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a good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters in new york welcome everyone to "alex witt reports." a busy, breaking news day. at billions of dollars in foreign aid officially approved by house lawmakers print both bills are heading to the senate and they are expected to pass and head onto the president's desk for his signature mike johnson took a victory lap saying this was the right thing to do. after today, his job is more at risk than ever. let us bring in julie tsirkin from the hill bring aaron gilchrest is joining us from delaware and staff kite, political reporter from axios. julie, let us go what went down in last hour and 15 minutes, significant bells, significant money allotment talk about what went down. >> reporter: a huge moment especially for the house of representatives. the funding you attachment to ukraine it makes that package

$60 billion, to be exact has been sitting in the house for a month since the senate cleared back in february. that is because of political inviting that speaker johnson had to navigate but it is not clear if he navigated successfully to stave off a challenge to his speakership and keep away those who are pressuring him to resign and step aside or they bring up the motion to kick him out of the chair. regardless, victories on the foreign aid front. $26 billion for israel in his war against hamas but died -- $9 million that go to humanitarian aid a lot of that will be used in gaza to help civilians airport that is a red line that democrats have in order to even vote for the bills to begin with and then you have many pass for the indo- pacific and taiwan. you also have another bill separately for tiktok. this is extremely significant because the senate, but controlled senate and biden

indicated they would back it sang biden say he will sign the package. the biggest question at this moment is, of course, what happens next to johnsonburg that is exactly what we pressed him on a couple moments ago. watch this. >> as i have said many times i do not walk around the building being worried about a motion to vacate. i have to do my job. we did. i have done what i believe to be the right thing that is to allow the house to work as well you do the right thing and you let the chips fall where they may. >> reporter: i talked to congressman massey who was one of the three backing this effort but he was careful to say at what they want johnson to do is resign so they do not have to have the public display on the house for that we saw after the ousted kevin mccarthy in the fall for which hakeem jeffries got more vote than any candidates brought up for speaker. i asked massey when the deadline is for johnson to resign, there is no deadline.

johnson did not want to talk about this at ignoring multiple questions on the subject. we will see what happens. >> i guess we will see how long he stays in the speaker chair. standby, everybody pretty let us move on to you, aaron gilchrest. the president must be very happy as demonstrated in the statement he released. tell us what he said following these bills being passed. >> reporter: if you think about it, since the present put a supplemental in front of the congress in october, every time we have heard a senior member of the ministration peak -- speak publicly they were the fact they wanted this aid to get through congress so the u.s. could continue to help ukraine. from the president here in wilmington he put out a statement that made reference to the fact that this was a bipartisan win in the congress with the passage of what will be one big national security package for the part of the statement the president said at

this inflection point, both sides came together to answer history call passing urgently needed legislation that i have bought for for months. this package will deliver critical support to israel and ukraine, provide needed humanitarian aid to gaza, sudan, haiti and other locations impacted by conflicts . the present went on a statement to say that this will also impact places by natural disasters around the world, as a matter of fact. it will bolster security and the bone in the indo-pacific. it is brave urgency with israel facing a present attack from iran and ukraine under bombardment from russia. he wants to see this get into the senate and through the senate quickly to get to his desk so he can sign it. so equipment and weapons can be sent to ukraine to meet their needs on the battlefield. we know the ukrainians have told us they have had in sentence -- incidents of

soldiers rationing bullets and they are in dire need of additional help, help that the united states believes it will be able to provide. >> i want to get your reaction to today's vote with us beaker johnson having to say this is aid, not a blank check. let us take a listen to what he said in the last hour. here it is. >> three of our primary adversaries, russia, iran and china are working together. they are being aggressors around the globe. they are threat to our prosperity and our security. the advancer threatens the free world. the consequence could be devastating. >> william burns warned that without more u.s. aid ukraine could lose the war by the end of the year. the question is, is this aid enough? but we come in time? >> reporter: that is the question. this is something that has been

