Elisea hernandez. The white house Correspondence Dinner had just one item on the menu last night. Jabs at donald trump. The highlights in just a moment. Plus, new reporting on President Bidens confidence that he can beat the ex president this fall. Previewing week three of the 2016 Election Interference Trial in new york. Were going to talk with the former National Enquirer editor. So grab your coffee, settle into the weekend. It is the morning after the white house core Correspondence Dinner. Snl star, colin jost headlined the event, throwing more than a few jabs at donald trump in his set. Take a listen. Trumps so desperate, he started reading those bibles hes selling. Then he got to the first commandment. You shall have no other gods before me. Thats when he put it down and said this books not for me. Age is the only thing we have in common. My Vice President actually endorses me. I was about to say the reaction from Vice President harris, the whole thing. Joining us now, the author
good morning. we begin this hour with a look at one of the most influential and controversial figures in the world today, elon musk. it was just over a year ago the spacex and tesla ceo completed his acquisition of twitter. since then, he s had no shortage of battles, we spoke about it with walter isaacson, his biographer. talk about writing at elon musk during a volatile time of his life publicly. talk about the challenges and awards as an author you got out of that. first of all, he has been volatile his whole life. as a kid, 2018, he s going just as crazy at times as you see him in the past couple of years. when i started this book, when we first started talking about it, he was the guy bringing us into electric vehicles and the only person who could send people into orbit in the u.s. i thought, good technology story. then a year into my reporting, he is secretly buying up twitter, going to hawaii in a two- to three-night binge and deciding to take it over. it became a
continue this travesty and darkness and i want sunlight. that s a nice way of saying it. isn t that pretty. i want sunlight. i want everything exposed to the public. and let s let the public decide because i want cameras at every inch of that courthouse. careful what you wish for? no, he doesn t. we got a lot to cover from that speech on saturday, including some frightening comments from the front-runner in the republican primary. meanwhile, donald trump s defense team will present its case in the civil fraud trial. we ll tell you who is taking the stand later today in new york. also ahead, it appears the new house speaker is not ready to move forward with the impeachment inquiry into president biden. we ll go through that new reporting. plus, we ll play for you the surprise announcement from republican senator tim scott, one of the five candidates who was just on the debate stage last week. we ll also bring to you the very latest out of israel and gaza. good mond
it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. israel ramping up efforts to annhilate hamas. combat troops are on the ground in gaza pushing deeper into northern and central areas and live to mike tobin where can you hear new israeli strikes against strikes. yes, we are walking israeli airstrikes. we heard a cannon behind me. a israeli soldier freed from hamaoms captivity, private uri freed by an effort from shin bet intelligence. we know from israeli spokesman she .s providing intelligence. she is providing useful information. she s been checked by a doctor backy with family and okay. in light of that israeli forces on the ground, israel s prime minister is refusing discussion of a cease-fire saying now is time for war and civilized nations should back israel. just as united states would not agree tost cease-fire afterf thire bombing of pearl hard harr or after the terrorist attack of 9/11 israel will not agree to cessation of hostile advertise with hamas after the h
with jessica tarlov, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. this is the five. israel ramping up efforts to annihilate hamas. combat troops are on the ground in gaza and pushing deeper into the northern and central areas. let s go right to mike tobin live in southern israel where you can hear new israeli str strikes. we are watching israeli air strikes go in. you just heard a cannon. if the microphone is picking it up there that cannons are firing by me. the big development tonight israeli soldier has been freed from hamas captivity. she is back with our family tonight read by an effort of intelligence. iwe know from an israeli spokesperson that she is providing intelligence. she said to have an excellent memory of eric activity and providing useful information. she has been checked out by a doctor and back with the family and said to be doing okay despite having been held captive since october 7th. in light of that, in right israel s prime minister is refusing any discussion