i want to get straight to whitehouse reported kevin liptak, who joins me now kevin a very busy evening at the white house, multiple sessions in the situation room. we saw the president surrounded by his top national security officials. we know that the president has spoken with prime minister benjamin netanyahu what is the latest from the white house? >> yeah, i think there were some tense moments in this room, less night. and remember alex, president biden had to rush back from his beach house in delaware in order to get to those real-time monitoring devices. so that he and the national security apparatus we're able to watch this in real time. of course, president biden is in something of a tenured us here he is hoping to prevent a wider conflict from exploding in the region, while also demonstrating stalwart support for israel and its defense against iran. and of course, this does come at a moment of heightened tensions between himself and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. but i think in a statement that the present it's an put out last night. he is trying to make clear that the

let's go to kevin liptak, who's at the white house. kevin, we now have a statement from the white house since we've learned that these iranian drones have been launched toward israel right? >> and this is official american confirmation that these drones have been launched. and i just want to read this statement in full just because this is such an important moment, this is from the the national security council spokesperson, adrian watson, and she says, iran has begun an airborne attack against israel, president biden is being regularly updated on the situation by his national security team, will meet with them this afternoon at the white house. she goes on to say his team is in constant communication with israeli officials, as well as other partners and allies. this attack is likely to unfold over a number of hours president biden has been clear, our support for israel's security is ironclad. the united states will stand with the people of israel and support their defense against these threats from iran. so i think that's an important

out of gazabut present biden, certainly very focused on preventing the wider conflict th morning kevin liptak. thank you. >> i want to get straight back to jeremy diamond with re-establish that connection. jeremy, i want to pick up where kevin just left off in terms that ceasefire deal which is the vitamin station and considers as the key to unlocking so much more, including potentially an end to the war. you've just gotten a statement from the prime minister's office about these it's ongoing negotiations. what did it say >> yeah, that's right. the is prime minister's office in a statement saying that hamas has rejected the latest ceasefire agreement proposal. this comes despite the fact that over the course of the last several weeks, the israeli position really has moved in several quite significant ways in terms of the number of people who could return to northern gaza for example, the number of palestinian prisoners who would be released in exchange for some 40 israeli hostages being held in captivity in gaza and yet not moved enough to match hamas demands. hamas rejecting this proposal ac

. >> want to >> get straight to cnn senior white house reporter and kevin liptak kevin, we saw hours of meetings in the situation room last night, president biden meeting with his top national security advisers. what what are we hearing from the white house? >> yes, certainly some tense moments there inside the white house says president biden was really monitoring this event in real time and you'll remember alex, president biden actually rushed back from his beach house in delaware to be in the situation room with all of the monitoring equipment that is necessary for this it's kind of event, of course, president biden is in something of a tenuous situation here as he works to contain the situation prevent it from exploding into a regional conflict while also demonstrating support for israel, the kind of support that was necessary for preventing a much worse attack from happening. last night. and the president did speak with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. of course, there have been a tensions between these two men over the war in gaza. but certainly last night, president biden a

kevin liptak at the white house. jeremy, first you for the latest from israel well, listen, john, still no official word or confirmation of this attack by the israeli government since or the israeli military, it is absolute silence over here as it relates to these reported explosions overnight. but what we do know from both iranian officials as well while a syrian state media is that air defense assets in syria appear to have been struck by israel. and in iran in that city of isfahan that you were saying there were reported explosions at an a military base there, the nuclear facilities in that city we're not struck. and there are reports of three drones having been downed by iranian air defense assets, but both sides here are really saying quite quiet in terms of public statements, and that appears to be the intention here. this we have been hearing over the course of the last six days since iran carried out its strike on israel, that israeli officials were looking for a way to thread the needle here to send a messag

cnn's kevin liptak and kylie atwood, a standing by in washington.th jeremy diamond in northern israel. so jeremy europe there it's the border with lebanon hezbollah says the did fire was not clear whether it's in relation to the iran strike. what are you hearing up there >> well, listen, we saw a significant barrage of rockets being fired from southern lebanon into northern israel late last night or early this morning, i should say, this followed a five-hour long attack that iran leveled. again israel more than 300 drones and missiles that were fired by iran, 99% of which were intercepted by israeli as well as some american air defense assets, according to the israeli military that included 170 drones, 30 plus cruise missiles and 120 since he ballistic missiles only some of those ballistic missiles, according to the israeli military, actually made it to their target with several of those ballistic missiles hitting the nevatim, airbase in southern israel, causing with the israeli military described as light damage of following that barrage, hezbollah

