top of the hour. good morning, everyone. so glad you're with us. it's a pivotal week for donald trump. there's a case today. what trump's legal team wants to see and what the special counsel wants to keep secret. and abandoning allies. why world leaders say it puts american troops at risk. an extension threat. a new study shows how humans are threatening the lives of migrant animals. this hour of "cnn this morning"

starts now. here's where we begin. this just in. we are now expecting donald trump to attend a closed door hearing next hour in florida in his classified documents case. this could impact whether trump goes to trial before the november election. today trump is also facing a major deadline if he wants to appeal the ruling that he does not have immunity from press cushion as president. and down in georgia trump tries to throw fani willis off his elections case. and the warning that russia should attack their allies if they don't pay their fair share. >> he said, sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by russia, will you protect us? i said, you didn't pay, you're

delinquent? yes, let's say that happened. no, i would not protect you. in fact, i would encourage them do whatever the hell they want. you've got to pay. >> again, it's not like a pot of money you drop money into. kristen holmes is live for us in florida. a busy day for the legal case, the legal side of things. you just reported that we're expecting him to be there in person. >> reporter: that's right. we're expecting him to be there with the usual kavg yachts i get from senior advisers that he could change his mind until the last minute. until he's actually in the car, we can't guarantee he'll be there. he did want to go. today's hearing is behind closed doors, so it's likely we won't see donald trump at all, and it's all about access to evidence. remember at the heart of this case is classified documents. donald trump and his team want access to classified evidence that perhaps the prosecution and intelligence agencies don't want them to have access to. so that is something we're

keeping a close eye on. we'll definitely look for a readout there. that's not at the only legal case in the spotlight. last week a d.c. appeals court tr trump. they tried to block that ruling in an attempt to delay the case eechbd further, delay the case from going to trial, and there's still more. in georgia as you mentioned a judge there is holding a hearing later today about whether or not fani willis, the district attorney there, and her team can be subpoenaed at a hearing later in the week because defendants are alemging that fani willis had an inappropriate relationship with a top deputy that's causing issues that she should be disqualified from the case. those are the legal cases that are laid out today, a big day for donald trump. >> i wonder, also, what you're hearing given what he said about nato and the united states' role

and responsibility, not to mention what he thinks russia should do. what are you hearing from the team because there's a lot of fallout around that, no? >> poppy, there is a lot of fallout, but not within his team. his team is saying they stand by his statements. if you look at what he did as president, it was a time of peace, no one was going to war, there were no invasions. the other thing i want to point out is the strong man rhetoric is something that donald trump likes and so do his supporters. the idea that he tells people they have to pay up, america comes first, part of this is still a campaign strategy. yes, he's out there. yes, we're hearing a lot of pushback not just from democrats and republicans but world leaders. but when it comes to supporters and what he's trying to do to get votes, that's something they like hearing. >> kristen holmes, another busy day. we appreciate it. joining us now, former white house trump communications

director, thanks for coming in. i think the nato issue is fascinating for me because it's almost perfect for trump. most people don't understand how it actually works. they don't understand how it's positively benefitted them over the course of their lives or their day to day life, and he can say things that upsets people he wants upset. >> just to remind folks at home, afghanistan, for example, was a nato-led mission. iraq was a nato-led operation. after 9/11, our nato allies under article 5 came to our defense. it was the most successful in history. by the way, it started to deter russia. now where we are is we're to the point he's signaling where we have u.s. troops stationed, he wouldn't necessarily come to their defense. it's a remarkable statement, but it should. be surprising. he toyed with it while he was in

the white house. he didn't understand the power and importance and deterrence of nato. he talked about withdrawing from it many times. we can't take it as rhetoric. it is a profound statement and i hope the biden administration pushes back and explains how important it is. >> by the way, russia, if you don't pay up, the door's open. >> just to speak in very specific terms, that's like world war iii at that point. if you're talking about opening the door for russia to go into poland or anywhere else, that becomes our third world war. >> you're busy on twitter. you had a lot to respond to. trump's attack on nikki haleyly's husband, do we have that? can we play that for people? he's serving the country, and yet this is what trump said about him. >> where's her husband? oh, he's away. he's away.

