The money. Yeah. Jason carroll. Thank you very much. Theres an incredible story thanks for joining us. The news continues now here on cnn its wednesday, may 22, right now on cnn this morning, the defense rests now, the fate of the former for president will be decided by 12 manhattan jurors deadly turbulence, one passenger killed dozens more injured when a Singapore AirlinesPassenger Jet hits some very rough air and theres a devastating tornado tearing a small town in iowa hello, two pieces all right. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, eight live. Look at New York City good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us the defense rests Donald Trumps lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former president yesterday in his criminal hush money trial. And two, almost no ones surprise, trump did not testify as promised. The jury wont return until tuesday for Closing Arguments with a verdict possible by the end of next week. Trumps sounding competent going into Closing Arguments, but refusing to answer why he decided not to testify very good i think we have a great she was put on that roman is no primes with an extended break in the trial, trump is returning to the Campaign Trail for the remainder of the week. Rotors reports will be holding a funnel razer with liters of three big Us Oil Companies in houston later today, the washington post, to previously reported trump, it asked the Oil Executives to donate 1 billion to his campaign a little complicated. Actually, do that are joining me now, discuss a few National Politics reporter for axios sophia. Good morning. Wonderful to have you. Look no one is surprised or you shouldnt be surprised that donald trump decided not to testify in his own defense although i guess you could be forgiven for thinking that he would considering what he has said about it in the past, watch do we have that we might not have that. Were just looking for all the times. He said that he would not testify or that he would testify in his own defense, which were many but ultimately, he wouldnt actually answer questions about why he wouldnt testify in this case. Clearly, probably legally the right decision, no. Right. Something has changed and we saw that from him because his lawyers, i think have suggested that hed not testify. We know that anytime he goes up there, he tends to incriminate himself. And so we know that the campaign, as well as trump himself, has differed a lot to the lawyers and ultimately, i think it was the lawyers decision for him not to go up there and testify. So instead of testifying, he used his time outside the court to criticize the judge in this case, won more, sean and he really escalated those attacks something weve seen him do before with other judges. Im he hasnt done it as frequently in this case, but this is what he said yesterday about judge juan roshan. Listen take a look take a look at where it comes from. So of course this is what he says. Take a look at where he comes from. He cant stand donald trump, obviously referring to his heritage in columbia. This is something that again, weve seen him do with other judges, but it really is remarkable that he takes these attacks to this level. Yeah, i mean, i think this is the first time that he to my knowledge, has made this particular attack against this judge. But you know, thats a line that he is used to attack a lot of people that he doesnt like is to show how they are different in how they shouldnt be trusted. I think he knows that were getting to the closing days of this trial, so it could be that hes feeling particularly emotional and coming out to say, say these things, but thats a pretty common im in line line for him a lot that you are correct when you say this is something that we hear from him a lot to the point where i think for some folks, it seems unremarkable. I think think worth just spending a second noting that it is still remarkable if you, of course this campaign is continuing while hes in the courtroom he was out there doing some local interviews as we reported there, hes gonna be fundraising, obviously one of the major issues on the trail this cycle has been Abortion Rights in the fall for versus wade. And one thing democrats have warned or tried to emphasize is that they believe that there may be republicans who try to interfere with peoples ability to get contraception right . Which is of course different from the Abortion Pill, different from some of the other things that we talk about here. Much, much farther down the line, i guess you could say. And donald trump was asked by a reporter that trump was talking to whether or not he would restrict contraception. Heres how donald trump answered that question do you support any restrictions on a persons right to contraception . Were looking at that and im going to have a policy on that very shortly and i think its something that youll find interesting that suggests that that you may want to support some restrictions like the morning after pill or some here we are also things really do have a lot to do with the states now, the campaign seems to be trying to walk that back. Obviously, there is also an Abortion Pill mifepristone, where there are questions about whether that could be restricted through the mail, et cetera. Some questions about wild trump confuse these two things. But this is certainly something democrats are likely to seize on. Oh, yeah, absolutely. I mean, when we went back and asked the Campaign Just lets today after that interview, that campaign told us that trump, in the time interview, had said that he was planning to announce a new policy on mifepristone so it really does appear like he confused that to and as for democrats, i think this really fell into their lap yesterday because allows them two in a video clip, replay that time and again, reminding voters what a second term Trump Presidency look like using trumps words and certainly suburban women voters have really been a major reason why donald trump lost the election in 2020. And if he loses again in 2024, likely to be another key reason. So if you think its pretty much restart and stuff this morning, thanks. I can shade it. 