On Monday, President Trump's legal team released its first official defense in advance of his Senate impeachment trial, which begins Tuesday. The president's attorneys say Trump didn't condition military aid to Ukraine on investigations into the Bidens. Meanwhile, the House impeachment managers were preparing their counterarguments. Lisa Desjardins reports and joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

What to expect from Trump's legal team and House managers during impeachment trial

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Delegations from Israel and Hamas returned to Cairo to resume fraught negotiations over a potential cease-fire and hostage deal. Meantime, Israeli tanks and troops seized the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, delaying aid shipments as 1.2 million Palestinians shelter in the city. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Israel seizes Gaza border crossing as cease-fire and hostage deal hangs in the balance

In our news wrap Tuesday, TikTok sued to overturn a law that could ban the platform inside the U.S., Ukraine's state security service says it foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy, Russian President Putin was sworn in for his fifth term after almost 25 years in power and a federal judge in Florida indefinitely delayed Donald Trump's classified documents trial. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

News Wrap: TikTok sues to overturn law that could ban platform in U.S.

Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress at the center of the criminal hush money trial against Donald Trump, took the stand Tuesday in New York. In sometimes graphic detail, she described the sexual encounter she alleges she had with Trump and the payment she received from his lawyer to buy her silence. William Brangham discussed the volatile day in court with Andrea Bernstein of NPR. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

What Stormy Daniels revealed on the stand in Trump's hush money trial

An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo for crucial cease-fire talks a day after Hamas said it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari proposal. To explore what could happen next, Amna Nawaz spoke with Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

How Israel's operation in Rafah affects aid for Palestinians and cease-fire talks

President Biden marked the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust, remembering the six million Jewish people who were killed. In his speech Tuesday, Biden affirmed America's support for Jewish people, Israel and condemned antisemitism. Laura Barrón-López reports.  PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

What to expect from Trump's legal team and House managers during impeachment trial

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