For joining us. The news continues now, right here on cnn its tuesday, april 30, right now on cnn this morning, Breaking News Protesters at columbia break into an academic that make building a barricaded themselves inside. We are live on campus growing concern in israel and in congress, the International Criminal court is preparing an Arrest Warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and donald trump back in court where the prosecutions third witness is laying out how the hush money for Stormy Daniels was actually paid 5 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at venation its capital on this morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. We begin this morning with breaking overnight at Columbia University. Dozens of protesters breached an Academic Building next to the Protest Encampment and they barricaded themselves inside. Others outside the building, formed a human chain to block out access to the entrance in these images from inside columbias
Score. Do i mean at time. Com . Cnn this morning with kasie hunt next its monday, april 22, right now . Now on cnn this morning, Opening Statements set to begin in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. New cnn reporting on who prosecutors plan to call as their first witness. A foreign aid bill passed by the house, leaving hard right republicans and hamas infuriated. And a crisis on campus jewish students at Columbia University urged to stay home for their own safety all right 5 00 a. M. Hearing washington, but this is a live look at New York City on this Monday Morning where openings statements are set to begin in the donald trump trial. Good morning, everyone. Im casey hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us Opening Statements in the historic Criminal Hush Money Case against donald trump set to begin just a few hours from now, cnn has learned that david, the former chairman of the national enquirer, is Parent Company company is expected to be the first witness called by the manhattan das of
Starts on monday, which is long before a lot of people fled to judge its good to go as fast as possible thats for his is not for my eraser this is a giant witch to try and earn a campaign thats beating more president in history at this is the only way they think they can win, but its not going to work. Thank you very much all right. Joining me now to discuss is Eugene Scott his senior Politics Reporter at axios eugene. Good morning to you and i see so we spent last week in Jury Selection this morning, we are headed to the start of this trial. Its a historic moment really for the first firsttime former president is going to be really involved in the meats of a criminal trial. Here, what are you expecting to unfold today well, listening to obviously these opening statements and listening to the former president s attorneys try to make the case that the former president did nothing wrong, that decisions were made that were either beyond him out of his control or that did not
Bluntly, i would rather send bullets to ukraine than american boys. My son is going to begin in the naval academy this fall. This is a Livefire Exercise for me as it is so many american families. This is not a game, its not a joke all right, dr. Me know, maga talib, shes the director of circuits universities, democracy, journalism, and citizenship institute, also senior contributor for axios. Margaret. Good morning. I will just say it is actually refreshing to have people who have skin in the game making decisions. There has been fewer and fewer people in that category in congress. So really interesting that, that Mike Johnson brought that up. Lets talk about johnson himself because this really was a Crucible Moment for him and he seems to have come out the other side stronger and winning praise from both democrats and republicans for defying the right flank. What did you see and what happened over the weekend . And how do you see Mike Johnson in this has been a real leadership tests f