crazy. >> judge jeanine: really crazy. >> dana: is that allowed? >> judge jeanine: not that i know of. you can't put your dogs up there. how do you like them apples. i don't know what airline it is. anyway, i will be on "the ingraham angle" tonight. >> oh, the angle there she is. richard, one more thing. >> this one is a wisconsin teen being praised as a hero after bus driver passed out on the way from taking them home. a.c. howard iii noticed bus driver was drifting across the center lane and grabbing the wheel before lifting the bus driver's foot off the gas pedal and slamming foot on the brakes. saved 14 kids. this is eighth grader. drive a tractor. his whole class. >> you go, boy. that's it for us. everyone. have great night. hey, bret. >> bret: hey, dana, happy birthday. >> dana: thank you. >> dana: you didn't do it in the

haiku. next time. >> bret: thank you. good evening. i'm bret baier. lawyers for former president donald trump seek a mistrial and a modification of the gag order imposed by the judge as stormy daniels finishes her testimony. congress faces a deadline to reauthorize the federal aviation administration, the faa, what this may mean if you are flying soon. and, the house considers censure for a squad member over her comments about jewish students. ♪ >> but, first, breaking tonight, we are covering two big stories regarding major decisions from president biden. israeli leaders say they will go it alone if necessary after the president threatens to halt some military aid if troops, israeli troops carry out major operations inside rafah. but we begin with reaction to the president's new rule to change the process for dealing with migrants seeking asylum along the southern border: critics saying it's a minor fix for a major problem.

senior national correspondent rich edson has the story live from the north lawn. good evening, rich. >> good evening, bret. for years there has been pressure on president biden to change and tighten border security and using executive action to do so. well, he just proposed an administrative rule that would change the asylum system for critics, they say that changes too limit to have much of an effect. >> window dressing. too little, too late. >> before the administration even announced its new border security rule, republicans dismissed it as little more than a political box checking exercise. >> joe biden is also unwilling and unable to fix the border crisis that he intentionally created. >> house republicans maintain the president had the authority to do much more to restrict the historic levels of migration to the southern border. they say biden should shut it down. instead, the administration's rule would allow the government to expel migrants much more quickly if immigration officials determined they pose a national security or safety risk. republicans say millions are abusing the asylum system,

designed to grant migrants facing persecution entry to the united states. >> house and democratic leaders are pinning the border crisis on republicans and refusal to pass the bipartisan immigration bill. >> republicans are going on and on and on about the border. but, facts are stubborn things. >> 15 house democrats many from swing districts have written the president blaming republicans for playing politics on border issues but urging the president to act using all tools at his disposal. and that, quote: it has become clear that the current situation remains untenable. many progressive democrats also wrote the president with a different request. urging him to streamline pathways to lawful status for undocumented migrants. and that, quote: deporting all such individuals as former president donald trump has threatened to do, if reelected, would devastate the american economy. >> the white house has had no comment on the proposed rule. this week the president's campaign did release a new ad

criticizing the trump administration's border policies and, in particular, highlighting family separation. bret? >> bret: rich, there is another story out there a report ripping the veterans affair department for dolling out millions in excessive bonuses. what do we know about that. >> nearly $11 million went to 182 senior executives at the department of veterans affairs ranging from 39,000 to $100,000 each. v.a. is trying to get that money back for these folks. it's been going on for several months right now. but they haven't gotten it all because, first off, many of them are challenging that they have to repay it. others are saying they already spent the money, bret? >> bret: all right, rich edson live on the north lawn, rich, thanks. as mentioned at the top. lawyers for former president donald trump have finished their cross-examination of the woman who says she had a sexual encounter with the former president. then mr. trump. and that she tried to get money to keep quiet about it. adult film actress stormy daniels was back on the stand

