific attacks in israel. murad abu murad was killed in a strike targeting a building in the gaza strip. it comes as israel continues to urge palestinian is to leave the northern part of the gaza strip, warning the combat will intensify. they ve also extended a 24 hour window to leave that was issued early friday local time. and new video also coming in overnight showing damage from the israeli city of ashkelon. hamas armed wing al qassam saying friday that it launched 150 rockets toward that city. there are now reports whether or no new reports yet whether any israelis were injured in that attack. it s been exactly one week now since hamas staged those shocking, brutal and deadly attacks against israel. israel has been striking back hard all week. in addition to ....
from them. the army is now getting in touch with families, i know, and, you know, i m keeping my hopes up that they re alive and well. i know their father and his spouse were taken, also, because we ve seen one of the videos. videos that hamas put on, so we know they re alive. i m hoping that they re with them. an israeli mother sharing the story of her sons who were taken hostage by hamas. the terrorist group is now threatening to execute dozens of people they have captured, quote, without warning. meaning israeli israel is promising a complete siege of gaza, launching more air strikes overnight while cutting off the area from basic necessities. we re going to get a live report for the latest on all of that straight ahead, right here on morning joe. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, october 11th. according to israeli authorities, more than 900 israelis have been killed since the fighting began on saturday. the health ministry in ....