this november, cnn's kevin liptak is at the white house this morning. kevin, what are we expecting to see? >> yeah, because the biden campaign is essentially taken a vow of silence when it comes to this of trump's legal cases, but they do believe the split-screen here, trump pulled up in a courtroom, president biden on the campaign trail, talking about kitchen table issues will essentially speak for itself and what that will look like this week is three full days of campaigning in pennsylvania starting today. and the president's hometown of scranton, where he really well start to focus on these issues of tax fairness next, and they do believe that that is an issue that trump is very vulnerable on. remember, he signed that tax reform bill that had outsized benefits for the wealthy what president biden will talk about today in scranton is trying to make the tax code more fair, including raising taxes on the wealthy he's proposed a minimum tax on billionaires of 25%. he's also proposed raising the corporate tax rate, which is an issue that they really do th

jeremy diamond, kevin liptak. thank you. as always, i want to bring in cnn global affairs analyst, kimberly dozer so what do you expect are some of the specifics that president biden is discussing with his national security team today? >> look the biden administration and the pentagon, they have to prepare for the worst. and so they've looked at the movement of iranian military vessels and vehicles and they are prepared for a direct strike. probably by missiles and drones, by iran on israeli territory. that said, this would be out of character of ron's behavior in the past. it's careful calculations normally to respond in like an in-kind an eye for an eye type attack would be to hit an israeli diplomatic facility somewhere in the world. and that's why israeli diplomats have been told to be on high alert ever since the strike on iranian quds force commanders at an iranian diplomatic facility in syria that i have to mention. israel hasn't officially acknowledged. >> yeah yeah. and look, tied to this the united states has come

. >> now cnn's kevin liptak. after you've been listening to anthony blinken there in italy on this being asked many, many questions about iran and talking about de-escalation every single time. what are you hearing? >> yes, certainly. and i think this decision to remain fairly tight lift about this overnight strike really does indicate that the us is looking to put some distance between itself and the decision really trying to emphasize that it had no involvement and certainly we know that president biden really, since the hours that iran started striking israel last weekend was on the phone with netanyahu, cautioning restraint, essentially providing the message that because it's real had been so successful in intercepting iranian drones that are retaliation might not be necessary. now, in reality, i think when you were talking to american officials over the course of the last week, no one here was under the illusion that israel would do nothing view among us officials with that would be limited response and cert

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. >> i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn he was president joe biden is condemning harassment of the jewish community ahead of passover in a statement he said quite blank antisemitism is reprehensible and dangerous. >> he also said we must speak out against the alarming surge of anti-semitism in our schools, communities, and online silence is complicity the pro-palestinian groups or columbia university have responded to the white house statement saying in part on social media, we have been peaceful. we follow the footsteps of the civil rights and anti-war movements in our quest for liberation meantime, columbia university is tightening security for passover pro-palestinian protests continue, their, the university says police will be present during passover celebrations monday and the campus public safety department will provide walking escorts a rabbi associated with the college is urging jewish students to return home and the university has announced that students can attend classes virtually starting monday

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. >> i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn working news to cnn. >> we are monitoring major protests at the university of texas at austin. this is it looks like again, these are live pictures coming in, so we're interpreting them as they happen. we understand that students were set to demonstrate a pro-palestinian protest march and as they arrived on scene law enforcement was there enlarged numbers? we've heard reports of multiple arrests this just one of many scenes that have been playing out in colleges all over the country. protests brought about over the israel-hamas war in the next hour house speaker mike johnson is going to speak from columbia university in new york city, calling on that schools president to resign we ever reporters on campus at columbia and it brown in providence, rhode island. let's go first. isabel rosales, who was at brown where an encampment was recently formed. tell us about the scene. there is a well breonna boris you are looking at this pro-palestinian and cabinet right now on the