today. correspondent nate foy outside the new york state supreme court again tonight with the latest, good evening, nate. >> good evening, bret. tonight judge juan merchan denied two separate requests from former president trump's lawyers. merchan rejected their request for a mistrial because of prejudicial testimony from stormy daniels and also denied request to amend the gag order because trump wants to publicly respond to her testimony. something that he still is trying to do with a separate legal challenge at the appellate court level. >> thank you very much. >> what did you think of stormy daniels' testimony. >> former president donald trump is again challenging the court's gag order after adult film actress, stormy daniels finished testifying in trump's criminal trial. >> i just filed a major motion at the appellate division concerning the absolutely unconstitutional gag order where i'm essentially not allowed to talk to you about anything

meaningful that's going on in the case. >> on the stand, daniels denied extorting the former president saying, quote: i never asked for money from anyone in particular. i was asking for money from publications to sell my story to get the truth out. but, a phone call, michael cohen recorded with daniels' former lawyer keith davidson shows a different story. >> if he loses this election and he is going to lose, if he loses this election, we lose all [bleep] leverage. this case is zero. >> daniels signed nondisclosure agreement preventing the release of her story for $130,000. sold the rights to her life story for $800,000. and toured the country profiting off her affiliation with the president. susan necheles questioned daniels who confirmed signing the statement in 2018 that reads in part, quote: i'm denying this affair because it never happened. after daniels' testimony, prosecutors revealed they no longer plan to call former playboy model karen macdougall to the witness stand. trump's former white house

executive assistance madison got emotional today while recalling memories of trump and his family telling the court, quote: i felt it was really important to share with the american people the man i got to know. i don't think he's treated fairly and i wanted to tell that story. >> westerhout will again be on the stand when court resumes tomorrow morning at 9:30. at the end of court tonight, judge merchan said that the trial is on or ahead of schedule. it was expected to last between six and eight weeks. right now we are nearing the end of week number four. bret? >> bret: nate foy outside the courthouse. nate, thanks. a federal appeals court panel has rejected a bid from hunter biden to dismiss criminal gun charges. the action clears the way for hunter biden's june 3rd trial. a first for the child of a sitting president. judge has said hunter biden could not appeal because the lower court had not yet entered a final judgment in the case shortly after this appeals court ruled a federal judge ordered the trial to begin june 3rd in

wilmington, delaware. we will talk with george washington university law professor jonathan turley about the trump and hunter biden cases in just a bit. ♪ >> bret: president biden taking criticism tonight over his threat to withhold u.s. military support for israel if it launches an all out invasion of the gazan city of rafah. state department correspondent gillian turner has the latest tonight. >> there are certain types of military assistance that we will not make available to israel for use in a campaign in rafah. >> the biden administration has withheld a shipment of precision bombs to israel and may pause more amid concerns the idf would use them in rafah. >> what the president made clear is that we have concerns about a potential military operation in rafah. i don't think that's any secret when we have made those concerns quite clear to the government of israel. >> those concerns, rafah is

packed with 1.3 million palestinians, many of them already displaced by war. about 600,000 of them are children. congress just passed an israel aid package and president biden is getting explosive pushback from g.o.p. senators accusing him of overriding their authority. >> joe biden objectively favors a hamas victory over israel. it's just that simple. and the president is only emboldening hamas. it puts israel's national security interest at risk. this is insane. >> this was a horrible mistake. >> lawmakers on the far left accuse the president of not going far enough. they are pushing him to seize all weapons shipments to israel immediately. top officials, however, insist israel's self-defense is still their top priority. >> our commitment to israel's security is indeed ironclad. >> our commitment to israel's security remains ironclad. >> security of israel and its right to exist as an independent jewish state is ironclad. >> senior officials tell us they believe a full scale invasion of