desperately needed by ukrainians for a long time. it has been eight months since president biden requested these billions of dollars to help ukraine. it is interesting to hear speaker johnson talk in this way about how important this aid is to push back against american adversaries but this is a shift for johnson. he was not so full throated endorsing additional aid to ukraine. he has a divided party on sending more money to ukraine. it is notable that in the past few days and today that he is now taken a stance that this is absolutely enough it -- necessary. we know he has restaurant internal intelligence that he has been able to view that showed him how important u.s. support continues to be for ukrainians who have been struggling on the lines against russian aggression. >> that message has not gotten through to all members of congress because julie,

marjorie taylor greene gave our colleagues an tearful as she exited down the capitol hill steps. i'm sure you heard about that. if nothing else, when you saw her leaving the vote, inside the house on the floor, she did a big thumbs down. we have video of that. what is the explanation for her rationale, this behavior and her position? >> reporter: she voted against a to ukraine for more democrats, even by a little bit, more democrats and republicans voted to send like eight overseas despite the fact that there were so many speeches. they have been around here for a long time. even mike johnson said multiple times this week and this is different than his position as a rank-and-file member. i have seen the intelligence. if we do not provide aid to ukraine. let us be clear. some of it goes to them directly and a lot will be to replenish our own stockpiles.

we do not arm them now then vladimir putin will continue his aggression and campaign and march through most of europe. he said that this is something that putin and iran and north korea are coordinated on. despite all of that you still have marjorie taylor greene and other members who admonish democrats for waiving ukrainian flags on the floor and cheering for the passage of this aid as did johnson. they vehemently oppose johnson doing this, especially because you did not see anything for the seven porter -- border as part of these bills but they blocked a bipartisan proposal a couple months ago. it block the procedure moved to push ahead. a border security bill but we saw the first of the series happened today. a lot going on in terms of the push and pull of the republican conference when it comes to this issue. marjorie taylor greene and conversations with swalwell,

massey in conversation with me and paul goes-r , the three who are present -- threatening johnson's job. they certainly are going to be loud and talking about it all recess long. >> aaron, one of the bills today that past includes a measure that could potentially ban tiktok in the u.s. could you tell us about the spell and its impact? >> reporter: this was the first bill that was voted on the house today. essentially what it says is that the chinese parent company of tiktok, bytedance, would have my buns to divest. now the interest in tiktok in the united states and the president would have the authority to extend that by about 90 days so it would be a year that bytedance would have to sell off tiktok or face a ban in the united states. there have been concerns about

national security interest. the fact that bytedance, the way that it uses and shares data from its users, 170 million in the united states, those concerns are what driving the idea that there needed to be a divestiture on the part of bytedance. the biden administration has set it once dust -- it does believe that this sale is something that needs to happen. there were concerns from the administration around national security issues. so much so that back in 2022 the biden administration band tiktok from government devices. the biden presidential campaign does have at tiktok account and does use the account tried to engage with younger voters. that is why they do not necessarily want to see a ban but it does want to see this concern about national security issues with privacy issues for american citizens reduced by the sale of this app from its

owners, which have connections to the chinese government, the communist party in china. >> stef, with regard to the motion to vacate, what is speaker johnson's next best move to avoid that from happening? can he keep it from happening? >> reporter: that is unclear. hearing from marjorie taylor greene it does not feel certain that she is going to move right now to try to oust speaker johnson. it has become clear this entire week that johnson has a problem with republican conference in the house. there is growing anger towards him again, this is once again a huge vote that relied on democratic vote to get across the finish line. this is a trend we have seen time and time again. we continue to hear from conservatives who are unhappy with the fact that johnson tends to work with democrats so often.

he may, once again, have to rely on democrats if we do see a motion to vacate effort come to fruition. we have heard from many democrats who have expressed willingness to protect johnson given the fact that he did bring ukraine to the floor. he has made good on his promises there. there have been many moderates who you like it would be worthwhile to keep him in the house to avoid the chaos that we saw when mccarthy was ousted. there is certainly anger from republicans. we are seeing more and more express interest in ousting johnson but there are other republicans who do not want to see another messy speaker fight like we had already, especially as we get into the election season. that could hurt republican back home as they campaign and try to maintain their slim majority there. the question is whether we see a real effort take place. if it does, whether we see democrats actually save johnson and what about is the beginning of the end for johnson.

