Happening now,

now Donald Trump's first criminal trial is set to begin April 15th

after the judge in the Hushmoney case rejected his latest delaying tactics.

This, as an appeals court just handed Trump

a significant win in the New York civil fraud case

by drastically reducing his bond.

Also tonight, witnesses share horrific new accounts of the concert hall massacre in Russia

as the death toll rises and four suspected attackers appear in court.

We'll get an update from Moscow.

And new tensions right now between Israel and the United States over the war in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu obeyed. the United States over the war in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly scraps a delegation to Washington

after the U.S. abstains from a vote at the United Nations Security Council clearing the way for a ceasefire resolution to pass.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Plitzer, you're in the situation room.

Our top story tonight, Donald Trump fails to further delay the first of potentially four

criminal trials he's facing while getting a lifeline in the civil fraud case threatening his finances.

CNN's Chief Legal Affairs Corresponded Paul Reed is in New York covering it for us.

Paula, two different courts and two different outcomes for Trump.

Yeah, that's exactly right.

Well, if it's a win-sum, lose some for Trump in the New York courts today, it was in the

courthouse right behind me earlier today when he learned that an appeals court had dramatically lowered that bond

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