rafah would actually hurt israel position -- israel's position overall. both its standing on the world stage and its position with its regional allies who also want to see hamas replaced inside gaza. bret? >> bret: gillian turner live at the state department. gillian, thank you. meantime, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the u.s.' threat to withhold some arms will not prevent his country from continuing its offensive in gaza going after hamas leadership. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has details tonight. >> the fight is getting tougher in the southern gaza city of rafah. israeli tanks and warplanes hitting more targets today, 50 hamas militants reported killed. further terror tunnels collapsed as a talk from israel gets tougher as well. a warning from president biden that u.s. military aid will be cut back if the rafah invasion intensifies. israeli prime minister netanyahu said this: >> well, we are determined and we are united in order to defeat

our enemies and those who want to destroy us. if we need to stand alone, we will stand alone. >> his right wing national security minister posting on x even worse. still, the humanitarian crisis in rafah is getting worse. tens of thousands seeking safety not there, food, fuel, water, medical assistance running down. the u.n. says it's still too dangerous to reach a border crossing israel says it reopened. >> there is nothing here. no sign of life. we're living through a real tragedy. every sense of the word. >> pause the fighting and three more hostages held by hamas have ground to a halt. negotiating teams for various sides leading cairo. c.i. a chief william burns reportedly turning to washington amid a slim ray of hope. ship left cypress with aid set to transfer for a floating pier built by the u.s. military off the gaza coast to be ready, according to the pentagon, in the very near future. >> ids spokesman daniel agarry

adding late today even if president biden sticks to his guns about that military aid warning israel has enough munitions for the mission's plan, including, he said, rafah. and the fight goes on. bret? >> bret: greg palkot, thank you. up next, we will get legal analysis on the trump trials and the upcoming hunter biden case from law professor, jonathan turley. first, beyond our borders tonight, russian president vladimir putin says there is nothing unusual in a planned exercise involving the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons. russia is citing what it calls threats from france, britain, and the u.s. as reasons for those drills. authorities in southern brazil rush to rescue survivors of massive flooding and has killed at least 100 people so far. some residents are refusing to leave. heavy rains and flooding since last week have also left 130 people missing. and this is a live look at rome. one of the big stories there tonight, pope francis presides over a ceremony in st. peters

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♪ >> here we sit after two and a half weeks you will see some very revealing things today's. >> we're not hearing a whole lot about what they claim to be charges. >> daniels was important for some context and little else. if anything, it only enabled her to tell her story over and over. >> bret: we have some big legal issues to break down tonight from the trump trial in mid-atlantic to what's just happened with hunter biden to and his trial to come. joining us jonathan turley george washington university law school. jonathan, great to see you. first i want you to get a a summary of stormy daniels as a witness. both sides, what comes out of this testimony that wrapped up? just when you thought this trial couldn't get more bizarre, they

called this former porn star to the stand. and trump's counsel objected repeatedly on good grounds that her testimony is virtually, entirely immaterial. the nda is not in dispute. that this was just an effort to get l lured details in. the judge refused to narrow narrows it but not much. what happened was a dumpster fire. it was embarrassing. it really made the judge look quiet, you know feckless if not farcical in his own courtroom. the prosecutors then allowed a cross-examination that they knew would be devastating. but that's the important thing here. this is exactly what the prosecutors expected. they coached her. she admitted to that. so they just wanted to get these lured details out. and the question is why? it doesn't seem to be winning the case as much as trying to win the election.

>> bret: we assume that michael cohen will be testifying soon, as the big witness here. he is up on tiktok, almost every day, raking in donations, talking about his former boss in very specific ways talking about this case. it's kind of different if you think about what the former president can and cannot say and where michael co-son before he takes the stand. >> yeah. the question is what is the judge protecting cohen from? cohen is out there attacking and taunting, campaigning essentially against the president in the middle of a presidential campaign. what is the judge protecting here? and, that question is getting more and more evident as this case goes to the court of appeals. the most amazing thing about the tiktok thing last night wascoen saying he wants to run for congress where he will take, yet, another oath. he seems to collect oaths like

people, you know,s collect heads for their walls. i mean, the one guy that i would think would be somewhat oath-adverse would be michael cohen. >> bret: one thing more on this case and this is hillary clinton weighing in on what she sees the real issue here in this case. >> the one that is going on now, currently in new york is really about election interference. it is about trying to prevent the people of our country from having relevant information that may have influenced how they could have voted in 2016. >> bret: now, i didn't do that interview. had i been doing it, i probably would have said well, what about the dossier that was paid for by your campaign? you got an fec fine for it. obviously a prosecutor didn't take -- a d.a. didn't charge you in that case. >> right. because you have a modicum of journalistic integrity.

