The gunman remain at large. Thanks so much for joining us. Well see you back here tomorrow. Ac30 60 starts right now its thursday, may 16, right now on cnn this morning its on joe biden and donald trump signing off on do debates. The first one next month, right here on cnn plus trumps lawyers planning a new strategy with Michael Cohen former fixer, back on the stand this morning in the Hush Money Trial, and two partners with a pledge, Vladimir Putin and xi jinping together in beijing vowing to deepen their ties. What does this mean for the west . All right. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at capitol hill on this thursday morning, were almost there. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. Joe biden and donald trump will be facetoface next month for the first president ial debate of this election cycle, the two presumptive nominees have accepted Debate Invitations from cnn and abc cnns set to take place first, its going to be june 27, in atlant
Newsroom with jim acosta begins now good morning you were. Alive in this unit newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington and we begin with Breaking News out of michigan. The parents of Oxford School shooter, Ethan Crumbley are in court facetoface with their sons, victims ahead of their sentencing, james and Jennifer Crumbley were both found guilty of four counts. Involuntary manslaughter after their teenage son brutally murdered four of his classmates back in 2021, they are the first parents to be held responsible for a School Shooting committed by their child. Youre looking at a picture is coming from inside the courtroom as we speak, cnns jean casarez joins us now, gene tell us whats happening in court right now. And about this prospect that were gonna be seeing in just a few moments here of the parents of these victims coming facetoface with Ethan Crumbleys parents. That is going to be an incredibly emotional moment that will be the emotional moment because the parents of the four studen
i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers the other day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that for the president. i said, you don t beg for anything. it is the way it is. if that would happen, i don t know that the public would stand it, you know. i m not sure the public would stand for it. on house arrest? i think it would be tough for the public to take. you know, at a certain point there s a breaking point. that was donald trump yesterday with an ominous suggestion about how his supporters would respond to him being sentenced to jail after his conviction in the hush money case. we ll have much more of his comments as well as what president biden is now saying about the conviction just ahead. meanwhile, the president s son will be in court today in delaware for the start of his trial for federal gun charges. we ll bring you legal analysis on that case. and, plus, a possible major development to bring some peace to gaza with israel reportedly agr
policy. tornadoes are the latest concern. we re talking about a level four out of five. a few tornadoes, large hail, it could be baseball size. this is new day weekend. look at miami, beautiful start this sunday. stimulus. the goal is to get economic aid to people. payments are hitting bank accounts now. those waiting on paper checks and prebader ginsburg debit cards are set to get those before the end of the month. the covid vaccine rollout, the cdc reported nearly 3 million doses were administered. one in five americans has now received at least one dose of the vaccine. but is the progress at risk? some health officials are keeping up their warnings about variants.. they see states ease restrictions, and pandemic levels just as the spring break kicks off. it is like the surge of before. they don t want to see recent history repeat itself. cnn s natasha chin reports from miami beach. reporter: the u.s. is vaccinating people every day. lower hospitalizations
Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The chilling plot. The fbi stopping an alleged terror plot to kidnap an american governor. The governor of michigan. Prosecutors now say Governor Gretchen Whitmer was being targeted by violent extremists. Federal agents raiding several homes, arresting 13 suspects, including seven alleged members of a right wing militia group. The messages the fbi intercepted. The suspects accused of plotting to kidnap the governor and then what they allegedly planned to do next. And Governor Whitmer coming before the cameras today. Pierre thomas standing by tonight. The next president ial debate is off, after the Debate Commission telling President Trump and joe biden that the next town hall debate would be virtual to protect everyone. Joe biden said yes, President Trump pulled out, saying that its not necessary, that he
feels great. Biden will now take questions during a town hall here on abc instead. President trumps condition tonight. The i