larry: william la jeunesse, you're exactly the right the way you said it.t is through the sales of these things, whether it's oil or drones to russia or electricity and gas to iraq. you know you're quite right but you know i will maintain as somebody who worked on the sanctions under the prior trump administration i would maintain that the bidens are to blame for not enforcing the sanctions. anyway, william la jeunesse, i always get that right, thank you very much. we appreciate it 100%. >> reporter: you're welcome. larry: all right folks now an additional point i want to make, somebody has to tell me what is the difference between a cease-fire and a humanitarian pause? simple question. look it, here is secretary of state antony blinken at the senate hearing this morning. take a listen to what he said. >> when it comes to a cease-fire in this moment you're exactly right that would simply consolidate what hamas has been able to do and allow it to remain where it is and potentially repeat what it did another day and that's not tolerable. no nation would toler

william, thank you, william la jeunesse in l.a. thanks. >> dana: breaking news.ple donald trump was on his way to the courthouse. his nemesis is as well. michael cohen the former fixer for donald trump is in court today. the second day of his testimony. today trump's lawyers will continue their questioning of him. and that is all right there in front of each other. you see the court sketches not too far apart in the courtroom themselves. the sketch artist made president trump look pretty good yesterday. see what happens today. >> bill: cohen versus trump day two. >> dana: u.s. officials held a briefing with reporters on the gaza hospital attack last week. they assess with high confidence that last week's blast was caused by a failed palestinian rocket and not an israeli strike. officials believe the palestinian rockets engine failed and broke into two pieces causing the war head to hit the hospital parking lot. and yet, bill, there are some who still question it, right? "the new york times" says the contention by israeli and american intelligence agencies that a

william la jeunesse live in los angeles with that part of the story. >> how do you turn an 18-year-oldwing stones at israeli tanks into a soldier? not just money but training. where is it coming from iran? a hezbollah recruiting video showing how iran provides combat skills, firing techniques and technical expertise. how to build ieds, shape explosive, manufacture rockets, drones and booby-trap billions. two decades fighting in iraq, syrian civil war. yemen and afghanistan. iran trains fighters at its university in tehran and military camps in iran and lebanon. 500 hamas fighters trained in iran in september. training it also teaches palestinianian engineers how to resemble and manufacturing drone and missile components in iran. >> you will have more advanced weapons and facilities and train on them in iran. it may be harder to say move a particular model of missile or drone. if you want to have a guy move the stick it may be better to do it with the guys who pioneered that technology. >> experts say iranian tactics were evident in the ambush in israel. the use of motorcycles, small un

here is senior national correspondent william la jeunesse. >> seven divided by seven. >> it's a questionon between the cost of education and achievement as taxpayers we're told if you give more, you get more. teachers, computers, facilities, but do those resources produce a better education? >> we need to change how money is used, not how much we are spending. >> this map shows how much each state spends per student for k-12 public education. dark gray states like new york are the highest, up to $30,000 per child according to census data. light gray the lowest. yet, look at the two states at the very bottom. idaho and utah around 9 grand. >> they rank 2 and 3 in achievement in eighth grade math and reading. south dakota at 13. grand risk at 16. the national average not far behind. which is why education experts say there is no correlation between what states spend on education and what their students get on report cards. >> for policy makers, the take away is clear. funding increases don't automatically result in approved outcomes. >> charter schools spend about $7,000 less per student t

wil william la jeunesse is the report. >> a bombshell for other reasons as well.a -he suggested he would get a caretaker. that's not the case. the governor's office said butler is free to run for a full six year senate term beginning next year. races well underway pinning adam shift against progressive congresswoman katie porter of orange county and the long-time san francisco representative barbara lee. who is laphonza butler? she is from mississippi and former head of california's largest labor union and the current president of emily's list that works to elect democratic women who support abortion rights. a former political consultant, advisor to senator kamala harris and a lobbyist at abnb. newsom said she has spent her entire career fighting for women and girls and has been a fierce advocate for working people. she will make history becoming the first black lesbian to openly serving in the u.s. senate. she moved in 2009 but left two years ago with her partner and school age daughter for maryland. she reportedly owns a home in l.a. and only needs to change her

william la jeunesse following the story. >> it's not that the administration provides any funds directly rather allows it, critics say, to sell billions of dollars in oil in international markets in violation of u.s. sanctions. so in 2018, the trump administration imposed stiff sanctions on iranian oil and gas exports warning that anyone doing business with iran cannot do business with the u.s. the following here iran exported as little as 500,000 barrels of oil a day. under president biden, however, those exports have tripled without the same enforcement allowing iran to sell more oil mostly to china in violation of u.n. sanctions. >> we found over the course of the biden administration their policy changes has enriched iran to the tune of between 50 and $60 billion. >> that's money critics say iran used to fund terrorism and attacks on u.s. forces. >> so not only my message to iran, but also to president biden, enforce the sanctions. they are in place for a reason. and yet this administration refuses to interdict the oil that continues to leave iran. >> ernst says they will introduce a

william la jeunesse covering this for us today. >> matthew perry appeared to have it all, right? sense of humeor and enormous talent. he led a tortured life. insecure, conflicted, lonely with a struggle with drugs and alcohol beginning at age 16. he was found dead saturday afternoon in the hot tub. no sign of foul play or illegal drugs. >> the best thing about me, bar none, if somebody comes up to me and says i can't stop drinking, can you help me? i can say yes and follow up and do it. >> in hollywood perry's break came at age 24 as chandler binge in the sitcom "friends." ten seasons eventually earning a million dollars per show. he dated stars like julia roberts, briefly engaged but never married. >> it's getting really late and i should just -- >> i scared you. i said too much. i'm hopeless and desperate for love. >> that actress said on instagram, what a loss. the world will miss you, matthew perry. the joy you brought to so many in your too short lifetime will live on. i feel so blessed by every creative moment we shared. private life perry had been into spending $9 million

william la jeunesse is live with more. to fill out dianne feinstein's firm? >> no. it's unusual. she's never held public office, doesn't live here and 98% of voters know who she is. but elite democrats in d.c. and sacramento, they know butler as an abortion rights activist and lobbyist. she's the only black woman in the u.s. senate and the first black lesbian to serve openly in congress. "i'm honored to accept governor newsome's nomination to be a u.s. senator. she said for women and girls, struggling parents, unions, waiting for our leaders to bring opportunities back to their homes i'm ready to serve. there's two outstanding questions. one, where does she currently reside? according to property records, she owns this home in l.a. with her partner. according to emily's list, she lived in maryland moving there's two years ago. to be a u.s. senator, she needs residency and registering to vote in california is sufficient. the other outstanding question, what does she do next? run for the full six-year term? newsome said that

william la jeunesse is with us. what exactly does the report say, william? but, rather, allows it to sell billions of dollars of oil in international markets in violation of u.s. sanctions. so in 2018 the trump administration imposed stiff sanctions on iranian oil and gas exports, warning that anyone doing business with iran cannot do business with the u.s. the following year, iran exported as little as 500,000 barrels of oil a day. under president biden -- [audio difficulty] allowing iran to sell more and more oil, mostly to china, in violation of u.s. sanctions. >> we found that over the course of the biden administrations their policy changes have enriched iran to the tune of between $50-60 billion. >> reporter: so that's money critics say iran uses to fund terrorism and attacks on u.s. forces. >> is not only my message to the iran, but also to president biden, enforce the sanctions. they are in place for a reason. and yet this administration refuses to interdict the oil that continues to to leave iran. >> reporter: so ernst says she will introduce a bill