lean. >> i'm jake tapper this hour, the trump campaign pushing back on a new report from pulp from propublica, which says quote, witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president and have gotten pay raises new jobs, and more. i'm going to talk to one of the journalists behind the new report, plus that flagrant foul on caitlin clark. why is everybody hating on the woman bringing so much attention? the women's basketball and leading this hour for israeli hostages taken by hamas on october 7, are no longer alive. that today, according to the israeli military which says that the terrorist group hamas is holding the bodies of ami ram cooper and you're on metzler frame perry, and adopt popplewell paris family today calling on the israeli government, calling on netanyahu to pursue this ceasefire deal to save those who are still alive that is a question causing so much confusion is israel close to a ceasefire deal in exchange for hostage release, president biden proposed exactly that in a speech friday as you may recall. but in statements today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu seemed to be not exactly on board. so let's get right to cnn's jeremy diamond in jerusalem. jeremy is israel any closer to accepting a deal is hamas any closer to accepting the deal? than last week? >> well, we are certainly hearing president biden and multiple other g7 countries trying to put their full weight of public support and public pressure behind this deal. and also trying to communicate publicly and privately that the israeli government, the israeli prime minister himself, despite his public comments saying, that he will not end the war until all the objectives are achieved. trying to convince the world that the israeli government is in fact behind this proposal. and if hamas agrees to it, it can indeed become a reality. but that is still very much uncertain here in israel, in particular, because the israeli prime minister is now confronting a key choice. and that could be whether or not to allow his government to survive, to ensure the survival of his government's by cao towing to the demands of some of the right-wing minister's and his government who do not want this proposal to go through, do not want this war to end, or choosing to actually implement the deal that his government has proposed. that of course rests on what hamas will do. we haven't yet gotten hamas is official response, but if they respond positively, then the ball will be back in netanyahu's cord. and as he has been trying over the last couple of days to insist that this war will not end until hamas is destroyed. there is now new concern inside the israeli government's, i'm told by two sources, two israeli sources. it's familiar with the matter that the israeli prime minister's comments downplaying the extent to which this could lead to the end of the war. actually risks undermining this israeli proposal in part because there's a lot of language in this proposal that is intentionally ambiguous, intended to try hi and sell hamas on this proposal, cell hamas on the idea that this these negotiations that could extend this six-week ceasefire could ultimately lead to something much, much longer term and ultimately lead to an end of the war. >> and jeremy, we've been covering for quite some time, but especially since october 7, about how much that's on yahoo's grip on power, how much governing coalition depends on these very far right, racist, anti-arab zealots. how is that factoring into this? well, it's factoring in enormously as we've been watching these really prime minister insisting this is not going to lead to an end of the war, risking potentially undermining the proposal itself. >> he's doing all of this because of these threats from the finance minister bezalel smotrich, from the national security minister, itamar ben gvir there either of them could single-handedly lead to bring about the collapse of this government should they leave? but there is, of course, another alternative one that has been raised by the opposition leader yair lapid. he has said that he would come into this government effectively providing a safety net during the implementation of this deal to keep netanyahu how empowers prime minister to keep this government alive but if netanyahu were to agree to that, he would effectively be handing the keys to. yet you're lapid the keys to collapsing the government to leading to early elections at a time of his choosing. and of course benny gantz also factors in so this he's a member of emergency war cabinet at the moment, but he has said that he will leave that war cabinet up by this saturday if the israeli prime minister doesn't provide details about a lot long-term strategy in gaza. interestingly, gantz and galan's another member of the war cabinet, had been on the phone with the secretary of state, tony blinken today a key sign that the united states has really trying to corral every piece of power, every piece of the architecture of this government to ensure that they are not only behind this deal, but that they stay behind in this deal as hamas is presented with this proposal. >> all right. so cnn's jeremy diamond is r2. some thanks so much joining us now to discuss cnn political and global affairs analyst barak ravid, he's also a political reporter for axios brock why is this ceasefire confusion in your