risk sweltz the crossing itself. finally that happened and still there was intense diplomacy across the region. president biden s envoy to the middle east, david satterfield was key among the players along with qatar and egypt to try to really get a deal in which all parties involved would be willing to let these civilians go. and so finally after days and days of everyone holding their breath and hoping it would work out, it did work out finally on wednesday. it s just a small fraction of the 7,000 as you said civilians who could qualify to leave egypt. we re just beginning at this point. let s talk about the strikes on the refugee camp. israel knows they d widely criticized and made the calculation it was worth it to get a hamas leader or two. give us a sense as to the reaction from the region, and is there a fear, perhaps, that s really going to inflame what s happening there and could widen the conflict? absolutely, john. a lot of outrage across the region, and ac
committee pulled ahead of invited on fundraising in the past quarter. former president trump has absolutely been using his legal challenges in this felony conviction on the campaign trail. alfons capone was indicted less than trump. the race to be donald trump s running mate has narrowed to just two men. florida senator marco rubio is also reportedly still in contention. a lot of the maga are really in advance. also, more balance between the two wings of the republican party. donald trump is going to change his mind numerous times throughout this. is anybody going to watch the debate? joe biden is doing a traditional debate. he is ahead of the debate huddling with advisers. trump really likes to do this by the seat of his pants. it is the most incompetent, the dumbest, just a horrible hot, horrible president. the debate is going to make clear the contrast between the current president and the one who fights for the american people, and the former preside
the trump campaign and the republican national committee pulled out a president biden on fundraising in the first quarter. president trump is absolutely been using his legal challenges in this conviction on the campaign trail. alphonse capone was indicted less than trump. the race to running mate has narrowed to two men. senator marco rubio is also reportedly still in contention. a lot of the maga wing of the party is betting on vance. they argue he offers more balance between the sort of two lanes of the republican party. donald trump is going to change as my numerous times about this. joe biden is doing a very traditional game plan, perhaps up until the debate. trump really likes to do this. is the most incompetent, the dumbest. he is just a horrible, horrible president. the debate is going to make clear the contrast between our president, the current president who works on behalf of the american people, fights for the american people, and the former pre
daughter was killed in a car crash. a scholarship was created in her honore. but now it s one of more than 100 130 scholarships that have been changed or on hold now because of a ban on diversity programs at public universities in texas. and we ve all heard about the 40 acres and a mule promise made after the civil war but did any freed slaves actually get any acres? i ll speak to an investigative journalists about what she found with her team. so that s coming up all right. looking forward to it, we watch you. all right. let s get to it right now well first of all, atlanta is hot right now. yeah, it s gonna be in the 90s today, but that s not what i m talking about. the debate is here in five days, president biden, former president trump, their campaigns, the surrogates all here for the biggest moment yet of the 2024 campaign, cnn s presidential debate. it s right across the hall, actually but there is another big event that politicos are paying close attention to copa ame
today. i ll see you back here next saturday at adm. eastern smerconish is up next setting the bar i m michael smerconish in philadelphia, thursday here on cnn is the first of two scheduled debates between president biden and trump. jake tapper and dana bash will moderate the debate will last 90 minutes with no live audience. there will be no opening statements, answers will be two minutes rebuttals will be one-minute closing statements will be two minutes based on a coin toss, trump will go last. there will be two commercial breaks and perhaps the biggest wrinkle microphones will be muted when it s not someone s turn the stakes are high. the racist tight weather measured in national surveys or by battleground states. so the debate is a very big deal and opinions as to who won will no longer be influenced by expectations advantage joe biden. and here s why call it, be careful what you wish for in the last two weeks, president biden traveled overseas to participate in a