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this hour a manhattan judge will tell former president donald trump what he can and cannot say about his criminal case over allegations that he falsified business documents, and that's just one of several legal issues that he's facing. we'll break it all down. plus we're learning new details about the man who crashed a u-haul truck into a white house security barrier. a source tells cnn he wanted to kidnap or harm president biden. and say it ain't so. after getting swept in the playoffs, lebron james is considering retirement. but will king james take off his crown or hold out to fulfill his wish of playing in the pros with his son? we're following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central."

we begin with the historic court hearing scheduled minutes from now. former president donald trump set to appear by video conference before a new york judge. nearly two months ago manhattan district attorney alvin bragg charged trump with 34 counts, alleging that he falsified business records tied to a hush money payment tied to his 2016 campaign. this criminal case is just one of multiple developments today in trump's legal -- multiple legal troubles. joining us now are two people who have been tracking every twist and turn, paula reid and caitlin polance. you have donald trump going before a new york court virtually. explain why he's doing this? >> reporter: he is in court today to learn more about the extent to which he's going to be able to comment publicly on this case. prosecutors in this criminal case have argued that he should have certain restrictions placed

on him in terms of what he can say publicly about this case. his lawyers have argued, wait a second, not only does this individual have a first amendment right to discuss this, he's also the leading republican candidate for the presidency at this time. you can't restrict someone who's in this position. so right now the judge has this difficult task of trying to sort out these constitutional questions about the extent to which the former president can be able to, one, review the materials in this case, with or without his lawyers, and the extent to which he's able to talk about it publicly. it really is a fascinating constitutional question. >> and that's not the only thing, right? tell us about these new developments in the special counsel's investigation. >> well, one of them that we have been reporting on is how the special counsel is issuing new subpoenas or at least we're learning about a different set of subpoenas in the mar-a-lago investigation into the documents, mishandling and obstruction. this one is asking the trump

organization for information about business deals that would have happened with foreign countries or could have happened with foreign countries, real estate licensing, development, in the time period when trump was president and then up to and including now. so we don't know exactly how this fits into this special counsel investigation or what the special counsel would even receive back from the trump organization on this, but it is one of the things that suggests that the special counsel may be probing those areas were there interests -- would there be interests in these foreign countries to get access to this information trump had after the presidency. one of the hitches here too is we do have a list of seven countries we've reported on that the special counsel wants the information about related to the deals. but the trump organization says that they weren't doing new foreign deals while donald trump was president. they say while the trump organization has for decades been a global real estate empire, we made a strict pledge

to not enter into any new foreign deals while president trump was in office, a commitment the company complied with. after he left office, there is only one on their website right now. >> furthermore, let's go on, because there is something else that is developing and that is we know donald trump was found liable for sexual assault in the case -- the civil case relating to e. jean carroll and for defamation. she is now furthering the damages that she is seeking because of what he said in the cnn town hall. tell us what's happening here. >> so just a day after a jury found him liable for $5 million in that sex abuse and defamation case, he was in our town hall and made comments that were very similar to the ones that he made previously about e. jean carroll. last night her lawyers asked to amend another defamation lawsuit she had filed back in 2019 to add these comments, arguing that she should potentially receive more punitive damages from him

as a result of these comments. they want him to be held accountable for this not only to reward her for damages that she may have incurred, but also to deter him from doing it in the future. but it's a great example of what's going on in this criminal court in new york, right? yes, he has the first amendment but he has shown that he sometimes uses it not only to cause himself more legal problems but also to allegedly harm others. >> yeah, he's harming himself as well. this isn't really in his interests as well. thank you so much for your reporting, really appreciate it. boris. let's dive deeper with a legal expert, norm eisen is a cnn legal analyst and served as house judiciary special counsel for donald trump's first impeachment trial. thanks for spending part of your afternoon or evening in brussels, belgium, for us. first and foremost, on the question of what donald trump can say publicly in this hush money case, a judge determining that, trump going to appear

virtually any moment. if you were the judge, what parameters would you set to make sure the integrity of the case is maintained. >> boris, first and foremost, i would instruct donald trump that any evidence that his defense receives, that he receives as part of the prosecutors turning over the material in the case, that that evidence not be shared publicly because the danger is with donald trump's history of talking about cases, of attacking witnesses, the danger is that he will intimidate witnesses or otherwise affect the course of the case. so that is the bottom line. and that is well supported, notwithstanding first amendment limitations. that has to be the basis for the judge's instructions. >> ambassador, what could happen to trump if he doesn't follow the guidelines? >> well, he's subject to

