alliance, and it s good for sweden and turkey and all of nato and the baltic region. but the big topic of discussion at this high stakes summit is the war in ukraine. ukraine wants a path to nato membership, but the u.s. and other countries are reluctant to do so while the war is still raging. looking at this is josh letterman, and also joining us, jim townsend, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nato. and a former deputy assistant second of defense. how did this happen? well, josé, according to the countries that are involved in this, nato and the u.s., and of course, turkey, they were able to move past long-standing concerns that turkey had about arms exports and terrorism within sweden and finland, the country that joined nato back in april. but behind the scenes there was a lot of wrangling by the turkish government trying to extract concessions on key issues, including trying to get the u.s. to sell f-16s to turkey, and we started to hear from presiden
thanks for being with us on cnn news central. donald trump lashed out at his civil trial. nothing really new there. what is new he was able to make some more of those very same claims inside the courtroom today during closing arguments. the judge made the move of letting trump address the courtroom with $370 million and his ability to do business in new york on the line. trump spoke from the defense table. after five minutes the judge actually cut him off. prosecutors for the new york attorney general are giving their closing argument. we have a reporter scattered across lower manhattan. including in the court room. let s start now with kristin holmes who got in a few questions with trump. down in wall street. kristin what else did we here at this press conference? reporter: at the top. it was very much what we heard before that this election interference in political persecution. he again said that this case was working in cahoots with president biden because biden did n
the lead starts right now. this hour, hunter biden is going into court, donald trump is coming out of court, we are following it all. the lead starts right now. donald trump gets a second chance, he is allowed to speak at the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. what you said and why a judge and then shut it down and one day after hunter biden s shop appearance on capitol hill, he is now back home in california facing federal charges. and now, the first lady, his mom, is weighing in. and a stunning rise in public officials targeted and dangerous swatting incidents, that s when hoax 911 calls report fake violent crimes to get a police response and possibly real police violence against innocent victims. i am going to speak with a republican who has faced threats and ask them what needs to happen for these cases to stop. [ music ] welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper. we start with the final moments of donald trump s civil fraud trial, playing out right now in a
a very good day to all of you at msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports, and a happy mother s day to all of you moms out there celebrating. developing this, our new reaction to the ending of title 42, as predictions of chaos and an unprecedented influx of migrants have not materialized this weekend. homeland security secretary explains why earlier today. because we have communicated fairly clearly, a vitally important message. the individuals who are thinking of arriving at our southern border, there is a lawful, safe, an orderly way to arrive in the united states. it is through the pathways that president biden has expanded in an unprecedented way. then, there is a consequence if one does not use those lawful pathways. also new, the clock tick union washington journal a deal to raise the debt ceiling before a june 1st deadline for default. staff meetings are taking place today ahead of an unexpected meeting this week between the
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. our borders are not open. the united states tells migrants to turn around. that after title 42 comes off the books. evidence border fults are stretched way beyond what they can handle. plus here s a debt ceiling personal tu test. the view, a cancelled big meeting pushes the country further towards default. they are more important than camera ready sit-downs. and a proposal from a gop candidate. to raise the voting age to 25 with service members and first responders. young americans should earn the right to vote. the math show it is may well be a blatant attempt to help republican odds. it s a new day at the border and one of uncertainty. both for the thousands of migrants trying to enter the united states and the personnel charged with trying to turn them away. title 42 ended and so did the power to quickly expel people who enter the united states illegally. the homeland secur