the way go to four imprints dot com imprint for certain, i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn walk about sinner, use my max foster, some of our top stories today. >> your secretary of state antony blinken now in riyadh, saudi arabia maybe a he is that she discussed the potential ceasefire and hostage release deal between the israeli government and hamas six. so blinken will head to israel and jordan later this week. in the coming hours, spain's prime minister pedro sanchez will announce whether he will step down from office he said last week he might resign after a spanish court began a business corruption investigation into his wife's private dealings. he denies the allegations against his wife, saying as part of a campaign against him by political opponents praetorian wife meghan, will travel to nigeria next month that you can duchess of sussex will be meeting with service members during their stay and we'll discuss possibly bringing the invictus games to nigeria elon musk went to time courting officials and other influential figures in the highly competitive

i'm kevin liptak attack at the white house. college campuses across the country have been shaken by unrest with waves of pro-palestinian protests spreading from the east coast to california at arizona state university, three people were arrested on trespassing charge charges after they tried to set up an unauthorized encampment. >> and in atlanta, 28 people were arrested at emory university police and state troopers used pepper balls and even a stun gun to disperse protestors. obviously, some really tense. wow situations and somewhat violent. they're joining me now is i rain mavi, she the, president of the american association of university professors thank you so much. everyone for joining us this morning. i know that you have condemned in the strongest possible terms, the crackdowns that we have in seeing on these protesters i campuses across the country, namely columbia, but of course you've been seeing a lot of crackdowns, including the one we saw yesterday. >> there are a university how better? could these universities dea

cnn's kevin liptak is at the white house, has gabor on this. kevin, what is this going to look like today yeah. >> this will be quite a moment, president biden really trying to harness the legacy of the kennedy family, which ordinarily wouldn't be such a huge surprise. this is the most storied family and democratic politics, but the real intrigue here is, of course that third party bid by robert f. kennedy jr. of course, many members of the kennedy family have already rejected that bid, both concerned about some of his controversial views, but also deeply concerned about the prospect of him siphoning off boats from president biden, from democrats who may see the kennedy name on the ballot. tick the box without knowing much about the candidate himself. and so really this event is designed to show that rfk junior doesn't necessarily represent the kennedy political brand. and certainly it demonstrates that the kennedy family and the biden campaign are taking this very seriously. now, what we'll see today is 15 members of the kennedy family joining

we're covering the story from all angles joining us now is cnn's kevin liptak cnn correspondent sunlen serfaty is standing by and we are also with cnn's alayna treene, kevin, first to you, what are we hearing from the biden team about this decision? they almost right away put up it's interesting just how quickly they jumped on this ruling. and as you mentioned, brianna, vice president kamala harris in the very moments after this it was announced, they announced that she would be heading to arizona on friday to talk about this very issue. it's a continuation of what they're calling her reproductive rights tour. she has really been sort of the lead for the administration for the biden campaign to end talking about this issue. and she just put out a statement pinning direct blame on this decision. and on donald trump himself saying that by his own admission, there's one person responsible for these kinds of rulings, which is donald trump. >> and the fact that >> this is coming only a day after trump revealed this abortion position, that he thinks it should be the right of states to decide

grow your business easily with freelancers five i'm kevin liptak at the white house. >> and this is cnn bag with our worldly and secretary of state antony blinken just left china after spending days trying to press chinese leaders, including xi jinping on contentious issues that remain between the two superpowers. >> cnn's kylie atwood has been traveling with blinken's. she sat down with the secretary, right before he left after kylie, what do you have to say well, listen, he spoke to us concerns about china's meddling in the elections. >> listen to part of our conversation where he said that china is arguably already trying to interfere in us elections he reported that he told president biden that china would not interfere in the upcoming presidential elections in the united states. but since then, there have been reports of online chinese accounts that have falsely minik trump's supporters do you believe that these accounts violate present cheese commitment what i can tell you is this president biden was very clear about that with president xi and i repeated that today in my meetings,

i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn closed captioning. brought to you by gilt visit gilt.com today for up to 70% off designer brands has the designers that get your heart racing had inside a prices new every day, hurry. they'll be gone in a flash designer sales that up to 70% are soft gilt.com today vice president harris says taking a bigger and more prominent role on the biden reelection campaign. >> this week, she's kicking off an economic opportunity tour starting with stops in atlanta and detroit that focuses on communities of color. harris has already visited more than a dozen states this year, talking about reproductive rights and gun-control. but despite being out front of those issues, interesting news recent focus groups conducted by the super pac republican voters against trump from that swing voters don't like keras. and focus groups conducted by the democratic national committee also found harris rubs some people the wrong way. so jonah how big a drag is kamala harris on the ticket? >> i think she's a pretty big jag. i think h

