the gunman remain at large. thanks so much for joining us. we ll see you back here tomorrow. ac30 60 starts right now it s thursday, may 16, right now on cnn this morning it s on joe biden and donald trump signing off on do debates. the first one next month, right here on cnn plus trump s lawyers planning a new strategy with michael cohen former fixer, back on the stand this morning in the hush money trial, and two partners with a pledge, vladimir putin and xi jinping together in beijing vowing to deepen their ties. what does this mean for the west? all right. 5:00 a.m. here in washington alive. look at capitol hill on this thursday morning, we re almost there. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. joe biden and donald trump will be face-to-face next month for the first presidential debate of this election cycle, the two presumptive nominees have accepted debate invitations from cnn and abc cnn s set to take place first, it s going to
presidential debates also tonight, michael cohen is bracing for round two of his fiery cross-examination in donald trump s hush money trial the next moves by the defense could go a long way toward deciding if jurors believed the longtime trump fixtures incriminating testimony against his former boss at a cnn exclusive this hour for inside the illegal gun trade in haiti, a cnn team flies over the country devastated by gang violence to see how deadly weapons are smuggled and why that s making efforts to feed starving people even more dangerous welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and urine the situation room our top story tonight the deal is now done and the date is set for president joe biden and former president donald trump to go head-to-head on the debate stage here on cnn, a first in their historic rematch. cnn s jeff zeleny has bore and how this all came about, and i would could impact the race well, make my day pal, i
up to 70% off designer brands have the designers that get your heart racing had inside a prices new every day, hurry. there ll be gone in a flash. designer sales at up to 70% are sop guilty com today it s wednesday, may 15th, right now on cnn this morning donald trump s lawyers grilling michael cohen. trump trying to convince the jury. he s a man on a mission to destroy donald trump plus the biden administration moving forward with a new $1 billion arms deal for israel. and secretary of state antony blinken, making an unannounced visit to kyiv, laying out a vision for victory with ukraine in its war with russia hi there. i m here in washington, dc. it live. look at new york s city early on this wednesday morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us michael cohen was in the hot seat and under pressure donald trump s former fixer facing hours of grilling on cross-examination from defense lawyers yesterday. their goal it seemed was to
full-scale invasion of rafah. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. a crying little expletive. it got ugly in the hush money case today for trump and right away, i mean, right off the bat. that was just one of the first leinz trump s defense attorney, todd blanche confronted star witness michael cohen. the width as the cross-examination began this afternoon. so i was there watching as trump s former fixer went toe-to-toe with the trump s attorney. and as i said, it was literally i mean, basically the first line, trump s attorney todd blanche starts his questioning by confronting michael cohen and he s he whether he was pretending to be or truly angry, he came off so angry that he was shaking and he pulls up a video that michael cohen and posted on tiktok and he said you went on tiktok and you called me a crying little expletive, didn t you i mean, it was just so intense. now, cohen responds. sounds like something i would say. trump leaned f
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