washington. i m gillian turner in for bret baier. tonight, international outrage after israel admits dozens of civilians were killed in in wrath fall. columbia for whatever happened to segment on pablo escobar infamous cocaine hippos. bret baier with a memorial day special. he digs into efforts to solve some of america s most enduring mysteries locating and identifying service members who remain missing in action. gillian: we begin first with a democracy 24 report. president biden spent his day honoring service members who died in the lining of duty. and tonight we are learning plan to break his silence on former president trump s criminal trial once a verdict is reached. closing arguments in manhattan begin tomorrow. over the weekend, former president trump and robert f. kennedy jr. address the libertarian pottery s convention. hoping for a chance to sway third party voters. white house correspondent peter doocy has the details from the north lawn tonight. hi, peter. p
now and we re told he will stay at camp david preparing to take on former president donald trump at the cnn presidential debate. president trump has called for biden to take a drug test before thursday night s event. trump also says he would take a test. a new editorial piece predicts biden will go after trump on abortion rights and try to paint him as a threat to our democracy. the columnist with that op-ed rights former president trump will take aim at biden s border disaster, inflation and make note of any odd moments that biden has on stage which could further fuel the questions about his fitness to lead. trump s team is also keeping an eye on fairness from the left-leaning host network and you might understand his point after you watch this interview from yesterday. president trump is knowingly going into a hostile environment on this very network on cnn with debate moderators who made their opinions about him well-known over the past eight years and biased coverage of
It could delay the dull government from running out of government tomorrow night. The vote to make that decision could come at any moment. The key holdup might be dreamers and immigration. Arizona is a key state in that discussion. Arizona congresswoman Martha Mcnally will be casting her vote but first she will join us exclusively ahead of it. Plus, reaction to the president s decision to move the American Embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem coming fast and furious, and even violently in some areas. How does the controversial decision improve the chances of middle east peace and is saudi arabia really onboard . The israeli ambassador to the United Nations is with us alive. He will also tell us when the exact time is now supposed to be for the Un Security Council meeting. On wall street, markets moving higher but mostly tech and financials lead the way. The s p 500 is on the way to the first game in five days. We are less than an hour to the closing bell. Lets start countdown.
Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an
Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an