will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously called to t
candidate in the raice? he called it ageism, against minorities, against women, and the lgbt community. he said, yes, a new generation is needed. but it s a new generation of ideas and vision. he wants us to focus on his poli policies. and policies like medicare for all, got a lot of attention on the stage last night. but that s being embraced by many of the democratic candidates in this field. he wants people to focus on climate change, an issue in 2015, he was called too radical to say it was one of the top threats against the country. but now, many of the candidates have their own climate change proposals and we talk about the green, new deal. watch how the candidates embrace ideas like the green, new deal. he wants to say to voters, don t discount me because of my age. listen to my ideas that are being adopted by many of the younger candidates. yeah. we ll talk about the spin room, we should explain why this exists is so that candidates can come back after the debate and
countanance and would never accept this. steve? listen, if you are going to sit in judgment of donald trump, moral judgment of him, then it is important that you realize that you served a president who supports abortion through the ninth month of pregnancy. that s an important distinction. we can have problems with donald trump as people of faith and problems with barack obama as a person of faith. let s be clear that it s the poli policies. as a pro-life person, you must be really astoundingly offended that they are mocking a man who is fighting for his life. right? that can t be a pro-life thing to do, right? to mock a man who is fighting a brain tumor? to mock a man that is near death is wrong. absolutely. should the white house apoll just say, look, we are sorry for what this person said or should the person who said it herself should publicly apologize? i think the white house should apologize.
poli policies, listen to americans with a stake in those efforts, and govern. iowans have questions and concerns about your plans. they can t be heard over the cheers of a rally. robert, we do have some reporting from our own stephanie ruhle quoting a senior member of the house team, saying there were some cringeworthy moments for the members of the staff hoping somehow he would turn a page, that the presence of a teleprompter would help. but i guess the allure of red meat was too much. as i said, he went off-script early and often. brian, as i listened to the president s remarks tonight, i saw him being on servational as well as defiant. i also heard him road testing suggestions to the republican base, things he has not always fleshed out yet in policy speeches like this solar panel on the wall. he s trying, i m told by my sources, to deal with government
mill ban is hoping to convince voters he is prime minister material but he is faces opposition from a flub of parties including the scottish nationalists and the greens. all of these questions about what happens after the election. i have an old fashioned view, let the people decide on may 7th. but i want a majority to lead the government but i think it is best for the country. in the next parliament we want the british people to have a full fair referendum so they can decide whether we have a trade deal with the eu or trade membership with the european union. i would never ever do a deal with them, let me make that clear. like nicola, i would not back a conservative government but also will not prop up a government hell bent on the poli policies. we can have an alternative. we can have a vote by vote basis. but as nicola said, there is an