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iran attacks. the president reportedly concerned a wider conflict is ahead, and that america could get dragged into it. also tonight, pre-trial tantrums. donald trump on the attack against key figures in his hush money trial with jury selection just hours away. and we put a spotlight on a gop art form known as judge shopping that has led to the roll back of your rights and how to stop it. let's begin. we are continuing to follow this weekend's major escalation across the middle east. iran launching hundreds of drones, missiles, towards israel saturday. which it says is its response to israel's deadly bombing of a consulate in syria earlier this month. it is what happens next that we are all watching for and bracing ourselves for. based on new reporting from nbc news, some top u.s. officials are worried that israel may in fact respond

hastily to iran's attacks and provoke a wider regional conflict that the u.s. could get dragged into. we'll dive deeper into that in a moment. but over the past 24 hours we've seen a swift change in narrative, with countries reaffirming support for israel, including u.s. president joe biden. andrea mitchell reported earlier today that president biden told netanyahu that while the u.s. commitment to defend israel is ironclad, it will not participate in any offensive operations against iran and urged him not to retaliate. the un secretary general had similar messages to today's national security, the un security council meeting, watch. >> we have a shared responsibility to work for peace. regional and indeed global peace and security are being

undermined by the hour. neither the region nor the world can afford more war. >> israel, for its part, claims that it thwarted some iranian launched 350 drones, cruise and ballistic missiles, and rockets. that's up to 99% of them. let's break all this down, starting with anna schecter. great to see you. let's start with the comments from the un secretary general to the national security council. 24 hours ago the image, images if you can say that, coming out of israel were terrifying for the region. nobody knew what was going to happen. we started getting the reports of the intercepts. tonight a very different attitude. the question is what will israel do. i know you've spoken to officials. what are the early indications of where the political

establishment is headed in israel? >> it's a great question, and there's a spectrum. there was a member tweeting earlier this morning restraint, we can be strategic, we can take our time. there was benny gantz, a member of the war cabinet saying something needs to be done, but we need to look for a coalition in the region, so also restraint. but i think there was also a lot of fear about will netanyahu and the war cabinet do something rash, and there was fear about that. all the israeli officials i've talked to today, nobody wants a regional war right now. but i think they're thinking something must be done for deterrence. they can't just sit back and not respond at all. so the question remains, you know, what exactly is going to happen. >> you bring up a good point. even the iranians as the operation was unfolding before the full impact of it was

aware to the world, had signaled from their un office here that this would be the end of the matter as far as they were concerned. that they had concluded their response. but if israel were to respond, they would then feel the need to respond in a more harsh sense. do you get a sense of what possibilities israel has at its disposal right now as how it could retaliate? based on what we've seen in the past, what they could do in a situation like this. >> well, they have a list of people they want to go after. so one of the things they could do is to just continue going down that list of people they believe were involved in planning the october 7th attack. we don't have that list, but i'm told it's a pretty long list. so that's one way. we saw on april 1st what happened in damascus, and several rigc members, including some senior members, were killed. but we really don't know. and it seems like the israelis

are not sharing that with the americans as much as the americans would want. there's a disconnect, and a real misunderstanding of where things are at. i think that breeds frustration between the u.s. officials and israeli officials. >> yeah, so walk us through the that because i think that's an important point. some u.s. officials are concerned that if israel retaliates, they may have to come that their defense and could drag america into a direct confrontation with iran and expose american troops to iranians and iranian proxies. based on your reporting, what are americans generally concerned about with israel's response? >> i think there's a lack of trust on the part of american officials. they feel like all this work to try and get a hostage deal, they've committed so many resources. burns has made so many trips to the region, and it just keeps falling apart. there's the fault of both sides, hamas and israel. but there's this growing frustration, and so i think

they, from my colleagues carol, and courtney, and angela, their great reporting in the story you showed today. but the u.s. officials are saying there's kind of this wild card. we're just not sure that netanyahu doesn't want a wider regional war even though it would be catastrophic for israel. and when you look at the israeli political spectrum, you have a lot of people working in the government that disagree with netanyahu on a lot of things and don't want to escalate. and then you have some wild card people that maybe are rising in the ranks and are just so out in right field, really far right. so it's a challenge. you can't really paint the whole political spectrum with one color. i think that breeds some of this misunderstanding on the part of americans. >> and let me ask you how this impacts what is happening in gaza, both on the hostages side. i understand you've been speaking to family members of hostages still held inside gaza.

