The money. Yeah. Jason carroll. Thank you very much. Theres an incredible story thanks for joining us. The news continues now here on cnn its wednesday, may 22, right now on cnn this morning, the defense rests now, the fate of the former for president will be decided by 12 manhattan jurors deadly turbulence, one passenger killed dozens more injured when a Singapore Airlines Passenger Jet hits some very rough air and theres a devastating tornado tearing a small town in iowa hello, two pieces all right. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, eight live. Look at New York City good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us the defense rests Donald Trumps lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former president yesterday in his criminal hush money trial. And two, almost no ones surprise, trump did not testify as promised. The jury wont return until tuesday for Closing Arguments with a verdict possible by the end of next week. Trumps sounding competent going into Closing Ar
Continue to bring more action live here on this programme. Welcome if you have just welcome if you havejustjoined us. Let us stay without Breaking News from slovakia. Let me take you through what has happened. An Assassination Attempt has been made on the Prime Minister of slovakia, robert fico. He has been shot and badly injured in this afternoon. These are the pictures of the immediate aftermath, with the Prime Minister being carried into the car. His official Facebook Page says he was shot several times. From a different angle, we can see a man being arrested by people who appear to be officers. We still dont know very much about the man. Its been reported hes a 71, but other than that, no real detail about that man. A government say the Prime Minister is in a life threatening condition. These are the pictures of him being rushed to a helicopter for treatment. Those of the crucial pictures in terms of the timeline and the key details of what has happened through the course of this a
No clear evidence of that. President biden yesterday on 60 minutes doubling down on a warning to others in the middle east. It comes as the u. S. Military is increasing its presence in the region amid a threat from iran and hezbollah. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken back in israel this morning to continue diplomatic talks after a weekend of meetings with leaders in the middle east. Meanwhile, in gaza, Palestinian Civilians are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israelgaza border for the very latest on all of that in just a moment. Also ahead, an update on the speakers race here at home. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears the nominee once again does not have the support needed to win. There is so much news on this monday morning. There really is. Probably the most important election in europe. Oh, my gosh. Over the past decade. Poland. I dont think thats an overstatement in poland. Right now, it looks like the pro west, pro european, the
israel defense force says two additional hostages are no longer in the hands of hamas terrorists. 21-year-old mia and 40-year-old amit were released an hour ago. we re told to expect hamas to continue to free additional hostages later today. in a last-minute deal in the war, israel and the terrorists agreed to extend their cease-fire for a seventh day. we re told eight additional people are set to go free today. a number now that we know after more than 50 days in hamas control. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. this happened overnight. at least three people were killed and 11 injured after two palestinian terrorists opened fire at a bus stop inside jerusalem. police are saying two off duty soldiers and an armed civilian in the area returned fire and killed the gunmen. both are members of hamas terrorists and have past arrests for terror activity. so far nearly 100 hostages have been released and that is a blessing. more, more, more they must let them a
i m liev schreiber. thanks for watching. good night. hello, and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world and streaming on cnn, max next i m paula newton in new york, just ahead for us or live in paris where emmanuel macron s election gamble appears to have backfired with the french far-right taking the lead in the first row browne of voting, a campaign in turmoil. cnn learns what us president joe biden s family is telling him as he faces increasing pressure to stand aside after his disastrous debate, performance and all eyes on the u.s. supreme court and the hours ahead, we ll learn whether former president donald trump pumpkin claimed absolute immunity on his alleged efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election and we do begin this hour in france where my colleague, max foster is live for us in paris where max, there is no mistaking the seismic shift in the political landscape. there yeah, the very first time