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thing the us has been working much of the world. it will come one week after first in gaza, including a dual us citizen and with the us now on high alert, a senior biden administration official tells cnn the us is actively pparing for a significant attack by an on us a israeli targets in the middle east. as soon as next week iran is blaming israel for an airstrike in syrithis week, that killed at least seven ircial including twtop military the commander's, priscilla alvarez is in washington. nic robertson is in rusale let's get started with you, priscilla and washington. us officials believe in attack is inevitable. what is the administration preparing for? >> inevitable and perhaps on the horizon, the us and israeli governments working very closely to try to be in

position for any potential attack by iran targeting us and israeli assets in the region. now, as you mentioned there, the us is on high alert for what officials have described as quote, inevitable. now it's unclear how this one unfolded could unfold in multiple ways and multiple different ways. and it's also not quite clear when this would happen though it is anticipated to happen as soon as next week. now of course, this was a major topic of discussion between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu when they held their call earlier this week, and all of this stems from an israeli airstrike in damascus, were several iranian commanders were killed. i ran vowed to valid, to seek revenge over this. there wasn't exchange with us being clear, they did not know of the airstrike ahead of time nor were they involved. but the worst-case scenario you that us officials are bracing for here is a direct strike by ran on israel that could potentially

escalate what is already a very tense tense relationships across the region into a broader conflict. and that is something that the white house has been trying to avoid. it's delicate delicate situation. and that is what the us officials and israeli officials are working very closely on and saying, enclosed, touch over because again if there is a direct strike via ran on israel, it could very much escalate this conflict to be a regional conflict. that is something that the us is very worried about. >> all right, thank you so much, priscilla that now to a nic robertson and jerusalem nick, i just days after biden told netanyahu, he must do more to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel is preparing to reopen the erez border crossing for the first time since october 7 what is expected to happen? >> yeah this, is some of the united states has been pushing for, for a long time, secretary of state antony blinken, money was here in february. are

specifically for the erez border crossing to be opened and it and it hasn't happened since then, but under the extreme pressure of the events of last week of the world central kitchen seven workers being killed. my pressure in that phone call from president biden and prime minister netanyahu. there was an announcement that the border crossing will open. we understand that trucks will go across the border crossing tomorrow, sunday local time. it's not clear to us how many what will be on them where they'll go on how sustain this will be. we were at the border close the erez crossing today, this was typically a pedestrian crossing before it can obviously handle trucks, but a lot of the roads on the gaza side, or broken that tarmac completely destroyed on some of the roads in some places, we heard heavy machine gunfire around there today and the sound of heavy explosions not far away. so it's hard to know how safe and whether or not the vehicles will actually be able to get in. and do their job. we do know that the idf met friday

with world food programme officials. we don't know the plans at the moment and we didn't see any signs of a big physical preparation at the border for this expected beginning. and i think the scrutiny as the white house has said, will be on how much the israeli government is able to or does keep its word on this particular commitment. >> and then nick, what is the latest on a ceasefire talks between israel and hamas? >> hamas is sending another senior official back to cairo and that follows a meeting they're not so long ago, a few days ago, where attended by egyptian officials qatari officials. bill burns ahead of a caa, david barnea, the head of mossad in israel with air for that meeting the hamas, the same, they're sending their official back, but they're not changing their position. the

center sticking with their position and from the middle of march and the gaps appear to be around the fact that hamas is now saying that it wants a complete ceasefire and a complete withdrawal of israeli forces, which is a hardening of a previous position which would allow for a phased approach. six weeks of a temporary truce, and then meanwhile, in parallel with talks to get to a longer-term truce that could be agreed in a following six-week period. and another point that hamas is really pushing for now, which is return of displaced people in the south of gaza to be able to get back to the north of gaza. the numbers that israel has been saying that it could contemplate over the numbers of displaced that could go back on over any specific gay that number is in disputes and seems that these could be the details that scupper any progress in the talks. and there's a real sense now that if there isn't progress in these talks then

israel's desire the idf designers government's desire here to go into raffa where they believe there are still four battalions of hamas holding out behind the civilian population of cluster. 1.4 million people that we could be good without an agreement in cairo, we could be getting closer to that and nothing that we're hearing at the moment indicates it's getting closer. however, there is a possibility that the cia director, of the mossad, chief could go back to cairo in the coming days. we don't have hard confirmation yet that definitely will happen. >> all right. thanks to both of you, nic robertson and priscilla alvarez. appreciate it >> all right, meantime, back in this country, it's a big night for former president donald trump as he looks to build momentum for his 2024 white house campaign. he's headlining a fundraiser with some of the republican party's wealthiest donors, a source familiar with