contempt proceedings. that's a matter of new york law, that the defendant, potential defendant needs to know that he was under a court order. that's what this video conference is about today. so donald trump, if he does break the rules, can't say, oh, i didn't know that i wasn't supposed to do that. then if he does break them, the prosecution can proceed contempt, that can be fines or even imprisonment under new york law. >> and on the point of trump perhaps not being as careful with his words as possible, e. jean carroll amending her defamation suit asking for more damages in part because of things trump said during cnn's town hall. i want to play that now for you and our viewers. take a listen. >> mr. president, can i ask you -- >> i swear on my children, which i never do, i have no idea who this woman -- this is a fake story, made-up story. i have no idea who the hell --

she's a whack job. >> does she have a case, ambassador? >> boris, i think she does. this is a separate defamation case dating back to comments that donald trump made, similar comments about emptle jean carroll in 2019. these new comments go to punitive damages. they show donald trump's intent, the actual malice, so they're attempting to increase the number of dollars that donald trump is going to have to pay. i think that they have the better of that argument, boris, because he keeps saying the things that a new york jury decided were false and defamatory. >> i also want to get your thoughts on cnn's new reporting regarding the classified documents case. sources telling cnn that prosecutors are now looking at

trump's dealings with other countries that might have an interest in some of those classified materials that were recovered from mar-a-lago. ambassador, what do you make of that? >> well, you know, boris, foreign business dealings for a sitting president, it's actually the only ethics rules that the framers of the constitution put in. they're called emchlt ochlt lcemolumentes. i think you're talking about a possible motive for donald trump to hang on to documents or even to ask whether he shared classified documents. it's very important not to jump to the conclusion that he did anything wrong with respect to these seven countries, but we know from his tax returns that he had a variety of foreign entanglements. he didn't do new business deals for the most part.

the trump organization didn't while he was president. but there were a variety of existi existing streams of income from various foreign governments, relationships, contacts. that's what prosecutors are looking at. maybe they won't find anything, they're probing motive, or perhaps they will find something significant. we will need to wait and see as the mar-a-lago documents case seems to be speeding ahead. >> yeah, and i'm wondering on that case, the special counsel reportedly has notes from evan corcoran, trump's attorney, that indicate trump wanted to push back on the department of justice and their effort to recover those documents from mar-a-lago. how might those notes ultimately shape a potential indictment? >> that's a client's worst nightmare. you have reportedly 50 pages of detailed notes.

some in trump world, cnn has said, were surprised by the level of detail. and trump shared what was on his mind. again, boris, intent. it's the hardest thing for prosecutors to prove. what was going on in the client's mind. but here you have the client opening up, reportedly pushing back on whether there's anything that can be done about the subpoena. that might be legitimate, it might be illegitimate, but this is a client's and his current defense lawyers' worst nightmare. one final note, just look at all of these different legal topics. there is a sense of motion on so many different fronts. it's not just the individual examples like these 50 pages, it's the collective feel that the walls are closing in. so this can't be a very happy set of developments for the

former president. >> a lot of legal cases and potential indictments and indictments, at least one indictment in manhattan looming over the former president, who we should note is now running for re-election. ambassador norm eisen from belgium, thank you so much, sir. >> thanks, boris. >> of course. jim. a teenager allegedly rams a u-haul truck into a security barrier just outside the white house. a source tells us that after last night's crash, the 19-year-old suspect was holding a nazi flag and threatening to kidnap the president. this all happened just before 10:00 p.m. last night, about 200 yards from the oval office. the secret service says that nobody was injured and the president was never in danger. now the suspect is set to face a judge on a litany of charges. authorities are weighing whether mental health played a role on this. brian todd is outside the courthouse in washington. brian, the suspect with a nazi flag driving a rental truck.