>> we will see about that. i think it is good time to redirection from president zelenskyy. he posted it on x and it came with in just minutes of the bill passing, which indicates the close nature of his watching what was going on because of all it represented for him and ukraine. he writes, i'm grateful to the united states house of representatives, both parties and speaker like -- mike johnson that keeps history on track. we will never fail as long as america helps to protect it. the vital u.s. aid bill passed today will keep the water from expanding, save thousands and thousands and lives and help both nations to become stronger. peace and security can only be attained through strength but we hope the bills will be supported in the senate and sent to president biden's desk and he ended with, thank you, america. julie, i'm a client

conversations i had with two members of congress. we had jason crow who came on and he said just before going into vote on the bill he has spoken vfa's time with some ukrainian soldiers that were literally there at the front lines of this fight. they did not want to bank on the hope but you could tell they were hoping and praying this would comfort in a positive way elaborate i talked to mikey shirl of new jersey and he talked about a ukrainian soldier who came to new jersey for treatment but of soldier who came down and stare down the rest is and he had been blinded in both eyes and lost both legs. i know these are not unique stories pretty have congress members that are going to ukraine or talking with constituents about what their relatives may have been seeing. is this the temper of the things that you are hearing when you are covering capitol hill ? you talk with congress members about the need for supporting ukraine.

>> reporter: the two lawmakers that you interviewed both know what it is like to serve. they were in combat in one way or another. i am glad that you talk to them because their experiences speak so much to how it informs not only their vote in congress or how it informs their reaction and view when it comes to this war right now that ukraine is in its multiyear front facing russian aggression trying to stave them off and have -- how dire this assistance and funding from the u.s. is right now. this is money that the president , this is arms and weapons that president biden has requested from congress back in the fall. this is something that came in february. we have gone through so many iterations of desperate conservative republicans and hardliners had demanded that border security to defend our own border and to fix the immigration crisis be in place.

they had rejected bipartisan efforts to do so in an issue that has been political for as long as i can remember, especially in an election year. when it comes ukraine, what made this possible for mike johnson, who has seen this problem firsthand because of intelligence he has received is the fact that former president trump seemed to back off and let him do it. it was just the other week when speaker johnson went to mar-a- lago and stood next to the former president who seems to still dictate and guide almost every move that republicans make on capitol hill. i think it was trump not standing in the way that made this possible for johnson but you will continue to hear more of the sediment is achua democrats as they ukrainian five. they cheered so loud i heard here on the house floor., you know, thank you, all, for the conversation. coming up next, the judge gives trump a stern order as he tries to leave the courtroom. we are back in 90 seconds.

i thought i knew a lot about our irish roots; i was surprised to learn so many more things. there's the family name. 1892 wow. that one here is the boat they came over on. yes. wow. donald trump is heading from the courtroom to the campaign trail to date with the rally tonight in north carolina. it will be his first rally since the start of his hush money trial. trump will then be back in the manhattan courthouse on monday for opening statements in a case that is focused on his first presidential campaign back in 2016 jazmin for suki and is in willington -- no, you

are there in north carolina. i thank you for being where you are. it is willington but it is wilmington, delaware. i got it right. how much of this trial do you expect to be part of donald trump's remarks tonight in north carolina? >> reporter: we got confused when he heard aaron gilchrest on their who was in wilmington, delaware, where biden is right now but i think it will be a big part of his speech. let me show folks what i am seeing. obviously, as we would normally see here, a lot of these rallies, there are minds and lives of merchandise being sold. a lead up the line where folks are lining up just down the way . they will make their way to the tarmac. the foreign present will land here at the airport in wilmington, north carolina. he will make his speech at 7:00 p.m. eastern standard time. this is the first rally, the

first campaign rally since this trial began. all eyes will be on this thing expecting him to comment on what to do in the courtroom today. i should say last week. there will be a hearing on the gag order come tuesday afternoon around 2:30. that is what is plan right now. seven violations so far cited by the people for this gag order. the question will be how judge juan merchan will roll on the gag order but really setting for the stage on what this trial will look like. all eyes are going to be on the former president this evening and what he will say about the trial. >> are we starting to see how this trial could impact trump's ability to campaign? you can bet that he is going to be talking about this. and maybe nothing else, depending. he will go with it. >> reporter: and more the ways than one.