what happened to her husband? what happened to her husband? where is he? he's gone. >> remind people where he is and why trump did that. >> he's serving in a counterterrorism operation as a member of the national guard. it's just a despicable statement. it echoes thing he's done in the past, going after john mccain and gold star families. when i worked for vice president pence, one of the main issues he and his wife championed were supporting service members. this is remarkable he can say this about a former u.n. ambassador's husband. no one, not even chris sununu said a damn thing about it. this is the party behind him. we're going to keep making excuses for his general rhetoric. this is what we're doing. we're repeating everything from 2020 that we should have learned already and vt learned a thing. >> can i ask you something about what we saw during the super

bowl last night. it was the rfk ad, which, look, first off, his entire family has disowned him and it. he has apologized to his family on x for the ad, which is penned right above his apology to his family on x. let's watch some of it. ♪ kennedy, kennedy, kennedy, kennedy, kennedy ♪ ♪ kennedy, kennedy, kennedy ♪ ♪ do you want a man for president who's seasoned through and through ♪ ♪ a man who's old enough to know ♪ ♪ and young enough to do ♪ >> i stopped and was frozen watching it. one, it's very effective. two, name i.d. is critical to him, and nogs tall ja is everything for him. three, he's still polling in double digits around the country. >> the rfk brand is another

thing. it's nostalgic. everything he stands for is counter to the kennedy family. maria sh reicher retweeted a statement from one of the family members. she's learned to stay quiet and allow other family members to speak. the kennedy family wants nothing to do with what he stands for. he spreads conspiracy theories and is a reckless candidate. he takes more voters if staying in the race from the trump side than biden because he's leading into more of that's right wing conspiracy theories. >> it's a big question. that ad doesn't mention any of this stuff. >> if he were to pivot and a little less -- >> a $7 million buy in a prime spot in the super bowl -- >> if you're looking for a biden off ramp, you could see it. >> you need to start paying attention to it. new images of the hostages

rescued from gaza in a daring mission. we have new information. and defense secretary lloyd austin is in the hospital again this morning in critical care. what we do know about his condition next.

new details to save people. 67 people were killed.

a 67-year-old and 70-year-old are said to be in good condition. the military says the soldiers found the hostages on the second floor of the building and used their own bodies to protect them. hours before president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke and described efforts to secure their release. this call comes as u.s. warns israel any assault in gaza must include a safety plan that protects those sheltered there. they say they can head back north. >> there's an estimated 1.4 million people in the area right now, and as the foreign minister said, they can't just disappear. where can they go? >> the areas we cleared north of rafah, plenty of areas there. we're working out a detailed plan to do so. that's what we've done up till now. we're not cavalier about this. this is part of our war effort to get civilians out of harm's

way. it's part of hamas's effort to keep them in harm's way. so far we've succeeded, and we will succeed again. >> joining us is our next guest. i want to get to the hostage rescue in a moment. to start with the prime minister's interview yesterday with jonathan karl, u.s. officials are believed to have been cavalier. the report i've picked up and you have reported on, inside the white house there is a belief there is not enough attention paid to these issues and the u.s. concerns about them are too often dismissed. what e what's next here? >> one of the things i heard from u.s. officials yesterday after the call between netanyahu and biden is that the white house is totally aware that at the moment, it's not that tomorrow israel is going to operate in rafah or maybe next week or the week after, but what they are concerned with is even

if israel will try to evacuate the population, some were displaced two, three, four times. maybe u.s. officials say it's not possible even if you have the best intentions in the world. it's not an easy thing to move more than a million people from one place in the world to another, especially in gaza especially. >> you have led everyone in the hostage negotiations, whether they're real, aggressive, falling apart. i believe there's going to be an important meeting on tuesday. where do things stand right now? >> well, it stands with this strained situation where it's clear to everyone that tomorrow an israeli delegation is going to come to cairo in order to meet cia director bill burnes and the egyptian intelligence

