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cnn newsroom. hi everyone. i m just dean in washington and we begin with breaking new cnn, his warned the biden administration has paused a shipment all of us made ammunition to israel it appears to be the first time the us has stumped a weapon shipment to the israeli military since the october 7 hamas attacks and it comes amid growing tensions between the us and israel over the war in gaza. and during high-stakes negotiations to reach a potential ceasefire and hostage deal with let s get right over to cnn s priscilla alvarez, who s here with us percival, what more are you learning about all this? well, a source, it could not disclosed why the decision was made to pause this particular shipment. but two important points here, it is not linked to what is believed to israel s potential ground invasion of rafah. that s in the southern gaza strip were more than 1 million filling in palestinians have been sheltering and has been a concern for the us if israel were to move ....
bret: i m sorry. i couldn t help it. i will tune. in thank you. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, former president donald trump says the quarter billion dollars civil fraud lawsuit against him is a scam. the former president making the comment as he arrived at the manhattan courthouse where the trial began. he is accused of deceiving banks and insurers. no one is above the law. during opening statements, the state argued trump and his family routinely filed inflated financial statements. but trump s team disputes that. arguing value is subjective. and determined by what someone is willing to pay. trump argues his brand brings additional value. while attorney general james claims the former president routinely lies about his net worth. this is disgraceful trial. put forward by attorney general who is corrupt. we re going to be here for months with a judge already made up his mind. it s ridiculous ruled trump and others includi ....
hold a vote on its version of a continuing resolution. speaker mccarthy is now turning to democrats, to support his plan, and shifting blame first for potential shutdown while willing to risk his speakership it would appear. you know, what if somebody wants to remove, because i want to be the adult in the, room go ahead and try. i think this country is too important. i will stand with our military, i will stand our border agents, i will stand with those that half to get their medicine from government as well. i think that s too important. we have done 70 percent of our job, where the senate has done, nothing the senate can t even get anything to the floor in time. we can, and you know, what if i have to risk my job, for standing up for the american, public i will do that. we have reporters in place from washington to florida, to cover all of the we are beginning right there with both of those ladies, let s go first to julie tsirkin, the capitol hill. what is ....
t tri is heduled to begin monday with ry selection, potential jurors will be asked 42 questions including their feelings about donald trump, jury selection is often where you win or lose trial live from london this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, welcome to our viewers. join your sum all around the world. i max foster, it s monday, april the fifth dave, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 11:00 a.m. in israel, where officials are contemplating a response to iran s unprecedented aerial assault this weekend, there s been an all-out diplomatic push to contain the fallout and to prevent any further escalation of violence g7 members held a virtual meeting and regional leaders have been speaking with their global counterparts in an emergency session of the un council, the secretary general urged restraint the middle is, is on the brink the people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict. now is the, time to defuse and de-escalate ....
rafael romo at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn when its 9:00 a.m. in abu dhabi. hello, and welcome. i m becky anderson coming from all middle east broadcasting harb wherever you are watching, you are more than welcome and the world is anxiously watching the middle east right now, waiting to see how israel will respond to iran s unprecedented areas, salt on it as the bombardment ended on sunday morning, local hours, and all out diplomatic push has begun aiming to avoid any further escalation g7 nations met virtually and regional leaders spoke with their global counterparts in an emergency session sunday of the un security council, the secretary general called for restraint the middle is is on the brink the people of the region are confronting a real danger if a devastating full-scale conflict now is the time to fuse. and the escalates now is the time for maximum restraint while israel now says about 350 drones, missiles, and rockets were fired f ....