you're well aware that the fbi reminds of, white supremacist groups and other threats. how are authorities at this early stage piecing these various indicators together? >> reporter: well, jim, they're piecing together details of the sequence of events that happened last night and details of his possible intent. we do know from law enforcement sources and witnesses that he rammed that u-haul truck into a security barrier about 200 yards from the white house last night at about 10:00 p.m. eastern time. at the time of that incident, just after he crashed the vehicle into the barrier, he exited the vehicle with a nazi flag on him. when he was interviewed by law enforcement, the suspect said he wanted to kidnap and harm president biden. in the initial moments after that crash, authorities suspected there may be explosives in the vehicle so they evacuated the hotel across the street while they checked

the vehicle. they found no explosives but they found a black backpack, a roll of duct tape and they did have the information that he had that nazi flag on him when he exited the vehicle. as you mentioned, authorities are now considering the role that mental health may have played in this incident. the suspect is identified as 19-year-old sai varshith kandula from chesterfield, missouri. the charges were to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on the president or vice president, assault with a dangerous weapon, destruction of federal property and trespassing. we do have some updated information on a possible court appearance. he will not be in court this afternoon. he's expected to be in court tomorrow morning, jim. >> understood. brian todd outside the courthouse, thanks very much. brianna. happening this hour, the top democrat and republican on the house foreign affairs committee are expected to see a classified dissent cable about the chaotic

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these are some unforgettable -- sorry, let's go over to breaking news. >> jim sciutto has some information now? >> another story we're following now, these are unforgettable images from the u.s. withdrawal back in afghanistan in august of 2021. republicans began looking into how the withdrawal was handled after they took control of the house and today we could see a resolution over classified diplomatic cables written by u.s. diplomats in kabul criticizing the withdrawal. oren liebermann has been following the development.

>> reporter: the top two members of the house foreign affairs committee are expected at this hour to view a dissent cable about the withdrawal from afghanistan. this cable has been the subject of weeks, if not months of fighting back and forth, especially between the chair of the house foreign affairs committee, republican congressman michael mccaul, and the state department. he has threatened to subpoena secretary of state antony blinken and was ready to hold him in contempt of congress for not producing the dissent cable. the state department argued that it had produced enough. it gave a summary of the four-page dissent cable as well as a classified briefing saying that this had been sufficient. clearly mccaul disagreed, saying he wanted to view it himself at the state department as well as the ranking member. it has gotten to that point now, a major concession on the part of the state department to allow mccaul and the ranking member to view this. the state department had argued it had produced enough

information and given enough information about the dissent cable itself. they said it was important not to simply show it because they had to preserve the integrity of the dissent channel. but mccaul argued what they had produced was insufficient as as chair of the oversight committee of the state department he had a right an obligation to view that as he continues the ongoing review of the withdrawal from afghanistan. so again mccaul and ranking member, democrat representative gregory meeks are expected at the state department to view that dissent cable and we'll see where this leads. jim. we have some breaking news because we are following florida governor ron desantis who's going to announce his 2024 presidential campaign with elon musk. we have jessica dean who is on the line to tell us what she is learning about this.

jess, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, guys, good afternoon. well, we're getting news, it's been anticipated for many, many months now but now it's official. a spokesperson for governor ron desantis political team confirming that he will announce his 2024 presidential campaign tomorrow night in a conversation with the owner of twitter, elon musk, we are told that this will take place on twitter spaces, the site users can participate in audio conversations. it's going to be moderated by entrepreneur david sacks. but again the big news here is that we are finally getting confirmation from governor s desantis' team itself. he is set to make this official. in a conversation with the owner the twitter, elon musk, tomorrow night and launch fully into a presidential primary campaign against a number of republican rivals, chief among them former president donald trump. >> jessica, a small percentage

of the u.s. population actually is active on twitter. has the campaign explained why this particular forum for desantis' presidential announcement? >> reporter: we haven't gotten any exact details as to why they chose this. it is unique, jim, you make a great point. it's a very specific choice. i do think it is worth remembering that governor desantis and his team really look at this as doing things their own way. that's very important to them, that they are kind of doing things in a way that makes sense for their candidate, governor desantis, and makes sense for their team. certainly this is a decision that they felt is in line with what they are trying to achieve here. >> jessica, we understand from our reporting that desantis was scheduled to have a big event in miami later this week, getting together supporters and bundlers, essentially folks that will donate a lot of money to his presidential campaign. do we have more details on this

event that governor desantis is planning? >> reporter: right. i'm actually in miami right now as we speak getting ready to cover that as well. the campaign that will be launched tomorrow, his political operation and the people supporting him want to come out with a bang. they really want to make an impression with fund-raising numbers, big donors and big totals right out of the gate to make a big impression. that's what this is about, getting all of these people in one space, getting them all aligned and making sure that they are able to begin reaching out to their vast networks of donors to get those numbers up. again, you only get one shot at getting into the presidential campaign and they want to make the most of this. you can see this is really what they have orchestrated in order, they hope, in order to put him in as strong a position as possible. he is getting in a little later than the rivals that are already in the race. >> jessica dean, please stand by

