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From CNN, I'm Fez Jamil with the five things you need to know

for Thursday, May 9th.

President Joe Biden is threatening to halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel

if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Raffa.

Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which

they go after population centers.

If they go into Raffa, I'm not supplying the weapons that have

been used historically to deal with Rafa, to deal with the cities, to deal with

that. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Biden acknowledges that American bombs used by Israel

in Gaza have killed civilians, but says other military support will continue.

Today Israel's UN ambassador said any limit to weapon shipments would be interpreted

by Israel's enemies as something that gives them hope to succeed.

While former adult film star Stormy Daniels is expected back on the stand today in Donald Trump's hush money trial,

his lawyers are challenging the gag order on him.

People familiar with the matter say the defense has asked a New York appeals court to rule on their challenge to the gag order that limits what the former president can say about witnesses in the trial.

CNN's Kara Scinnell has more.

The appeals court has said that both sides have until May 20th to file their briefs and as the

judge has already found that Trump has violated this gag order 10 times and

chastised Trump's behavior in court on Tuesday

when the judge called him out for shaking his head and cursing during Daniel's

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