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Israels Foreign Minister quickly responded by recalling their ambassadors writing this ireland, norway, intend to send a message to the palestinians and the whole world today. Terrorism pays after the terrorist Organization Hamas carried out the largest massacre of jews since the holocaust. After it committed the most horrific sex crimes the world has been these countries chose to give a reward to hamas and iran and recognize A Palestinian state. Joining me now is cnns max foster. Max, good morning. Coming to you. So less than half of eu countries recognize Palestinian Statehood. Most are eastern European Countries what is the significance of this i think these are very close. These joe, these countries that are very central to european politics, they are also very close to the United States. And theyve all grouped together effectively this group of three, making the same announcement at the same time. And it was there all saying in response to what theyre seeing in gaza. So maybe they wouldnt be you doing this if it wasnt at this time, if it wasnt what happened in gaza and its pretty clear that the china builds some momentum here, are trying to get other countries to follow suit. So obvious. Countries to look to are the United Kingdom and then that obviously raises questions about the United States who have been talking about a twostate solution, but not statehood. So it does put the us in a difficult position to really clarify themselves on that because some people see it as contradictory, but of course this is absolutely against what israel, the current government there stands for and i think therell be some people in the us, it would argue actually working towards a twostate solution. Ultimately, this might just get in the way why do you think there is a divide between the Biden Administration and even many republicans who at least privately well say that this has been kind of us policy for decades. This idea that we would work towards a twostate solution in the region and that its netanyahu that has taken it farther and basically taken that off the table because of his own political nicole imperatives. Yeah, certainly we saw that to me i love the conversations between the us and israel. This is a big form tension between biden and netanyahu. But its what point you recognize a. Palestinian, state as far as diplomacy is concerned, and thats the, thats what all the focus here would be on. The us because it will be huge thing for them to say it, but its the timing around that and that might put a lot more pressure on them to bring that timing forward. I dont think itll be necessarily be seen as helpful as by some of the United States. But over here in europe is seen as if youre gonna do it, you should r8 now and put your cards on the table all right. Max foster for us live from london. Max, always grateful to have you. Thank you so much for being here. All right. Now, this passengers recalling the terrifying moments when theyre Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence on the way from london to Singapore First came the fasten seat belt sign, an indication we should really do better Job Listening when that sign comes up because after that quote, all well, hell broke loose but i saw people come across the aisle just like going completely horizontal, hitting the ceiling and let me back down and like really awkward positions, people like getting massive gaseous and your head concussions yeah, its the flight made an Emergency Landing just minutes later in bangkok, official say a 73 yearold passenger died and more then 70 passengers were injured. Six of them critically. Cnns anna coren is live in hong kong with the latest on this. Good morning to you. What is the latest . What are we learning . Yeah, harrowing ordeal for the passengers and crew on board that Singapore Airlines flight 321 it was flying over the Irrawaddy Basin In May and ten hours into a 13 hour flight, london to singapore, as you said, casey, there were storms in the area, but passengers on board said there was little if no warning the seatbelt sign wasnt on in the lead up to this incident, meal service was underway. People were Walking Around the cabin using the Bathroom Frames and then suddenly the plane was shaking, it tilted and then dropped violently. As we heard, passengers flying around the Cabin Heating the roof and everything loose became a projectile. 37 of 73 yearold man, british man jeffrey kitchen. He died passengers performed cpr for Something Like 20 minutes. Casey. Unfortunately, he passed away. His wife was also among the 71 people who are injured. Six are in a critical condition. Now, Singapore Airlines ceo, hes offered his condolences. Hes very sorry for that. The traumatic experience that people have enjoyed, as we know, Singapore Airlines, its One Of The Best and Safest Airlines in the world. And investigation is underway led by the singapore transport ministry. But because this is a boeing airline, a case iv Us National Transportation safety board is also involved. All right. Anna coren for us with the latest on that, anna, thank you are coming up next lets hear President Bidens warning after Team Trump Posts and then removes a video that uses langua