Weapons transfers if israel follows through on a fullscale invasion of rafah. Speaker mike johnson survived and outstripped out. Adult film star Stormy Daniels took the stand for two days this week in the trump hush money trial. Those are a few items making news this week. We would like to know what your top news story of the week is. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans call 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. You can send us a text at 202 7488003. Include your first name and city, state. You can post on our social media account, facebook. Com cspan and on x cspanwj. We are glad you are with us. Lets start with the comments that President Biden made on cnn about the weapons transfers to israel. [video clip] i know that you have paused, mr. President , shipments of 2000 pound u. S. Bonds to bombs to israel in concerned that it could be used on any offensive in rafah. How have those bombs been used to kill civilians in gaza . Pres. Biden civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bombs and the way that they go after population centers. If they go into rafah, they havent yet, i am not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with the cities, to deal with that problem. We will make sure that israel is secure in terms of the iron dome and the ability to respond to attacks, but its not wrong. We wont supply the weapons that have been used. Artillery shells as well . Pres. Biden yeah, artillery shells. Right now, is that not going into rafah . Has ovide and they havent gone into population centers. They have gone next to the border. We have worked really hard to make sure that we have a relationship, but ive made it clear to bibi and of the war cabinet that they wont get our support if they keep going into these population centers. We wont walk away from israels security or the ability to wage war in those areas. It is not over your red line yet . Pres. Biden not yet. Host that was the president on cnn a few days ago. U. S. Weapons may have been used in ways inconsistent with International Law in gaza according to a u. S. Assessment. The article says that secretary blinken delivered to congress on friday, yesterday, a highly anticipated report on israels military operations in gaza that accused Israeli Forces of potentially violating International Humanitarian law, but didnt formally find that they had already done so, according to the documents. The report states that though there are allegations that israel violated International Humanitarian law during the time covered by the report, from the beginning of this year through late april, the u. S. Doesnt have complete information on whether u. S. Weapons were used in those actions. The authors cite the difficulty of determining facts on the ground in an active war zone and the use of hamas using civilian infrastructure. We have other stories that we are following from this week addi your top news stories of the week. Speaker johnsonurviving a call to vacate his chair and the subsequent vote. Here is the Associated Press. Failure to outs speaker maga Mike Johnsons shows strength and weakness of his alliance with trump, and we will look at a portion of what he said after wednesdays vote. [video clip] members have just voted. We have important work to do for the country. There are a lot of things. Last week we announced the housewide effort to crack down on antisemitism on campus. This morning we introduce legislation to fortify american elections and ensure that only american citizens can vote. I am glad that this distraction will not inhibit that important work and all of the important things on the table and engender and agenda for us. Hopefully this is the end of personality politics and frivolous character assassination that has defined the 118th congress. It is regrettable, not who we are as americans, and we are better than this and need to get yonder it. The speaker of the house serves the whole house, everybody, but i am a lifelong Movement Conservative republican and i intend to continue to govern in accordance with those Core Principles. We believe in the seven Core Principles of american conservatism that also the Core Principles of america itself. I believe in individual freedom, limited government, the rule of law, fiscal responsibility, free markets, human dignity. Those are the Guiding Principles that inform our work and that we work for every day to pursue, to ensure that all americans have more liberty and opportunity and security. Those foundations are in jeopardy now. We need steady hands at the wheel, people who understand what made america the strongest, most powerful, most free, most successful, most netherland nation in the world. We have to fight for that every day. Host this mornings question is your top new story of the week. The phone lines are on your screen. