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Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know

for Tuesday, May 21st.

The defense is expected to rest its case today in former President Donald Trump's hush

money trial.

The prosecution wrapped up their part of the proceedings yesterday, and Trump's lawyers called Robert Costello as a witness.

He's a lawyer who advised former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, and his testimony has been dramatic so far, after he reacted on the stand to decisions made by the

judge as CNN's Kariskinel explains. In 20 years of covering trials I have never

seen a judge clear the courtroom the way that Judge Mershaun did.

Costello was making noises, rolling his eyes.

At one point, you could hear him say, geez.

And so the judge asked the jury to step out.

Mershaun turned to Costello and said, he wanted to talk to him about the rules of decorum

in the courtroom and even then Costello was kind of going back and forth with him and then

Costello again kind of looking to judge and Mershaun lean toward

Costello he's still on the bench he leaned toward him and said are you staring me

down and that's when the judge said clear the courtroom the judge said he

expects closing arguments to happen next Tuesday.

Whatever these warrants may imply there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas.

That was President Joe Biden, firmly rejecting the announcement that the International Criminal Court

is seeking arrest warrants for top Hamas and Israeli officials. The ICC's top prosecutor

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