everyday americans. listen. i didn t change my mind. i never changed at all. this is fighting inflation. we ve closed loopholes and didn t raise taex. it doesn t raise taxes. it is an investment. i won t be responsible for inflaming the inflation rate. it is a red, white and blue deal. his colleagues in the senate disagree. pat toomey said manchin got duped. he got taken to the cleaners. the same gimmick he said he was opposed to. they claim the revenue over a 10-year window from the tax increase and price controls and then the expenditure they knowledge they pretend it will only be three years. these numbers are very dubious. the new york post editorial board call it joe manchin s anti-made in america bill. sinema was absent from the recent round of talks. silence is stressing out democrats who desperately need her vote. we got art laffer, economic advise hor to former president reagan in focus today but first edward lawrence joins us from the white house. the re
domestic priority on the same day that gas prices hit a new record high. plus, a mixed night for trump-backed candidates in yesterday s primaries. with a win in west virginia, but a loss in nebraska. we ll discuss what this says about the former president s hold on the republican party. and the latest on the war in ukraine. u.s. officials say that vladimir putin is in it for the long haul. thinking he ll be able to wear down western support. we ll hear from the nation s top spy chief. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 11th. i m jonathan lemire. russia claims its forces have made significant gains in eastern ukraine, three weeks after moscow launched renewed offensive there. the russian defense ministry yesterday said its troops have advanced to the border between donetsk and luhansk the two russian-speaking provinces together known as the donbas. the ministry said it now controls more of the region than it did before the war started on f
out front next, trump s courtroom campaign. the former president lashing out as he appeared at his fraud trial in new york. now he s preparing to take the stand in his own defense. former trump white house counsel ty cobb is out front tonight. federal prosecutors have filed a new case against hunter biden. details ahead. kamala harris s husband doug emhoff lashing out about anti-semitism and genocide. al franken is out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. trump s court campaign. the former president was in new york to attend his new york fraud trial today. he s been at that one a lot. once again seizing the opportunity to make this about the election. this is a political witchhunt. this is meant to influence an election. this is third world country stuff. this is banana republic stuff. i should be in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. i should be city shouldn t be sitting in a courthouse. it s all a distraction even though he did choose to skip another deb
for trump so we track them down, and wait until you see what they did next. and tonight rfk jr. gaining traction. his supporters going to tell you why it s kennedy for them over biden and trump. let s go out front. reporter: and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, prepared to attack at any hour. that s what israel is saying tonight as hamas says it s at, quote, high combat readiness. both sides preparing for the truce to end tonight if a deal is not reached by midnight eastern. last night the truce was extended for 24 hours at the last minute. today eight hostages were released. right now it s a group of six that arrived in israel. two others were released earlier today. they ve now been reunited with their family. the reality is so far women and children and hostages have been primarily released. that was the deal made by israel and hamas. by israel s last count there aren t very many women and children left in gaza, but there are 118 men still being held
mar-a-lago today with his most powerful ally in washington as president biden blasts the former president as a convicted criminal in a massive new ad buy. the maneuvers from both sides ahead of their first debate next week. a new phase in israel s operations in gaza, and netanyahu disbanding his war cabinet. what does it all mean for the war against hamas? scorching heat from detroit to boston as wildfires rage in california. the extreme weather that s turning this summer into a slow broil. good morning. thanks for being here. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin this morning with the intensifying race for the white house today donald trump hosts house speaker mike johnson and the head of the campaign committee working to elect house republicans at mar-a-lago to talk strategy, while president biden is seeing green coming off a record fund-raiser, raking in $30 million at a hollywood event with big-time stars in attendance. nbc s vaughn h