all right, hanako montgomery, thank you for being there. the news continues, the sort starts now. see you tomorrow. tonight, straight from the source. donald trump, formally challenging the decision in maine to remove him from its primary ballot based on the 14th amendments insurrectionist ban. and we expect other legal challenges from his team any minute now. plus, a senior leader of hamas, killed an explosion near beirut, lebanon. hezbollah warning is released this kind of action inside lebanon s borders won t be tolerated. could this lead to another front in israel s war? and is officially out as harvard s president. her resignation following mounting accusations of plagiarism that began after her controversial testimony on capitol hill about antisemitism on orbits campus. kaitlan collins is off tonight, i m brianna keilar, and this is the source. tonight, donald trump s legal team appealing the decision by mains secretary of state to remove the former president from
killed in an explosion near beirut, lebanon. hezbollah mwarning israelis thi won t be tolerated. and claudine gay is officially out as harvard s president. her controversial testimony on capitol hill about anti-semitism. kaitlyn collins is off tonight. this is the source. i m brianna keeler. tonight donald trump s legal team appealing the decision by maine secretary of state to remove the former president from the state s primary ballot. trump, of course, was booted off the primary ballot in colorado. we re still waiting on that appeal. we will have more on this breaking news in just a moment, but it is all unfolding 13 days from the iowa caucuses, where republican voters will have their first say about who they want the party s nominee to be. if you think those court battles are getting in trump s way, think again. not only did he nail down an endorsement today from the second highest majority leader in the house, majority leader steve scalise, but his base is growing mo
developments are happening during our show. exactly. there s a lot happening at the g-7. we ll get to that and a lot more. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, may 19th. cnn learning that president zelenskyy will attend the g-7 summit in japan in person. russia s war set to be a top agenda item as world leaders vow to step up sanctions. new reporting, biden administration signalling it won t stop allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. that s according to sources familiar with the discussions. will we ll see what they say today. also happening today, the suspect charged with leaking military secrets will be back in court as a judge is expected to rule where jack teixeira will remain behind bars while he awaits trial. this time, disney versus desantis. a spokesman for the governor called it unsurprising given the company s financial challenges. i think disney would see it another way. and a film festival celebrating harrison ford last night.
on the other hand, some israeli officials say that both the issue of the hostages and the issue of tensions on the border with lebanon could actually that this assassination could actually improve the situation because, while in the immediate term it will escalate things, in the more interim, it will basically send a message to hezbollah and gaza that it is better cooling off tensions in israel and going for a hostage deal. i m not sure i would agree with this israeli assessment, but many israeli officials feel that way. interesting. how precarious is the political situation for benjamin netanyahu given you have the feat of his judicial overall and also the fact there is waning support for funding, military aid funding of israel among democrats here in the u.s.? i think that when you look at