what are they telling you about how last night's attacks and where that conflict between israel and iran is going and how it changes the dynamics to try and secure the release of their loved ones? >> so much of this is messaging. overnight i noticed the netanyahu administration put out a statement saying hamas had just rejected the latest deal. but that deal has sort of been in the works. and i think what the netanyahu administration is doing is trying to put the focus on blame on hamas at this point. the hostage families, i mean they were, the ones who are freed, who are released, and the family members whose loved ones are in gaza right now, they were sort of cowering and worried that some of these missiles would actually hit. but in the statements i got and conversations i had, they're just thinking of their loved ones in gaza now 190 days. they keep saying if hamas could just release the hostages. like just release them. and looking at the global community, do everything to

get those hostages out. that is 100% their goal, and they really want that message to be part of the conversation right now. >> yeah, and of course the americans saying the best way to do that is with a ceasefire, and of course right now there's to commitment from the israelis for an immediate ceasefire until the hostages are released. anna, thank you so much for your reporting. we'll talk to you in a bit as well. up next we have the president of j street. it's great to have you on the show. jeremy, we mentioned the biden officials and white house officials are worried this evening that an israeli response to iran's attack might trigger a wider war. it's based on what they've seen in the past when israel carried out this attack against the iranian consulate in damascus. the americans didn't have a heads up about it until the war planes were up in the skies over syria. how concerned are you that something like that could repeat itself, or is this different because an attack

directly on iran would undoubtedly require american's perhaps pre-approval. >> i think we should all be extremely grateful for the clear messaging coming from president biden and the white house right now. the most important thing that needs to happen here is deescalation and ensuring this doesn't spiral out of control. that would be not good for the united states and its interests, it wouldn't be good for the security of israel, and it wouldn't be good for any of the parties in the region. so we are all, i think, very, very deeply concerned by this government of israel and some of the decisions that it has made over the course of the past six months, and the strong messaging from president biden saying don't do this is exceedingly important. >> is the message loud enough, is it clear enough when you do not condition consequences on israeli behavior? the simple words have been

ignored so far, so why would this be any different? because if you follow up on just some of the comments we've been hearing from several of the israeli prime minister's ruling coalition, who are calling for israel to respond. the national security minister literally calling for a crushing attack today against iran. it puts the americans in a difficult position, right? it puts them in a situation where they can't just say words. there has to be consequences. we haven't seen that yet. >> well, this isn't just consequences. it's whether or not the united states will be there to back israel up. the questions related to gaza aid and to the use of our equipment and arms in gaza and on the west bank and what the consequences should be for misusing them is a different order than if israel were to ignore the entreaties and clear line from this administration and go ahead and do something.

would the united states be there for israel in the way that it was last night? let's not forget, it wasn't simply the israeli air defenses that held up last night. there was a coalition that involved jordan and the u. k. and france and the united states. they were all engaged. israel cannot afford to risk losing that international protection and that umbrella. that's not just a consequence, that is a factor that israel's going to have to take into account in whether or not it moves forward with something unwise and unstrategic. >> you want your thoughts about what's happened at the united nations for a moment. the united nations security council, russia saying it's a double standard condemning israel but did nothing when they asked to meet after the strike earlier this month. is this a fair criticism of how the united nations and international community have been operating? that you'd need some kind of

tougher international reactions to israeli behavior when it violates another country's sovereignty whether it's syria or lebanon for the criticism against iran to be meaningful. >> well, it's a bit rich when it's russia standing up and saying that. >> right, but again it highlights the kind of hypocrisy on all these countries. russia who's occupying and attacking ukraine, also saying for national law and order to be upheld in the case of iran. >> right. but to all of these situations there is no military solution. that's one of the things that i think sometimes gets lost. that at the end of the day, if israelis and palestinians are going to ever find a way out of their conflict, there's only a political resolution. if iran is going to be held in check, then there has to be a diplomatic front that stands up against it.

the iran nuclear agreement was the right approach to containing iran's nuclear program. that was the correct way to keep the program in a box when donald trump and the more hawkish side of american foreign policy establishment took over control in 2017 and then tanked the iran nuclear agreement. what happened? iran's nuclear program races towards having a nuclear weapon. so the only way out of all of these crises is through a diplomatic path and not a military solution. >> let me ask you about something you know very well, and that's the dynamic that unfolds on capitol hill as a result of this with various aspects of pro-israel lobbies and organizations that come to its defense. we've seen unanimous condemnation of the iran attack among both republicans and democrats in the last 24 hours. but how does it complicate your efforts and what j street tries to do. on one hand come to israel's defense, but at the same time chart a different course for

how israel is behaving under the current netanyahu administration? >> well, the republican party never fails to miss an opportunity to turn these situations into a political wedge. they refer that these issues be political footballs rather than serious policy issues. there is a bill that is in front of the house of representatives that would provide aid not only to israel, but to ukraine and provide humanitarian assistance to the palestinians. it's simply waiting for the republicans to bring it to the floor. if the republicans want to do something positive this week to actually help israel and palestinians and the war effort in ukraine, then it simply has to bring that bill to the floor and not introduce some new legislation that they design not to actually become american policy, but simply create a political fissure in the democratic party, and that's not helpful. >> that's a tall order if

