Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper what were going to start today with our Law And Justice lead a stern warning for donald trump today from the bench. Keep violating your gag order and your Hush Money Cover of case, and you may well end up in jail. Judge juan merchan, Finding Today The Trump via lord, violated that gag order for the 10th time. He find a trump 1,000 which is the maximum penalty. But judge, where shine went on to tell the former president , quote, at the end of the de, i have a job to do and part of that job is to protect the dignity of the judicial system and compel respect as much as i do not want to impose a jail sanctioned and ive done everything i can to avoid doing so i want you to understand that i will if necessary, and appropriate, unquote. Today weve also heard testimony from two witnesses who went through check by check, the payments made by donald trump to his former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen. Those payments are at the very heart of this case because
Ceasefire proposed by qatar and egypt. As it is really forces prepare to move into rafa for a limited scope information on the heels of the long promised Ground Defense in gaza. We begin this monday afternoon, im john roberts. Good morning to you. Sandra good morning to you. Im Gillian Turner and for sandra smith today. This is america report. They are Ordering Hundreds of thousands of palestinians in rafah to evacuate now. A senior officials calling them move a dangerous escalation that will have consequences paired john jeff paul is live on the ground for us in tel aviv with the latest for all this. Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire does not mean its a done deal. No. It certainly does not and hamas released a statement saying its political leader had a phone call with the qataris and the egyptians who have been involved in this intense mediation process saying they agreed to the deal that is on the table. Thats been discussed over the past week or so. The new question remains what wl isr
Proposal is that hamas would agree to the release of 33 hostages from the socalled humanitarian category. So that is women, it is children, it is the elderly, people with serious medical conditions. And in return, israel would agree to a 40day ceasefire and the release of potentially thousands of Palestinian Prisoners. We should stress at this point all we have is this statement from the political wing of hamas. We do not have the detail of what exactly it is that they have agreed to, and there has been pretty frenetic diplomacy over the weekend involving cia director bill burns who started in egypt, flying to qatar, coming here to israel. It is possible that the framework of that deal has changed over the weekend. It is also worth saying that these deals are often structured in terms of first an agreement on a broad framework and then hammering out of the details. As you know, chris, the devil is often in the detail, but there is positive indication for the First Time Since that last
Wont regret it. Five riskfree without 30 day fit guarantee at hunter you are, in the scene and newsroom. Hi, everyone. Im Jessica Dean In Washington and we begin with breaking news. Cnn has learned the Biden Administration has paused a shipment of us made ammunition to israel. It appears to be the first time the us has stopped a Weapons Shipment to the Israeli Military since the october 7 hamas attacks and it comes amid growing tensions between the us and israel over the war in gaza. Tonight, were also falling the following. The fallout from the highstakes negotiations in cairo over a potential hostage and ceasefire deal seen as Priscilla Alvarez is here with us right now, and priscilla, what more are you learning about this ammunition that has been held . Well, i talked to a source familiar with this decision and they could not disclose any details as to how this decision was made. But heres what we do know. It is not linked to a potential Israeli Ground invasion of rafah in Southern
This is cnn breaking news. Hello everyone and thanks for joining us. Im Christiane Amanpour and london and we continue with our major breaking news, israel declaring its war with hamas following an unprecedented attack on israel where at least 70 people and maybe more according to officials , are dead, and 985 wounded, again, the numbers are probably already higher and expected to rise. The attack catching israel by surprise, at Sunrise Hamas launched their offensive by air, sea and land, the fighters infiltrated israeli towns and launched rockets. Scenes of Urban Warfare as gunfights unfolded between israel and hamas. The israeli president reacted saying we saw the true face of hamas a Terrorist Army whose only goal is the coldblooded murder of innocent men, women and children. I call upon the upon the family of nations, this war waged upon us mark a line in the sand. Israel is watching airstrikes into gaza were palestinian say hundreds have been killed. New video shows a Tower Collap