for joining us. the newest continues now on cnn it s thursday, april 4, right now on cnn this morning, an outrage president biden set to speak with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the fall cloud growing after a strike kills aid workers in gaza. a race against time and taiwan rescuers rushed to save workers, struck, stuck in minds and people trapped in buildings after that deadly earthquake delayed, denied. a judge rejects donald trump s effort to stall his hush money trial all right 5:00 a.m. here in washington, alive. look at capitol hill good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt, it s wonderful to have you with us. just hours from now. president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will talk on the phone for the first time. since an israeli airstrike killed seven world central kitchen aid workers in gaza, a senior administration official says biden is angry and will express his frustrations. but the white house says there s been no us shif
to put the president s son on the stand. we re live outside court with the latest well, as former president trump said, to give remarks, this hour. and shortly after that, he s gonna be meeting with his probation officer. that is ahead of his sentencing next month, we have new details on the meeting and what it could mean for his conviction and is run for the white house. and some positive results from a combo covid and flu vaccine, a first of its kind so when is it going to become available? we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central right now hunter biden s defense team is presenting their closing arguments to jurors and accusing prosecutors of trying to do the jury, the president s son faces three felony counts of illegally purchasing and possessing a gun in 2018 while abusing or being addicted to drugs? biden has pleaded not guilty to all charges last hour prosecutors walked jurors through evidence that they
Nypdsendg them a letr asking for for police officers essentially interject and stents are parcipating in e it. the result was welover 100 people that were detained will be issued courts zones. but really what this is now is remains here on the camp of peaceful presence of a mix of both current a non stunts here, hong to continue with that message from last week here. for protesters, this may be a galvanizing moment to basically invigorate tir use. butor univeities, the certainly going to this speaks to them having to grapple with we are likely going to continue to see mor tse demonstrations from one campus to another. both protests and counterprotests. and those universities really ford to walthat in line betwe safety and free-speech polo sandoval, cnn, new york so it s been called the most pro trump county in
Faculty members have been protesting. what they describe as the university s continued financial investment in corporations that profit from israel s war in gaza cnn s polo sandoval has the details we don t want to the started on wednesday when the columbia university president minouche shafik was in washington testifying before lawmakers responding to reports of antisemitism on campus this is currently there was also a presence of not just students, but also faculty setting up tents and signs here on the campus itself. but the organizers of this event, making their message is quite clear, saying that their hope is that they will pressure columbia university to divest funds from companies connected to israel cnn has reached out to the university to address for more on not just heari investments, but also to address the allegations that have been puforwd by these organizers. but eventually this evolved into any cabinet, a large one at the university president declared a disturbance. s
About. now we have seen that work for strikes by israel on hezbollah targets it s overnight on saturday, has blue announced the death of three fighters and they did launch about ten strikes against israel, accusing israel of attacking civilian buildings in southern lebanon, nepal, cnn counted verify that, but it just goes to show that even as those israeli iran direct contacts appear to have ended, there are still a very real fear of the increase in tensions and in conflict between israel and be a proxies. now, when it comes to the aid package that has been approved, israel, of course, welcoming it the prime minister welcoming it s also the foreign minister israel katz, saying that it does send a strong message two our enemies it will of course, go towards those missile defense systems, many of which are along the