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CNN 5 Things

Israel-Lebanon Talks, Press Dinner Rescheduled, Trump’s AI Order and more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

We start with takeaways from another round of high-stakes talks between Israel and Lebanon in the US. We’ll tell you the latest lawmaker under investigation over sexual misconduct allegations. We have details on a second correspondents’ dinner after a shooting at the previous event. We break down new economic data on US job openings. Plus, the Trump administration is taking a more hands-on approach to AI regulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, from CNN, I'm Afalmediki with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, June 2nd.

0:07.5

The latest high-stakes talks between Israel and Lebanon at the U.S. State Department

0:11.6

wrapped up and continue again tomorrow.

0:14.3

That's as the Israeli military and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah continued to trade

0:19.1

attacks in southern Lebanon overnight, despite a ceasefire extension between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah continued to trade attacks in southern Lebanon overnight, despite a

0:21.5

ceasefire extension between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah-owned media says the group received two

0:26.9

U.S. ceasefire proposals, rejecting one that it said came from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

0:32.6

It's discussing a second proposal from President Donald Trump.

0:36.1

Today, Iranian media outlets signal that talks between Tehran and Washington were back

0:40.2

on track, a day after reports that Iran suspended them over Israel's attacks on Lebanon.

0:45.4

But the country's top negotiator threatened escalation of Israel's attacks on Lebanon continue.

0:50.6

Meanwhile, Rubio and other top Trump officials testified at various Capitol Hill hearings today.

0:56.0

Rubio told lawmakers at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that negotiations on Iran's nuclear program would be, quote, highly technical and could take months.

1:05.0

When we come back, new details on a rescheduled press dinner, plus a spike in job openings.

1:15.0

The House Ethics Committee is investigating Democratic California Congressman Jimmy Gomez

1:19.7

over sexual misconduct allegations. That's what three sources tell CNN. They say the panel

1:25.5

looked into a New York Post story. Alleging Gomez had a makeout

1:28.9

session outside a backyard party in 2023, with a aide who worked for a different member of Congress.

1:34.7

A spokesperson told the post at the time that the accounts weren't true and didn't happen.

1:39.3

One source told CNN that in investigating that story, the House Ethics Committee came across

1:43.9

other allegations of sexual misconduct that it is now probing. In a response, told CNN that in investigating that story, the House Ethics Committee came across other

1:44.3

allegations of sexual misconduct that it is now probing. In a response to CNN, Gomez acknowledged

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