. >> i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn tonight donald trump's fight for sweeping presidential immunity from criminal prosecution is about to go before the us supreme court. the justices set to take up the high-stakes case tomorrow morning. cnn's bryan todd is taking a closer look at all of this force. brian set the stage for us ahead of these historic arguments. wolf, it boils down to this. the special counsel, jack smith, is arguing that donald trump has never been above the law. trump's lawyers argued that what he did to try to overturn the election results was part of his official duties as president, and he shouldn't be prosecuted presidents have to be given total immunity. >> they have to be allowed to do the job in arguing that he has presidential immunity. >> donald trump says, if former president's could be criminally prosecuted for official acts, they took as president that threat would loom over everything. presidents do. >> they have to make decisions and they have to make them free of all terror

now that stock x.com, i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn in a week on the stand, former tabloid publisher, david pecker gave jurors and up-close look at how he bought and killed stories on behalf of donald trump. >> this course at the center of the prosecution's theory of the case and why he was there lead witness today under cross-examination, though, he admitted there were limits to that arrangement and conditions under which he would publish something damaging to his friends specifically regarding the first catch and kill story of doorman's false claim that the former president fathered a child out of wedlock. here's the exchange between pecker and trump's attorney emil beauvais pecker did testify under oath that if he ran the story, it would have been after the election, which makes the argument that this was to protect trump going into the election. but as soon as the election was over, pecker would have run doorman's story because it would have been in his words, extremely popular or not his exact words. but he said it

cnn's kevin liptak. is that the white house? kevin, what is this? what is this meeting? what president biden hoping to get out of this meeting, and this endorsement yeah. >> i mean, it's quite a moment. president biden really trying to harness the legacy of the kennedy family and ordinarily that wouldn't necessarily be a huge surprise. this is the most storied family and democratic politics. but the intrigue really comes with the backdrop of the third candidacy of robert f. kennedy the junior he's obviously a kennedy family member himself, but his campaign has already been rejected by so many of his relatives who were alarmed at some of his more controversial views. but also fearful that he could syphon off votes from president biden from democrats who might see the kennedy name on a ballot tick box without necessarily knowing some of his views. and in an election which will have the narrowest of margins that could in their own fears tip the election to president trump. and so what you'll see today in philadelphia is 50 and members of the kennedy family joining with pres

i'm kevin liptak at the white house& this is cnn's all right, a new study says climate change won't just to make the planet warmer, it will also make people pour the research published in the scientific journal, nature says the world's income will shrink by 19% over just the next 26 years due to the impact of record-breaking heat waves, severe floods and wildfires, researchers say the financial pain in the short term will be unavoidable but they also say immediate actions to reduce climate change could stem some losses in the long run. >> join me right now is benji backer the executive chairman and founder of the american conservation coalition. he's also the author of a new book called the the conservative environmentalist common sense solutions for a sustainable future. benji great to see you great to be here. thanks for having me. >> wonderful. okay, so this is depressing, but help break down for me. you know, how it is that climate change over a long period of time is going to mean i as an individual, i'm going to spend more money. i am more likely to be a bit more poor in a very sho

i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn the israeli military says that forces have killed what they're calling ten terrorists and an ongoing operation at a palestinian refugee camp and the occupied west bank but the palestinian ministry of health claims that it was 14 people who are killed during that israeli operation near tool qarrah and the west bank. >> videos filmed by residents show a bulldozer destroying a building as idf vehicles leave the camp more than 24 hours after the start of the raid. in a statement released today, the israeli military claims that security three forces also apprehended eight wanted suspects. i wanted to discuss the latest developments in the middle east with alibis. he's the international crisis group's iran project director and one of the foremost experts on iran's nuclear and missile programs thank you so much for joining us. we've seen an incredibly dramatic week last weekend, of course, that massive strike against israel by iran. a couple of days later in the wee hours of

