6 PM ET: Trump doesn’t testify, Netanyahu blasts ICC charges, Midwest storms & more

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

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Both sides of Donald Trump’s hush money trial rested their cases today without the former president taking the stand. Israel’s prime minister tells CNN that the charges brought by the International Criminal Court are “beyond outrageous.” President Joe Biden announced a new milestone for a law that expands health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxins and their survivors. A severe storm outbreak with potentially strong tornadoes is underway in the Midwest. Finally, a Florida meteorologist gets heated over a new law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Head to Netsuite.com
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0:05.1	From CNN, I'm Afomadikay, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, May 21st.
0:12.3	The judge overseeing former president you need to know for Tuesday, May 21st.
0:13.2	The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's hush money trial and attorneys for both
0:17.6	sides met to work on jury instructions.
0:20.4	This includes charges they must consider and the laws governing their deliberations.
0:25.0	The defense rested its case earlier today after two witnesses.
0:28.8	The former president didn't take the stand.
0:31.2	The prosecution rested its case Monday after calling 20
0:34.4	witnesses. Here's CNN's Elena Trine with some new insight from the defense.
0:38.4	My colleague Kristen Holmes and I are told that overall when they're looking forward to this,
0:43.9	whatever the verdict may be and whenever it may come,
0:46.9	we're told that the former president is preparing for a potential conviction
0:51.8	at least on some of the counts and that's largely
0:54.4	because Donald Trump personally believes that the jury is biased. He has long
0:58.8	believed even before the trial began that he could not get a fair trial in Manhattan, a mostly Democratic
1:05.4	city. I think these charges are exactly as President Biden called them. They're
1:10.6	beyond outrageous. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the International Criminal Courts
1:16.2	charges being brought against him and Defence Minister Jowav Garland in an interview with
1:20.8	CNN's Jake Tapper today.
1:22.6	The court's chief prosecutor says he's seeking arrest warrants against them
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