under trump this kind of government will perish from the earth. in a surprise move the biden campaign sent a surrogate of its own to lower manhattan yesterday. two-time academy award winner robert de niro. we ll have more of the actor s warnings about the dangers of a possible second donald trump presidency. and of course we ll go through what happened inside the courtroom as well. during closing arguments in the former president s criminal hush money trial as we are now just hours away from the start of jury deliberations. plus we ll go through new reporting on the deadly israeli air strike in rafah and the biden administration s response to the tragedy. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a big show this morning. and in just hours donald trump s fate will be in the hands of a juror. both the defense and prosecution delivered their closing arguments yesterday in
later. thank you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. the number of hostages believed to be in gaza has risen, 240. according to the israeli military. this comes as israeli soldiers and tanks push deeper into the gaza strip with prime minister benjamin netanyahu refusing to halt the ground and air assault on hamas. just as the united states would not agree to a cease fire after the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11, israel will not agree cessation with hamas after the horrific attacks on october 7th. calls for a cease fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas. hamas has released a hostage video of these three israeli women being held captive. one of them begs netanyahu to secure their release. netanyahu called the video cruel propaganda. troops have been battling terrorist cells armed with
this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. i think, you know, any patient that or elderly individual or someone who has dementia, they can find some moments of clarity, right? they can find moments throughout the day that they have energy and look. i think that trump s team should not underestimate joe biden and his team s ability to, you know whether they are going to jack him up on mountain dew or whatever it is, that, look. the state of the union this year he had a lot of energy for about an hour and/or an hour and a half, but it doesn t mean, you know, what we are seeing is, obviously, throughout the day, he can t carry that level of energy. what is so amazing about that, willie, is that that jacked up mountain dew did not come from some guy they picked up off the street, right? that was, like, rolling dice against the side of a wall or something. i m sitting there halfway going, who is this guy? he is an elected member of congress. sure. who is
given myself a small raise, join me at trying.com cnn this morning with kasie hunt next is thursday, june 20 right now, i m cnn this morning. just seven days until president biden and donald trump face off on cnn s debate stage. and exclusive new reporting and how both camps are preparing. plus cleaning up the supreme court, the new post from democrats who question in the ethics of some of the justices. and the first tropical storm of this season could make landfill played fall anytime now. but mexico and texas there s are already feeling the effects i d 5:00 a.m. here in washington. here s a live look at new york. good morning, everyone. i m on a rod you in for kasie hunt. it s great to be with you this morning we re just one week out from cnn. the first presidential debate, which of course is right here on cnn, the two candidates gearing up to face off in atlanta for the first time in four years, president biden at camp david with a tight circle of advisers, donald
don t go anywhere. morning joe starts right now. a group of former presidents took out a psa. it is weirdly kind of fun to see them all together. . this vaccine means hope. it will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease. i m really looking forward to going to opening day texas rangers stadium with a full stadium. . st i want to go back to work and i want to be able to move around. as you know, we just came out with a fragrance, success by trump and it s sold at macy s. . get vaccinated. if you put it on, anything you want will come true. finally found a way to unload that hydroxycholoroquine. it s so him. okay. it fits right in. . it is that close to true. 6. it actually is true. he should have done the whole bleaches and everything, willie. that was good. oh, my god. okay. good morning and welcome we talked about george w. about issue with the guns yesterday. sources close to the president says there has been so