the details says tonight's high-dollar event has already raised 43 million in dollars in contributions. the trump campaign says the former president raised over $65 million in march. so tonight's fundraiser will provide a big boost to his campaign coffers. cnn's fredreka schouten is back with us now. it's so weird calling you fredreka because that's your name too. but i don't come across to me other fredricka is i know you don't either >> all right. so what more do we know about tonight's event >> you fred, it is a big deal for the former president's campaign. about 100 people are scheduled to gather at this high-dollar fundraiser at a supporter's home and palm beach, florida it's bringing in lots of money. as you ned, the top ticket price is $824,000. and what? $824,600. because he is raising money not just for his campaign, but for

the republican national committee. and dozens of state parties. and that allows them to sort of take one big check and distributed amount. all of these groups the entry fee, the lowest price is $250,000 at the highest level, there is a spl pe you get to eat dier at the former president's table, bothe and former the first lady, melania trump, are scheduled to be there. and as you note, there, it attracting a lot of folks. i mean, we're seeing big names, billionaires who are starting to rally around the former president. now that the general election is sort of engaged folks who had been engaged in 2016, who are coming back folks who've always been with him, who have decided to really step up and he needs the money because president joe biden is way ahead >> then are we getting word from president biden's campaign about the huge fund haul that

he and his campaign have been able to enjoy exactly they raise 90 million in march alone. they announced early this morning, and i mean, that's an enormous number. and he also has a big number of cash on hand. it is at $192 million. cash on hand. he started april with that according to the campaign in is a record for a democrat at this point in the fundraising cycle. and i'll also note that it is all hundred million dollars more than team t has said itad ohand. so there's a lot of ground to make up for th as this very expensive and bruising general election battleground. it's derway, fred. >> yeah, it is definitely underway. >> all right. fredreka schouten. good tsee you again. thank you all right. the us geological survey says it is corded 28 rshocks folling that rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake that morning, the largest act

aftershock clocking in at 3.8 magnitude. friday's quake was felt from washington, dc to main, and it was the third largest earthquake recorded in the area in the last five decades, officials reported very limited damage. the usgs says the aftershocks could happen for weeks, possibly even months, and will become less frequent as time goes on all right. coming up, we're following new developments in donald trump's classified documents case in florida plus we're headed to solar fest. how cleveland plans to celebrate the solar eclipse at the rock and roll hall of fame >> this is the big game >> kane who that do?

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to change it? judge cordell. great to see you >> sure. thank you. >> special counsel, jack smith did something bold, right? he challenged judge cannon before her ruling and while she has ruled the case, should proceed, is it your feeling the presidential records act argument is coming back >> yes >> so fredricka, even a first-year law student, after reading the indictment, would know that the presidential records act, i'll call it the pra has no bearing. it doesn't even apply hi to this case, this is a case under the espionage act. so the pra says that presidents are to return presidential records at the end of their term, but they can keep personal records like journals. and donald trump is using the pra to lay personal claim to these highly classified documents. the pra was put in place after the watergate scandal? not so the president's could unilaterally designate government documents

as their own personal property. but for the opposite reason, to ensure government documents remain in possession of the government. so judge cannon initially ruled that presidential records act did not apply, but within in days of making that order, she reversed herself and she ordered the defense and the prosecution to send her proposed jury instructions that suggests that she's still open to the pra defense, which again, has no bearing in this case. so why would she do this? she's doing this one. it's it's delay. >> but >> secondly, she is sending a direct methods to donald trump that she's in his corner. she is basically saying i'm open to this defense and you can maybe i'm going to bring it up during trial in response. what jack smith doe? he says, all right, give us a ruling now, a definitive ruling. are you going to allow the pra as a defense or not? and she has declined to do that so if she waits long enough and they seat

a jury and then she decides i'm going to allow the pra there's nothing the prosecution can do about it. >> wow. okay. that's fascinating. so the word ahead could be a very tenuous mmpi, one potentially so now let's talk about the new york >> yeah, yeah, let's just add one of the things so that smith has an out. he could say, you know, i'll give you a proposed urine but i'm going to go right up to the court of appeal now and ask them to make an order directing you, judge cannon, to make a final decision. is this going to be a pra defense or not? are you going to allow it >> and if the appellate court >> directs her to do that, he has to then make a ruling right now and not wait till the cable town given his tone right now, you think that's the direction he might take? >> he has to go that way because if he doesn't and she allows this defense, the jury would have to acquit donald trump because he's just said, i took these because they're my

