Greenblatt, the sports chair been sacked, and i am going to give a very special shout out to nevadas own, my own joey breslin. [applause] and so, your tireless work of countless others across this Organization Helps to fight back against antisemitism, against bigotry and hate, and across the globe nobody does this work alone. For over a century the adl has been leading the charge to secure justice and fair treatment for all. And to bring an end to injustice and unfair discrimination against the jewish people. And so, we need you, all of you, the ones i can see, well, now i can see well. All of you. We need all of you now more than ever. And one thing i dont have to tell this group is that we are living in a time when Jewish Americans and jews around the world are experiencing an alarming search in antisemitic hate crimes and violence. And all of us here as leaders today, we note that we have a special responsibility to stand up for what is right and that special responsibility to speak
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with the most important sales pitch in washington this week selling the deal to avoid a catastrophic debt default. the call that was scheduled for two hours ago has not happened yet. a default could be disastrous to the u.s. and that threat still looms ominously. up on capitol hill there are lawmakers from both parties grumbling. passage is not guaranteed at this point. let s go to priscilla alvarez. what is there to make of this biden/mccarthy phone call. do we think that s going to happen any time now? any update on that? reporter: there s every expectation that this call will happen. it hasn t happened yet according to a source i spoke with half an hour ago. president biden when he arrived at the white house earlier this afternoon did say that the intent of this call was to, quote, dot the is and cross the ts. when asked weahether there were any sticking point, he said none. throughout the day, w
Public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Conservative commentator and columnist crystal talks about antisemitism and defend democracy build crystal bill kristol talks about antisemitism and defending democracy, as well as antiterrorism online. Please look back to the stage the ceo and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt. And i know that for bigots, especially those who style themselves as antizionists, israels Independence Day is a day to redouble their efforts to make sure it is israels last Independence Day. So let me be 100 clear as i start this speech and as we open this summit today there are challenges in israel and there will be challenges and Difficult Conversations to come. But the adl will never waver in its support of a democratic jewish state. [applause] is really is nothing short of a miracle, and i will never apologize for being a lifelong crowd zionists. Crowd zionists. I cannot help but think about that fir
happy mother s day, you are live in the cnn newsroom. we began with another community in the united states rocked by a mass shooting, this time it s yuma, arizona, police are investigating a shooting where two people were killed and another five injured, almost all of those involved were teenagers, the youngest injured in the gunfire, just 15 years old. police do not have any suspects in custody. the let s get straight to camilla for now. what more do we know about the shooting? authorities are trying to figure out exactly what happened here because clear clearly these were teenagers and young adults, who were hanging out. it happened yesterday at around 11:00 p.m. and authority say when they got to this gathering, that s what they are calling it, there were already people who were in shot and there was a 19-year-old who had already been taken to the hospital. he was pronounced dead. there was also a 20-year-old who was taken to the hospital afterwards, and later, also died
republican from new york infamous for his cascade of lies , was charged by the justice department in a federal program. that news broke right here, on cnn today, by my colleagues, evan perez and mark morale is. we also have new details on what may have been the most important meeting in the world today, to prevent a global financial meltdown and economic doom here at home, as america stairs down the possibility of it first ever debt default. was any progress made? president biden addressed american tonight and we keep congressional players who met with him are talking. but first, the verdict in manhattan, a federal jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in a manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-90s. he owes carroll $5 million for battery and defamation. carroll reacted in a statement saying today, the world finally knows the truth. trump s response i have absolutely no idea who this woman i was photographed with is . this verdi