there is the timing of it all. the former present has to be in court every day. the only day he has off is wednesdays and weekends. he has been in court all week. we expected he would hold some sort of press conference some days after some of the courts at his building in downtown manhattan. that has not happened so far. the speculation is there is a possibly where they are worried about this gag order. hence the reason why they're not holding press conferences in downtown manhattan but he is stopping in the hallway outside the courtroom. and making comments. if you actually listen closely, the former president's comments from the beginning of the week to the end of the week have become more measured. it might be because of the pending gag order hearing. just the other day he tweeted out, i believe was thursday evening, that judge juan merchan should let the gag order. his argument is he feels like he is being attacked and he wants to attack back. the other way in which it is

being affected is the folks i am speaking to al i will recount you want antidote that i heard that he is following the trial. and he would follow the other trial as well if any of them go forward. the instinct is they may not go forward. the hush money trial may be the only one that goes aboard. even by following them, i asked them if he is found guilty, would that change the vote you might not necessarily. he went on to seasoning that was issued to me, which is this that it is different that we've heard from other trump supporters before. politicians have faults. donald trump is not immune to that. just because he might be convicted and/or found guilty it does not mean i would want to vote for him as president. i think it is different than we have heard in the past. he is innocent, not even a question of possible guilt. even if he is guilty, there is

still a possibility i will vote for him because politicians have faults. >> that is an interesting distinction. i will sit and think on that. thank you so much. joining in right now is ms nbc legal and assist, and coauthor of a stable genius. she is also a msnbc contributor. welcome, ladies. joyce, donald trump is contending he cannot get a fair trial in manhattan. of what you saw in the jury selection process this week, can he? >> reporter: this was a fast jury process. some folks have been suggesting it might take a couple of weeks. instead, it just took days. i think this was a fair process but it is a legitimate concern when you are donald trump and a public figure, can you get a fair jury? what we saw here was jurors who had some sort of anti-trump view

self-selecting off of this jury under the process that judge merchan set up. so by the time the lawyers were questioning jurors, there were as many folks in the room who were likely to express a pro trump view as otherwise. at the end of the day, what the judge was asking jurors to do, which is what juries are supposed to do, tell them they can set aside biases that they have and decide the case based only on the evidence that they heard in the courtroom. that is what each of these 12 jurors and six alternates agreed that they could do. >> the jury is home for the weekend. they have time to reflect on the six-week trial ahead of them. and the consequential decision they have to make. what happens if they get cold feet or if they come in on monday and tell the judge they are worried their identity could be revealed? would judge merchan have to dismiss them kim would they run through all six alternates?

>> reporter: that is a realist get -- realistic risk to think about none of these jurors came forward and they have taken this oath to serve. at this point, i think the judge will be much more hesitant to permit jurors to walk away. they have now undertaken this obligation. it is not impossible that we will see some jurors leave the jury but it is unusual to have six alternates. that is a lot of alternates. my friend barb quipped earlier this week that they can lose one juror a week and have plenty of alternates to fill up the trial, which is expected to go for six weeks. >> a campaign official told nbc news that trumped's campaign raise one $6 million. he is now the first former present to stand a criminal trial and there is a real risk of prison

time 40 think it is another stop on the campaign trail for him? >> reporter: donald trump has his state of mind being one in which he will always be able to win but he will always be able to beat the odds. to be fair, he has over and over beat the odds. one judge wrote and this was read aloud in the courtroom a few days ago. one judge said he was a sophisticated litigant who had been successful in being able to delay over and over again, various trials and charges and avoid prosecution. i thought the sophisticated litigant moniker is actually apt to his business to his candidacy and post-presidency. donald trump has also said repeatedly that it is unfair that he is being persecuted. many times he is referring to

