And now, America's number one show on pop culture and politics.

This is the Michael Medved Show.

And another great day in this greatest nation on God's Green Earth.

It is a great day.

It is also for another great nation on the other side of the world.

It is Yom Haas Mahat.

It is Israeli Independence Day.

Is this something to celebrate or is it something that represents a monstrous cruelty and mistake and war crime for the Jewish people to establish their own state?

We will get to that. There are reports about some notable victories for the IDF today, victories

involving the dispatch of dozens of Hamas terrorists in the largest Gaza battle in two months.

And speaking of large battles, the cross-examination of Michael Cohen continues in New York.

Cohen's testimony is the linchpin of the case, says the New York Times.

And a lawyer for Donald J. Trump is right now aggressively questioning Michael D. Cohen,

the key witness in the criminal case against the former president, grilling him about his statements

on the case, including a suggestion that Mr. Trump belonged in a cage like an animal.

Well, I know that that animal, a lion, as would be the kind of an, right?

A king of beasts.

No, walrus, that would be John Bolton, but just the mustache.

In any event, the suggestion was made by Michael Cohen, apparently, making a statement on the

case that Mr. Trump belonged to the cage like an animal.

He has a lot of company today. A number

of potential vice presidential candidates actually accompanied President Trump to the courtroom

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