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donald trump's first criminal trial begins tomorrow in new york, and in a shock to absolutely no one, he is losing his mind on his knock off twitter site relentlessly attacking key figures in the hush money case. this morning trump called the judge overseeing the trial is most highly conflicted judge in u.s. history. he also claimed da bragg hid documents from him and his team. he also went after michael cohen calling had ima disgraced attorney and felon. but we know this is how trump operates when he's desperate and the heat is turned up on him. he deflects and points the finger at everyone else around him. on friday the judge rejected trump's fourth attempt at a delay just this week. in his ruling he said quote, defendant appears to take the position that his situation

and this case are unique, and that the pre-trial publicity will never subside. however, this view does not align with reality. joining me to discuss this is david henderson, civil rights attorney and former prosecutor. great to have you back on the show. before getting into the specifics of the trial, let's note this is the first ever criminal trial of a former u.s. president. put that in proper contest for us. how significant of a moment is this for our country? >> first ayman, good to see you too. i can't overstate how significant is because lawyers don't like unprecedented situations. we like to deal with what we've seen before so we can predict what will happen. certainly a president has ever been on trial before, and with a personality quite like president trump's, no one knows how things will play out with jury selection or what to expect once the trial actually starts. but he's already gotten away

with more than i would have told you any defendant could reasonably expect to without being put behind bars waiting for his trial date. >> trump has said he would testify. that remains to be seen. i'd love to get your legal expertise as to whether or not that's a smart decision. but if he does, the reason i ask that question is because he would be subject to cross-examination by the prosecution. how disastrous would that be for trump, and what would that even look like for the prosecution? >> you know, generally speaking i think i'm in the minority. i think it's good to put your defendant on the stand because that's what people are used to from watching tv. now, any good lawyer will tell you it's different in real life than an tv. but the truth is, people like my mom who have been watching law and order for the past few decades, they just expect it. they expect to hear from the person who's standing trial. so i generally lean towards doing it. however, it can only work when you have a client you can

control, and you cannot control former president trump. i think he's developed so much hubris that he thinks he can get away with it inside of a courtroom. what we've seen is he consistently fails, as a result of that, and for that reason i think it would be a disaster to put this witness on the stand. >> you know, david, unlike the e. jean carroll defamation trials, donald trump will have to be present every day in the hush money trial because it's a criminal case. will this trial inevitably become another opportunity for him to campaign? will the lack of visibility inside the courtroom give him the added advantage of being able to manipulate the narrative outside of the courtroom? >> i don't think anything inside the courtroom will help him manipulate the narrative outside of the courtroom. i think we'll see all the same antics occur that we saw before. but to your point, him being inside the courtroom today is a huge disadvantage to his

defense. when you see things like him being absent from the courtroom, that's not simply because he doesn't want to be there. any sort trial lawyer would say, you know what? you have a habit of making faces, you make noises, you can't help yourself with attacking the judge. it's better if you were only there when you literally have to be there. given what you showed notary public opening clip, him already making statements about the judge. if you start whining and making faces, pouting in front of the judge, what tends to happen in a trial is things stop going your way with important evidentiary rulings that can impact the outcome of the case. >> i was going to ask you about that. how important is the conduct inside the courtroom for trump? like, he knows in previous cases there was the theahtric and he could get away with it, but this time his behavior matters. >> you have to remember, the people that serve of a jury

are every day hardworking folks. it's hard for them to relate to someone that's disrespectful in an environment like a courtroom because most of them are not rich enough or powerful enough to get away with that, and they know that. when they see someone act like that in a courtroom, they tend to dislike that person. i tell my clients, the most persuasive thing you can be in a courtroom is polite and respectful. >> up until this point trump has been able to successfully delay his other cases. he tried to do that with this one, but failed. it's safe to say this is is only case going to trial before the election. what does this tell us about a two tier justice system, and certainly the way people perceive there to be a two tier justice system. and this trial, that was

supposed to go at the very end, is now going first. >> that's right. not only is this one the one that's going first, this is the one where if he could have picked, he would have chosen for this one to go first. and we assign so much of this to the fact that he is a former president. yes, that does play a huge impact with regard to what we're talking about. but at the end of the day, you're also seeing what the justice system looks like when someone can afford the lawyer, to go the distance, and do what they tell that person they want to do. if you can afford a lawyer, let alone a good lawyer, you can put up a much stronger defense than you think. i've seen it throughout the course of my career. people have accomplished things. i've been told nobody beats the feds. i can name three people i've encountered who have. it puts in context what you can do when you can afford a good lawyer. we'll see that play out in jury selection at least over the next week or maybe two. >> i do have one more question to squeeze in.