any of these trials, four in total, prosecution as a witch- hunt. it is successful for him on the campaign trail. you will notice that he says he is being attacked but he says to his base, the prosecutors are coming after me, whether it be alvin bragg, fani willis, or jack smith. they're coming after me because they want to come after you and take away your rights and choice of president. it is you that are after. he has been successful and that messaging. it is an important part of his campaign. >> opening statements are set for monday, joyce. the government goes first. what will you be watching for? >> reporter: opening statements are the party's first opportunity to share their theory of the case. you are not permitted to argue the evidence but you can predict what it will look like. especially from prosecutors, we

will get a good layout of what they think their case will look like. we have some expectation of that from the indictment. this will fill in some of the details. on donald trump's side, it is not clear what we will hear. will we hear a layout of the defense gimmick will they say that donald trump was not having affairs with these women? something he has adjusted at before. most importantly, will his lawyers promised, as donald trump has, that he will take the stand and testify in his own defense? that would be unusual. i don't think anyone is expecting him to take the stand. if he is serious, we may hear from his lawyers and opening statement. >> that is interesting put in the file minutes of trial on friday, donald trump tried to get up and leave before being dismissed and the judge told him can you please have a seat? trump was frustrated and returned to the defense table and had to wait until the judge departed before he could leave. how does a moment like that

affect trump's psyche ? the judge is the authority in the courtroom not a criminal defendant even if that defendant is a former president . >> reporter: that is such a good question. it illustrates the larger frustration for donald trump in his first week in the case. he is not in the driver's seat. he has to sit in his chair and not allowed to leave except for when the judge dismisses people whole. he is also not able to speak. that is one of his greatest frustrations because he is the master of the megaphone. when he was muttering on day two of jury selection, the judge scolded him rather firmly. and then said there will be none of that. all trump wants to communicate in this trout one way or another. he wants his voice heard. that is not possible. the judge also said to donald trump in a stern warning, tuesday, he better be in court

or he could be imprisoned and arrested for contempt of court. this is no joke. when you are on trial, you are on trial and the boss is the judge. >> right before the court ended on friday, the government agreed to provide the name of one witness saying they did not want to offer the courtesy out of concern that trump will tweet about the witnesses. early in the date they said, what if i commit to the court and the people that he will not tweet about witnesses. the judge responded, i don't think you can make that representation. what did you make of this exchange? is it unique to donald trump? >> reporter: it is pretty unique. this judge has been careful in ruling in a way and conducting himself in a way as not to create any reversible error on appeal if there is a conviction.

for him to say that is very revelatory. we are seeing a judge who is acknowledging to the lawyers, typically i would trust lawyers to control their clients. in this case, the lawyers cannot control their client and we all know it. this is just such a typical courtesy. i cannot remember ever trying a case where i did not share with the defense order i expected to call my witnesses in it makes the whole proceeding work seamlessly. prosecutors withheld that information not because they were trying to stick it to the defense of legitimate concern about the safety and security of their witnesses. >> joyce and carol, thank you. appreciate you. breaking news at this hour in new york, a protest march on one college campus. where and why? we have answers in the story coming your way next. in he tooth to actively repair acid weakened enamel.

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breaking news just into msnbc . as expected, a short time ago, president biden signed into law a two year extension a part of the controversial foreign intelligence surveillance act allows searches of foreign terrorist suspects but the president trained congressional leadership for extending it. more breaking news. columbia university students are merging calling for the school to divest from israel amid the war in gaza. this march coming after days of protest at the school this week leading to the arrest of more than 100 students, including congressman omar's daughter. george is there for us. what are the students pushing for? ended the arrest dampened the enthusiasm at all or just stirring things up? >> reporter: good afternoon, alex.

you we are on columbia's campus. you can see students sitting in another unsanctioned encampment, as you were told by the students. many of them say those arrest only energize the students and they have actually grown in numbers. one thing one student told me is that they should expect police presence here. student say they are going to be here for the long haul. the mission here is they want the university to divest of funds from israel. these students are committed. outside of what we are doing here but this unsanctioned encampment students out on the street that are also protesting. that is not only here internally but it has spilled out onto the streets. this happening as well with other protest as we have seen with universities around the country. student saying, those arrest, they were not expecting that to happen. it frustrated them but it has improved their resolve.