personal records and the pra allows me to do it, which it does. well, so that's the problem my concern finally is that this woman, judge she's no dummy. she's got a very good legal education. she is telling us right out here what it is she's doing what she's doing is currying favor. and my guess is that her plan is if donald trump is elected president, then he would then an opening comes up. he would appoint her to the us supreme court that were to happen god help us then we'd have yet another loose cannon on the supreme court. >> wow, that's fascinating. okay, let me ask you a quickly about the new york i trump criminal hush money case. a judge, juan merchan added to his existing gag order, right previously, the gag order stated that trump could not query the size his former attorney, michael cohen, or adult film star stormy daniels, who are both expected to be witnesses at the trial, but now he has expanded the gag order saying trump is not to attack the judges family or the family

members of the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg. and of course, this comes after trump has been targeting judge merchan's daughter with what he calls dangerous, right? rhetoric. is this enough in >> your view >> well, it's long overdue that us supreme court in 1976 said gag orders are lawful. they are constitutional if they are written correctly. so i just wonder what took the judge so long and i'm also curious about why he didn't include himself and alvin bragg they have been repeatedly attacked and we know what these attacks do. they incite the maga base to go after these people to threaten them with violence and even commit violence. >> so yes >> we are now, this is the only case that's now proceeding to trial. the only case that is now right away, hold donald trump accountable. on april >> 15th, right. >> do you feel like a judge more sean would feel like it would seem prejudicial if he were to include himself or even the da. he's afraid of what it may look like.

>> yeah i mean ordinarily a judge would not include oneself in a gag order, but this is where this is a direct threat. even the judge has even found judge sean has even found that donald trump's words are posing an imminent danger. >> two >> individuals that he names. so i understand why, in a way that he didn't include himself, but given that this is such a highly unusual situation, i think he would have been just fine including himself, meaning, you don't attack. >> by the way? >> no other case in any other courtroom would any trial judge ever allow anyone, let alone a defendant to a the judge, it just wouldn't happen. so there's a double standard here. i get it. but if i were the trial judge in this case, i would not hesitate to say you don't attack me because we have decorum and law and order in the courtroom >> all right. judge. ladoris cordell. thanks so much. glad you could be with us.

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find cnn's miguel marquez in cleveland, which is right in the center of the path of totality. you are ready, you got your glasses, you've got crowds. there, lots of entertainment. i mean what more can anybody wants? >> cleveland rocks on a good day on an eclipse into the clips, it totally rocks were at the hall of fame. and if you know cleveland, you know, it's right next to the science center, which they're expecting upwards of 30,000 people. so it's about 2:20 right now, the sun will be right up in that area that it will the eclipse will happen between two and about 4:30 here totality, the bid everybody wants to see will be about 3:13 p.m. here in this place, the rock and roll hall famous into it to 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. they're open. that's the longest this places ever been opened and its history, and its like a rock festival hi it's the solar fast. what they're gonna do,

which is very cool, is put speak. they have speakers all over town and they're gonna dj the eclipse. so from what it starts around two to four 30, they're going to have a whole playlist that will play throughout cleveland. they even have t-shirts. >> welcome. so it's like a it's like a it's like a tour basically the solar fester, the skull hits on of course, all of the areas where the totality will be, we caught up with people from across the country who are already here for the eclipse we have decided that we're going to meet at all the eclipse's from this point forward >> very important to get to this one >> because i am going to click it >> and so if i got to see the total one in 2017 went down in tennessee and i've been telling them all morning and like, it's such a surreal experience, you can't even explain what it's like to be in a totally you think you're going to know then you're like, oh, i wouldn't expecting that. >> let me see your son dance. we got to have sun no cloud or no clouds, no rain dance

