under trump this kind of government will perish from the earth. in a surprise move the biden campaign sent a surrogate of its own to lower manhattan yesterday. two-time academy award winner robert de niro. we ll have more of the actor s warnings about the dangers of a possible second donald trump presidency. and of course we ll go through what happened inside the courtroom as well. during closing arguments in the former president s criminal hush money trial as we are now just hours away from the start of jury deliberations. plus we ll go through new reporting on the deadly israeli air strike in rafah and the biden administration s response to the tragedy. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a big show this morning. and in just hours donald trump s fate will be in the hands of a juror. both the defense and prosecution delivered their closing arguments yesterday in
the 2019 pro bowler who s battled injuries but he is healthy now and ready to flourish. mccaffrey returning to the bay area where he played his star b ball. in the nba, the lakers hosting the clippers. lebron trying to keep his team in it. big jam on the break. 20 points. ten boards for lebron. not enough though. kawhi leonard who played in his first game in 16 months scoring 14 off the bench putting a nice little clutch jumper over lebron in the final minute as well. the clippers with their eighth straight win over their city rivals. it was an action-packed night in the nhl highlighted by the maple leafs handing the stars their first overtime goal. this is what we referred to as the sports equinox.