future cnn this morning with kasie hunt. next it s tuesday, may 28, right now on cnn this morning, donald trump s defense team preparing for closing argument since in the hush money trial, they plan to keep attacking the prosecution s star witness, plus i have never prayed so hard in my whole life. at least 23 people, including four children killed by severe storms during a deadly holiday weekend and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling an attack on rafah that killed 45 people tragic error all right, 5:00 a.m. here in washington alive. look at capitol hill on this tuesday morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. we are nearing the conclusion of the first criminal trial ever brought against a former us president. today, closing arguments begin in donald trump s historic criminal hush money trial prosecutors from the manhattan da s office will have to weave together weeks of evidence and salacious testimony as they
news babes might win again, we ll see see some good form out there. look forward to hearing about the results. the lead with jake tapper for starts right now, go press the stages set the stakes, could not be higher. welcome to the lead live from cnn s campus and atlanta, georgia, where final preparations are underway for tomorrow s historic presidential debate. right here you re on cnn, i m phil mattingly, info jake tapper, president joe biden, and former president donald trump will be here tomorrow night. and the most important event of this election cycle. so far. here s a glimpse at the stage where the two men will face off the first time in history, a sitting president and a former president will debate. i just walked the debate stage and i ll bring you an insight. i d look and just moments, but first, we re going into details about how those last-minute preparations are actually playing out. cnn s mj lee and kristen holmes start us off here and lana in jake, let s start
into doing something that neither of you want to see happen. mexico has a very similar problem, overwhelmed with people who are applying for asylum. police forces are overwhelmed. the shelters are totally overwhelmed and as mexico s government s struggles to keep up, the journey has become even more perilous for the migrants will makes it so dangerous is the fact that there are threats really on all sides on the one side violent drug cartels who have found a cruel new way to make money. you will see organized crime moving increasingly into the trafficking of migrants the smuggling business has become even more lucrative than dealing fentanyl for migrants. it can be just as deadly when cartels can t extort migrants for monday they often just kill the people if kidnapped another danger often mexican authorities sometimes corrupt sometimes inept sometimes lethal in march 2023, a fire broke out at a migrant detention center migrants were left blocked in the cells killing doze
of him. i feel great sadness for his family tonight and his friends. and i m grateful for the life he lived and what he gave of himself to the rest of us there was no one else like donald sutherland and there won t ever be, again the news continues here on cnn outfront next, trump s favorite judge, about to put jack smith and the hotseat as a judge in the classified documents case faces new questions. since tonight about whether she should step aside. plus the final word goes to trump new reporting tonight on why biden is letting the former president have the last say next week s debate. what is biden strategy? and sounding the alarm tonight, the chairman of the house intelligence committee accusing the biden administration of sleepwalking as putin threatens to put a nuclear weapon in space. obviously, mike turner is my guest tonight. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. trump s cannon ball. trump s favorite judge, aileen cannon, cou
until we finish this hearing and the investigation, the justice department is now doing its own inquiry. but i do think there s near overwhelming evidence that prosecution is important to send it in a message, a deterrent message, and also insisting on accountability. remember that the company paid comparatively very little in terms of criminal counter in connection with that deferred prosecution and the families of people who perished in those two plane crashes, 346 people lost their lives. still feel that justice has not been served and that feeling pretty understandable. so i think that there is mounting evidence perhaps overwhelming evidence now that prosecution should be pursued while that is a big statement from senator richard blumenthal there that prosecution maybe should be pursued. you have this hearing coming up today. we will all be watching to see what happens. all of us are part of the front in public and the public really wants to make sure that their lives