view, possibly strategic by netanyahu? >> i think it's an iota, right now, is in a situation that he did not want to be in meaning he got to this situation because the members of his own war cabinet and the securities own security chiefs, the people he appointed, sort of united against them within the cabinet to say, we need this deal and we need this proposal. and he had no choice but to endorse this proposal, to bring it to a vote, it passed unanimously in the war cabinet. he approved it and it was delivered to hamas. and now if comer says yes, he is in a really big problem because as you really have to decide something that tried to prevent, to avoid for some time. >> now, biden said if hamas does come to negotiate a deal, israel has to be flexible enough to close that deal it's a deal possible you think i think it is. >> i think it is. and when you look at the hamas proposal from may 6, and you look at these rarely proposal from may 27th, you see the changes are really not that big they're is still a big issue of how you interpret the same language, okay. hamas interpreted as when this is implemented, the war will end. israel interpreted in a way that says well, we still have an exit point at a certain time. if we want to resume the war. and this is, i think this is the main sticking point and this is why this proposal, this israeli proposal, was drafted with this ambiguity to allow both sides to at least get into the deal, get into phase one. and the decide later whether they want to continue or they want to stop the deal. and in the middle. >> so on day 16, in this proposal israel and hamas are supposed to start ceasefire negotiations. netanyahu has repeatedly said, israel's not going to start those disgust questions until hamas is wiped out now, you're hearing from your sources that the main part of the wrapper of rafah operation is over how much more fighting does israel believe it's still needs to do? >> if you ask people in the idf, they will tell you that it doesn't even match meaning the idf leadership, the shin bet, are the israeli domestic security service, the mossad, all the security services say it is worth stopping now okay, in order to get the hostages and maybe down the road in two months, in three months and six months in a year hamas will give israeli a reason or it will violate the deal or it will attack again or anything. and we'll give israel the reason or the pretext to justification to go back into gaza and to finish off hamas. they send all of the security service telling tanya it is more urgent to bring the hostages back, right? now to destroy hamas. >> the times of israel's david harvey points out that israel's v0 quote, requires hamas to consent to its own effective demise and why one must ask what hamas agreed to do that unquote does come as thangka can reach a ceasefire and still eventually rebuild its terrorist ranks, and continue to govern such as it did gaza i think it depends who you ask, insight from us. >> some people inside hamas have been telling if your scene well hamas leader in gaza that once you go into such a temporary ceasefire that at least on phase one, we're talking about 42 days. that's a lot. the previous ceasefire was only seven days. now we're talking about 42 days. so once you in it, it is very hard for israel to go back to fightings and there's a very good chance that this will continue. and when you continue for another 42 days, if stays if stage two of the deal is implemented, then you are really in a different world. and then it is hard to see how this war resumes barack review. >> thank you so much for your excellent reporting is always coming up. the blockbuster decisions you can expect from the us supreme court. and the next few weeks. but first the trump campaign's response going investigation alleging financial rewards for potential witnesses in various criminal cases involving donald trump. we'll be right back the increase in wildfires is exponential unpredictable controllable overwhelming consequences. the need to do something is urgent with we have schreiber sunday at night on cnn political. certainly a no one's got kids don't need one, well, pretty sure kids doing, you now, you're thinking of plans how many such the daily show tonight at 11 comedy central, see idp disrupts the idp drills. let's be honest sucks but living with ci dp doesn't have to. >> when you sign up at shining through cid p.com, you'll find inspiration and real patients stories helpful tips, reliable information, and mower cid peak can be tough. but finding hope just got a little easier. >> sign up a shining through cip.com be heard, be hopeful the best way to solve a problem is to keep it from happening at ever north, we combine medical and pharmacy data with behavioral health data to identify members in need of care predicting and treating behavioral health issues quickly while lowering costs for planned sponsors and members that's wonder made possible ever north health services lumina whitening strips know brock's, i know pain. i can use them every day if i want. >> what i want, drink what i want but aluminium strip and l0 my smile is back on point easy when you have moderate to severe eczema, it's okay to show off with depiction. show off your clear skin, and less edge because you have plenty of reasons to joe off your skin with depiction. the number one prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists. you can stay ahead of your eczema. it helps block a key source of influence nation inside the body that can cause eczema to help heal your skin from within many adults, son 90% clear skin some even achieved long life lasting clear skin and fast. it's relief after first dose serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems such as eye pain or vision changes, including blurred vision, joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection, don't change or stop asthma medicines without talking to your doctor show off to the world ask your ex specialists about depicts it looking the hotel house.com to find your perfect somewhere what makes ewc so special? 