chief. they still haven't signed off on it. so we're all waiting for this signing that the delegation can go. he said, don't shut the door even if you feep the gaps are wide. send your people to cairo. let's start to move forward. i think netanyahu will send them. still, the question is when those people meet in cairo, they talk among themselves, agree among themselves, but at the end of the day hamas is not there as it is at the moment. >> you have some incredible behind-the-scenes recording last night. what extort out to you and what happens next? >> what stood out to me is that first, you know, we thought for many, many weeks, months, that

the hostages are all in the tunnel . . they moved some of the families and this is what opened up the operational opportunity to do such a special operation, and the soldiers were coming from the idf navy s.e.a.l.s and the special forces, and the israeli police counterterrorism unit, they get to the house in the middle of the night, 1:49 a.m. local time. put an explosive on the door, blow up the door, surprised the hamas guards inside, killed them within minutes. then the problems start. you need to get the people to the helicopter that takes them out of gaza. then there's an and tense irv fire fight in the area.

israel bombs. the drama wasn't the actual, you know, getting into the apartment and getting them. the drama was getting them out of gaza. >> it was a remarkable operation. we always appreciate it. thank you. let's discuss with our chief international anchor christiane amanpour. i'm so glad you're with us. i want you to listen to this interview between benjamin netanyahu and jonathan karl. >> how many of the 102 hostages do you think are still alive? >> i think enough to warrant the kind of reference that we're doing -- we're going to do our best to get all of those live back. i'm not sure anyone can put themselves in the position of the families, but neither can the families put themselves in the position of the decision-makers. these are two separate things.

>> christiane, i wonder what that indicates considering the amount of criticism he's facing from families waiting for their loved ones. >> poppy, this is going to be an amazing zracz for the families who put the hostages front and center for the last four months. it's interesting to note these are the first two civilian israelis who have been rescued. bara barak ravid talked about it. they had intelligence, went in on a counterterrorism expedition and they got their guys out. that's really important. the previous hostage being released was a military soldier early on.

the others were all due to negotiations. you remember the end of november, more than 100 israeli hostages were released. that i think is super important to know. the other thing is, of course, netanyahu and the press conference after meeting with secretary blenken late last week, he's essentially to his own people in hebrew dissed, if i can use that word, the united states' pressure not to do what president biden has asked him not to do and that is go in on an unprepared ground offensive without taking due course for civilian life. as you know, even the release of these two elderly gentlemen hostages came at the cost of 100 palestinian lives. so it's a big, big issue. you know president biden has called the israeli operation over the top and that there needs to be some kind of targeting actions, plus the

biden administration is trying to urge as you heard negotiations, and that's very important too. >> important to follow if there are any changes in terms of u.s. actual support for israel after the words from biden saying it's over the top. christiane, while you're here, i need your take on trump and what he said about nato and sort of opening the door for russia and the reaction of world leaders that you're hearing. >> you know, poppy, it is i insane. i mean it literally is insane. in one sentence president trump turned the entire postwar, transatlantic security doctrine on its head. he actually after that, whatever you want to call it, propaganda coup coups saying he would your turn

it. he would encourage putin to do whatever the hell he likes. you know, it's almost unbelievable. it's an insanity to say that. that's the existential crisis the world faces right now. the post-world war ii global security operation is based on america and its 30 other nato allies defending each other and coming to each other's rescue and protecting and securing democracy and security in the west, and stoltenberg said whoever is president of the united states will be, you know, required to keep up its article 5 and nato commitments. it really is so huge. that sentence itself is so huge. >> it is. and stoeldenten berg saying tha would riske american soldiers on the ground. he chooses his words so carefully. >> yes. >> go ahead, christiane.

