[laughter] it s the way of the world, kids. [laughter] tom hanks also received a hearted branded volleyball, in reference to his 2000 movie castaway. congratulations. considering all that context he just gave its honorary. cnn this morning continues right now. it is a wonderful saturday morning. i am glad you are part of it. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m victor blackwood. what do you do with an honorary degree, though? if you have a ph.d. or a doctorate in arts, can you actually go and be a professor? some people go around and demand that you call them doctor, with an honorary degree! yes, i know a couple. okay, well, maybe i need to get an honorary doctorate so you can call me doctorate. i am doctor amara walker. thank you so much for spending a part of your morning with us. a lot going on this morning. today, millions of people heading out to their memorial day destinations. we re gonna tell you what to expect at the airport, and wha
on them. the brigade had been operating in a high-intensify combat zone inside gaza on friday. the idf says the three hostages had either managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. meantime, another hostage has died while held captive by hamas, according to the israeli prime minister s office. her death means there are now 129 hostages who remain in gaza, 21 of whom have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. right now, families of the other hostages who remain in gaza are holding a rally in tel aviv. alex marquardt is there. how are people reacting to this accidental killing of three hostages? reporter: there s shock, sadness and so much anger. there s a lot of desire for the families and friends of the hostages for the government to are bring those hostages home as soon as possible. we just got the news of a 27-year-old who died in hamas c
migrants and they tell us this is a spring board. they cross the border and are trying to get to colorado, new york and florida. in and greg abbott sent another bus yesterday, not far from vice president kamala harris home. after title 42 ended last thursday, governor abbott will send migrants to dc and new york. fresh week has begun and border patrol tells fox news migrant encounters have drastically fallen. united states border patrol experienced a drop in the number of encounters, verses earlier in the week. it is still early, we are in day three. according to multiple cbp sources, last week in california, border patrol arrested an afghan national on the fbi terror watch list. that man crossed the border with a group of migrants and the fbi confirmed a match on the terrorist screening database. yesterday the president was asked how he feels the border is going overall. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? president biden: much better than y all exp
comcast business. powering possibilities. top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor black well. and i m bianna golodryga. any minute now the jury will return from lunch and receive instructions from the judge. just before the defense was getting ready to begin this morning, a judge dismissed a juror for discussing the case with people outside the jury. you have had some discussions with some folks not on the jury, which is going to require me to remove you from the jury. i m not suggesting that you intentionally did anything wrong, but that in order to preserve the integrity of the process and in fairness to all the parties involved, we re going to replace you with one of the other jurors. cnn national correspondent diane gallagher is outside the courthouse there in walterboro for us. walk us through this final day of the closing arguments. reporter: victor, right now we are waiting for court to return essentially so the judge can charge th
diplomat for the first time since russia s invasion. and significant turbulence rocks a flight from texas. what caused a plane to plunge, terrifying passengers and sending seven to the hospital. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the death threats against jewish elected officials in michigan. this comes at a very, very dangerous moment following a dramatic rise in anti-semitic attacks across the country as well as threats to government leaders. let s bring in our senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, what more first of all are you uncovering about this alleged plot in the state of michigan? reporter: yeah, wolf, this is part of an alarming and dangerous trend that we see across the country. in this case this man by the name of jack eugene carpenter is charged with making interstate threats against a number of jewish officials in michigan including dana ne