it's obvious what the next question is the clinton campaign lied to the media when it denied funding the steele dossier. it hid the funding through its general counsel, marc elias, as legal expenses. and they were later fined for that and, in fighting that fine, they argue no, no, no, no. legal expenses covers this huge category this is perfectly correct. which is basically what the trump people are arguing. but, to watch hillary clinton make this argument really represents a new low for her. but it's hard to believe that anyone would be persuaded. >> bret: okay. quickly, the appeals court, hunter biden's trial moving forward, saying june 3rd they're going to go forward with this. >> yeah. and this is a slam dunk of a case. and his attorneys know it. they have thrown everything against the wall. they are arguing arguments put forward by the national rifle association. they are challenging a law that his father has championed. and the reason is the primary

witness that will appear at the trial against hunter biden is hunter biden. he is on record in his book and in interviews basically establishing the elements of his offense. in most circumstances, this would be the fastest trial on record. and that's why they are taking every 3 point shot they can to see if they can stop this from happening. >> bret: finally i would be remiss if i didn't ask you about gw protest. obviously that's your office right there, george washington university. how you think it was handled and what you saw and heard from really outside your window, right? >> literally outside the window of my office. and i could not drive to my office because that whole street was occupied for weeks. and the d.c. government refused to clear it. the george washington university asked them to clear it. at least clear the city street. but, in d.c., it often seems to matter what you're protesting in

determining whether you will be cleared or not. and the d.c. government refused until just before they were being summoned to congress to answer questions it's really another example of fighting to control our universities, for those of us in higher education. this has been the story for years. we have lost control of higher education. and just now administrators are seeing the byproduct of what they have created. >> bret: all right. jonathan turley, as always, thank you. >> thanks, bret. >> bret: up next, a large grouch migrants storming the southern border. you remember that story. well, they appear to be getting off scot-free. we are going to take you down there, live. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering. fox 2 in st. louis mark parsons sign as bill banning abortion providers and affiliates from receiving medicaid reimprisonments while public mee reimbursements. the new law won't prevent any taxpayer money from supporting

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border in march. 200 cases have been dismissed. the judge is blaming a bureaucratic error. correspondent griff jenkins has details tonight. good evening,. >> reuben morales dismissed 211 cases migrants seen in that video by the "new york post" continuing to push their way into the u.s. and judge morales says he lacks jurisdiction because the district attorney's office failed to provide a required transfer order to move the misdemeanor cases from district court to county court. but district attorney bill hicks said just moment ago he felt the process was done appropriately and plans to appeal the order. >> it does not matter a person's immigration status. it does not matter if they are from this country or not, if you break the laws of the state of texas, and in particular in these right cases if you destroy

property and you endanger lives, you will be held accountable. vice president of national border patrol council art del cueto says unfortunately a decision like this continues to send a message to criminals that they can get away with attacking law enforcement. this continues to make law enforcement's job that much more difficult. zero consequences for criminal behavior. and as for what happens with these migrants, bret, d.a. hicks says they are now being released back to border patrol. but a senior cbp official tells me in the case of venezuelan migrants as many of these were they can't be sent back there is no repatriation agreement with that country many will be released with a notice to appear at a future asylum hearing. bret? >> bret: griff, thank you, we'll follow that congress meantime scrambling to keep the federal aviation administration the faa from shutting down. authorization for the agency expires in about 36 hours. so, what does this mean for the

flying public? and can congress get it all done? votes going on right now up on capitol hill. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram have some answers tonight. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening, the senate is voting right now as we speak to avoid a partial shutdown of the federal aviation administration. the vote right now is 71-4. they only needed 60 votes so this is going to pass. there is not going to be a crisis here. they are going to pass this bill in the next half hour. the senate was in a holding pattern to reauthorize the faa reached a deal to avoid a senate ground stop. >> passing this faa bill preservative critical funding for airport security. training for more inspectors at manufacturing plants. >> senators wanted the faa carry x cargo. they hope to attach. online safety for children. a plan to add 10 daily flights

