come. hold onto your breeches because here they come. they re coming back. congratulations. that was just part of donald trump s anti-immigrant messaging yesterday as he hit the campaign trail for the first time in weeks. we ll bring you more from his stops in michigan and wisconsin. also ahead we ll go through brand new polling on president biden and his predecessor in the states that will likely decide november s election. meanwhile, president biden has more sharp criticism of israel following an air strike that killed several humanitarian workers in gaza. we ll have the latest on that deadly strike and the growing international outrage. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning in the midwest where donald trump appeared on the campaign trail yesterday for the first time in nearly a month. in grand rapids, michigan, trump fear mongered about migrants
i m rosemary church. just ahead, the ukrainian president zelensky travels to washington this week. we will look at the challenge he faces when it comes to getting more funding for the war with russia. former u.s. president donald trump reverses course when it comes to testifying in court later today. this, as he doubles down on startling comments about being a dictator if he gets in the white house for a second term. and homes turned to rubble and ash in gaza after an israeli air strike. what the u.s. has to say about civilian protection in the beleaguered enclave. thanks for joining us. we start with the ukrainian president making his third trip to washington since russia invaded his country nearly two years ago. a statement from president zelensky s office says he will meet with u.s. president biden about further defense cooperation. but right now, aid for ukraine is bogged down in congress amid a long-running domestic debate with some lawmakers saying, it comes down
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, everyone. we start with breaking news at any moment a deal could be reached to release some hostages taken from israel by hamas on october 7th. right now, the full israeli cabinet is meeting to give what is believed to be a final approval of the deal. just moments ago israeli prime minister benning anyone netanyahu asked the cabinet to support the deal and reminded the world we are at war and will continue at war. out of 240 people kidnapped by hamas 50 would be release. hostages will be visited by the red cross. three palestinian prisoners in israel will be freed for every civilian hostage released. it also calls for a four to five day pause in fighting. the majority of hostages who would be released in this deal is children. one is a 3-year-old, the youngest american held hostage whose parents were killed by hamas. her great aunt spoke to cnn today and was understandably emotional at the prospect of seeing her niece come h
rishi sunak sacked his home secretary, suella braverman, and kickstarted a major cabinet reshuffle that saw david cameron accepting a peerage to hold one of britain s great offices of state. david cameron, now lord cameron, is of course well known on the global stage. and he s now beginning to speak to his new counterparts, including us secretary of state, antony blinken. according to a social media post from his new office, they discussed the israel gaza war, including, israel s right to self defence and the need for humanitarian pauses to allow the safe passage of aid into gaza . they also expressed their support for ukraine and reiterated the strength and depth of the relationship between the uk and the us . france s foreign minister, catherine colonna, tweeted congratulations and welcome , and added theirtwo countries must join forces during this unique time in global affairs. and his german counterpart, annalena baerbrock, extolled the importance of the close par
about 600 billion all the way on the left side of that chart that is nothing to sneeze at. but that looks downright tiny compared to right now, we d killed for a number like that, you d have the deficit hawks dancing in the streets. so what happened? well, covid right. the deficits spike to run $3 trillion a year during covid, we had bailouts and stimulus checks and small business loans. all of that was deemed necessary, but it was offensive. what s concerning here though, is of course covid is over deficits are still very high. they re actually going even higher and it s unusual because normally that s something you see when the economy is in trouble, when unemployment is high, right now, we have low unemployment and high deficits. it s very hard or to make sense of this, listen, this is a bipartisan problem, right? both parties are to blame here. i think the good news is everyone agrees this is not sustainable. the bad news is it s going to take some bipartisan co