frame when you visit or a frames.com i'm kevin liptak at the white house. >> and this is cnn from columbia university to university of texas austin to now countless american campuses, university leaders, grappling with how to balance students first amendment rights to protest with the need for schools to protect other students as well as university property. let's bring in alex more issues. first amendment attorney and director of campus rights advocacy for the foundation of individual rights and expression, aka a fire alex, as you see from the images from austin at ut, what stands out to you? >> well, look, these are incredibly difficult moments. we, as, you free speech people never want to see campus peaceful protest devolve into violence. we had what happened at columbia, where students are ostensibly engaging in civil disobedience, being removed by police the, horse with the shadow of potential viewpoint discriminant discrimination you've got minouche shafik speaking before congress suggesting she's looking to punish maybe some pro-palestinian protected speech. then we see what's happe

rehydrate and feel better with liquid glass, grab liquid labs in the walmart vitamin aisle today, i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn our money lead. >> now, the us chamber of commerce has announced that they're going to sue the federal trade commission over the ftc's new ban on noncompete clauses. the ftc estimates that 30 million americans are nearly one in five of you are currently bound to these types of contracts which allow employers to keep you from getting a job with a competitor once you're in your work with the company ends joining us now to discuss the ftc chair herself with lina khan, managed chairwoman. thanks so much for joining us. so let's just start with the news. the chamber of commerce is suing you and the ftc. they argue this is an unlawful power grab, one that will undermine american businesses ability to remain competitive. that this ban sets a dangerous precedent for government micromanagement of business and can harm employers. workers, and our economy unquote, what is your response? >> we're so excited to have been able to finalise this rule, which is undo

i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn while donald trump was on trial in the new york courthouse, president biden was out on the campaign trail once again today, let's bring in our senior white house correspondent, kayla tausche. >> kayla hauwa are the president and his campaign for that matter, seizing this moment well, wolf, president biden and his advisers are seeking to stay above the fray focusing on issues of policy and substance and declining to wait in and comment on trump's legal issues. >> you'll see today, president biden was in virginia highlighting $7 billion in clean energy investments. vice president harris, for her part one was in battleground, wisconsin, highlighting trump's role in the overturning of roe bindings is expected to do more of the same tomorrow he heads to florida. trump's figurative back and when you look at just the schedule for the first two weeks of this trial, wolf, president biden would have been on a swing through pennsylvania. he's going to upstate kate, new york later

. >> i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn hello i've looked at new york city where donald trump's hush money trial resumes this morning. >> good morning. thanks for being with us. i'm kasie hunt trump will be back in a new york courtroom and four hours that criminal hush money trial resumes while here in washington, the supreme court hears his arguments, claiming absolute presidential immunity in manhattan, former tabloid publisher david pecker, it takes the witness stand again for two days. >> he's detailed how he'd find stories that were damaging to the former president. then he'd buy the rights. i need bury the stories. prosecutors alleged that those catch and kill deals like the hush money payment to stormy daniels. >> we're all part of a scheme to influence the 2016 election we're also waiting for the judge's ruling there on whether trump is in contempt for violating a gag order i'm not allowed to defend myself and other people say whatever they want about me trump appears to be referencing attacks from m

. >> they know what i want even before i do a home that's just try free at fubotv i'm kevin liptak at the white house. >> and this is cnn all right. uh, saturday showdown is brewing on capitol hill tomorrow. >> the house is expected to pass the 95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel, and taiwan. house speaker mike johnson got support from democrats to advance it. but it could cost johnson his job a third hard line republican back the effort to now remove johnson as house speaker. congressman paul goes are joined rep. thomas massie and margaret taylor greene on that looming motion to vacate, just i guess, do you call them now the three musketeers, they huddled on the house floor before it goes are broke the news now, the normally chatty green you didn't want to talk after she left congress, after the vote. but you know what she did speak later with steve bannon can you describe your civil war has broken out in the house of representatives. >> i've been working on the house floor just now talking with other members, asking for co-sponsors and my motion vacate. mike johnson as speake

