settle thousands of lawsuits connected to the opioid crisis right now getting a hearing before the supreme court. purdue pharma wants to settle claims of the drug maker filled the deal would give members of the sackler family who own the drug giant immunity. some families are against that and much more on this case coming up later this hour. progressive democrat jayapal, e of the loudest anti-israel members of the house, demanding balance when asked about hamas terrorists raping israeli women on october 7th suggesting both sides are guilty of war crimes. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning, partner . bill hemmer. the congresswoman offending just about everyone over the weekend. she now is under fire after calling for balance when criticizing hamas for using rape as a weapon of war. and then shifting the focus to condemn israel. here is some of what she said. i was just asking about the women and you turned it back to israel
down the we attack that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now calling a tragic error. could this be the final straw and us support for the war in gaza? urgent manhunt underway after multiple inmates escaped from the louisiana jail after sliding towards gap in the jail yard fence i m john berman with kate bolduan, sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central history in the making today is closing arguments get underway and donald trump s criminal when all try the former president charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payment to stormy daniel s in just over an hour from now, trump s defense let s attorneys will kick things off with their closing argument. there are expected to really focus in on savaging the credit credibility of michael cohen and continuing to power in there. and also ask why other key figures? here s in the telling of these alleged crimes were not called as witnesses prosecutors then go second and hav
convicted of 34 felony counts in his new york hush money case, eight republican senators vowed to oppose all biden nominees and all democratic legislation as retribution. today six republican senators led by trump vice presidential short lister jd vance put oppose all nominees into writing. anyone who endorsed trump s guilt, anyone who supported organizations that celebrated the indictment of donald trump, and anyone who supported manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg orn supported law fare or censorship in other ways, which is just vague enough to include basically anyone president biden s nominated. now, these republican senators say their blockade will last until election day, and in practical terms that means the u.s. government will not be able to appoint representatives to thingsep like the u.n. general assembly or the world health organization or even to the not particularly seeming places like the international civil aviation organization and the public buildings
conviction two weeks ago. the day after trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in his new york hush money case, eight republican senators vowed to oppose all biden nominees and all democratic legislation as retribution. today six republican senators led by trump vice presidential short lister j.d. vance put the oppose all biden nominees part of that vow into writing. senators explained that they would block nominees, including anyone who has suggested the trump prosecutions were reasonable, anyone who endorsed trump s guilt, anyone who supported organizations that celebrated the indictment of donald trump, and anyone who supported manhattan district attorney alvin bragg or supported lawfare or censorship in other way, which is just vague enough to include basically anyone president biden has nominated. now, these republican senators say that their blockade will last until election day. and in practical terms, that means the u.s. government will not be able to appoint represe
investigators say robert aaron long gunned down people in a spa in cherokee county. investigators say long travelled less than an hour south to atlanta and shot and killed two more people at massage businesses across the street from each other. today the sheriff s department said long is talking to investigators and telling them a sexual addiction drove him to violence. it s still early but the indicators right now are it may not be, it may be targets of opportunity. again, we re we believe that he frequented these places in the past and may have been lashing out, and part of that in your media packet as well. but it s a sexual addiction rather than a racial profiling? during our interviews we asked that specific question and that did not appear to be the motive. cnn s natasha chen is in atlanta. officials say the gunman was headed to florida when arrested and his family was critical in the arrest. reporter: yeah, the family of the suspect was critical in helping