i know you mentioned the congresswoman's daughter arrest. we actually do believe there is a comment from the congresswoman who posted on x in response saying, along the lines that she was proud of her daughter, who has been active in social justice movements, including this one at the university. there is that acknowledgment as well. as far as what comes next, the student say they are going to stay here. they understand this is a difficult time for students. they are spacing suspension and court dates next month but about a patient not being able to get back onto campus and attend classes. they understand the risk. this university have -- has a history of social justice movements dating back years but this is history repeating itself. you can see, this is a very large encampment. this is actually larger than the one a few days ago. right now, all signs remain that this is a peaceful event. no sign of police that we can

see. these students to understand that on a dime the nypd could come in here and wrap this up again. >> did you say there is not a sign of police? security there is calm and they feel they have things under control given that 100 or so arrests just a couple days ago? >> reporter: the presence that we can see here outside of the countess, there is nypd. as far as inside this encampment, we have not seen a visible sign. they do have some internal security but not the footprint you would have expected or not the presence of about 100 officers about coming into arrest students. >> jordan's lease, on columbia university property, thank you. my next guess what -- it is for one or two obvious reasons. we will talk about it next. start your day with nature made.

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on monday opening statements of former president trump's new york criminal trial set to get underway with all jurors seated. at times it is tedious but the four days of jury selection gave us the first glimpse of trump's state of mind going into this moment. joining the not is tim o'brien, msnbc political and is an senior executive editor of bloomberg opinion. he is also the author of the book, trump nation: the art of being the donald. welcome. it is always good to talk with you about this. here is what you write what like trump appears aware he is in peril. and he only seem to grow more unspoiled each time the court rejected him. if he is acting like this now, what happens as the trial goes on? what happens in his future trials could be even more significant?

>> reporter: he is not used to being in a situation like this, alex. he is not in control of the messaging. he is not in control of how we books in court. he is not in control of the schedule. he is not in control of the jury but i think he would like to be. he is not in control of the judge and i think he would like to be. even on friday after they set the jury, within a short period of time after they got seated, his lawyers try to appeal the seating of the jury saying that it happened too quickly. and it was improper a jury should be seated so quickly in a momentous trial like this. it is a ridiculous argument. they have tried to pull everything out of their hat to delay this and they have been unsuccessful. at the end of the day, it comes down to the fact that he is very scared of the consequences of this. on a number of different levels. at a basic level, what it means reputation only.

at the core charge in this case is that he paid money to alleged lovers in order to keep them quiet so he could become a factor in the 2016 election. that is the law that is being tested here. on the personal level, he allegedly began her relationship with stormy daniels, the star, about four months after his son was born to him and his wife. he is now in a courtroom setting, i should be let out of this courtroom. it is in abridgment of my rights as a father. i cannot go to my son's high school graduation. he has had a very loose and elastic definition of what it means to be responsible father over the years. he is not afraid to invoke a court now. i think he is deeply embarrassed by that side of the case. on the legal side of it, i think it is unlikely he goes to jail at the end of this but there is the possibility. while he has said publicly, i would be happy to go to jail. and also publicly, comparing

himself to al capone. with any other candidate, that would be a recipe for disaster but with trump it is expected. i don't think he wants to go to jail and he does not want to be tested by the law. i think you will be seeing more lashing out. and the court will see how to dress donald trump when it arose up the norms and the judicial process that he is facing right now. >> you bring up one point of the two that i reference leading into the segment. that is he is not in control. however, there is something else. no cameras in the courtroom but we have gotten frequent the scriptures of trump's behavior with the journalist inside the courtroom. the judge admonished him for muttering and gesturing. this could influence the jury even before opening statements that he said while the judge may rein in his extreme

behavior, had checks in, closed eyes, frowns, might pass without reprimand from the bench that the jury will notice. if the misbehavior continues, they may hold it against him. i'm curious if you agree with that and what you have made of his behavior and the second point that he cannot do -- he cannot talk. the judge is saying that you have to be quiet. >> reporter: everyone has to be quiet in the courtroom if the judge request them tell. it is not unusual to have courtrooms run. i would say the standard for his behavior should be not diminished because he is a former president, precisely because he is a former president. i think his disrespect for the jury has gone well beyond looking at them or mumbling or shaking his head. at different moments in the court process, his defense team has risen to show respect to the court that he stayed seated

