right to rebel. [chanting] the world is upside down, the big weekend show begins with a fox news alert, i carry along with munroe, alicia acuna joe concha. the big story tonight, tens of thousands of pro- palestinian protesters line the streets of our nation s capital. many spewing anti-semitic tropes and eight as i make calls for the total destruction and annihilation of israel. mike may look live in the center of it all in washington d.c. massive protests at the nation kat are calling for cease-fire in the middle east : fourth united states to stop sending a to israel and earlier i caught up with the protester from ohio. kids, women, pretty much bombing everything. this is not a work, more is military against military and this is humanity. we are hoping will completely stop. many people are out here yelling and marching all afternoon into the evening. people busted by pro- palestinian groups and antiwar organizations from places like chicago and across the mid
difficult crisis as israel and hamas war enters its day. in gaza rockets continue to fly. roughly 250 israelis have been evacuated from the border near gaza. more than a million residents of gaza have been displaced or told to leave their homes. the israeli war on hamas has led to destruction across gaza not just in the north. right now the palestinian ministry of health estimates more than 8,500 people have been killed in gaza including 3,500 children. the palestinian ministry of health is controlled by hamas, but in the past its statistic about death in these sorts of conflicts heeen called accurate. save the children is now warning the number of children killed in gaza in the last few weeks is greater than the total number of children killed in all global conflicts each year since 2019. it is by all accounts by anyone looking at it an enormous humanitarian crisis. it s also become an enormous domestic political challenge. in the aftermath of the terror attack, the worst
today closing arguments underway in hunter biden s federal gun trial i ll after we learned that the president s son will not testify in the case, why did the defense decide not to put him on the stand? a verdict could come as soon as today, plus former president trump does yet another thing. no former president has done before meet with a probation officer it s a standard part of the process ahead of his sentencing. next it s month we ll talk about what comes next and happening now, a high-stakes meeting in israel, the us secretary of state s sitting down with israel s prime minister pushing for a ceasefire after idf forces rescue four hostages in gaza. an array that reportedly killed hundreds of palestinians were following these major development i ve been stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we start with breaking news, closing arguments are now underway in the hunter biden trial after calling three witnesses to testify on friday, the def
plus, senate republicans block a bill to protect access to birth control as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we are now 153 days away from the election, and it that means it is exactly five months from today. and as we get closer to that day, president biden is trying to show the sharp differences between him and donald trump. right now he s in france to mark tomorrow s 80th anniversary of d-day. and while he is there for a very important occasion, he is also trying to reassure our allies about america s place on the world stage. and what will happen when voters go to the polls in november. as our friend reports for the atlantic, quote, in capitals across the continent, leaders and diplomats express a sense of alarm bordering on panic at the prospect of donald trump s re-election. on friday, he is scheduled to give a major speech on democracy and the global struggle against authoritarianism. compare that
and get just enough of those swing state votes to win, but there is a really serious long-term impact to be thinking about here. when we take away the idea of the courts as being real, we don t really know what happens after that. and that is something i am watching so closely when i do my reporting and talk to these voters who are concerned tant state of america to come and tell them that this whole other chunk of it is not working, is also fake, i don t know what that means for the nation s sort of, like, health in the long term. glenn, it s sort of this reminder of how extraordinary it was that a week ago 12 ordinary new yorkers took on the brave, bold, and difficult task of sitting on that jury and convicting donald trump, because now today we learned from axios reporting that trump allies are already talking about this idea that they want to throw d.a. alvin bragg in jail. what does that say to you? especially where donald trump