hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. there s brand new reporting that drives home the fact that donald trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to his many, many, many legal problems and when it comes to the indictment and the classified documents investigation turning him from a disgraced twice impeached once indicted ex-president. in that case he has no one to blame but himself. the washington post reports late last year team trump hit a fork in a road, a point in which trump could have chosen an option that very well may have avoided an indictment in the documents case. from that new reporting, quote, one of trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. the attorney, chris kise, wanted to quietly approach justice to see if he could negotiate a settlement that could preclude charges hoping the department would want an exit ramp to avoid prosecuting a former pre
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, a consequential week in the united states. president biden expected to meet with capitol hill leaders to calm nerves and avoid the default as the debt deadline looms. plus, the u.s. boarder crisis. you will meet a venezuelan mother separated from her family after crossing into texas and hear her agonizing quest to find her. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. it s a new week in washington, which means we are another day closure to the u.s. defaulting on trillions of dollars of debt. talks between the white house and congress have caused tempers to flare, but now sources tell cnn the temperature could be just right for bargaining. u.s. president, joe biden, and house speaker, kevin mccarthy, have been mostly at odds during the process. the president is set to meet with con
gaza but acknowledge some collateral. and plus vladimir putin s parade celebrating victory day moments ago in moscow as his troops struggle to defeat ukraine. and just hours from now in washington, joe biden and kevin mccarthy face-to-face, can they strike a debt limit deal before america defaults. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with fears of dangerous escalation in the middle east. israel says that the operation was aimed at eliminating kingpin terrorists. three islamic jihad commanders were killed, palestinian medical official said at least 13 died in those strikes including four women and four children. hadas gold is live in front of an iron dome battery in southern israel. what are the two sides saying about the airstrikes? reporter: yeah, i m in front of these iron dome batteries and all expectations that these types of batteries which are all around southern israel will be used in the coming hours a
The Faulkner Focus is next. The Hamas Terrorists buchtered and set people on fire who were still alive in front of their children, their parents. We are learning those Gut Wrenching scientific details and more about how israelis die, citizens die at the hands of evil. October 7th, hamas attacked triggered an imminent Ground Invasion by israels forces promised to wife that evil off the face of the earth. No one will miss hamas. Get more complicated as it does by the hour. Israel is warning another Terrorist Group in other countries including iran are perched to get involved against israel. Everyone in Northern Gaza is being told to head south immediately. Secretary of state Antony Blinken has returned to israel meeting with the president and Prime Minister. I am harris faulkner, you are in the Faulkner Focus. A dramatic video released, our warning may be too much for some to see. It is from a hamas terrorist video camera themselves. Their gopro. It shows the evil hamas unleashed on an i
bret: all right. see you. dana: have great night. bret: good evening from washington. i m bret baier. as the war in israel escalates dire warnings with the people charged with keeping america safe, the director of the fbi says the terror threat against the u.s. is at what he calls a whole other level since the hamas attacks earlier this month. meanwhile, in gaza, an israeli strike has hit a refug camp, israel says that area had been taken over by hamas and the strike killed a senior hamas commander. we have fox team coverage tonight. chad pergram on capitol hill as president biden s top diplomat and defense secretary make their case for more than $100 billion in new aid to israel and ukraine. peter doocy at the white house with increasing pressure on the president by democrats to push for a cease-fire. mike tobin in southern israel with additional details on that refugee camp strike. but we begin with correspondent david spunt on capitol hill and chilling testimony abou