, some of the jurors who dropped out of the process have said they felt that their physical safety was threatened. michael cohen has set on nbc own airways that he is worried about his physical safety. these are the kinds of things that happen on a mob trial or a terrorism trial. they do not happen around the trial of a former president. he is not only at risk, i think, of the jury -- whatever the jury is, having a bad disposition towards him, i think he is also at risk of further sanctions from merchan. judge merchan is incumbent on him to move be on civil fines because i don't think that will change his behavior. >> you also write trump's recent and heated efforts suggest there may be other incriminating evidence in the courtroom that has not become public yet. he is given every indication he is worried and he has something

to hide. what that look like? what should we be watching for? >> that is where the witness list becomes crucial. hope hicks is testifying. in the hurley session at early stages when he was lying about various elements of the facts that the president has faced and that he later acknowledged, she was on the front lines running cover for him. who knows what conversation she has had with him that have not come into public record that might be introduced and questioned about in the courtroom. michael cohen, who was trump's legal media enforcer for years is going to be a witness. they have also had plenty of time to get of the records from the trump organization,

financial or personal. that could be a factor here. it does feel like there is other evidence that trump is aware of that may come into play that has not come into public record yet and explains his recent frenzy to do anything to stop this case moving forward. >> okay, jim o'brien. thank you for the conversation. i know we will see you again. more breaking news. benjamin netanyahu's response to the house passing israeli funding bills. but with prilosec just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. for one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. that's great. i know, i've bee telling everyone. baby: liberty. oh! baby: liberty. how many people did you tell? only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ baby: ♪ liberty. ♪ you know what's brilliant? boring. think about it. boring is the unsung catalyst for bold.

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joining me now former state department senior adviser and white house senior director, niyara. i first want to get your reaction to this funding for ukraine. >> can you believe this was taken this long? this was meant to be towards the end of last fiscal year. ukraine has had to mention on its own without any aid to the united date and has promised as it battles a russian invasion. they have not been connected with other efforts to protect democracy, which came under attack from iran. as well as taiwan, which has been under threat from china. both israel and iran are either saying little or they are downplaying israel's airstrikes on the iran attack. what do you make of the relative silence from the major players? do you think this is assigned the countries are amy are trying to dial down tensions?

>> this is the arnie bader's had a -for-tat explosive interaction in which israel started with attacking my running consulate in damascus. which iran considers to be its own soil for iran respond with 300 drone strikes. there was minimal civilian casualties. israel that it had the right to respond and retaliate. it is the first time that israel and iran have attacked each other directly just a few days ago israel responded by striking a defunct nuclear military facility outside a city in iran. iran has said that they do not see that this was a dramatic attack. they do not think this was a big deal. that is an indication they are downplaying this. israel says it feels like it has retaliated. all of the alleys whether they are arab allies or the united states have been working the phones and doing diplomatic engagement to get both countries to take this is kind

of move this back and de- escalate so this does not end up being the activity engagement that would have led to world war iii coming from the middle east. >> is this what you're resting in your latest article when you write even when considering israel and their decade-long history of conflict, what is happening now is different ? it is like they're trying to dial it back >> the difference is that the enemy, since the foundation of israel and the founding of the islamic republic or regime in iran, that the two countries have been added. they have usually used proxies. they have used armed militants, say has the law, armed by iran or lebanon. israel will target assassination and killing nuclear scientist or generals in other countries. this is the first time we see both countries made this obvious direct attacked. the fact that civilians were not part of the target has helped

both countries walk back what seems to be a miscalculation could they did not expect that this would have a result it would and have the outpouring of concern from all of the rest of the allies in the world. >> extra many times per thank you for your insight, nayyera haq. we look for to seeing you again. that is a wrap for me at this hour. today i'm doing overtime. i will be back with one more hour after short break. i hope you stay with me.