. >> unlike your eternal elation' 180501, 3636 called now, i'm kevin liptak at the white house, and this is cnn georgia, florida or carolina campaigning like i shouldn't be having a heart attack mistake system. absolutely. days now, from morning until night, in that freezing room, freezing, this is really a concerted, which all right sibling i'll come back to state of the union that was former president donald trump, who is in a courtroom. >> he was last week, he will be this week, my panel joins me. now, we saw that monday, monday, tuesday, thursday, friday. i'm thinking, what does that gf on monday you're welcome. >> scott let let's talk about the politics of this how do you think this plays out particularly if at the end he is convicted? >> this trial seems to be less important to people than the other issues he's facing. it feels that way to me in the polling. i do think it's kinda confusing and i also do believe it because it's happening in new york. trump's statements about it being politically motivated and so on and so forth are resonant with people i've always thought the januar

real solutions for kids and communities at aft.org be the windsor i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn closed captioning brought to you by gilt visit gilt.com today for up to 70% off designer brands has the designers like get your heart racing had inside a prices new every day curry, they'll be gone in a flash designer sales that up to 70% are soft gilt.com today president biden is getting ready for the white house correspondents dinner tonight with the election a little more than six months away the events a bigger political occasion this year for president biden, it gives more urgency to striking the right tone with a number of issues foreign and domestic currently facing his ministration. >> every sabotage directs the center for politics at the university of virginia. any joins us live now, larry great to see you. thanks so much for being here. we're we're used to seeing president's make some jokes. >> likely their own expense. how are you expecting the president to approach tonight? i would expect him to show great vigor of the way he did in the state of the union

oraa ring i'm kevin liptak at the white house. >> and this is cnn donald trump will be back in court tomorrow as prosecutors continue questioning their third witness a banker who allegedly helped set up the shell company used to make hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels cnn's evan perez is back along with cnn legal analyst and former deputy assistant district attorney, elliot williams and cnn's kristen holmes hello again. >> can you just give me the big picture? >> or more importantly, our viewers, the big picture of how we think the rest of this week is going to go. >> well, i think the difficulty for this for this trial has been like after pecker where are they going to go? well, how are they going to try to prove the conspiracy that they're alleging for the former president. so we don't know where where where they're going. next with witnesses, but i think the struggle is still is there for them to try to show that this, this, this conspiracy was in the service of an election crime, which is what stands this up to make this a felony? >> i think people, a lot of people a

call now, i'm kevin liptak at the white house, and this is cnn all right. >> last slide in washington, journalists, politicians, and celebrities gathered for the annual tradition that is the white house correspondents dinner to celebrate the importance of the free press president biden was front and center as most every us president has been for decades, there and he was taking shots at his rival on the campaign trail and no one was off-limits for saturday night live comedian colin jost before i begin tonight, can we just acknowledge how refreshing it is to see a president of the united states and an event that doesn't begin with a bailiff saying all fries the republican candidate for president owes half 1 billion in fines for bank fraud and is currently spending his days farting himself awake during a porn star hush money trial. >> and the race is tie i was excited to be up here on stage with president biden the night, mostly to see if i could figure out where obama was pulling the strings from. it's also wonderful to be back in washington. i loved being in washington the last time i

i think kevin liptak reported trump did that because he was embarrassed that it had been reported. he went to the bunker very much so when there were two at least a dozen other people in that meeting who witnessed that same statement by the former president let's farah griffin. >> thank you for your perspective on that also here tonight, as we were talking about this bill barr, at one point in that interview said that the biden administration he believes is a real threat to democracy. my next source is republican, who might disagree with that. adam kinzinger investigated that threat to democracy around january 6, as a member of the house select committee and is now also a cnn senior political commentator. congressman just i want you to listen to how bar tried to equate the threat that was posed by that a period of leading up to january 6 with the policies that are being implemented by president biden how can you equate the border is a real issue. i've been to the border. no one's denying that. but is that the same thing? is what you said recently, which was that? the conduct that w

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. >> i'm kevin liptak at the white house. overwhelming democratic support today help republican house speaker mike johnson advance a key foreign aid bill worth nearly $100 billion to ukraine and others after months of debate. but it also so provoked outrage from the republican leading the charge to oust him. georgia's marjorie taylor greene this was the congresswoman's response. the vote today on steve bannon's podcast as we have completely lost confidence in his leadership now that he is allowing hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer to completely control the house. >> basically save as civil war has broken out in the house of representatives we all need to be asking the most concerning question, what has mike johnson made a deal? ledoux, what has he promised he will give them in the future. and this is why we have to remove mike johnson from the speakership because he has made a deal melanie, zanona joins us now from capitol hill with the latest on the threat to johnson's speakership. so what is the state of play between johnso

