New york land on new first because youre so sweet i like everyone. Thank you so much. For joining me. This mothers day on for greek of whitfield were Tracking New Developments In Gaza where israel appears to be moving ahead with plans for an invasion of rafah despite dark new warnings from Top White House officials, Israel Defense forces launching fresh attacks against hamas overnight, targeting northern and central gaza, as well as rafah, the un says at least 300,000 people have evacuated the city amid fears of an impending is Israeli Ground operation. Today, the white house says National Security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke with his israeli counterpart about those plans. Cnns Paula And Cox and kevin love jack are following all of the latest polity. First, what is the latest on the ground in gaza well, fred, we are continuing to see people try and move it of the areas where the Evacuation Orders have been given. An also other parts of refer as well as shear to me that theyre Evacuation Orders will be coming later now theyre being told to move to the western part of the gaza strip. So the almuwasi is one of the areas just along the coast, but its been described as un by un teams on the ground as inhumane and saying that it is just not suitable for people to be moving to as the humanitarian situation is not good enough, there so what we are seeing is, of course, some cannot move. Were seeing some of the six, some of the wounded are unable to leave, were hearing from un groups as well that some of the people who are leaving now have left on average, once a month, they have been moved on by the Israeli Military, or they have been moved on for fear of being caught up in the fighting about once a month since october 7. So a desperate situation. And of course its making the humanitarian crisis even worse as well. We know that the rafah crossing at this point, so the Israeli Military is in control of it, but egypt is saying that they are not willing to coordinate with israel at this point to try and reopen the crossing and bring more humanitarian aid trucks in. And they are citing security concerns its not just the concern about getting the trucks into gaza. It is, of course, the distribution once they are in their and theyre concerned for those Truck Drivers as well, driving into what is an active war zone. Now were hearing also the idf saying that some 200,000 trucks did manage to get in over the past few days through kerem shalom. This is of the fuel at this point, but many un groups on the ground as saying there is simply not enough food and water getting in. In fact, they are warning that some of their teams on the ground will run out of food to be able to distribute by sunday. That is today. Also concerns that some of the bakeries, so which are partially open at this point, well run out of stock completely by tomorrow, by monday an already desperate situation becoming even more desperate. The idf says, though one extra crossing has been opened in the north of the area, very few details on that. And they are also carrying out these military operations in the north and in the central part as well. Were not just talking about Southern Gaza here because the Israeli Military says that they have intel that hamas is actually moving back to those areas. They are regrouping, they are trying to reestablish infrastructure there and we are seeing Evacuation Orders of civilians in jabalya for example, in the north, the refugee camp. This is an area that the Israeli Military said that they had cleared months ago, that they had eradicated hamas operatives from that particular area. But of course this is now showing just how difficult it is to try and read the gaza strip as, as israel puts it and destroying hamas completely showing just how difficult that is because they are having to go back to areas that they say were cleared of hamas militants all right, paula, thank you. Kevin, to you. Now, weve learned that National Security advisor, Jake Sullivan spoke with his israeli counterpart today about rafah what is the white house saying about that conversation . Yeah, i do think this is a significant phone calls the first time that weve seen a call like this announced since President Biden delivered that ultimatum on cnn earlier this week, that if israel is to launch a Ground Invasion of rafah, that he would halt the shipment of certain types of weapons. And in this phone call, Jake Sullivan reiterated the president s concerns about a Ground Offensive in that city. He said that they discussed alternatives to a major invasion of rafah, the white house says that the israeli National Security adviser confirmed that if was taking the us concerns into account. But at the end of the day, these concerns are not new precedent biden and top officials have been raising them for months dating back to february when President Biden first raised his concerns with the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu at the end of the day, netanyahu has said that it is essential to go into rafah to completely eliminate hamas that is completely different from what american officials believe. Listen to a little bit of how the Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken described the us view this morning presence been clear for some time that we couldnt and would not support a Major Military operation in rafah. Now, at the same time we share israels objective and making sure that hamas cannot govern gaza anymore thatd be demilitarized, that israel get its leaders. We continue to support that, but theres a better way of achieving that. Then going headlong into, into rafah. Thats what were talking about with israel now, we have a better way of doing it. Were engaged in conversations with them about that so the president s announcement that he is prepared to condition some weapons, of course, making waves in the region, but also making waves politically here in the United States, youve heard a range of reactions, certainly from republicans who are opposed to his decision, but also arrange your view among democrats listened to how two democrats, the senator from this state, delaware, chris, and the senator from connecticut, described their views on this matter this morning. President biden is learning the mistakes of us Military Campaigns in iraq and afghanistan. What we learned in both of those efforts was that you cannot defeat a terrorist ideology. Youre not cannot defeat a Terrorist Movement with Military Force alone. I think President Biden has taken forceful action so much. So theres been a lot of blowback for his recent Public Statement and ill