temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports. reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but
greg: yes, happy, happy wednesday, everyone. they re basting me with applause. so by now you ve heard the freys trump derangement syndrome but maybe it s time it graduated from syndrome to disease, because while a syndrome refers to symptoms a disease refers to an established condition and trump derangement is just that, it s a disease much like alcoholism where what defines it is an incapability to process booze and that delicious maga martini is trump. no pill can stop it. no therapy dog or therapy llama can alleviate. those who have it are already paranoid. but they re also loons with annoying wives who are susceptible. the most recent victim joe scarborough who s left emotionally scarboroughed by the 2016 election. joe wasn t always like this, he used to look like a normal perp but now he has the same eyes as the kid playing the banjo in deliverance. it s amazing. could be the same person. same age, really. and as you ll see eventually, your mental functions totally tee
Former President Trump's lawyers will cross examine Michael Cohen on Thursday, May 16 following two days of prosecutors questioning the ex-lawyer in hopes to incriminate Trump. The prosecution say Cohen is their final witness, meaning Trump's team can begin calling witnesses of their own after he leaves the stand. Trump pleads not guilty to charges of falsifying business records.
Mary Altaffer/Getty ImagesA day after the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s upcoming criminal hush-money trial issued a limited gag order barring the former president from lashing out publicly at prosecutors, court staff, and any of their family members, Trump on Wednesday bitterly attacked both the judge and his 34-year-old daughter.“Judge Juan Merchan, who is suffering from an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (whose daughter represents Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam ‘Shifty’