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me. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber and we have a packed show tonight. michael cohen is here . you know the name. lanny davis joins us later tonight as we track what could become a verdict that would hinge more than anything else on michael kahn s testimony and by the end of the hour, al sharpton is here for a cultural moment unlike anything we ve ever tried on the beat before. you see him there was james brown. the reverend is here joined by an artist making his big debut tonight, henry mack. our top show story shows why verdict is on the way and trumps criminal trial, his defense lawyers resting their case today telling the judge they ve completed their mission without ever having to call trump to testify, as is their right. they finished after less than two days in control. trumps lawyers call just two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the d.a. called, some of whom you can see right here, the star witness cohen, former trump aid hicks, stormy daniels, a ta ....
language] is what it is in hebrew. a few nights ago, here a young canadian pianist named kevin chan served up some of that hope at a concert at new york city s carnegie hall. he surprised the audience with a performance of this song. israel s official account on social media shared the footage online, thanking chan for playing that. i want to thank you so much for joining us on this busy night here. we will be back tomorrow night, of course,. cnn news night with abby phillip starts right now. new signs there is growing daylight between the u.s. and israel on this war, as the clock ticks on the lives of dozens of hostages in millions of civilians. that s tonight on news night. and good evening, i m abby philip. two more female hostages are now free tonight after being released by hamas. both are israeli citizens. two women, 79 and 85 years old, are now at a hospital in tel aviv after being handed over at the rafah crossing. you will hear from one of t ....
welcome to continuing coverage of israel at war. a short time ago, we received this new video showing israeli tanks and military personnel near the border with gaza. the idf said today, it is increasing airstrikes on gaza and its top commander told forces quote, we will enter the gaza strip. last hour, the international spokesman for the idf told me the general spirit is one of combat readiness and resolve for what needs to be done. obviously, no mention of timing for any kind of ground operation. that is similar to what cnn saw with its own eyes today, dozens of tanks, personnel carriers and bold dozers, what you would expect to see in any possible ground invasion. we should point out come our teams are lots of other locations just like this one. all in all, cnn saw hundreds of armored tanks and vehicles. when president biden was asked today if he was incurring encouraging israelis to delay it invasion, healy said quote, and talking to israelis. palestinian officials ....
ukraine and russia, israel and hamas threatening to spill over into wider conflicts, american leaders on the global stage critical, but we are still facing our own crisis of democracy right here at home one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. the legal peril facing the twice impeached multiple indicted former president seem to increase in recent days, with the guilty pleas of two high-level codefendants in the election interference case out of fulton county, georgia. but the peril for our own system of governance is increasing too as donald trump s own behavior continues to push dangerous lies and the republican party continues to be largely beholden to him. in this moment of global crises, americans and the world are looking to american leaders for guidance. but instead of inspiring confidence, our congress is more dysfunctional than it has been in more than 150 years, since the civil war. and that is because donald trump has broken the republica ....
captions by vitac www.vitac.com cnn s coverage continues from israel. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. i m kaitlan collins live from tel aviv. and tonight, they are free. two american hostages have just been released by hamas into the custody of the israel defense forces. an israeli source providing cnn with this photo of judith raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, natalie. two americans who were abducted by hamas two weeks ago in that surprise attack that killed more than 1,400 people here in israel. and here they are just moments president biden, all smiles, all around. the u.s. embassy released a photo from their end of the call, that s here in israel. and as the president was leaving the white house tonight, he spoke briefly about that conversation. [ inaudible question ] it went well. he said it went well. i should note we are standing by right now to hear from natalie raanan s father, who is going to held a press conference just moment ....