remind you, other american president s have done the same thing. When are close trusted partner isnt listening to private admonitions . So you. Hear those two senators trying to backup the president s decision at the end of the day, all of the reaction in israel and in washington only underscores what a critical moment this war is it is indeed. All right, kevin lymph tech, paula hancocks. Thanks to both of you all right. The stage is now set for the star witness to finally take the stand in Donald TrumpsHush Money Trial tomorrow. Trumps its former fixer and Attorney Michael Cohen is expected to testify. Cohens testimony is seen as key for the prosecutions case and could signal the final stages of this historic trial. He will testify to his role and no shading the alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels on trumps behalf. And how his form former boss reimbursed him it follows a week of blockbuster contentious and at times graphic testimony from daniels, cnn, zach cohen joining us right now. So zach, what can we expect from cohens testimony . You have read this is really a make or break moment for prosecutors in this case. Michael cohen is the only witness who will take the stand and can testify to really the two core tenants of what prosecutors are alleging installed trump. You can can testify to that. Donald trump agreed to this plan to pay Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress in order to stay quiet ahead of the 20th 16 election about their alleged involvement with each other romantically. And then theres also this the second half after donald trump took the oval office this meeting where they allegedly discussed a plan to reimburse Michael Cohen for fronting the money in order to keep Stormy Daniels quiet. So again, a lot hinges on what Michael Cohen will say when he takes the stand it takes the oath. Starting tomorrow is the expectation and look at jurors. Ive already heard a lot about Michael Cohens are far from other witnesses who have been testifying over the last three weeks. And frankly, much of it has been unflattering. Witnesses have testified that he essentially on reliable and predictable, and aggressive attorney and one who really demonstrated a lot of loyalty towards donald trump winning he was both an employee of Donald Trumps as a private citizen and then also after donald trump took the oval office, so remains to be seen how prosecutors and trumps Defense Attorneys will question Michael Cohen, but you can be sure that Donald Trumps attorneys will almost certainly continue to hammer home this idea that Michael Cohens not credible and they will try to convince the jury that anything that he says should be thrown out and that hes in question, frankly, has hes a convicted Liar Prosecutors are going to say, look, weve laid the groundwork for his testimony in the last few days, even by introducing documents, text messages, and emails that do support the narrative that Michael Cohen has presented so far, both in the civil case against donald trump and his public comments. So were going to see which way the jury liens. But again, a Pivotal Moment in this trial, and one that could determine ultimately determined whether or not Donald Trumps found guilty or not all right. Is that cohen . Thanks so much. Us senator bob menendez refuses to say if he will resign, if convicted, his federal Corruption Trial is set to begin tomorrow. What to expect . Next cnn newsroom, brought to you by progressive, get a Business Insurance quote online in as little as six minutes visit progressive commercial. Com when youre a Small Business owner you todo list can be a log thats why progressive makes it easy to see the commercial auto vote online. So you can take on all your other to dos already did see if you could say that progressive commercial. Com number space and leg room thats more like it three role alexis, dx scout is protected by sympatric, a trio and heath in it to win it sympatric a trio is the first chew with triple protection intestinal worms. 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Serve for like ever even have this is a travel show visit my fans around the world hi, that kind of propaganda here, meeting in thats what i do. So that is my gif conan obrien must go now streaming exclusively on Macs Jury Selection is scheduled to start tomorrow in the federal Corruption Trial of democratic senator bob menendez. Prosecutors say menendez and his wife were engaged in a wide ranging Corruption Scheme to help pay the egyptian and qatari governments in exchange for lucrative bribes cnns manu raju caught up with the senator on capitol hill ahead of the trial if youre he was like, really any thoughts about the trial as we head into next week, im looking forward to improving my innocence oh okay. I want to bring in former federal prosecutor, nima romani. Good to see you so. All right. Well, he says he looks forward to proving his innocence. Now, when Jury Selection begins tomorrow, what kinds of jurors will each side be looking for . What might be some of the questions . Shins are asked even prosecutors are going to look for jurors that are going to obviously have a pro prosecution bias. Make sure you dont bring folks that are not skeptical because it is a very strong case for the government when hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars i dont want jurors that going to maybe buy into Conspiracy Theories because we know the senator is going to argue that because you grew up in Communist Cuba and his father was a gambler, he had the Scarcity Mindset and it stash this money away because he was worried about putting it in a bank or some other more traditional form. So you gauge is a strong case, largely because of the evidence that has been publicly revealed. Were talking about the gold bars cars but what else will be weighed to see if prosecutors can prove that obtaining those things came by way of wrongdoing well, we have a cooperating witness. One of the codefendants, jose uribe has pleaded guilty and agree to testify. So hes the one who provided that luxury mercedes to a menendez, his wife, agents. So heres going to be a key witness in something that is new as well. Of course, we know the center there is going to argue like you did in its previous Corruption Trial in 2017, which hung that he was acting for the public good it was just advocating on behalf of constituents. But when youre dealing with military aid to egypt or financial dealings with qatar, i think thats gonna be a bridge too far for most jurors. Unlike his previous case that did all right. Senator menendez and his wife, as you mentioned, nadin