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i know he and we should note that he and boris are not exactly the best of friends. did parlatore have any insight or explanation for that? >> sure. i mean, what he said was that he didn't think that he was qualified for this position and that he was puzzled by this dramatic increase in payments. other other people we talked to said something similar what the campaign said is that his responsibilities simply increased. but when we delved into that claim and asked, did the number of hours he's working increase what they said was that everyone's already working 24/7 and they were not really able to provide any detail secondly, we see that he is still doing work for other campaigns he's taken on a new position completely outside of politics. so his attention is divided and yet again there was this dramatic increase in payments from the campaign to his company propublica got to cease and desist letter from trump's attorney, demanding that your article not be published. warning quote, president trump will evaluate all legal remedies, propublica published the article anyway, which means you're confident in the money trail you followed what discovery stood out to you the most in the course of your reporting? >> well first of all, on the letter, yeah, of course we take that kind of thing seriously. we actually received it while we were on the phone with the trump campaign, vetting each and every fact that we plan to put in our story. we're very careful about that kind of thing. which one stood out to me? i mean, we when we went into nine examples in the story what stood out to me was sometimes the timing of the events and the benefits. so in one example a witness and one of former president trump's cases between the time he got a subpoena to testify before the grand jury and when he actually did testify before the grand jury, he got up position on the board of trump's media company. his affiliation with that company has been quite lucrative. he got a promissory note for $4 promissory note that converted into shares of the company. he got a very large retention bonus so his affiliation with that company has dramatically changed his fortunes. and again, it occurred between the time you got the subpoena and when he actually testified before the grand jury, a trump campaign spokesperson, you were talking about how you found it tough to imagine donald trump not being aware of raises and such, but a trump campaign spokesperson, as you know, is said that trump's not involved in determining how much campaign staffers staffers are paid what what do you make that well, you know, we again, i look at his history. >> there's been testimony in the latest trial, his own writings. he is described himself as someone who's in the weeds with the finances of the organizations. he sits atop of. so we, have not independently established that he was involved in any of these decisions. but if you look at his history, he is someone who is a micromanager and is deeply involved in the finances of his organizations all right. >> thanks. thank you so much. robert fatter, i really appreciate your time today, the month of june, always officers in host of opinions from the us supreme court this year, the pending decisions could weigh heavily on the 2024 presidential race what to expect from the justices in the days and weeks ahead, that's next russia for trying to spy on us we were spying on them saudi friday this is the secret was secrets and spies, a nuclear game sunday at ten on cnn, new projects means new project managers. >> you need to hire any, indeed, indeed you do when you sponsor a job, you immediately get here shortlist of quality candidates whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed indeed.com slash higher and get started today. >> if you're shopping for a home realtor.com, only shows you homes for sale source directly from professionals, meaning you can trust every homeless isn't realistic, don't all apps do that, not really trust the number one app real estate professionals trust first, we did the impossible. >> then you age so many of the impossible that we completely ran out. >> and now there the foot law, cookies back at subway why always the couch does he need to get a puppy school gears a little puppy diploma how much ever been spending on this little guy when your questions about life turned into questions about money there's erica, the virtual financial assistant to help you spend save, and plan smarter. only from bank of america what would you like the power to do the best things in life? 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