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available to stream on and max good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, may 5th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. it is always a pleasure to be with you. thank you for being with us. here s what we re watching for you. two feet of rain in parts of texas have flooded home stranded people on rooves and 30 entire neighborhoods into rivers and there is more rain on the way. the warnings from officials as more wet weather moves in, police and protesters clashed during a pro-palestinian demonstration at the university of virginia, the school is now responding to that altercation. what we re hearing from minister later, there are reports of progress, but no breakthrough as ceasefire talks continue between israel and hamas, where negotiation stay in as israel s government faces increasing pressure to bring those hostages home. and the cicadas are here and there s a good chance you will hear them before you see them, we ll explain later on c ....
score. do i mean at time.com? cnn this morning with kasie hunt next it s monday, april 22, right now? now on cnn this morning, opening statements set to begin in donald trump s hush money trial. new cnn reporting on who prosecutors plan to call as their first witness. a foreign aid bill passed by the house, leaving hard right republicans and hamas infuriated. and a crisis on campus jewish students at columbia university urged to stay home for their own safety all right 5:00 a.m. hearing washington, but this is a live look at new york city on this monday morning where openings statements are set to begin in the donald trump trial. good morning, everyone. i m casey hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us opening statements in the historic criminal hush money case against donald trump set to begin just a few hours from now, cnn has learned that david, the former chairman of the national enquirer, is parent company company is expected to be the first witness called by ....
polantz at the federal court in washington. and this is cnn hello, and welcome to allow viewers watching from the united states and around the world. i m anna coren. we begin with relentless severe storms that continue to threaten millions across the us. this memorial day weekend. especially hard hit overnight texas and oklahoma well, this is what s left of a gas station in valley view, texas, north of dallas and it s just one of several reports of major damage in the area officials in denton county, texas. so they are responding to reports of multiple victims and people trapped it s unclear how many people are injured. there are also reports of overturned 18 damaged homes and downed power lines. meanwhile rescue and damage assessments are underway in cook county, just north of denton after a possible tornado saturday night. and in oklahoma, beliefs say the town of clear more is shut down and to avoid the area, will their two reports of extensive damage to homes ....
would you speak or would you conceal? we ll talk to anthony zurcher in washington about that and we ll hear from barbara plett usher about the palestinian president s visit to the white house. that s all coming up on outside source. french presidential candidates marine le pen and emmanuel macron have just begun a live televised debate ahead of sunday s second and final round of voting in the presidential election. let s ta ke let s take a look at what is happening. translation: ameen, they are financed from abroad. you know all about that. qatar and all these countries. i remember that at the time you maintain tax exonerations and exemptions for investment from these countries. and in your governments, i believe that you granted some republican decoration to one of these people, you gave them a medal. we have to eradicate them a medal. we have to eradicate the fundamentalist eye john them a medal. we have to eradicate the fundamentalist eyejohn g in our country, that i ....
in spring 2018. this is the un backed prime minister fayez al sarraj. and this is khalifa haftar, the rival military commander who controls the east of the country. here they are shaking hands after the meeting, which was hosted by the french president, emmanuel macron. here s what he said at the press conference. translation: today, president al sarraj and general haftar can become symbols of national unity and reconciliation and peace. iwant national unity and reconciliation and peace. i want to say with great solemnity, the courage you have shown today by being here and agreeing on thisjoint shown today by being here and agreeing on this joint accord is historic. it is the courage of taking a risk, despite who might have opposed you. despite the actions of others, which will lead toa actions of others, which will lead to a reconciliation process and the construction of peace in the long term. just to remind you of the complicated political situation in libya. mr sarr ....