Next week hi everyone, thanks for joining me. Im omar jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. We got a lot to get to today. Were going to start with Breaking News. The us has begun airdropping desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza gaza three c130 hercules cargo planes dropped a total of 66 bundles today, they included mainly food, but no water or medical supplies President Biden pledged the aid friday at the white house paid flowing to gaza is nowhere nearly enough. Now its nowhere nearly enough and its allies are on the line and childrens lives are on the line, and we wont stand by and but until we get more aid in, i wont stand why we wont let up and were not going to pull out pull out every stop we can get more assistance cnns Priscilla Alvarez is in washington and Paula Hancocks is in abu dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, which has also been airdropping aid into gaza. But i wanna start with you, priscilla, what more are we learning about this . A drop in how it came together .
What he texted. In stark contrast from each other . Yeah. Anderson, nick valencia, thanks. The news continues right here on cnn its thursday, february 20. Happy week here right now on cnn this morning the Supreme Court agree agrees to hear Donald Trumps absolute immunity arguments, throwing his 2024 trial schedule into turmoil, plus yet another legal challenge for trump for an illinois judge booting the former president off that states ballot will look at that and a deal to keep the federal government open is going to have a vote in a matter of hours or still the threat of a shutdown looms all right 05 00 a. M. Here in washington, a live look at the United States Supreme Court, the center of it all this morning morning. Good morning. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. Were going to start there. The Supreme Court agreeing to decide whether or not former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for the actions he took on and leading up to january 6, its a
Texas and oklahoma right now and there are evacuations. Brian another primary down and trump wins big. Significant lead in michigan despite 13 of democrats, 101,000 voting uncommitted. Steve americans reverting to hunting, gathering and couponing to offset skyhigh grocery prices. Hour three of Fox And Friends starts right now and remember mornings are better with friends. Ainsley a Fox News Alert awaiting Hunter Bidens arrival on the hill. Todd the president s son will testify Behind Closed Doors before the House Oversight and judiciary committee. David spunt is outside the door. Oh, now hes inside. Brian no overcoat. Steve as soon as hunter biden goes by, you will ask questions and he will turn and answer thoroughly, is that the plan . I think he will sit down and talk with us for about an hour. No, just kidding. We know hunter biden will be walking through this door before 10 00, that is when this deposition begins. It is going to be under oath, a transcript will be released. Will he
That operation as describing it as a welcome sign that they can continue similar drops in the days and weeks to come. At the same time, a senior us official now says, israel has quote, basically accepted the terms of a Ceasefire Deal release more hostages, and that its now up to hamas to agree. Theres a lot alvarez joining us now live from washington. Priscilla, whats the white house saying about todays drop . Jessica, theyre describing this as a success, but theyre cautioning that more needs to happen to address this humanitarian crisis in gaza. Now, heres what we know so far this included 66 bundles and was done with the Jordanian Air force. In total, it was 38,000 meals though it did not include water or medical supplies. Now the location was chosen then because us officials assessed it was an area where people were sheltering and in need and after the air jobs happen, they did see that civilians approach the assistance and also began to distribute it. But what Administration Offici
Centering on how trump handled classified documents. Meanwhile, lets go to georgia in a separate Criminal Case against trump, the judge promising a ruling in the next two weeks on a hearing in that case . Fulton County District attorney fani willis, fighting to stay on the prosecution against trump and his allies. A lot swirling around here. Lets discuss it all with cnn contributor and former Nixon White House counsel, john dean, jon great to have you on. Thanks for being with us this evening. Lets start first with this tactic that we know trump and his team have been putting into place, which is delay, delay, delay it seems to be working right now. Would you disagree no, i would not disagree. I think its been very successful particularly going into the high court, going to the Supreme Court. Thats tied the january 6 case in the District Of Columbia in knots and prevented it from doing anything the other cases are marching along, if you will and yet they are kind of in a way tied toget