Happening now breaking news. Opening statements now set for Monday in

Donald Trump's hush money trial. This after a New York panel of 12 jurors

and six alternates is completed.

Also tonight, we're keeping a very close eye on the Middle East

after Israel launched an overnight strike inside Iran.

American officials tell CNN the U.S. government was briefed ahead

of the attack but did not endorse the response.

And the House Speaker Mike Johnson makes good on his promise to advance a package of critical foreign aid bills.

The vote on the House floor now set for tomorrow, after the measures won broad bipartisan support.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States

and around the world.

I'm Wolf Plitzer.

You're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

The breaking news tonight, a full jury plus all six alternates now sworn in for

Donald Trump's first criminal trial that tees up opening statements to begin on

Monday. Our senior justice correspondent Evan Perez is outside the courthouse in Manhattan with all the late developments.

Evan, what do we know?

Well, at this moment we now have a jury and the judge held a hearing after swearing in that jury

that had to do with a number of things.

The former president's lawyers wanted to argue against the prosecution's attempt to use certain evidence in case the former president decides to take the stand to testify on his own

behalf and during this this hearing of a couple hours judge Juan Mocrant especially

at the end it grew a little bit impatient with the with the Trump team

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