senator jeff merkley, thank you for joining us. >> thank you.ake care, now. >>> christiane amanpour joins me on religious war rhetoric that is intensefying. >>> the trump family had a very bad day and week in court, as the former president gets ready to take the stand to defend his business empire. laura coates joins me on that next. >>> find out why mark meadows' book publisher is now suing him. ♪ >>> the trump family had a very bad week in court as the civil fraud trial for their empire continues. the children are now the ones in the spotlight. ivanka trump tried to get out of testifying this week because it's a school week for her kids, but the court knocked that down pretty quickly. donald trump jr. did testify, and he admitted that he signed off on documents that exaggerated their assets and worth. but he blamed his accountants for the mistakes. then it was eric trump's turn. at one point the younger brother snapped at prosecutors during their questioning. he also had to backpedal after claiming he knew nothing about certain valuations. the

joining me is democratic senator from oregon, jeff merkley. he is also a member of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you so much for joining us this morning. it's been a busy time as people are watching to see what happens with the cr. i do want to ask you about what is happening with the passage or the non-passage of funding that would fund our government but also give funding to ukraine and to israel. you have a couple things, border security has been thrown in there by the republicans. the speaker of the house is also insisting on cutting the irs budget to give aid to israel and ukraine. what's going to happen here? how close are you? are there any steps that have gone further to try to pass a budget? >> well, this emergency supplemental really has focused on security. you have aid to ukraine, aid to israel. you have discussion over border policy, which the point and the challenge that senator schumer is referring to. you have international humanitarian aid and assistance in the indo-pacific. so it's a fairly substantial package

amy: those remarks from the white house came as democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon became just the second senator to demand a cease-fire in the gaza strip, joining illinois democrat dick durbin. merkley wrote -- "by waging a war that generates a shocking level of civilian carnage rather than a targeted campaign against hamas, israel is burning through its reserves of international support. too many civilians and too many children have died, and we must value each and every child equally whether they are israeli or palestinian." in seattle, hundreds of people blocked the main entrance of the space needle observation tower sunday in a jewish-led peaceful act of civil disobedience calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. protesters flew a 40-foot-tall banner that read "ceasefire now!" on the air, carried by large balloons. they're demanding washington senators patty murray and maria cantwell join growing congressional calls for a ceasefire. the action was organized by the seattle chapter of jewish voice for peace. a federal appeals panel has blocked individuals and civil rights

not seen and heard that the vote on aid to ukraine has yet to take place, but democratic senator jeff merkley said that if the united states stops supporting ukraine, it will be a blow to this generation and will greatly affect the national interests of the united states of america, as well as he noted that the termination of aid to ukraine would potentially lead to the appearance of cracks in nato , therefore, he considers the issue of aid to ukraine extremely important, and how will the reduction or termination of support from the united states of america actually affect the country itself? well i think first, we will see if it would be temporary, we would, as we understand that the budget is now at 95%, they have already used all the money, but however, i don't understand if that also includes, the possibility of transferring weapons from some other economic may see something, but really a reduction would be very tragic, now now, because of what you mentioned earlier, that we are already shouting loudly here in washington and and where else we have meetings with senators, that now now we a

. ♪ >>> well, new this morning, democratic senator jeff merkley is calling for a serious fire betweenl and gaza but with conditions. the cease fire requires an immediate cessation of military hostilities by both sides, but the cease fire and the negotiations that follow must accomplish a number of objectives or it will not endure. hamas must release all of the hostages without conditions and lay down all their arms. a group of 13 democratic senators wrote a letter to president biden calling for the administration to work gaza to open its border. all coming as the white house is pushing back against protesters now dubbed the president genocide joe for his stance on the war. >> this word genocide is getting thrown around in an inappropriate way by a lot of different folks. what hamas wants, make no mistake about it, is genocide. they want to wipe israel off the map. they said so publicly. what happened on the 7th of october, murder, slaughter of people in their homes or at a music festival. that's genocide. thanks so much. let me start with you giving your experience in the government d