>> yeah, he does. he said, you need to send us the weapons so you're doing the fight, not us. i think that's very critical while this senate congress thing is stuck. the idea of sending weapons to ukraine is not charity. it's to protect americans and nato sons and daughters and to prevent putin from having his will, and nobody doubts that if putin wins on his terms in ukraine, that will not be the end of his app tutelage. >> christiane amanpour, they thank you from london. also this morning elon musk says claims of russia using his satellite service is false. starling's operated by spacex which denies doing any business with moscow. this morning the kremlin says it has not used starlink in any way. ukraine has used it since russia

has invaded the country. and an advancement of a bill. >> and women. she had a child with her. what we're learning about this shooting ahead.

i can't remember the last time the senate was in session during super bowl sunday. but as i said, we're going to keep working on this bill until the bill is done. >> i know some circles disregard

the global interest we have as a global power. we must reject the short-sided views of our obligations and grapple instead with actual problems. >> that was senate majority leader chuck schumer and minority leader mitch mcconnell. at $95 billion the aid bill would include for ukraine and israel and 18 republicans voted to advance it and it's a clear sign they continue and has even grown in recent days. joining us now congressman jason crow. he was just in ukraine last week. that's where i want to start. i'm looking at pictures of your by cart san code to meet -- you

met with president zelenskyy and u.s. officials as well. mike turner, who is a powerful chairman in the house republican conference, there was french hill who's also a veteran senior member, if you put this vote on the house floor, at minimum it get 3/00 votes, probably more, and i'm not sure it's going to get put on the floor. >> yeah, that's right, phil. there's still overwhelming support for ukraine by the senate. if put on the flooring it would pass overwhelmingly. we have a procedure challenge. you have a few dozen freedom caucus members. these are the most extreme maga republican members of the house. our partners ukraine who are fighting for their very survival don't have the weapons and equipment they need. it's terrible, but there's a group of us who are pushing hard

to force them out and there are mechanisms to do that. >> do you think you're going to have to utilize that mechanism or is there hope the speaker will put it on the floor through suspension or some other way of doing it? >> i'm a former ranger as you know, phil. there was a saying in the military, hope is not a plan. i don't sit around not doing anything while my partners are at war fighting and dying. we're going dom up with a plan. leader jeffries has been working very, very hard at this. i'm going to do everything possible. we're not going to sit around and wait for speaker johnson and the republicans to lead. we will step up and we will lead when it's necessary to do so, and this coming week is going to be a very critical one. >> you mentioned your military service. the former president appeared to go after nikki haley's husband who's currently deployed over the weekend. i wonder, when you talk to your republican colleagues about things like that, i'm struck at

how little response there has been today to that very specific comment about somebody who's serving overseas right now in the u.s. military. how do you see them? >> well, listen. donald trump has shown us who he is. he's maligned world ward 2 veterans, he mall lined john mccann. he's a man who doesn't understand the nature of service, doesn't have any interest of anyone else other than his own personal interests and he's shown himself over and over again to be that type of person, and, of course, over the last couple of days actively encouraged russia to attack our allies. places where there are tens of thousands of u.s. troops and their families stationed, and he's sitting here encouraging russia to attack these countries, it's really beyond the pale but not surprising because this is who dip is and we know that by now.

>> how unsettling is its for you when you look at the current landscape? i'm not going to run polls by you right now, but the reality is it's going to be a close election no matter what, and this could go either way at this point with the current incumbent despite what democrats say president biden has done in office. there's a reality right now. he's unpopular, and this is going to be a close race. >> there's no doubt. there's so much at stake. international global security, our national security, the fate of our democracy is at stake. for your those listening and may not be totally happy with what president biden has done, i for one think he's done a remarkable job and has delivered so much for this country over the last couple of years. you just look at his legislative track record and economic recovery. listen, president biden is always hoonest with the american people. so this is not an issue of who

you like all the time or agree with all the time. this is really an extistential choice. biden versus donald trump who does not have any interest for the country, who will put our country at tremendous rivering. >> let me ask you. for all of the news this weekend, the most striking moment for me is when mike gallagher announced he was going to retire. a retired congressman. he's like the dream republican conservative. paul ryan used to talk about him as the future. i moment you don't always get along, but what does it tell you about the chamber? >> it tells you more about the house at large rather than the chamber. we've legislated a lot, passed

bills together, talked about caucuses, sit on the intelligence committee together. he's a principled man. we have fundamental agreements but he understands the sky is blue and the earth is round and you can have policy. it's not good for the country. it's not good for the republican party that your rational, smart, sobeler-minded professionals are deciding there's no place for this in this countries right now. it shows you the trend. i'm very disappointed to see that mike gallagher is missing and i will miss him, and i hope him success in the future. >> congressman jason crow from colorado. thank you. >> that was such a surprise. >> stunned. >> so young. >> stunned. he'll go on to do amazing things, but i was stunned. species on the brink of extinction. a new study reviewing how humans

are are putting migrant animals at risk. and we have highlights on the super bowl and the overtime thriller. >> viva las vegas, viva las vegas, viva. >> viva. >> las vegas!

