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ramping up pressure on israel to define the next phase of the war with hamas. this as the idf claims its discovered the biggest hamas tunnel in gaza and describing it as an underground terror city. hong kong pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lai i on trial at this hour, facing his most consequential legal challenge to date. >> live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. hours from now, the u.s. defense secretary will arrive in israel, his second trip to the countr...

anti-immigrant rhetoric causing reverberations today. the white house calling the comments, quote, fascist, after the former president said this in new hampshire saturday. >> theyre poisoning the blood of our country. thats what theyve done. theyve poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just south america or the three or four countries we think about. but all over the world, theyre coming into our country, from africa, from asia, all over the world. theyre pou...

viewers watching from all around the world. im paula newton. ahead on "cnn newsroom," u.s. lawmakers insist default is not an option, but theres no deal yet to raise the debt limit. ahead, what this could mean for the global economy. plus new reporting from "the washington post." employees of former president trump allegedly moved boxes of papers at mar-a-lago a day before the justice department showed up to collect classified documents. memorial day weekend is just the start of wh...

>> bret: okay. thanks, greg. >> greg: thank you. good evening, welcome to washington. im bret baier. another record for migrant encounters as a federal appeals court puts a halt to the biden administrations plan to remove a barrier along that border. we will take you there live. sweaty palms among former associates of the late sex offender jeffrey epstein as their names could soon be made public. the latest on this. and remembering the first female justice on the u.s. supreme court ton...

just ahead, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is on his way to israel as washington faces calls to press for an end to the heavy bombardment of gaza. and we will speak to a man whose father is still being held hostage by hamas. why he says israel should be doing more to bring his father and the other hostages home. plus, donald trump is doubling down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric. we will look at what hes vowing to do if re-elected. thanks for joining us. u.s. defense secretary ...

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congress fails to act and the u.s. defaults on its debt will be bad. its something that looks more possible by the day. the clock is ticking. speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a deal by this weekend. that its the only way to give both houses of congress enough time to actually mark up and pass anything on the debt ceiling. but president biden is leaving town tomorrow heading for the g-7 in japan. what punch bowl called a damned if he does, if he doesnt situation for biden with the s...

debt ceiling before we default. should be most consequential g7 in years. the bottom line is this should be g7 in which the president projects strength and resolve to our allies. if biden was on the top of his games, he would say were going to protect our allies and i have a deal with mccarthy. that is what he should be saying, hes not. >> todd: lucas tomlinson live in washington with more. lucas. >> lucas: this trip hurts -- to move beyond that spy balloon. jake sullivan spoke en rout...

on the programme today: tories lick their wounds as their losses mount — the pm puts on a brave face. we are obviously very disappointed. we are obviously very disappointed. we did expect a slight change, but certainly not before whirlwind gains that labour have made tonight. tories lick their wounds as their losses mount — the pm puts on a brave face. im not detecting any massive groundswell of moment towards the labour party or excitement for their agenda. people want us to focus...