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the senate must still approve an interim bill. the house did not line up with the senate and the house left town yesterday. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on the hill, chad, thanks. up next, one of the most outspoken democrats in congress may be in line for censure over her comments about jewish students and genocide. but as we go to break. former white house counsel for bill clinton and high powered lobbyist jack quinn has died. quinn's wife susanna says he died from long-term complications relating to a double lung transplant in 2019. is he survived by a large family. here in d.c. his wife susanna, son storm and stepdaughter jocelyn. jack quinn was a friend of mine. i'm better for having known him. jack quinn was 74. ♪

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>> bret: there is a move in the house tonight to censure squad member democratic congresswoman ilhan omar for saying some jewish students are pro-genocide. whether that proceeds may be related to the political troubles of the house speaker in a tight majority. congressional correspondent issue ha has any is on capitol hill tonight with that. >> got a primary to win. >> progressive congresswoman

ilhan omar firing back at republican congressman don bacon after he filed a censure resolution against her for calling some jewish students pro-genocide. >> we should not have to tolerate anti-semitism or bigotry for all jewish students whether they are pro-genocide or anti-genocide. >> no american jewish student should be called pro-genocide. >> speaker mike johnson supports the condemnation but he hasn't scheduled a vote yet and that might be because johnson finds himself in choppy political waters. he could only lose one republican on any future vote and wednesday night he lost the confidence of at least three as they tried to oust him. even former president trump weighing in on the peculiar moment on truth social, warning republicans that if they showed disunity, which will be portrayed as chaos, it could cost them the election. and because democrats threw johnson a lifeline that could dissuade him from punishing one

of their own. [. >> on the other hand the left is deeply divided over the war and pro-palestinian protests happening on college campuses. and last year -- >> when she chants from the river to the sea, she believes it. >> 22 democrats joined house republicans to censure michigan representative rashida tlaib over other remarks about israel. that gives hope that democrats will once again cross party lines. >> i don't see this as a republican or democrat issue. standing up for jewish americans bret if omar is indeed censured she would become the fourth democrat to be condemned in the last two years. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie on capitol hill. aishah, thanks. some students are pushing back tonight against anti-israel protests that have kept them from feeling safe, attending classes or even graduation ceremonies. three northwestern university undergraduates are suing the school now, senior correspondent

mike tobin is in evansston illinois tonight. >> a scuffle at nit, the latest campus clash as palestinian sympathizers protest against israel. three jewish students at northwestern university in illinois are fighting back with a lawsuit. >> jewish students are not safe on campus. if you talk to students, they are scared. they are terrified. >> suit does not ask for compensation. monetary or otherwise. it simply demands the university enforce policies which would prevent incidents like a man with his face hidden by a keffiyeh demanding students disclose whether they speak hebrew. a star of david with a red slash through it and a jewish student bee rated with chants that she burn in hell. northwestern university told us we don't comment on pending litigation. like many colleges, the university of wisconsin at milwaukee has an anti-israel tent encampment. >> we have tents and we have shelter, unlike the people of