how do you do jury selection, how do you even pick a jury when you're dealing with someone as famous or infamous as donald trump? >> you know, this is really where it will come down to the skill of the lawyers inside the courtroom. we talk about people being unbiased and unpartial. everyone is biased, everyone is partial. what you want to do really with this jury selection is pick people who have the strength of character to convict the former president. the reason he's on truth social making all the statements that he is is because it makes people feel an incredibly high amount of pressure. most people with the common sense to know how that may play out in their lives will want to run from serving on this jury and the people who might end up serving on the jury when they realize what might be at stake for them, they may be inclined to say you know what? i think it's wrong, but i just don't think it's worth it for me to be put on blast for the next year or two because i want to convict this man. that's what you're thinking about when picking this jury. >> david henderson, thank you so much for breaking it down

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such escalation is an unambiguous condemnation from the council of iran's unprecedented large scale attack and an unequivocal call on it and its proxies and partners to refrain from further violence joining me now is the executive vice president for the quincy institute for responsible stage craft. good to have you back on the show. let's start with the remarks from the u.s. at the un security council meeting. your reaction to the u.s. not joining other members to call on call parties to cease hostilities and just singling out iran? >> well, this fits the pattern we have seen in the last couple of months bety biden administration, which is that even when it wants israel to show restraint, it will only communicate that privately to israel and never call it on publicly to do so. and i think that's a big

mistake. because if you actually call on israel publicly to show restraint, it makes it harder for netanyahu to defy biden in the manner he has for the last couple of months. and now we're at a point where defiance from netanyahu risks bringing the united states into an international war that would be absolutely disastrous. so it's essential that both iran and israel show restraint rather than singling out either one of them. >> i wanted to talk about this comment you made on x this morning. you posted if you give biden deservingly credit for having helped prevent the region from falling off the cliff last night, you must also give him credit for helping bring the region to the edge of the cliff in the first place by refusing to restrain israel and blocking a ceasefire. elaborate on that for us and what you meant precisely. >> first of all, the retaliatory attack by the iranians against israel was

very well coordinated. the iranians had given a 72 hours heads up to the united states and others. and the biden administration played a constructive role in making sure it was all contained, and telling the israelis you had a win, no damage was done, move on. but even though it was constructive, you also have to keep in mind, we should not be in this situation in the first place. if the biden administration had approved the un security council resolutions in favor of a ceasefire earlier on, and had he pushed for a ceasefire from the very beginning, we would not be in this situation today. if the biden administration 12 or 14 days ago after the attack by israel on the consulate in damascus, did exactly what it called on today, an ambiguous condemnation by the security council of israel's violation of international law by targeting the consulate, by the way all the other members

condemned it except for the united states, france, and the u. k. if the united states had also condemned it, perhaps it would have given the iranians a face saving out, and they wouldn't have had retaliated against israel in the manner they did. >> what do you make of president biden telling netanyahu the u.s. won't support an israel counterattack against iran while at the same time saying it's committed to israel, or its commitment to israel is ironclad. do these messages work together? are they compatible to deterring israel from doing somethingness iran? >> i think biden very much wants them to be compatible, but the reality is they are not. biden said he would not support an offensive campaign from israel against iran. in reality, the terms start losing their meanings. because if the united states

doesn't support the israelis in an offensive campaign, phone. then the iranians would re retaliate and the u.s. would be dragged into a war. if you don't want this to happen, you need to call for restraint and make it clear there's consequences if israel drags the u.s. into the war. >> does iran lose some credibility among the region from arabs on the street who wanted to see it come to the defense of palestinians, but has not done so with meaningful action against israel in the past 24 hours? that all this bluster of getting involved and defending itself and its sovereignty was at the end this highly coordinated event more about saving face domestically than actually doing anything meaningful for the region.

>> i think amongst iran has probably already lost a degree of support. the only reason it hasn't been greater is because the arab governments in the region have done even less. and as a result the net gains have been positive. but i think you're putting your finger on something important. at the end of the day, it actually was costly for the iranians to do an attack that was so much emphasizing the symbolism of it rather than the actual impact of it. it helped evade a regional war that iran is clearly not ready for and doesn't want. but with the expectation iran has itself created, it will definitely disappoint some elements in the region. >> all right, thank you so much, greatly appreciate your insights. >> thank you for having me. next up, what president biden can do to turn the tide with young and progressive voters before november.

