Don't

don't forget though. He's going on on Monday with the judge's gag order still in place

so he can't speak about certain things. He has to be so careful.

That is so unconstitutional in my opinion. We have First Amendment rights. We have rights as

attorneys, Sixth Amendment rights, and those are all being violated. And he

still wants to take the stand, even though my advice is at this point, you

should never take the stand with a gag order. but he is so firmly against what is happening in this court.

Trump lawyer Alina Habah last week previewing the former president's testimony in the civil fraud trial against his business

organization. Now it appears Trump will be a no-show. We'll show you what his

legal team is saying about the last-minute reversal and who will take the stand.

Plus the latest from the Middle East Israel continues to strike what it calls

Hamas strongholds in southern Gaza, an area where the UN has warned about dire humanitarian conditions.

It comes amid new reporting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnya, who not only knew about Qatar's monthly payments

of millions of dollars to Hamas,

he encouraged it.

We'll get analysis on that damning report from retired four-star Navy Admiral James

Stifridis and President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haas.

Also ahead, we will preview Volodir- Zelensky's visit to Capitol Hill tomorrow.

The Ukrainian president is expected to meet with new House Speaker Mike Johnson as Congress fights

over funding for the war-torn country.

And we have Steve Kornaki here at the Big Board breaking down the new polling from Iowa

in just moments with just over a month until the caucus is there.

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