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ainsley, director of the project of centre left renewal at the progressive policy institute, and bill schertics editor at washington monthly first, the latest headlines. russia's president, vladimir putin, says there are no plans for his troops to capture ukraine's second city kharkhiv, at least for now. he also told a news conference that his forces were creating a "buffer zone" to protect russian border regions. the area around kharkiv, in ukraine's north—east, has been the target of frequent attacks by russia since its incursion across the border last week. the man who attacked the husband of former us house of representatives speaker nancy pelosi has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. david depape was convicted of assault and attempted kidnapping of a federal official in november after a week long trial in san francisco. the attack left paul pelosi, now 84, in hospital for six days with a fractured skull and other injuries. here, an asylum seekerfrom morocco who was found guilty of murdering a 70—year—old stranger and trying to kill a housemate has been jailed for life. ahmed alid, w

let's speak to bill scher, politics editor at washington monthly. what is your assessment of the state of play in all of this? the prosecution so far in the trial seems to be hitting its mark, you don't see many legal analysts in a statement saying the prosecution is not giving a good narrative to the jury. but you need a unanimousjury, you need just one person who doesn't buy it for there to be a mistrial. that might be a high bar to clear. that might be a high bar to clear. that would mean he would be acquitted but there would be another trial which could be delayed until after the election which is what donald trump wants. what have you made of donald trump's statements about the trial? donald trump has gone about all his court trials in head scratching fashion where he doesn't seem to really want to win the trial will be nice to thejudge. really want to win the trial will be nice to the judge. he treats it all as a political stage as part of his political narrative which has so far worked well enough. he is still slightly leading in the polls, b

ainsley, director of the project of centre left renewal at the progressive policy institute, and bill scher capture ukraine's second city kharkhiv, at least for now. he also told a news conference that his forces were creating a "buffer zone" to protect russian border regions.

bill will change the democrat support? >> we are going to find out right where the reasons for calling this out as we think the amane calling the senators over there democrat senators beginning with leader scherting him know they feel about this. i think pc opinion is on the side of israel we certainly note the rise in anti-semitism that ng i the country and the angry mobs on the college campuses and all this other. as i said before and i'll close again this is a time for the president of the united states to stand out, looked directly into tnd call it good, good and evil, evil we cln of any consistency from the white house and we are not w all these pbl

bill will change the democrat support? >> we are going to find out right where the reasons for calling this out as we think the amane calling the senators over there democrat senators beginning with leader scher letting him know they feel about this. i think pc opinion is on the side of israel we certainly note the rise in anti-semitism that ng i the country and the angry mobs on the college campuses and all this other. as i said before and i'll close again this is a time for the president of the united states to stand out, looked directly into tnd call it good, good and evil, evil we cln of any consistency from the white house and we are not w all these problems continue to be exacerbated. we are calling on the president to take that action calling on chuck schumero put this bill on the floor we sent it over there and let the it's what with that and we thank you for being here. >> is now house metairie leader hakeem jeffries also spoke about the republican-led bill the delivery of weapons to israel but he talked about house republico hd attorney general merrick garland and contempt of congress. d nses] >> heads up. good afternoon everyone. this is a police week so let me begin on behalf of t