as we await more details about this breaking news that florida governor ron desantis is planning to announce a 2024 presidential campaign tomorrow night in a conversation on twitter spaces with billionaire entrepreneur elon musk. we have david chalian with us now, cnn's chief political mind. >> i don't know about that. >> this is a bit of a surprise, isn't it? i spoke to republicans just moments ago who said -- he supports ron desantis. he said this move captures the zeitgeist of the right. what do you make of that? >> tucker carlson just left fox news and said twitter is the only space in america that allows for a free speech kind of conversation. so ron desantis, as we've seen time and again in the last several times in the buildup to this presidential campaign, is making a hard play for that activist, conservative, right-wing base, tucker loving k kind of a thing.

it's also going to iaplatform that was dominated by donald trump for the last many years and clearly he wants to make a statement with that as well. we heard from elon musk last year that he was supportive of desantis' candidacy so this fits in with a budding relationship between these two gentlemen. but this is going to be a multi-day kind of rollout. this is one bite at the apple to make it official. then he'll have all his donors in place in miami, start dialing for dollars, get coverage of that. following memorial day he may give more of a traditional hometown kind of a speech in florida and then head out to early state travel for the first time as a presidential candidate. all of which will get serious coverage because in the polling he has proven to be the most serious contender to donald trump. >> devil's advocate for a moment here. twitter is a big space for a certain portion but not a giant portion of the population,

right? from a news perspective, you cover the announcement, you don't cover six chapters or acts to the announcement, right? is it one that has the broadest reach for a presidential candidate in this day and age? >> well, again, he's going to get coverage, i think, at each stage of this, whether it's roadblock live coverage on national cable television or more local coverage as he does those stops. presidential candidates want all different types of coverage through the news media. i would imagine after this conversation on twitter, he would give a formal announcement speech, that will get a lot of coverage too. you are right to note this play is not to be the widest reach possible. this play talking to elon musk on twitter and making it official there is to show allegiance to a swath of the electorate that believes after tucker's departure from fox that what has happened with elon musk inside of twitter, that this is

a place for free speech and will rally around that. >> whatever he does is going to get picked up and put out on other outlets, so he'll see that broad reach. twitter is very narrow, as jim points out. what's his pitch going to be for that more broad appeal? >> well, i think he's made a preview to the pitch for the last several months which is this florida blueprint. this ability to not, as he likes to say, not just be a talker but be a doer. he has a supermajority in the florida legislature and has use the last many months to piece by piece enact a conservative agenda he can take out onto the campaign trail and try to sell to the republican primary electorate first. this is a two-step process. ron desantis is looking to win the republican primary first and then on to the general election. >> for instance, if you look at the abortion ban in florida, that is a position that even

republicans have noted to me is one that makes it difficult or will cause problems in a general election campaign given that it's more severe than in other places. so that is a risk for him if he were to make it to that next stage. >> no doubt about it. you want proof of that. he believes it may be a risk politically also. you'll recall he signed that six-week ban at night very hurriedly, didn't make a big splash about it. he does not tout it regularly. and when donald trump said that some republicans all that too harsh, he pushed back pretty aggressively on that in defense of it. so he doesn't shy away from it but he is aware of the political risk there. he doesn't wear it on his sleeve like he does some of the other issues. >> a frequent criticism of ron desantis, we've seen him in iowa and new hampshire. the feedback is that he's not all that refined when it comes to retail politics, the

one-on-one conversations. could he potentially change that perception? how much does that matter going into this early primary stage? >> i've observed a lot of presidential candidates get better at retail politics even if they don't have an initial affinity from that. some of the reports from his second new hampshire trip was a marked improvement from the first new hampshire trip. so we'll see. this is part of -- members of congress he served with in the house did not think of him as anybody that was all that collegial or friendly. so this is definitely something that i think observers and voters will be watching on the campaign trail but i don't think that's not something that can't be improved. i can remember that barack obama wasn't all the greatest at retail politics but he learned and got better throughout his time on the campaign trail. >> he really did. david, thank you so much. we'll be right back.

