Before go to harrys. Com slash a shave to claim your 7 trial im pete muntean at Reagan National airport. This is cnn you are in the cnn newsroom. Im Alex Marquardt and washington. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin with a pivotal vote on capitol hill after months of delays and political wrangling rare saturday session today, house lawmakers passed a 95 billion foreign aid package for israel, ukraine, and taiwan. Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was finally able to advance the bills through congress with the help and must be noted of democrats. Its a move that could cost him his job as some hardliners his party of threatened to introduce a measure to remove him from his speakership the senate is now set to take up that aid package on tuesday, President Biden now urging senators to send the legislation to his desk quickly so that he can sayyed them into law, quote right away. Lets get straight to our correspondence in both jerusalem and kyiv two countries set to benefit directly
Straight from the source denied. That was fast seven jurors have been chosen in all trumps first criminal trial on day two, a sharp warning to the former president from the judge. Dont even think about intimidating potential jurors after the judge Saw Trump Muttering and gesturing in close proximity to a potential juror, and what is it like to be in that jury pool . But the former president turned defendant . Watching your every move as you are being considered to decide his fate. My source tonight will tell us all about it. Im sarah sidner in for Kaitlan Collins tonight. And this is the source an immigrant from ireland and Oncology Nurse corporate lawyer, a grandfather from puerto rico, a young english teacher, a recent college grad and civil litigator seven strangers who have at least two things now in common, they all live in new york city, borough of manhattan. And theyre all seated on the jury. That will decide if donald trump should be a convicted felon. Thats more than half of t
Absence. The court does usually give an explanation for a justices absence. And weve also seen justices take part in arguments remotely when they are sick and the context here is not just the lack of transparency, but that it also comes just one week before the Supreme Court hears Oral Arguments on whether or not donald trump is protected from criminal prosecutions because a president ial immunity because he was president when the acts were committed. A case critics of thomas argue he should recuse himself from because of his wifes jeannies efforts to help trumps team overturn the 2020 election thomas is 75 years the most senior Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. He missed several arguments in 2022 with an infection and tonight the Supreme Court is not responding to our requests for Additional Information about thomass leave of absence today leaving many important questions unanswered. Thanks for joining us, the lead starts now welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper in this our criti
Now, were following two major breaking stories tonight he case begins. Its the first time a former us president as ever stood trial. On criminal charges. Jury selection now underway as the judge, the Defense Attorneys and the prosecutors marrow down a massive list of potential jurors to find the 12th New Yorkers who will consider trumps fate also tonight, The Middle East on edge after israel vows to exact a price for an iranian attack, what israeli official tells Cnn The War Cabinet is determined to act, but its still unclear where, when and how the idf might retaliate the white house, meanwhile, urging calm in the region as President Biden turns his focus to diplomacy and deescalation welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer, a urine the Situation Room the skis, cnn, Breaking News we begin our coverage tonight in new york. Were Donald Trumps historic criminal trial is finally underway. The court adjourning for the day just a short time ago
Imprint. Com. Imprint for certain cnn breaking news hello, and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im Alex Marquardt live in washington with our continuing cnn breaking News Coverage of iran is unprecedented strike inside israel overnight. It is noon in israel, the country getting back to normal following that historic never before seen attack by iran against israel. Take a listen those are the israeli airraid sirens that Israeli Citizens to become all too accustomed to in the past six months with the war between israel and hamas but those were not hamas rockets flying it. Israel, those were iranian drones, ballistic and Cruise Missiles. The Israeli Military saying that more than 300 of those projectiles were fired at israel well over the course of five hours. But the idf says that the vast majority, almost all of 99 were shot down. The few that did get through those formidable American Allied and israeli air defenses all across the region. And in