Criminal sderot trial starts in just a couple of weeks. And next hour, the last possible we will sentence for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh. Soon hell find out how much time he will get for stealing from his clients and law firm. Also today, 50 the Million People from texas to virginia are under a Severe Weather risk. Some areas could see some tornadoes. Youll have the latest forecast for you, kate is out, im sarah sidner with john im berman. This is Cnn News Central this morning. Crooked, deranged, et evil. That is how donald trump celebrated easter. The words he used the easter message to describe the prosecutors leading criminal cases against him as he gets ready for critical month, be targeted special counsel, jack smith, Manhattan District Attorney alvin alvin bragg, the Fulton County district attorney, fani willis. This after going after the daughter of the judge overseeing his criminal case in new york in a separate message, seed and Steve Contorno joins us now, pretty stark,
Out recovering for a few weeks. I leave you in the most capable hands. Capable, and carrying youve got kate bolduan here, john berman, and if they act up, dm me we wanted no matter what, and we cannot wait for you to get back better than ever. Thank you. I think you. Thank you so much for being with us today. This is cnn new central, cnn Special Coverage Of The Trump Trial starts now moments ago, donald trump, as you could see, theyre leaving trump tower to the head here where we are outside of the courthouse in minutes, the likely final hold Defense Witness for donald trump will be under oath and on the Witness Stand yet again, well see if it goes better than it did the last time. Robert costello provoked a dressing down hello, from the judge over his courtroom behavior after just minutes on the stand yesterday, he has now been warned not to roll his eyes, say, jeez, after a ruling not, to stare down the judge, all helpful tips. I was in that room when all that happened yesterday is t
Welcome to cnn this morning. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Erin burnett is live in tel aviv. A hostage released by hamas yesterday is now speaking. She is tell her story this morning at the hospital. 85yearold Yocheved Lifshitz told reporters how she was abducted and held captive underground for weeks. The grandmother says they stormed her kibbutz and took her away on a motorbike and beat her with sticks. She says they took her in hamas underground Tunnel Network and held had her with four other ginls. They had guards, a doctor and paramedics who took care of them. Hamas had a stockpile of shampoo and other toiletries for hostages to use. There are huge network of tunnels underneath. It looks like a spiderweb. When she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and they are not going to hurt them. And that they share they ate the same food that the hamas was eating. They have released four hostages as israeli troops gear up to launch an assault by gaza by gr
Issues, not economic ones. That being said, although they are intertwined these days when security is so critical to the United States and japan and to the philippines as well, that being said and the japanese as we all know are too polite to say this, there is unhappiness in japan over president bidens decision to publicly oppose the sale of u. S. Steel to nippon steel so we thought to focus on the importance of u. S. Japan cooperation on Economic Security, on reliable supply chains, on japans significant and longstanding direct investment across the United States and the potential benefits that an enriched u. S. Japan Partnership Offers to American Workers and allied technological leadership. All these things will be on the agenda at the white house next week. We have two panels of experts today. One on Economic Security that i will moderate and another on Foreign Direct Investments that my japan chair colleague will moderate. But first we have the honor of a keynote and discussion w
Gold prices is up 1. 3 . It is currently 2,382. If you are watching bitcoin, it is pulling back a bit. Yesterday, bitcoin was above 72,000. It is 70,452 right now. Oil prices have been picking up steam as well. In the nmeantime, we talk about a. I. Every 20 minutes on this show . More frequently. It could be a drinking game. We will continue the game in a different way. Elon musk speaking out on x saying his guess is we will have a. I. That is smarter than any one human, probably, by the end of next year. He said within the next five years, the capabilities of a. I. Will exceed that of all humans. I dont know if that is com commentary on the intelligence of a. I. Or humans. Oh, burn. A year from now if it could be that smart that quickly, sam altman talked about chatgpt 4. 0 as a competent helper. They always do something that is a little wrong. The answer is not always exactly the way it is supposed to be. Ight. Are we a year away from the competent helper being a super competent huma