the skis, cnn, breaking news hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m proud rica whitfield, and we re tracking two major breaking news stories this afternoon, next hour, president biden is set to attend a state dinner in france. i will bring that to you live as it happens, you the is there in paris with the first aid dr. jill biden, plus the french president and first lady. and dramatic new developments in the middle east for israeli hostages rescued from gaza the israeli military launching that daring rescue mission in broad daylight, the government media office in gaza says the operation left more than 200 people dead in central gaza with hundreds more injured. the mission ultimately freeing four hostages from the clutches of hamas, all of them were abducted from the nova music festival on october 7, all right, now, back in israel for the first time in eight months making emotional reunions with family members who never gave up hope. president
message to the world from the hallowed shores of normandy. well, never saying the word trump. the president implicitly warned of the threat. he believes his election your opponent poses to us democracy as for donald trump, he s using his guilty verdict on 34 counts to rile up his base on the campaign trail as some swing state voters tells cnn don t care about what happened in that new york courtroom and i ll go one-on-one with the former house speaker, nancy pelosi. she is in france for d-day commemorations and will weigh in on the president s message overseas and all of the drama with her congressional colleagues right here in washington i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics first up, a presidential complete from the cliffs pointe-du-hoc, where american soldiers turned the tide of world war ii, 80 years ago. today, joe biden is asking the american people to honor the legacy of those heroes gather here today just not just to honor those who showed
now that s a great idea, nailed it good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom, america hill in for jim acosta 80 years ago today, the course of world war and democracy changed forever president biden joining other world leaders at this hour as they mark this milestone anniversary of d-day, the allied invasion of normandy. you see there of course, the french president emmanuel macron, as well as ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy. this morning, mr. biden meeting with a handful of the last remaining us veterans stormed those beaches, are parachuted behind enemy lines. as the men today, they re all around 100-years-old, making this anniversary, especially poignant as a world pays tribute to this greatest generation the man who, fought here became heroes. not because they re the strongest and toughest job or fiercest although they were. but because they re given an audacious mission knowing everyone on the new the probability of dying was real. but they did it anyw
president biden joining other world leaders at this hour to mark this milestone anniversary of d-day the allied invasion of continental europe during world war ii hello, two meters, zelenskyy, the wartime president of ukraine, had this heartwarming moment and a hug with one of the americans who fought at normandy. president biden also met with a handful of the last surviving us veterans who stormed those beaches are parachuted behind enemy leinz as very young men. today, they are all around 100 100-years-old making this anniversary, especially poignant and moving as the world s pays tribute to the greatest generation the man who fought here became heroes not because they re the strongest and toughest herb or fiercest although they were but because they re given an audacious mission knowing everyone in the new, the probability of dying was real but they did it anyway they knew and beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting. and dying for hi, joining us now fro
knights on the border good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news request late today. today from the former president s legal team to lift the gag order. now that a jury has found him guilty in all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to keep word of his hush money payment to stormy daniels from reaching voters in the 2016 election. as you know, gag order or not, he s already said plenty about the judge. the judge s daughter, and witnesses in the case he s now his lawyers are seeking free rein, seen as keras canal is here with the tails also joining us bestselling author and former federal prosecutors, jeffrey thuban, and retired new york judge joel kahn visor, longtime friend of the trial judge in the case. so what does the trump team want so trump s team is saying now that the trial is over and the gag order that was put in place to protect the witnesses jury from trump s comments now that it s over there saying that the judge should lift t