Today hey, im zachary cohn and washington and this is cnn hello, and welcome to have you as joining us here in the United States and all around the world. Im taking k, this is seen and users coming up Opening Statements will begin this morning in the historic criminal trial of donald trump. What to expect is the case against the former us president is put before a new york jury usaid package for ukraine is expected to get final passage in the senate. This weight. And ukraines president says there is no time to spam plus concerns for the safety of jewish students at new yorks Columbia University. Y rabbis calling for them to return home. As passive, it draws me up live from atlanta this is cnn news room with linda kinky we adjust hours away from Opening Statements in the first ever criminal trial of a former us president , donald trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 Felony Counts because alleged role in a Hush Money Scheme to conceal an affair with Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels each coun
And really university officials, not really intervening at this point up, but also over the weekend, a separate vein in which certain now growing concerns among jewish students at some jewish students attending columbia being university. Many of them saying that they feel unsafe coming to school because of these ongoing propalestinian protests. So much so that Rabbi Elie Buechler with columbia universitys orthodox union jewish Learning Initiative reached out on Sunday Morning to wellover 300 jewish students saying that it is best they simply stay home until the Cullum University of ipd do more to make sure that they feel safe now, the university for its part, released a statement over the weekend saying that they are acting team on these concerns and they also added that students do have the right to protest on campus, so long as those some australians do not interfere with campus operations. And also so that they do not intimidate any of their fellow students polo sandoval, cnn, New Y