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it is a business monday morning. here are five things to know. the pentagon says defense secretary lloyd austin is being treated for a bladder issue at the walter reed medical center. he transferred his duties to kathleen hicks. this comes after criticism for failing to tell president biden he was hospitalized for prostate cancer treatment in december. police are looking into why a woman opened fire at a megachurch. police say the woman walked into a lackwood church in a trench coat with a child. the child and another map were shot, but officers shot and killed the woman. today is the deadline for

donald trump to appeal. if appealed it would be heard by the supreme court and likely delay the trial. what a two-state solution could look like. tonight jon stewart returns as host of "the daily show" and comedy central after he stepped down in 2015. he'll only host as of now on mondays with a rotating lineup for the rest of the week. i cannot wait for that. more on these stories and all day on cn and cnn.com. don't forget to download everything podcast. a new report discloses nearly half of migrant animals are declining. what's to blame for it? manmade climate change. >> can you tell people what the major threats are to the species? >> it's us. it's human beings. >> john king. >> it's almost 8 billion human

beings, our supply chains, industries, cutting up habitats for the creatures that know no boundaries, political borders. they have been moving around the world for millions of years. this is sort of a groundbreaking report that looks for thousands of species and really finds the toll that's there. one in five at critical risk right now. a lot of species are trying to move from the heat. these are animals like the narwahls and elephants and leather-backed turtles. >> the ecological balance here matters. this isn't just your throwing off what these animals do or their parents are. explain that? >> exactly. the attitude for so long is one of dominion. the bats, for example, not the most cuddly creature out there, not everybody's favorite, but

enormously valuable when it comes to the insects it controls, the bad mosquitos and pollination, pollinating fruits and vegetables, hundreds of them. if we lose that piece of the ecosystem, what do we do? we have to do that by happened in some cases. you've seen that in china when the insect population crashes. the things we do are so vital. >> what about the good news? >> the good news is some speciesees have come back. we did one on the humpback whale. the really alarming thing is what's happening at sea right now. 97% of migratory sea speesh yearsing are at risk of extinction because of the tyranny of the seas. nobody takes care of them. there's an openseas treaty. if passed by the u.n., it could affect all the turtles and creatures of the sea.

it's vital how these migratory animals are. >> i like how you said plan ta etary roommates. we gnome how we are with roommates. some are nicer than others. >> we're breaking down the biggest and busiest moments and super bowl ads. how many times did you see this one. >> so good.

gambling ads were all over the broadcast tonight. one for the sportsbook, bet gmg featured vince vaughn, wayne gretzky and a whole lot of tom brady, and after his crypto ad, you have to respect his dedication to helping his uncle lose the rest of his money. >> none of the real reason everyone watches the super bowl -- i don't agree with this, but not the game, not taylor swift, the commercials. tom brady making his presence felt constantly. even though he wasn't on the field, appearing alongside j. lo, ben affleck, and matt damon. >> somehow i didn't see this one, and of course, verizon's feature with beyonce. that was amazing. i saw that. that teed up her announcement of her next album. we're looking at the biggest hits. dunkin', it sold the show. >> it stole the show as well for

me. it was probably one of my favorite ads and that is why i want to play it for you right now, just to remind the audience of what that ad was. >> the boston massacre, the dunkys. >> got it. >> i'm open. >> no interaction. my partner. >> sometimes it's really hard to be your friend. >> you said you wanted to support me. ♪ >> i just absolutely love that ad, but there were some other ads that i thought were pretty good that were rated highly by northwestern. they have the kellogg school there, and some other ones that rated highly that had celebrities in them for beyonce in that verizon commercial. love that one. you mentioned it, poppy, broke the internet. i'm a big fan of beyonce. i might argue i'm a bigger fan of beyonce than taylor swift. we can go back and forth about that. what about the "scrubs" guys? i was a huge fan of "scrubs

