anything else. we re not going to sleep tonight, right? have a great show. thank you, nicolle. we are excited about the upcoming news. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. but the big news today is huge, and here it is the criminal trial of defendant donald trump continuing today. you are looking at new images, and i ll explain exactly what it is. you may recall that first court hearing set a lot of rules down. now you re looking at the first one since then, since trump was arraigned, which was a precedent busting moment for america. it was actually just seven weeks ago. at that hearing, the judge warning him about his conduct and scheduling another hearing, which brings us what you have here today. we ll show you what we have. we don t have a million shots. isolated on the left, defendant donald trump sitting right there. this was a hearing on evidence and rules for a protective order. trump had to legally appear in this hearing, which is another step towards his cri
heard the name george santos. oh, we do know him now, though. a wild scene today as the republican congressman caught in lie after lie is arrested and charged on 13 criminal counts. will george santos, aka anthony devulder stay in congress, go on his own or will he be pushed out? plus, taking the stage, donald trump now hours away from facing questions at a cnn town hall one day after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. and following the money. republicans flagging what they call shady deals as they lay out their case against president biden s family, including son hunter. is there evidence behind these allegations? welcome to the lead. we start with our politics lead, and a defiant congressman george santos saying he has no plans to resign despite facie ing 13 criminal charges. santos pleaded not guilty in a new york courtroom this afternoon before facing the news media where he insisted he is innocent. this is the beginning of the ability for
our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo live from london. max foster has the day off. just ahead it was a rigged election. it was not a rigged election. it was not a stolen election. did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right to. everything that donald trump said tonight, everything that he has said and will say public sli fair game for prosecutors. we have the indictment and the information that the government wants to come after me on. they deserve someone who they can rely on and obviously this is not the person. they severally do not want to risk entering the u.s. illegally. the border will be closed today and after title 42 is lifted. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday may 11th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the biden administration is hours away from officiallile ry rolling ba title 42. the me
welcome to our viewers this thursday morning. i m christine romans. donald trump giving us a review of what his 2024 campaign will look like and sound like. the 45th president and republican frontrunner for the white house taking questions last night from gop primary voters at a town hall. trump wasted little time in airing his same old grieveness as. he repeated a core lie to kaitlan collins that he won the 2020 election. polls show that you were dominating the republican race but also under active federal investigation for trying to overturn the 2020 election results. your first term ended with a deadly riot at the capitol and you still have not publicly acknowledged the 2020 election results. why should americans put you back in the white house? because we did fantastically. we got 12 million more votes than we had as you know in 2016. i actually say that we did far better in that election. got the most that anybody has ever gotten as a sitting president of the united
of our country. they re trying to block the system. this looks like a celebration, there is no celebration yet. the flow of migrants into the u.s. is slower than expected. a 50% drop in the number of encounters versus earlier in the week. this week has seen more crossings than any week in our history. we re still on high alert. governor ron desantis was back in iowa trying to get his 2024 groove back. we must reject the culture of losing the time for excuses is over. for many republicans, they view the next election as important. can ron desantis bring it? white house officials say talks have continued. we need an outline in hand by the end of the week. i really think the desire on their part as well as ours is disagreement. it s time to bring spending levels back to pre-covid and then talk about raising the debt ceiling. tatum knocks done another! incredible! the tornado continues. 51 for jayson tatum in game seven. i had to put on a special p