prepandemic levels, it could overwhelm the health care system. cnn this morning continues right now. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they ve poison abouting mental institutions and prisons a all over the world, not just in south america or three or four countries we re thinking, but awe oil the world they re pouring into our country. well, good morning, everyone. former president donald trump is escalated his longtime anti-rhetoric as he hits the campaign level. the white house is calling fascist. speaking of the white house, the white house and the senate, their negotiators are racing to try to reach a deal on immigration and southern border policy with aid for ukraine and israel hanging in the balance. and right now defense secretary lloyd austin is in israel as they scale back to protect civilians. cnn this morning starts right now. and here s where we begin this hour with defense secretary lloyd austin in israel as the
you just heard from a former israeli hostage negotiator highlighting the mounting pressure that is facing israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. this as defense secretary lloyd austin is on the ground in tel aviv right now. he is pressing israeli officials for more clarity on the war efforts as the civilian casualties in gaza continue to mount. and will the election lies change things. a judge ordered rudy giuliani to pay $150 million. we ll talk to one of the attorneys that represented the workers about that impact. and just as airports prepare for millions of people flying for the holidays, the transportation department fining southwest airlines $140 million for last december s historic travel meltdown. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg just told cnn about that fine. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. and we begin with the defense secretary lloyd austin in israel, preparing to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu at any moment. his trip t
Good morning, everybody. It is 5 00 a. M. One of the other big stories were monitoring this morning, take a look at all the rain that is already starting to move in this morning. That could have a huge impact on the nationals home opener today. We have complete Team Coverage for you. If you have tickets to todays game from security to parking to the new food this season, we are your one stop shop and where there is good food and great baseball, there is my partner eun yang out on the field at nats park this morning. Hey, eun. Reporter good morning to you aaron and erika. I know people are talking about the potential for rain, but that is not going to dampen any spirits here at Nationals Park. The field is starting to come alive as the team starts to get ready for the big home opener. And really they do have plans in place and they are talking about asking people to make sure they check their twitter handle on social media and the website for any postponement but at this rate, they want
Later on today, hit and miss shower chances for sure, but most of the day happens before lunchtime. Here is the leading edge of the rain coming into the area now. Should be arriving in leesburg within about 35 or 40 minutes. Fairfax in about 45 or 50 minutes. Into downtown by about 7 30 and then east side of the metro by about 8 00 or 8 15. So grab the umbrella. This is all coming our direction. So it will be a wet start this morning. However, we go back to just passing showers later on this afternoon. So here is the next 24 hours. Rain at 7 00. 5 00 this afternoon, which will be right at the early parts of the baseball game, occasional hit and miss showers. Relatively mild. Temperatures in the low 60s. We dry out overnight, but it turns chilly again down near 40 by this time tomorrow morning. Time for a check on traffic, trouble in prince georges county. Trouble in brandywine northbound 5 before the 301 e, the crash there. 95 north before the beltway, that accident has moved off to th
Hard. A war over who is qualified to be president is escalating. Senator, Bernie Sanders made a startling claim. She has been saying lately that she thinks that i am quote on quote not qualified to be president. [ crowd boos] i dont think that you are qualified if you get 15 million from wall street through your super pack. [ applause ] i dont think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in iraq. [ applause ] the remarks came after sanders struggled to explain his plan to bring large banks to the Editorial Board which clinton was asked about wednesday. In light of the questions he ha believe this morning that Bernie Sanders is qualified and ready to be president of the United States . Well, i think the interview raised a lot of really serious questions. And i look at it this way. The core of his campaign has been break up the banks and it didnt seem, in reading his answers, that he understood exactly how that would work under dod frank sais. [000 02 34;00] [000 02 3