future cnn this morning with kasie hunt. next it s tuesday, may 28, right now on cnn this morning, donald trump s defense team preparing for closing argument since in the hush money trial, they plan to keep attacking the prosecution s star witness, plus i have never prayed so hard in my whole life. at least 23 people, including four children killed by severe storms during a deadly holiday weekend and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling an attack on rafah that killed 45 people tragic error all right, 5:00 a.m. here in washington alive. look at capitol hill on this tuesday morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. we are nearing the conclusion of the first criminal trial ever brought against a former us president. today, closing arguments begin in donald trump s historic criminal hush money trial prosecutors from the manhattan da s office will have to weave together weeks of evidence and salacious testimony as they
his lack of understanding or sensitivity to the muslim world, muslims throughout the region certainly understand that what he s trying to do is separate dangerous muslims from the peaceful muslims and that s something that they can get behind and work with the israelis on. rob: doctor, back to you for a second, you said you have been to tel aviv nine times. we know the situation here in the united states benjamin, it was a close call in the most recent election, i believe, what is the environment around him in israel, is it split, is it anywhere near as politicized as it is here in the united states? from my understanding and while i have expertise in islamism i m am sure when it comes to israeli politics, from my understanding he s been
iran s nuclear facilities because of the blow back that will result. the arab world especially will cry and have protests in the streets, but behind the scenes most of the arab world will be cheering the israelis on. something else always a concern to us, that s home grown terrorism. right. and the bomb plot that was foiled in kansas against the airport recently is an example of this. that was a 58-year-old white guy who was very quickly radicalized after becoming converted. this process of radicalization happens very quickly. the last one, blow back from the syrian civil war. this one is really frightening because there is no good outcome coming out of syria. you have over 11,000 foreigners now fighting in syria so one of two things is going to happen. either it s going to spiral out of control and the fight goes on or there s going to be a cease fire and then you re going to see the muslim brotherhood and iran make up and form an antiamerican alliance. dicey. thank you. a l