good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. ooip poppy harlow in new york. there s a lot of news to get to this morning. here are five things to know for this thursday. at moment, hundreds of americans could cross the border out of gaza and into egypt one day after the rafah crossing opening. israel striking the largest refugee camp for the second day in a row. president biden now saying we need a pause in order to get the prisoners out of the war zone. overnight republicans going after one of their own taking to the senate flor and slamming senator tommy tuberville as he continues to hold up the m military appointments. donald trump jr. rirning to the stand today followed by his brother as the $250 million civil fraud trial continues. a much-needed win for a community in mourning. the high school football team from lewiston, maine, beating their rivals with a roster of celebrities cheering them on. cnn this morning starts right now. this is a live look at the ra
he points out that ukraine needs these cluster bombs to defend themselves, defend their territory, to defend their people. the russians have been hitting civilian targets, residential apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, and these cluster munitions will help the ukrainians defend themselves. so he was very supportive. and he said even when he was an active duty military personnel before he became defense secretary he dealt with cluster munitions. he knows all about them and they can be used in a safe and secure way. that s what he was saying. you also spoke to him about senator tommy tuberville s block on military aappointments. what did he have to say? he was very, very disappointed in senator tuberville. he said this is a national security issue. what tuberville, in effect, is doing is undermining u.s. national security. i have a clip from the interview. let she play this exchange i had with the defense secretary on tuberville. listen to this.