presi"scrubs ." i love donald faison, and also jason momoa. i'm more of a "star wars" fan than a "star trek" fan. that's a pretty good thing and those are some of the good celebrity ads i liked. >> what didn't work? let's all agree there should be a ban on temu ads for eternity. >> let's play that ad because i don't think it worked either. ♪ i luike it, it's mine ♪ ♪ the prices blow my mind ♪ ♪ i feel so rich, i feel like a billionaire ♪ ♪ i'm shopping like a billionaire ♪ >> the super bowl party that i was at, we really started talking about temu and not necessarily in such a great way. it was rated poorly by the guys at northwestern as well. there was that homes.com ad as well that had the celebrities in it where there was a lot of action nin it that was going.

it seemed a little bit too much for me. what was rated poorly was a political ad from american values from rfk, and this is an ad some people really liked, some people really didn't. it did get people talking about rfk jr. so i guess that's a good thing if you are a third party candidate that wants to get going, but the temu ad was one that got a lot of people talking and not necessarily in a good way. where do they get their funding from? not really good. >> how about arnold schwarzenegger in the chopper? it was amazing. >> i loved that one as well. i just love arnold schwarzenegger and i love when celebrities are able to play sort of a version of themselves and also play on the things that they're doing. >> coy wire was there. he's a celeb along with so many celebs, coy, at that game. not to mention all over these commercials. >> yeah. there was a house full of

celebrities, every kind of, you know, time-out, even stuff that wasn't showing on the broadcast, they were showing everyone from, you know, paul rudd who's a huge chiefs fan. we had blake lively of course, there with taylor swift and leonardo dicaprio was shown on the jumbotron. he didn't know he was on the jumbotron, and he was digging for gold and the stadium went, ew, and an embarrassing moment for him. star-studded and everybody wants to be part of it at the super bowl in las vegas. this place has been rocking all week long. not a lot of sleep happening for any of the fans and most reporters as well as we're burning the candle at both ends, but those chiefs, they're still out there partying right now at what are we? 5:50 in the morning and they're still celebrating that back to back championship. >> can i just say your instagram feed has been extraordinarily annoying? over the course of the last several days, like, here's me with the rock. here's me with tom brady.

like, it's insufferable. i'm just going to be candid with you. can you tell me about usher? what was it like in person? was it as amazing as i thought it was on tv? >> so yeah. omg. my confessions, usher absolutely crushed it. i mean, it went from a football stadium to a 65,000-seat nightclub on steroids. the lights went down, usher's shirt went off and had people wanting to "make love in this club". it started slow, and had slow jams, and then turned it up. acrobats, roller skating? it was a show worthy of vegas. not a ton of fancy gimmicks. he just let his artistry shine, the singing, the dancing, bringing the world to the a as he said. rise up, atlanta. lil john, yeah, and we had luda in the house and how about that duet with alicia keys? chef's kiss. >> can i ask you real quick, though? since you're here. did you feel the same way i did when ludacris hit the stage? i assume, yes, right? describe that feeling you had.

>> i have to tell you there was only three great moments in my life. number one was graduating high school. number two is when i met my current girlfriend and number three was when lutd dacris jump on that stage. it was a tremendous moment for ludacris and also mankind as well. >> i'm not sure i was vibing the same thing. i did love it. you dropped the mic with all that, coy, and when usher took his shirt off, my 7-year-old daughter goes, ew! i'm, like, that's not the reaction. she's not into boys yet, you know? not the reaction most women in america, i'll tell you that. >> a lot of them had a good one. >> he was amazing. thank you, coy. glad you had fun. >> we appreciate you guys. cnn "news central" starts after this break.

two leading candidates for senate. two very different visions for california. steve garvey, the leading republican,

is too conservative for california. he voted for trump twice and supported republicans for years, including far right conservatives. adam schiff, the leading democrat, defended democracy against trump and the insurrectionists. he helped build affordable housing, lower drug costs, and bring good jobs back home. the choice is clear. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message.