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quick show where the other parents we are arbors i'm kevin liptak at the white house. >> and this is cnn hello everybody. >> why is it so quiet? what's happening? it's quieter than sleepy joe. hello joe, how are you great to see you? >> that's just a taste of the roasting at the annual white house correspondents dinner in washington last night journalists and celebrity is watching to see how comedians like colin jost and the opening act, comedian matt friend, would poke fondant the president and politicians this dinner is sadder than taylor swift's new album, the tortured residents department, right? he's slick it him for the white tuxedo, doesn't like me to my tread, but i will tell you the chinese apps are being banned. it's hearable. we have deposed gerard david pecker's and snapchat. now that's what this thank you. matt friend joins us now. you have quite a nice last night absolutely insane. >> i mean, it was thrilling. i'm so grateful to kelly o'donnell and the team there for letting me do this. it was an insane an opportunity and the jokes really write themselves. i mean, i had

. >> i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn you have this crisis. >> dozens of arrest is that universities overnight as colleges, police, and politicians take sides. we have to bring order to these campus excuse me american people are fed up. >> how should liters respond? vermont senator bernie sanders joins me, then los angeles mayor karen bass, and virginia can you, governor glenn youngkin, and sounding off, president biden hopes fun at donald trump's legal troubles. dollars, that's your trump days lately, you might call it stormy weather. but what it is a brand new cnn poll reveal about the state of the race. our panel of experts is here, plus order in the court with mortgage next hello i'm dana bash and washington where the state of our union anion is deeply divided. >> we begin this morning with new numbers in the presidential race. donald trump is spending hours each day in new york courtroom in his criminal hush money trial. but on the campaign trail, a brand new cnn poll out this morning shows trump's su

the light, ask your doctor about capital ada, find savings and support and kept blight a doc i'm kevin liptakuse. >> and this is cnn for more than six months, jonathan polin, original goldberg have lived as best they can in a nightmare, hoping that their son, hersh, she was abducted by gunmen last october 7 during the hamas terror attack. >> was still alive. they're last images of him were from this video. we're treated from the body cam or phone of a gunman hersh, his left hand, and part of his arm had been blown off, likely by a grenade being forced into the back of a truck. i was initially shown this video by an israeli soldier and i recorded it, john and rachel had not seen the video when i happened to interview them a couple of days later realizing it was their son, i'd seen i call them after the interview and i then sent them this video was the first time they saw their son being taken. they later decided to make it public so people could see what hamas did to their child. and so many other innocent people we've been talking with john and rachel ever since as they waited for word any wo

. >> go to div, doubt i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn closed captioning is brought to you by skechers, hands-free slip ends what's the greatest invention of all time? new hands-free sketcher slip ends. you just slip in and they're on. it's like they have an invisible built-in shoe horn. so you're foot slides into place, hands-free sketch your slippers welcome back, vice president kamala harris, kicking off a multi-state tour, spotlighting the white house's efforts to grow economic opportunities for minority voters. >> she is starting in swing states with large black populations. her first stop is today in atlanta, then she's headed to detroit next week. join me out of i'm kinda congressman steven horsford. he is the chair of the congressional black caucus congressman. thanks so much for being here so obviously, there has been a lot of focus in the media about on black voters, particularly black men, who seemed to be showing that they're more interested in donald trump than they were previously. >> and that there is potent

i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn we're. >> back with our breaking news coverage, donald trump's hush money cover up trial is underway in new york right now. the former lawyer for both karen mcdougal and stormy daniels just left the stand. he had been testifying about his efforts to secure the payment from trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen to stormy daniels in exchange for the rights to her story, her allegations of a brief romantic interlude with donald trump, the jury has just been excused, and bill brennan, former attorney for trump, payroll this is interesting because this was the prosecution talking about this information and one of the things it's a judge marchand just told the jury he's going to see them thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. a. gag order hearing is scheduled that morning for 9:30 a.m. so that's 9:30 a.m. for more trump alla alleged violations of the gag order thursday morning at 9:30, and then at 10:00 a.m. the trial will begin in judge merchan is off the bench. court breaks for th