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a district court in moscow has just extended the detention of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich by three months. he last appeared in court in april when he asked that his detention be under house arrest rather than in jail. that appeal was denied. the biden administration has declared him wrongfully tdetaind and today the u.s. embassy in moscow said it's deeply concerned. he is facing up to 20 years in prison on espionage charges which he and the u.s. government deny.

we have cnn's jennifer hansler following this for us. this stextends his detention unl at least august 30th. what is the justification behind this? >> well, there really is no justification for this other than those russian claims of espionage. as you noted, those claims have been fiercely disputed by the u.s. government as well as evan himself. however, the fsb today, russia's intelligence service, asked that his detention be extended for those three months. that court outside of moscow granted that extension, so that means evan will be spending another three months at least in moscow's notorious prison. the u.s. embassy today reiterated that the charges against evan are baseless. they called for his immediate release. the state department said there was an embassy official there at the hearing. as you noted, his parents were also there at the hearing. the state department said they knew that his parents were traveling to russia and they did not help or arrange for that trip but they also did not fault

them for wanting to be there and see their son. take a listen. >> i will just say personally i can only imagine how difficult it must be to see your child detained overseas, especially to be detained wrongfully. so i'm certainly not going to criticize any parent for wanting to see their child. but that being said, we do have a level 4 travel advisory for russia. just speaking generally, we do not advise that u.s. citizens travel to russia. >> reporter: so as you heard there, they are not encouraging americans to go to russia given the war in ukraine and the fact that russians are arresting americans on baseless charges, but they did understand why evan's parents would want to be there. the u.s. has been denied two requests to visit evan in his prison this month by the russians. today u.s. officials have urged russia to meet its obligations under the law and allow them to

go seen, talk to him and make sure that he is doing as well as he can under these conditions. >> jennifer, thank you for staying on this story, we appreciate it. boris. still to come this afternoon, a story that all parents should hear about the health risks of social media for kids. this warning coming from the surgeon general. we have details straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ get 2.9% apr for 36 months plus $1,500 purchase allowance on an xt5 and xt6 when you finance through cadillac financial. ♪

a rare new advisory today from the u.s. surgeon general has parents, including myself frankly, taking notice. social media use for children poses a, quote, profound risk of harm to mental health. cnn medical correspondent meg

tirrell is here to break it all down. meg, you spoke with the surgeon general. that phrasing, profound risk of harm, we've heard about studies, et cetera. but profound risk is a remarkable way to describe it. what prompted that and what is the advisory attempting to do? >> yeah, dr. murthy pointed out we are already in a mental health crisis for youth in this country and so he was very concerned about what is the effect of social media on kids' mental health. he pointed out social media has been around for a few decades but we really don't have good data showing how safe it is when it comes to kids' mental health. this is really a call to action to answer those questions and also a call for policy makers and tech companies to step up to do more. and when you look at just the ubiquity of social media for kids, up to 95% of kids between 13 and 17 say that they use social media. even though the minimum age is usually 13, they cite a study saying 40% of kids down to age 8

are already on social media. while they say there are benefits like creating communities and connecting kids to others especially if they're marginalized, there are a lot of harms they have seen as well like the risk of depression and anxiety, loss of sleep, harassment and even low self-esteem. >> listen, in my experience, i'm not sure that minimum 13 age holds, i've certainly heard stories. i wonder how social media responds to this criticism? listen, there's been talk of this for ages, promises from social media platforms for ages to do something about it. what are they doing now? what are they saying? >> yeah. you know, they point out they have already put a lot of these controls in place. they have guidance for parents on their websites. they have sort of age-specific settings for kids. but of course the surgeon general says they talk with a lot of independent researchers who say the companies are not transparent enough with the data they have about the effects on health and that's what they're

calling for here. >> given that track record, i'm a parent, i want to hear what to do. what are the recommendations for what you can do rather than waiting for social media companies to act here? >> yeah, so immediately the recommendations are families should talk about this, create a plan for social media. also have times that are real tech-free zone, maybe around dinner time and especially during bedtime, encouraging kids to have in-person friendships as well, fostering those kinds of relationships. modeling responsible social media behavior is a big one for all of us. we can be reminded about that. and also reporting cyberbullying when it happens and just making sure kids really know about how to use technology and working with other parents too, creating a like-minded community around this. >> an open conversation is something you hear so often from the experts. talk about it with your children as openly as you can. meg tirrell, i know this is not the last time we talk about this, thanks so much. boris. former president donald trump just appeared virtually by