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. We have a line that you can use to text us, 202 7488003. We are watching our social media feeds. We have facebook. Com cspan. And we are on x, formerly twitter, cspanwj. The phone lines, andrew in sterling, virginia. Caller before i make my comment as to the top story of the week, i want to say that you are, without a doubt, my favorite host on cspan. You are a class act. You asked really good followup questions, you are very respectful of all of the callers. You are a pleasure to watch and i wish that you were on every day. Having said that, my top story is i saw where former President Trump had a couple of large dinners at maralago hosting the big Oil Companies, the ceos of the big Oil Companies, and multibillionaires. He promised off the bat that if they donated to his campaign he would make sure that he would extend the massive tax cuts for the rich that are due to expire soon. He promised the Oil Companies that he would get rid of regulation on the drilling of more oil, even though this country has produced more oil this past year under the Biden Administration than ever before in history. I want American Voters to realize that in order to make these promises to these multibillionaires and huge corporations, in order to do that trump will have to make massive cuts to Social Security, medicare, and the entitlements. To all of those maga voters out there, what are you going to do if he is able to succeed and make those cuts . You guys are going to be in a world of hurt. You think the price of gas will save you if he drops it a dollar or so . You wont have a pension. You wont have anything in the way of Social Security. You will be doomed. Thank god for President Trump. Host all right, andrew. This is what andrew was talking about, an article from politico. Trump pressed Oil Executives to give 1 million for his campaign. This is a scandal and an indictment of the system, but probably legal, according to a legal watchdog. It says that the former president asks Oil Executives last month to donate 1 billion to aid his campaign to retake the white house. Campaign finance experts said the request appears troubling but is probably legal. The request first reported by the Washington Post occurred during a meeting of Oil Industry Executives at the former president s home in palm beach, florida. The oil industry has a long list of policy actions it would want trump to take, including dismantling parts of President Bidens green agenda and rolling back pollution regulations that threaten to crimp their profits. Politico reported on wednesday that Oil Executives are preparing highly specific requests for trump, including executive orders that they hope he would sign if reelected. At the least, the one billion points to problems governing law in politics according to a finance director at a watchdog group. At a high level it perfectly captures so much of what is wrong with our bigmoney campaignfinance system. Lucas is next, republican in delray beach, florida. Caller good morning. Once again, the socalled hush money trial President Donald Trump in manhattan is my top story of the week. The whole deal is so wrong. I know its not a profound statement, but for goodness sake. Putting him on trial i am not a lawyer, but from what i can gather from watching cable news but me be clear, i am not a right wing lunatic. I watch everything from newsmax to msnbc and everything in between regularly. From one end of the political media spectrum to the other, none of them are describing what he is being charged with. You have for example, not picking on msnbc, but he was talking about Stormy Daniels walked up to the stage. It was a poetic description of her appearance, but what is the actual crime . Rightwing, leftwing, somebody needs to explain it. I feel like they have yet to do so on cable news. Host you are in luck. Later on our podcast segment we will have a law professor talking to us. We will definitely ask about that. What he is being charged with and why and things like that. Caller fantastic. Thank you. Host william in ohio, independent, good morning. Caller good morning. Host what is going on in ohio . Caller my major thing is my major thing right now is also the trial. Trump has been held in contempt nine or 10 times. Why hasnt he done any jail time yet . It seems like he should have to. He goes after people all the time and threatens people with bloodshed and Everything Else, which is ridiculous. Hes a loser. Period. Host there are people who say that the gag order is completely unfair. What do you think about that . Do you think that its fair that he not be allowed to talk about witnesses and the families of the judge and things like that . Caller absolutely. His followers, it gives them reasons to go after them. Look after the election. They went after people. It is like he has his own gestapo out there. Host lets hear from the former president speaking to reporters after Stormy Daniels wrapped up her testimony. [video clip] mr. Trump thank you, everyone saw what happened today. I dont think we have to do any extra explaining. This judge is corrupt, a corrupt judge. This judge, but he did, what this ruling was, was a disgrace. What happened today, he is a corrupt judge and is totally conflicted. Ive got to get back on the campaign trail. On not supposed to be here. We are so innocent. There has never been anything like it. Every single legal analyst, im innocent, and im being held in this court with a corrupt judge who is so conflicted. Take a look at his conflict. It is a disgrace to the city of new york, the city of new york and the country. Thank you. Ho he mentioned getting back on the campaign trail. He will be getting back today and we will cover that live for you starting at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. The former preside wl have a Campaign Rally in wildwood, new jersey. Thatilbe covered at 5 00 p. M. Eastern here on cspan and on our app, cspan now, and online at cspan. Org. Marcus is in columbus, ohio. What is your top new story . Caller i think my top new story is probably the United States more so on the International Stage with the u. N. Vote to treat palestine as a member and the Security Council to revisit the issue. The report that the state department released, there is actually a state Department Employee that has resigned over the support for israels genocidal campaign. Josh paul. He started or is working with a group called just security. He essentially did the report as if you were still