this is the 76th anniversary of this event. i want you to know i wasn t there because i was too young to make it up. these birds have a new appreciation of the word let freedom ring. president biden with some jokes during the turkey pardon at the white house yesterday. meanwhile his campaign is facing calls from fellow democrats to become more active and aggressive against donald trump. speaking of the former president, we ll explain what happened yesterday in the gag order hearing for his federal election interference case. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest in the hostage negotiations between hamas and israel, which appear to be centered on a pause in the fighting in gaza. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, november 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot to get isto this morning, and we ll begin with new polling that shows americans overwhelmingly supporting boosting security at the southern bord
tamar. and maria rds for budget reminder, all campaign smart. he has a judge this is cnn, the world s news but the twice and peach president says he d be okay with serving prison time. this comes just days after the historic verdict that found trump guilty on all charges in his criminal hush money trial. this morning and is only interview since he was convicted, trump warned a harsh sentence could anger his base judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. they couldn t face what that does. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers. he had the day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that to the press. i don t get a bag for anything. you just the way it is. i don t know that the public would stand it. you know, i don t i m not sure that the public would stand for with a house arrest or i think i think it d be tough for the public to take at a certain point. there s a breaking point now, just days after president biden reacted to all of this
thank you so much, ryan thank you all so much for joining us. the cnn special event, juneteenth, celebrating freedom and legacy starts right now welcome to a cnn special event, juneteenth celebrating freedom and legacy. i m victor blackwell behind me is the beautiful national museum of african-american history culture in washington, dc this is the perfect setting for us celebration of juneteenth. because like the museum, juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery here in the united states. it s also a celebration of black culture and history. it tells our story of struggle genius, and beauty. tonight, we will bring you an exceptional lineup of iconic black musical artist you will see their dynamic performances and you ll hear their views on this holiday. and it s important. are night of uplifting music inspiring moments and entertainment from some of the best to ever renewing tonight special cnn, juneteenth celebration. i think it s progress. i think so so alluding freedo
all right. thanks for joining us. the news continues here on cnn happening now and escalating campaign battle over immigration. that s president biden orders new protections for some undocumented spouses and children of us citizens and slams donald trump for fueling fears of immigrants standby to here are trump is hitting back tonight. also this hour, an extraordinary seen in north korea as kim jong-un embraces letter putin and gives him the red carpet treatment. the us watching wearily as these adversaries of the west are cozying up and increasing their military cooperation at a moment of reckoning, that s what one senator is calling a tense hearing about growing worries over the safety of boeing jets. we re going to tell you how the testimony of bowman ceo played with lawmakers and with relatives of crash victims who were there in the room welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer, a you re in the situation room we begin with presid
continues next on cnn hello, and welcome to our viewers, joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m eleni giokos, just ahead. us senators blast boeing s outgoing ceo for safety concerns and what they call a culture of retaliation against whistleblowers plus north korea s leader welcomes russian president vladimir putin as the pair look to send a signal to the waist about the deepening ties and warning about an online scam costing americans billions of dollars victims and their families shared their harrowing stories with cnn welcome to the show and full the first time boeing s embattled ceo has answered directly to us lawmakers about the company s troubled safety record and he also came face-to-face with the families of passengers killed in to boeing crashes dave calhoun endured a grilling from republicans and democrats alike at a senate subcommittee hearing tuesday in 110 exchange, republican senator josh hawley questioned calhoun about allegations t