video conference before a new york judge. remember, nearly two months ago manhattan district attorney alvin bragg charged trump with 34 counts, alleging that he falsified business records tied to that hush money payment made to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign. we want to take you now live outside the courthouse to cnn's kara scannell. the judge was set to outline to trump what he could and could not say publicly about the case. so what happened in court? >> reporter: boris, it was a very brief hearing. it was only about 15 minutes from start to finish. the judge did explain to trump, who appeared on a video screen wearing a suit, seemed to be in front of two american flags and sitting next to his attorney. you know, the judge said i'm not going to go line by line in this protective order, but he did explain to trump this was not a gag order. it's not my intention to impede mr. trump's ability to campaign for president of the united states. he said trump is free to deny the charges, free to defend

himself against the charges and free to campaign. trump only spoke once in the hearing and that was when the judge asked him if he had a copy of the protective order which does limit trump from posting on any social media sites any materials that prosecutors turn over to his team. trump said yes, he did. yes, i do have it, your honor. he didn't speak the rest of the time. his part of the screen where he was with his attorney was muted through most of the proceedings so we couldn't hear any of the conversations that trump had with his attorney, though he did appear fairly animated at times. one time where he was animated is where they discussed the trial date and that has been set for march 25th. i was looking at a primary calendar, it does seem to be after a number of the big primaries, but certainly the primary season will still be going on when the trial gets under way. the judge told him and everyone involved that they cannot accept any commitments or make any plans personal or professional that would derail the trial date and prevent them from sitting

from march 25th to however long this trial will take. the judge also warned trump that if he does violate the protective order, there could be sanctions, including a contempt finding which could be punishable by monetary fines or anything else that the judge decided. but essentially they wrapped this up very quickly. trump only spoke the one time but he did show signs of animation when they were discussing the trial date, which does come in the middle of the primary season. boris. >> no question this case and potentially others will have an impact on primary season. kara scannell, thank you so much. brianna. lebron james fans, boris, jim not so much. i will tell you they are asking today will he take his talents to the retirement home after the lakers lost last night. the living legend said he has a lot to think about, so what does that mean? unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasasker supporting 6 key indicators

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the biggest question in all of sports today and at many office water coolers was this moment right here. lebron james blocked right at the rim by eric gordon. the los angeles lakers eliminated in the final seconds of the western conference finals, swept by the denver nuggets. the question, was that the last time we'll see this legendary player in an nba uniform? lebron was asked about his future after the emotional loss last night. here's what the king said. >> we'll see what happens going forward. i don't know. i don't know. i've got a lot to think about to

be honest. i've got a lot to think about to be honest. just me personally going forward with the game of basketball, i've got a lot to think about. >> the host of cnn's world sport, don riddell is with us. he is 38 years old. any other player would be contemplating retirement but lebron has talked about potentially playing with his son in the future. he has a couple of years to go before he's eligible for the nba. >> yeah, really, really interesting. you say he's 38, that's true. that is young for a human being and old for an athlete. really interesting to hear these comments because as sports reporters, we love asking these guys questions, sometimes consequential questions in the heat of the moment and you get great reactions. you get really, really raw emotional responses sometimes. and that's great, but you have

to ask how much stock is there really in those answers. it's hard to imagine that lebron james is ready to step away from the game. of course he's disappointed, it's no fun losing a conference final series and certainly no fun being swept 4-0 and that is what happened to lebron james last night. it's clear that he can still compete. he played every minute of that game. he scored 30 minutes in the first half, which is something he's never done in his entire career of playoff competition. and that, by the way, is over 280 games. he scored 40 points last night. so he can compete and he still can do it. you mentioned one of the reasons he might keep playing. bronny is going to college next year and will be playing on the same street just a couple of miles away. he recently said he would move heaven and earth to make sure that he got onto the same team as bronny when he goes into the

nba. he's disappointed right now, of course. if the lakers are stronger next year, they might even be more competitive next year. but what he's certainly done is guaranteed that this is going to be the story line for the rest of the summer. this is what everybody in the nba will be talking about, boris. >> no question about that. we've seen him wear number 23 before. we know he idolizes michael jordan who retired twice. maybe he retires and comes back to play with his son. don riddell, thank you so much. over to jim and lebron hartville. >> we'll have a conversation later in the show. our lead coming up next, a 19-year-old driver facing multiple charges after ramming a security barrier near the white house. we will have all the latest and aum all the details. starting at just $79.9.95? the exam alone is worth... 59 bucks. i i mean, people deserve breaks, right? yeah, brakes...! [out of control]

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