kevin liptak at the white house. >> and this is cnn we're currently waiting for judge merchan to decide whether or not donald trump actually violated his gag orders in multiple posts online and seeing that legal analyst, joey jackson is joining us with more on that and what the judges actual options are joey so this is what trump cannot do pursuant to the gag order. what does that? let's talk about it. speak publicly about witnesses. why witness intimidation. and of course, they are public safety, speaking publicly about publicly about prosecutors and staff members cannot do that bragg's office. bragg is fair game. he's the district attorney. however, his court staff and family members, they are off limits as well and let's not forget speaking publicly about jurors. these are all the things they gag order forbids. now with respect to what trump is done, let us take a look at all of his post on truth social. those posts relating to a variety of alleged violations of the gag order which prosecutions wants to hold him accountable for. the prosecutor said that's a no-no. they went a hearing

for the health of docs delivered impacts portion for your dog it's amazing real food can do i'm kevin liptak at the white house. >> and this is cnn welcome back to cnn special live coverage of donald trump's hush money cover up trial tomorrow. >> david acre, the publisher of the national enquirer, will be back on the stand today the prosecution and the defense, we're presenting two very different narratives. they plan to tell the jury about what exactly happened and on the trump campaign in the final stretch of the 2016 election, let's get right to cnn's kara scannell, who was one of the cnn reporters inside court. all morning, sending us these updates that we've been poring over qarrah, give us a sense of what the mood in court was as donald trump sat and listened to prosecutors suitors, his own lawyers, and david yeah, jake. >> so when donald trump was there sitting in the courtroom at the defense table as prosecutor spoke and describe their allegations in this case, what they believe the evidence will show and asking the jury to return a verdict of guilty of the former president trump sat

and it's hard i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn cnn breaking news welcome to cnn special coverage. >> i'm wolf blitzer in washington along with erin burnett in new york. today, donald trump has been back in court for his historic hush money criminal trial but there's other team of lawyers was here in washington over at the us supreme court. they argue that trump and any former president should have blanket immunity for actions undertaken while in office. those arguments have now wrapped up and aaron in new york testimony where you are will pick up right after the next hour or so they're in lunch break that's right. >> they just or lunch break. and we've been hearing from the former tabloid executive, david pecker wolf, who's gonna be returning to the stand. and after this brief lunch break prosecutors have finally gotten to the details of stormy daniels and the hush money deal. the heart of this entire case. pecker testifying but he wanted to quote no part in that transaction, despite the fact that he had orchestrat

and for fast topical pain relief, china leave x i'm kevin liptak at the white house. and this is cnn welcome back and we're waiting for the prosecution to call its next witness in the hush money cover up trial of donald trump attorneys are locked in important discussions right now over what evidence they can use the question witnesses, including potentially the former president of the united states. let's bring back my panel. and mr. brennan, you have said that donald trump, when he was one of your winning use, your client you all he was not difficult to deal with it all but i mean, you saw relevant i mean, there were some passionate exchanges. >> there are some things we disagreed on, but i really tried to treat all my clients the same, whether it's only former president i've ever represented, but i mean, i treat them like the guy that runs the elevator that gets charged with a crime. >> so look, people will have passionate opinions about wanting to be defended is zealously as possible. and attorneys pushing back as you explained, that, being strategic might be bette

it's better outside with ninja i'm kevin liptak at the white house. >> and this is cnn okay just want to give you an idea of what you're gonna be seeing throughout the hours on the left side of the screen, you'll be seeing live updates from our reporters who were inside the courthouse because of course camerota not allowed in court. >> but you'll see a play by play of the proceedings as they are happening right now, donald trump is sitting alone in this courtroom at the, at the defense table because his attorneys are in the middle of a chat with the judge, a sidebar in which he is not involved. so a strange scene for a former president sitting in the middle of that courtroom. this is all going on, of course, in the backdrop of the ongoing criminal trial that is happening but the battle in another case, over the hundred and $75 bond that donald trump was ordered to pay in the civil fraud trial that he lost has now been resolved. new york attorney general and trump reached an agreement on the terms of that bond. finally, joining me now, russ buettner, pulitzer prize winning investigativ