>> i have no idea >> it's all about the weather >> takela day today, >> tomorrow supposed to be good as well, but it might be cloudy on monday or at least partly cloudy. but hey, it's the midwest or is they're saying, the total eclipse of the heartland that if you don't like the weather five minutes i very much right over there. that's where it'll be. we're all waiting for it. yeah. uh-huh. >> well, i think you were going to have a lot of sunshine because the sun dance that you just saw, the rain go away dance. i mean, that was right on the money and a perfect location. >> all right. miguel marquez. thank you so much right there outside of the rock and roll harder fame in the total eclipse heartland. i liked that are joining us right now. jeffrey kliger, editor at large for time magazine and author of this space thriller holdout,

jeffrey great to see you so humans have always it's been drawn to the stars, to the moon, the sun, all that. what do you think is going on here >> i think there's something larger than us. there's something transcendent about being able to look at it. the cosmos i've often said that space is our great ties because we can see it you can almost touch it, but we can't touch it. space does not want us here, does not want us there. it's too dangerous place to be only 386 americans have ever been to space so for all of us on earth, for this 7.5 billion of us on earth, we get to see space at a remove. so when, when the us most, when the clock works of the cosmos put on a show like it's something extraordinary for the rest of it, than it sounds like you're not at all surprised that millions of people are rearranging their calendar where they're going to be a geographically all because they

want to be a part of this on monday yes. >> and it is worth the trip. it's worth the money. it's worth the time and the expense. when you look at in the clips, i've seen, this will be my third eclipse and the first one i looked at i knew the science, i know the astronomy, and even i had this primal senses the fear, my goodness, has disappeared. you can understand why the ancients were terrified by this kind of phenomenon >> so this will be your third, you said, right? so then what are your tips to folks who this is gonna be a first-time experience for them and they're really not sure what to expect what do you think as like required to get the most out of this experience >> i think the two things that are required are safety and rhapsody and by that, i mean, where your glasses up until the point of totality it is vitally

important that that you protect your eyes while the sun is still peeking out from behind the moon. and once totality is reached remains still, remains silent. no talking, no noise, no radio, no, i've take it in. it's worth it. >> i love that jeffrey kliger. thank you so much fantastic advice that's why your phone is ringing off the hook because people have heard there enjoying your expertise. thank you so much. i love that last bit. just enjoy the silence. don't talk, just let's be in the moment i'm going to do that in the moment >> salute. >> thank you so much. jeffrey kluger. and of course, you want to be with us, right here on cnn for special live coverage of the eclipse across america. it starts live monday hey, april 8 at one eastern or stream it on mac. so you're not

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shortage due to a lack of help could be catastrophic. joining me right now to discuss his marcy shore, professor of modern european intellectual history at yale university and author of the ukrainian night, an intimate history of revolution professor sure, good to see you. you just returned from ukraine and wrote in an op-ed for cnn that ukrainians are dependent on air defense. what did you see there? >> i saw a city in which was extremely resilient and which everybody lived according to the air-raid alarms. there are signs everywhere for where the bomb shelters are everybody's life is determined by the rhythm of when those error rates come. there. everybody is used to it, which does not mean they have accepted it and it does not mean that they're willing to give up on one single night during a three-hour period between three and 6:00 a.m. on march 21 the russian sent 31 ballistic and

cruise missiles just in that three period to qia air defense shutdown, all 31, which is quite spectacular. they've gotten very skilled, but they are almost out of ammunition. and that is a city that is completely dependent on air kharkiv, like odesa had that kind of air-fense. we wod buried under rubble every day hey, erydy is waiting on mikeohnson they're essentially mike johnson i holding these le hosge he's dependent on his maga base. he is beholden to trump. trump is be to put in for whatever reason it's an absolutely terrifying situation without anymore us assistance. what do you think is going to happen there >> they ukrainians will not give up they will not give up and they will not surrender because there is no one with whom to negotiate. there's a terrorist power who just wants to kill you. there's no

rational things on the table to be negotiated. and they will not give up because the areas that have been occupied by russians and have then been liberated like her. so unlike the kharkiv region like bucha have been reigns of terror. and there have been massive civilian massacres and torture chambers that they have discovered heard all over the place. you have these 20-year-old russian kids going in and torturing with electric shocks, middle age women who speak their own language and could be that our mothers and they don't even know why they're there. the ukrainians regardless, we'll keep fighting, but they can't win without our weapons and we have got to get them those weapons mentioned a house speaker, mike johnson will apparently he is pledging to act on ukraine aid next week. and one of the options he's considering is to structure the aid as a kind of loan. so the conditions does that make a difference or potentially is still an impact for ukraine in your view?

