Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Yamee Shalendor. Today we're following two major

stories. Right now the White House and the world are awaiting Israel's next move

as it lead as its leaders vowed to retaliate against Iran for this weekend's unprecedented

aerial strikes. U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could respond to Iran's attack without thinking through the

potential fallout. We'll have much more on that story ahead but we begin in New York

where history is being made. Donald Trump is now the first former US president to stand trial on

criminal charges. Jury selection is underway in the trial over an alleged

hush money payment Trump made to an adult film star during the 2016 campaign.

As a criminal defendant, Trump must be present in court

for those proceedings that could take him off the campaign trail

for weeks.

This morning, Trump entered the courtroom defiant, continuing to spread

falsehoods about the case and the charges.

This is an assault on our country and it's a country that's failing. It's a country that's run by an incompetent

man who's very much involved in this case. This is really an attack on a political

opponent. That's all it is.

So I'm very honored to be here.

Thank you very much.

The former president is facing 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Prosecutors say in the aftermath of the release of the access Hollywood tape,

Trump wanted to bury a story about an alleged affair with adult film

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