james comer, jim jordan, jason smith and their colleagues have distorted the facts by cherry picking lines from a bank statement, manipulating texts i sent, editing the testimony of my friends and former business partners and misstating personal information that was stolen from me. there is no fairness or decency in what these republicans are doing. they have lied over and over about every aspect of my personal and professional life, so much so that their lies have become the facts by too many people. where is hunter? here i am says hunter biden from the steps of the u.s. capitol. we are covering every angle including waiting on the response from the republicans about whether they will take his testimony. cnn s evan perez was right there listening to hunter biden and let s start with him, evan. that is more than what we ve heard to date from hunter on this subject. absolutely, john. look, it was an extraordinary thing to come to the steps here on the senate side of the ca
right now former president trump is inside of a new york courthouse and he is watching this 250 million dollar civil fraud trial threatening his business empire. trump, his adult sons, as well other the trump board executives are accused of inflating financial statements to obtain favorable loans and insurance deals. trump is set to take the witness stand next week as the final defense witness. let s take you live outside of the courthouse. with cnn s kara denounced. kara, we have seen the former president make multiple public statements opining on how the trial is going. how have things played out so far? [inaudible] expert witness testifying, this is an accounting professor from nyu. he has given the trump side the strongest, clearest, offense so far from an expert witness. what he is testifying today as he examined the financial statements that are at the heart of this case, the accusations that they inflated the value of properties on them and then use that to get bet
hostages out and aid in, red cross gets access. so again, we have one more day today, hopefully we can get this thing extended and we ll see. any other way they feel they can determine the condition of the hostages, especially the americans? that s why the red cross access is so important because it s eyes on, it s an independent view and look to see how these people are doing. and that s why it s so important, why we have been fighting for it. thank you, john. regarding the attack in jerusalem which hamas has taken credit, does the u.s. view the attack to be a violation of the ongoing truce between israel and hamas? i don t want to get i m not a lawyer here, this attack happened in jerusalem, the pause is in the fighting more specific to gaza. so simple as that. it wasn t therefore it didn t violate. didn t technically violate the deal in place but obviously it s a stark reminder of who they are facing and wa kind of enemy they are opposing. back to the pho
good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. here is what we re watching for you. aid work ters in gaza say they need supplies including fuel and could shut down without them. and we re learning of more explosions near hospitals sheltering thousands of people. the fbi seized cellphones and ipad belonging to new york mayor eric adams as a federal investigation into his campaign fund raising, the dramatic way it happened and what the investigators are looking for. federal investigators are looking into suspicious letters sent to public officials in half a dozen states across the country. at least one laced with fentanyl. what destick differences are looking into to piece together where they came from. we re learning more about the deal that got actors off the picket lines and back to work. what the deal ultimately came down to, just ahead. all coming up on cnn this morning. we begin in gaza with a stark warning from the red
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. and i m standing on a rooftop looking out over tel aviv. it is just after 10:00 p.m. here and it is been 23 days since the horrific terrorist attacks that by hamas that caught this country and much of the world by surprise. we start today by this declaration from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, quote, this is a time for war. netanyahu said during an address a few hours ago. despite the humanitarian crisis in gaza, and the thousands of casualties, including an untold number of civilians and children, netanyahu dismissed calls by some for a cease-fire. although the united states is not among them. saying israel simply cannot stop its mission to target and destroy hamas. the government that sent invaders into israel to cruelly slaughter some 1400 israelis. the united states would not agree to a cease-fire after the bombing of pearl harbor. or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israe