Criminal sderot trial starts in just a couple of weeks. And next hour, the last possible we will sentence for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh. Soon hell find out how much time he will get for stealing from his clients and law firm. Also today, 50 the Million People from texas to virginia are under a Severe Weather risk. Some areas could see some tornadoes. Youll have the latest forecast for you, kate is out, im sarah sidner with john im berman. This is Cnn News Central this morning. Crooked, deranged, et evil. That is how donald trump celebrated easter. The words he used the easter message to describe the prosecutors leading criminal cases against him as he gets ready for critical month, be targeted special counsel, jack smith, Manhattan District Attorney alvin alvin bragg, the Fulton County district attorney, fani willis. This after going after the daughter of the judge overseeing his criminal case in new york in a separate message, seed and Steve Contorno joins us now, pretty stark,
will the truce between israel and hamas be extended? and what could that mean for the hostages that are still waiting fob freed? tonight in the second hour of laura coates live. well, hamas has put out the list tonight of now the sixth group of hostages expected to be freed. that after 12 more were released today. they are 10 israelis and 2 thai citizens. no americans were in that group today, even though the white house previously said that two women were expected to be freed as part of the deal that was announced between israel and hamas last week. there are hopes that some americans may be released tomorrow, but we re only beginning to learn what the hostages have endured. the father of 9-year-old emily hand telling cnn this today. the most shocking, disturbing part of meeting her was she was just whispering. couldn t hear her. i had to put my ear on her lips, like this close and say, what did you say? i thought you were kidnapped . she said she thought you were k
Happening to him. Hes a hate news monger. Hes being challenged in court for things hes done. I do think this is another example of how these companies are struggling to figure out how to handle content on their platforms. Its harder than having an algorithm decide what to do. And what is the policy moving forward. Unclear. Appreciate it. Thank you all for being with me. Im poppy p py harlow in new yo. Next hour starts now. Hello, everyone, here is a question for do you believe an admitted liar or an accused one . That is exactly what jurors are face floodinging today in a Vid Courtroom as the star witness is back on the stand in the trial against Paul Manafort. So far Rick Gates Has been telling the court a riveting tail of betrayal, theft, and years of financial fraud. And while there is nothing here about what either man did for
the trump campaign, this is the first trial to come out of the Special Counsels russia investigation, and theyre back at it now. Joe johns is outside the cou
way, while trump remains the top pick for republican voters. well, that s exactly right. the entire premise for everybody not named donald trump running for president now is that they are basically offering the republican base trump-ism without trump. we ve seen how unsuccessful that strategy is. 60% in the national polls, he s at an unprecedented lead in iowa, in new hampshire as well. as i ve said before, i still feel the same way. his nomination is over. the only person that can take this nomination away, alicia, from donald trump, is donald trump. but the problem is that right now, his candidacy is an ex-essentially tied event with his legal problems. in order for him to continue to raise the millions of dollars he s going to need for legal defense, he s going to have to continue running. so he s not getting out of the race, and right now, what we re seeing with vivek ramaswamy, it s the ban carson. there s always a new flavor of the month that gets a little
opinion until he gets rid of them, it s hard to create market share when you have people taking out 1% of each. one thing ron desantis was saying you can t win with just republican voters. but he is attacking to the right of donald trump. and as you know, that means his campaign, his pack put out that anti-lgbtq ad. so who does he think he will be appealing to if he is moving to the right of donald trump. it s hard to get in his head. he is right. he is saying i m more anti-lgbtq plus than donald trump. he is also saying you can t swim with the base. it is a tactic for him because he has to say that. he doesn t have the base trump has. he has to say trump is slim margins and he is never going to be able to make it because he only has republicans. but if you look at desantis s base, it s inarguable he doesn t have this moderate swell he would need. well, in florida he