gaza. unlike the people of palestine. >> the chancellor issued a statement that umw tries to balance free statement and safety. the encampment is unlawful and must end. >> i think it's basically a hidden threat to jewish students. >> contrast that can emerson college in boston where the university president promised to post bail for the students who were arrested. [shouting] next november we'll remember. >> increasingly the protest have turned on the biden administration for ongoing support of israel's military. in light of that pressure, xavier university in louisiana withdrew the invitation for biden's ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas greenfield to fechuch at commencement. >> northwestern here struck a deal with protesters and gave them some of what they demanded including a student committee to view university investments. in exchange, the protesters took down most of the tents dodging the ugly visual of police removing them by force. bret? >> mike tobin in evansston,

mike, thanks. up next, a panel on the standoff between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over military action in rafah. plus, stormy daniels is cross-examined at the trump criminal trial. we'll talk about all of that and then the unofficial kick-off to a famous frog jump jubilee. ♪

>> we're not going to supply weapons and artillery shells used. >> artillery shells as well. >> yeah. artillery shells. >> it could be a tragic mistake. the idea that we would cut off military aid to an ally our only true, true ally in the entire region is absolutely prepets tore russ. just beyond my comprehension anyone would do that. >> well, that last soundbite was joe biden 2019 before that an interview last night about holding back arms in case israel goes into rafah. very definitively. there has been pushback on in his own party about that. you saw senator fetterman on "special report" there are others who are talking out about it. but the most vociferous pushback is from republicans senator tom cotton. >> it would also, i have to add, be grounds for impeachment under the democrats' trump-ukraine standard withholding foreign aid to help one's re-election.

>> only with joe biden it's true. >> and to that end there are some house members, g.o.p. members drafting or trying to draft impeachment on this issue let's bring in our panel. leslie marshall, democratic strategist. matthew continetti, fellow at the american enterprise institute and kimberley strassel member of the "wall street journal." first to you your thoughts on this action. the fallout and what comes from it. >> for a president with a long history of poor foreign policy decisions. this is one of the worst. is he abandoning a key ally and sending a terrible message to our own enemies which puts our own national security at risk. it's thwarting the will of congress, including members of his own party which just passed a bill specifically so that we could send along these weapons over there. and, look, it's being done in the name of pandering in

domestic politics. rather than any sound reason. this is a president who said he was backing israel in its goal of rooting out hamas and that cannot be done without an operation in rafah. so it's also inconsistent with his own policy. i'm not quite sure how it is sustainable, given the growing pushback. >> congresswoman ilhan omar came out, she said. this this is what young people across the country were protesting for and finally, the needle has moved in a significant way. i hope we see more progress but don't ever let people tell you that your voices are meaningless and your actions are worthless. in other words, she tying this directly to the action of biden of holding back these weapons. >> i wouldn't tie it directly. i mean, president biden has been warning benjamin netanyahu and we have been seeing not just on american campuses but we have been seeing in israel itself, not just by polls, by people in the street, screaming for netanyahu to get the hostages home, all of the killing, the

more than 30,000 palestinians that have died, a majority of women and children and approximately 2300 of those are hamas. and the hostages are still not home. so what we're hearing from people throughout the globe is we can't just keep sending money. we can't just keep giving weapons. you know, for rafah. many people view it like shooting fish in a barrel when you ask people to go to this area, go south, go to rafah. now serve like we are there. where do we go? look, i shouldn't say nobody, overwhelming majority of human beings, can't stand hamas. i do call hamas a terrorist organization. but i think the overwhelming majority of human beings see that there is humanitarian crisis. cindy mccain said there is going to be famine. we are human beings. not just politicians. i don't think this is entirely a political decision and i don't think the president is entirely wrong. you can't just give a blank check to every ally. you need to sit down and have a plan. so far the plan hasn't worked. >> bret: one is that the israeli

cabinet, including some of the possible opponents to netanyahu don't differ with him, strategically on what he is trying to do to get rid of hamas leadership and even going into rafah. secondly, precision guided munitions better if you are going in than not in a small area. thirdly, hamas is the one that's keeping those people there. axios has this story. israel warns u.s. that weapons pause could sabotage talks. israelis told the u.s. extremely concerned with negotiations ongoing in cairo, the timing of the move will jeopardize efforts to secure a deal for the release of hostages and a temporary cease-fire. the israelis are concerned that hamas will not move from its positions when it sees the level of u.s. pressure. matthew? >> all the terrible things that leslie says are happening in gaza are the result of hamas. the longer that hamas is allowed to remain in power in gaza, all these things will continue. this is not releasing the