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onto that letter. the group's president warns that biden could lose key support from that voting block if he does not significantly change his stance on the israel-hamas war. she's joining me now. christina, great to have you on the show. first of all, let me just ask you, has the white house responded to your letter? >> i mean, we've all been in communications, all these organizations, over time with the white house about our fear. we're concerned about the humanitarian and moral implications of this war, and the united states' unique war in funding this war through military aid to the israeli government. but also we're all organization that is supported the biden administration. and many of us, including my organization, have actually endorsed the biden administration. we want to see them win. but there is, especially amongst young people that i represent, there's a significant number of young people that for the first time ever in our organization

history are focusing on foreign policy, and this issue in specific to determine how they could vote this upcoming election. >> why do you think this issue and this subject or this war is resonating with young people in a way it hasn't previously and has really touched them in a way that's made their political support for the biden administration vulnerable? >> i think looking at it overall, we know a significant number of young people are paying attention and getting information through social media. the images coming out, the information coming out, the ability to access information that is not through traditional news sources has really educated young people that have been educated by their peers on this issue. so you're seeing a huge divergence amongst age groups, generational groups with where they stand on this issue with upwardsover 70% of young people want a ceasefire. it's not an overwhelming number of young people who say they won't vote for biden on

this issue, but in key states like michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, you don't need an overwhelming number of young people to decide to vote third party or decide not to vote because of this issue and have grave impact and elect donald trump. the palestinian people deserve the most basic humanitarian aid, and the united states government needs to be playing a more strategic role in ensuring. >> you have said that the reaction of young people to foreign policy is something you haven't seen historically. you outlined for us a little bit about why this time around is different. do you think this reflects a generational disconnect from the white house and the base or the block of young voters you're talking about? why do you think this administration is not in tune with this key political block that you're talking about? it's obvious to folks tracking it like yourself to people in

the media like us following it, but it doesn't seem it has been enough for the administration to course correct on. >> look, i want to be clear about two things. one, that in this country we have seen a huge increase of young people who say they care about foreign policy, specifically this election. last election just 4% of young people said it was an important issue in the upcoming election. the most recent poll we saw had 82% of young people saying it was an important issue for them in this election. on par with abortion. now, young people were critical to electing donald trump, critical to stopping the red wave in 2022. they're critical to stopping donald trump again in 2024, and we need to make sure while the administration has delivered on student debt, historic climate change legislation, gun safety, young people are continuing to try and push the administration on this issue just as they have

on those other issues, and i think that we'll continue to see young people pushing until it is dealt with. this issue will continue to push them to push the administration. >> you've talked about the ability or importance of it to the presidential election. certainly to this administration. do you get the same sense when it comes to members of congress? because it seems that not only are democrats, um, certainly from the administration's perspective in support of israel in this unconditional manner, but the growing calls for conditioning aid to israel on its human rights seem to be growing, but is it actually gaining traction in a meaningful way to change congress' position on this, certainly among democrats? >> i mean, i think we're seeing democrats move as well. we just saw former speaker of the house nancy pelosi after the seven humanitarian aid workers at world food kitchen were killed by the israeli government also signing onto a letter calling on the biden

administration to leverage the unique military aid we provide to israel to call for greater, um, to call for a restricting of that military aid until there was actual alignment with basic human rights. let's be clear that u.s. law is pretty unequivocal, and that's what we're calling for as well. that if a country blocks humanitarian aid, american humanitarian aid, they should also not receive u.s. military aid. so we're simply calling for the united states government to comply with their own laws. >> all right, christina, thank you so much for your time this evening. greatly appreciate it. next up, how the republican party has turned judge shopping into an art and what, if anything, can actually stop it. game on. i've been practicing. what the cello? you want me to lower the hoop? foul! what? you going to tell on me again? foul yah?

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post. quote, he's very passionate about the fact you cannot preach pro-life and do nothing. we both hold the stance of you have to do something. that makes it clear why he was hand picked to hear the case. it's part of a larger phenomenon known as judge shopping where litigants actually file major lawsuits in districts where they know judges are sympathetic or friendly to their cases and rule in their favor. right wing activists have used the legal loophole to target not just abortion, but other policies they disagree with like immigration and obamacare. however, even members of the judiciary have had enough of the the far right's antics. last month the judicial conference of the united states, which is a group of judges that oversee operations of the federal courts, a group that includes supreme court

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