good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. a massive storm churning along the east coast. this storm is getting stronger. rudy giuliani is ordered to pay $148 million to two former election workers he defamed after the 2020 election, but these women may never see a dime of the money awarded to them. new this morning, the israeli military just announced a tactical pause in fighting in one gaza neighborhood so people there can get desperately needed food and water, but this won t last long. new information about the death of matthew perry. the powerful drug found in his system when he died. we re starting with the severe weather that s threatening millions of people. this powerful storm system bearing down on florida right now, really up the entire east coast. the possibility of flooding and severe winds has prompted florida s governor to activate the national guard. tens of thousands of
are no stranger to the disgraced, twice-impeached, four-times indicted ex president saying the quiet parts out loud. it is basically his calling card. often it meant speaking in code using dog whistles telling the proud boys for instance to stand back and stand by or saying there are good people on both sides after white supremacists marched through the sheets of charlottesville chanting, jews will not replace us. but now? now, donald trump has dispensed with the dog whistles. he is going for. . as a rule we don t air video of donald trump lightly on this show but we thought it was important that you hear this, that we all bear witness to what the ex-president and current leading republican candidate is saying here. we re like a rocket ship, who s like a rocket ship sent by kim jong-un, just like that. who is very nice, i will tell you. he is not so fond of this administration, but he s fond of me, and we had a very good relationship. vladimir putin of russia says that bi
president to his israeli counterpart makes what he told the world, less than two months ago, seem frankly a world away. i come to israel with a single message, you are not alone. you are not alone. as long as the united states stands, it will stand forever, we will not let you be alone. right now, the two nations are no longer in the biden administration officials have advised israel that their campaign of overwhelming force needs to and, and and soon. within weeks, it is not quite an ultimatum, sources made that clear. but the united states is now more willing to say that quiet part out loud. they believe that israel is simply killing too many palestinian civilians, and far too many palestinian children. president biden outright accused israeli forces of, quote, indiscriminate bombing. it s an accusation that israel heard, and looked right past. he is saying, you are bombing gaza without care. absolutely not. and you know what, you know, let s just see history. ame
is the dramatic ousting of two state lawmakers in tennessee? just the beginning? and what does this really mean for the fight over gun reform? these stories and more right here on cnn news, central. a major retaliatory strike in the middle east israeli forces launching airstrikes overnight, which they say hit palestinian militant targets in lebanon and gaza. these strikes are in response to the dozens of rockets launched from southern lebanon into israel yesterday. it is the most intense violence at the israeli lebanese border since 2006 and we re learning more about the two israeli women who were killed in a shooting on the west bank road this morning. the two young women were sisters. they were just 16 years old and 20 years old. their mother was also in the car with them. she is in critical condition. at this hour , cnn s had asked. gold is near the israel lebanon border, and cnn s fred pleitgen is near. the israel border with gaza had as i want to start with you has there
off. donald trump takes on rhonda scent this and the florida governor seems to be crumbling it s his presidential campaign over before it even begins then, judicial ethics, the cal to investigate clarence thomas are growing. i ll speak with congressma hank johnson, one of the democrats leading the charge t try to hold thomas accountable and or start the week, it s battle for the most tone tha the campaign announcements you will want to stick aroun for these once i am ayman mohyeldin, let s ge started. all right, so in politics, lik in life, the little things matter most. great politicians like joe biden, nancy pelosi, barac obama, they have an almost innate ability to appreciate the little things. think about bill clinton snack for remembering the names of voters he met years earlier or even ronald reagan s habit o enjoying a jog at the end of the day with then speaker ti o neill. it was those small gesture that mean a great deal to th people on the receiving end of the