american hostages: it's not negotiations. bill burns the cia director is returning back to the united states. it's not helping america's position in the region by showing daylight between the united states and our critical ally. it's not helping biden politically. because he is already alienated the anti-israel people. and now he is going to alienate the pro-israel community. it's a disaster of a policy that's only going to backfire and biden no one but himself to blame. he needs to recover the moral clarttle that he possessed in the first weeks after october 7th. buy i feel it's vanishing from his finger tips. >> bret: just gave a speech at the holocaust event that was very pointed and clear and blamed hamas directly but the very next day pretty clear on this he weapons hold back. >> the words were great. and as he was giving that speech, bret, apparently his administration was trying to hide the fact of this new policy to deny weapons that israel needs to finish the job.

that itself is despicable that he was trying to cover that up. you know, words are important. and i think many of the words that biden has said since october 7th including about these violent and harassing campus protests against jewish students in our own country have been very helpful. deeds matter more. and this deed is wrong and it needs to be reversed. >> bret: all right. let's talk now about the trial up in new york. it's dominated a lot of conch. obviously salacious testimony with the prosecution and then cross-examination of stormy daniels. take a listen. >> this is purely and simply election interference. there is no case. here we sit after two and a half weeks. >> this is just a sham trial. it's a show trial. and they have every right to apply for a mistrial because the testimony that's going on right now has nothing to do with the actual case. >> it's incredibly embarrassing to the former president. and the more details she gives,

the more likely it is that the jurors think that she is telling the truth. >> bret: i mean, we heard the analysis from jonathan turley earlier in the show. kimberley the editorial board where you work the stormy daniels sex trial hard to believe the goal was as much to hue mill trump before voters as it was to sway the jury that mr. perhaps the bragg prosecutors are willing to go this extreme that the other criminal cases against mr. trump may not go to trial before election day. those who want mr. trump convicted before november now see mr. bragg as their last best hope. do you think that was the strategy here? >> yeah. i do. look, this is supposed to be a falsification of business records. and, instead, the prosecution, i think, and judge juan merchan made a big mistake in putting stormy daniels up there, allowing her to make these prejudicial statements suggesting somehow this sexual tryst was nonconsensual. the judge as much admitted this was a problem by suggesting that he is now going to have to issue

limiting orders to the jury, essentially telling them to unhear what they already heard. and this is coming about because alvin bragg doesn't know what his second crime is he is trying to throw everything against the wall that he can procedures in the courtroom. i think they just gave the trump team a grounds for a mistrial call an appeal. >> bret: 20 seconds, leslie. politically independent, suburban women? how does it play? >> i honestly don't think it sways them. it's just not a top of mind issue for voters across the board. you know, in those independents aren't in love with her and hate with donald trump. and i don't think this trial is going to change that. >> bret: all right. panel, as always. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> bret: finally tonight, a special day. >> oh.

>> bret: members of the state senate assembly and the public gathered outside of the california capitol building in sacramento to see the 48th annual capitol frog jump. the event features almost 70 frog jumpers competing for the longest and shortest jump. do you win for the shortest jump? i don't know, the event serves as the unofficial kick-off to the calendar county fair popularized by the famous short story by mark twain. there you go, frog jumping in california. tomorrow on "special report." our "common ground" segment deals with bipartisan cooperation to try to rebuild baltimore's francis scott key bridge following its collapse in late march. we will talk about the issues of the day as well. remember, if you can't catch us live, set your dvr, 6:00 in the east. 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. thanks for inviting us into you your home tonight. that's it for "special report" fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" is now. >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. as alwha