>> at the moment, i think the crucial thing is just that they get this stuff immediately. we have been way too slow. europe has been to slow the united states is a bit too slow. we have spent far too much time thinking. it's a local conflict. and people like putin have a huge advantage. i think trump has this advantage over us too. that other people's lives mean nothing to him when other people's lives may, nothing to you, then you are not operating under constraints, then you're in this dust is gan world where everything is permitted. so whether it's alone, whether it's a gift, whether there's whether you're taking money that has been from frozen russian assets i'm not an expert on that in some sense that could be decided later, but they need those weapons now will bleed through his entire population i wonder to recently when you know, you were there you experienced you know, what

>> particularly after russian missiles came raining down, people were hiding. what were your experiences? >> my experience is that people have gotten very accustomed to it. they've gotten very adept at one point up there with my friend amelie glazer a slav assist and we were at a cafe with a poet whose work she was translating the air raid alarm went off. amelia and i were ready to immediately jump in the bomb shelter poet with checking her phone, the telegram channels with the information about the missiles. and she said, oh, it's this kind of missiles. so we have 30 minutes, we can finish our coffee >> my goodness. wow oh professor marcy shore. thanks so much for sharing your experiences and your passion >> thank you so much for inviting me over right back get, your viewing glasses ready, and experience so rare, it won't happen again for another two decades. joint cnn for live coverage around the

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>> hi, expectations, right. frederik game was one of the most highly anticipated women's basketball games ever with both teams fighting. to the last second is living it's up to all the hype, but there was, as you mentioned, that controversy, caitlin clark held to 0.3 pointers in the first half, just six points overall i'll stifling defense by uconn, but she did step up in the second sinking a pair of threes in the third quarter, she finished with 21 but in the final seconds, uconn was down just one with a chance to tie it in. aliyah edwards gets called for a moving screen. lebron james, and loads of others posting that they did not like this call, but that is how it would end uconn players. they handled the loss with grace. i will wins 71, 69 headed to the final where they will face undefeated south carolina. they dominated nc state and they're semifinal match up 78, 59 dawn staley squad has only lost three games

in the last three years. iowa was the last team to beat them in the final four last year, this rematch is going to be epic tomorrow night and it safe to say we're likely going to see more viewership records shattered. now, tonight in arizona, we have the men's final four, purdue and nc state than its alabama taking on the defending champion, uconn huskies, uconn has one from there last ten tournament games by double digits. it's never been done before. they're led by coach dan hurley. he's incredibly inspiring fiery character, and his team. they lead with their chemistry and their character. i talked to coach hurley and his wife, andrea about the impact his team's having both on and off off the court. listen >> she human eyes is me a lot you know, i'm i'm a little rough around the edges and an intense guy. so she brings that that that that woman's touch, that heart and soul to our program and really turns our team into a family of that.

>> and andrea, no matter what happens this year, how would you put into words what this team has meant to you >> may i just i can't be any prouder like i'm glad i'm gonna cry. i'm a crier i'm just so proud. like how can you not be like they broken records, they've done the most amazing thing in there so together and they're such this team is such a family that they got here by their closeness just everyone of that emotion coach. >> what does it mean to >> you and how does it feel when you see your players going out into the community that connecticut children's hospital and hope and andrea help lift a lot squared sure. it's of others. saw this guys have incredible talent and they're incredibly successful and they have a major platform to go and and. do great things in the community to inspire and to help young people grow and mature. so just so proud of our guys we are uconn athletics is kinetic it gets sports

franchise, so we understand that responsibility >> andrea how does it feel when you have these players who have their busy lives? ives and things to do. but here they are understanding the platform they've been given in there out there helping you help others >> oh, my gosh. it's like it's bigger than basketball. >> you know, you had these >> kids that just want to be part of something and their days are just, you know, sometimes they just have to forget about what they're going through and when our kids coming in there, some of these kids that i've been around, they weren't even sports fans until our kids came in and now they are die-hard fans that they are so obsessed sorry, team and it, those are our future. so it just, it's just amazing and i it's just i'm so blessed to be a part of it >> all right, you can watch both games tonight on our sister networks, tbs, tnt, trutv, and we gave three eastern before the first games tip off at six is the biggest moment of their careers of

fredricka. one last chance to pat, to punch, one final ticket to the channel oh, it's incredible. and they are such a cute couple. and obviously their family is one big family in that uconn men's team. all right. can't wait to watch what happened happens tonight. and of course tomorrow with the women's really can't wait for that. all right. coy wire. thank you so much. >> we'll be right back >> band ammonium. is brought to you by xfinity scream sports from the best seat in the house with xfinity. because it's only live once not all caitlin clark's are the same >> caitlin clark city planner. >> just like not all internet providers are the same build settle get real deal speed reliability and power with >> shoots from here that's kinda my thing. >> get the real deal with xfinity internet today and get fast speeds and reliable

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