tonight on the reidout he was actually willing to do whatever it took to stay in power. and i think although i certainly regret my support for him, there s no question now that anyone could say we don t know what he ll do. you know, maybe we can trust he ll uphold the constitution. every day, he tells us what he ll do. liz cheney speaks of her regret for supporting trump for years. and warned about the consequences if trump returns to the white house. and there is a very interesting new filing from special counsel jack smith regarding trump s long history of lying about election fraud going all the way back to 2012. also tonight, one of trump s georgia codefendants, remember, the one who used to work for kanye, may have jeopardized her bond by appearing to threaten witness ruby freeman on instagram. but we begin tonight with making the case against donald trump. as more and more warnings about the dangers of a second trump presidency pile up, a new legal filing
willie, you look at the leads in the papers today, the major papers today. the wall street journal talking about the white house warning that funding for kyiv to run out in weeks. obviously, a desperate, desperate situation for those trying to stop a russian invasion here. the leads on the times, also, their lead story, of course, about israel pushing further south into gaza and approaching another large city center and the growing concerns about a humanitarian crisis. and, of course, over here, something that there s more and more focus on, it s about how donald trump s second term could obviously create a much darker trump and, of course, willie, very few checks and balances. we ll be getting all of those things today. a lot of really important stories and a lot of ground to cover. yeah. we re also going to be joined by liz cheney in just about an hour from now, and she ll tell us about her warning, as well. she believes if donald trump is elected to the white house a
catholic church write an amicus brief to purdue s position in all of this. you talk about real justice versus what you call billionaire justice. what do you mean? i mean that if this plan goes through, what s going to keep another family of millionaires that want to be billionaires from introducing a faulty product and finding a loophole in the bankruptcy system, which was not intended to give billionaires loopholes. there would be no deterrence going forward. beth, thank you for being with us, and for your excellent reporting on this in your books, and joey, your legal analysis as always. we ll follow it closely. and cnn this morning, continues right now. good morning, everyone, here s where we start this morning. israel defense forces say it hit 200 targets inside gaza, and is calling for people in parts of southern gaza to evacuate, leaving civilians scrambling to try to find thinker safe to go. the white house is warning israel to limit civilian casualties, and
outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
under trump this kind of government will perish from the earth. in a surprise move the biden campaign sent a surrogate of its own to lower manhattan yesterday. two-time academy award winner robert de niro. we ll have more of the actor s warnings about the dangers of a possible second donald trump presidency. and of course we ll go through what happened inside the courtroom as well. during closing arguments in the former president s criminal hush money trial as we are now just hours away from the start of jury deliberations. plus we ll go through new reporting on the deadly israeli air strike in rafah and the biden administration s response to the tragedy. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a big show this morning. and in just hours donald trump s fate will be in the hands of a juror. both the defense and prosecution delivered their closing arguments yesterday in