working for the state department and utilized all of the same information that the United States has access to and has gone over it is about 40 pages identifying details, factual, data over multiple war crimes that the Israel Government is committing. Even where they are dropping some of these 200pound bombs on apartment complexes. Where they are not even giving any targeting data for it, so in the report it spells out how israel is indiscriminately or has been dropping bombs on palestinians. In the recent few days between dropping weapons shipments, they have closed down gaetz allowing in humanitarian aid, which the Nine Administration says israel isnt breaking. I think that the shift in the geopolitical relevance of the United States because of joe bidens support of israel i think will create changes in the future that most americans are expecting because we dont see information and how the rest of the world sees our actions and blind support for a genocide. It is kind of a big deal, shifting our power in the country. Host this is what he was mentioning about the u. N. The Associated Press with the headline, the u. N. Assembly approved resolution granting palestine you rights and revising its u. N. Membership bid. This is the General Assembly voted by a wide margin on saturday to grant new rights and privileges to palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider palestines request to become the 194th member of the united nations. Dan is in oregon, republican, good morning. Caller good morning. I am a little horse this morning. It is about israel. I didnt ever think that our nation would come up against that is why the nazis went after them, because they were gods children. It mightve been one of the seals opened in the bible about covid. It tears my heart, because a lot of jews got killed in the holocaust, and something about there is a valley where the blood is getting to the horses bridles. It is all about hate, not enough love, didnt care. The christians and the jews and the muslims and all of us got to quit shedding blood. Forgive me, i shouldnt say that because last time i called i said something about anarchy. Host what do you think is the solution for the war in gaza . Caller what about the 1947 accords . Where was the palestinians land and where was the jewish homeland . Jerusalem is set up for the jews. Host a two state solution going back to the 1947 agreement . Caller i have heard that they were from lebanon, syria, and the bordering areas. Im not sure. I know what would you call a how about a space coup . Host the president was speaking about the holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance Day and antisemitism. Here is a portion of his remarks. [video clip] pres. Biden we must give hate no safe harbor against anyone, anyone. Our Jewish Americans represent only 2 of the u. S. Population and helped the cause of freedom for everyone in our nation. That experience, we know that scapegoating and demonizing any minority is a threat to every minority and the foundation of our democracy. In moments like this i like to put these principles we talk about into action. I understand that people have strong beliefs and deep convictions about the world. In america, we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech. Two debate and disagree. To protest peacefully and make our voices heard. I understand thats america, but there is no place on any campus in america, any place in america, for antisemitism, hate speech, or threats of violence of any kind. [applause] whether against jews or anyone. Attacks, destroying property, is not peaceful protest. It is against the law and we are not a lawless country. We are a civil society. No one should have to hide just to be themselves. [applause] the jewish community, i want you to know, i see your fear, hurt, and pain. Let me reassure you that as your president you are not alone. You belong. You always have and you always will. My commitment to the safety of the jewish people, the security of israel, and its right to exist as an independent jewish state is ironclad even when we disagree. [applause] host that was the president s remarks from tuesday. We are getting your top new story of the weekend going to our line for independents. John, hello. Caller good morning. I had a couple of things. I saw a story on fox, i think, and i was wondering if you could look it up because i didnt see it on msnbc or any other stations about the illegal immigration. Denver had a list of demands for free stuff that they were demanding and it was unbelievable is true. But i dont know if is just a couple of people or if its a big movement. I was wondering if you could look it up to see if its true. The other thing that i was wondering is, how could burnett when she is interviewing the president , joe biden, and he said that he inherited 9 inflation, how could she not correct him . In order not to embarrass the president . Everyone knows that thats not true. Thank you. Host on fox news, the thing that you mentioned, it says foxnews. Com denver migrants refused to lees encampments. The list includes demands for better food, access to immigration lawyers, and unlimited shower time. You can find that at foxnews. Com. Harold in livingston, tennessee, democrat, good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call. I really wish she would do more on shows of what legislation is being proposed up there that cuts the Social Security and what the candidates say they will do about Social Security. The legislation that is local or whatever that they are talking about up there, if you cut Social Security off you are really going to hurt this country big time. Or if you cut any ma