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12 PM ET: Trump's final warning, Columbia cancels commencement, some blind people can see & more
CNN 5 Things
May 6, 2024

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial found the former president violated the gag order again and threatened jail time if he did it again. The Israeli military is warning Gazans to leave parts of Rafah, as the negotiations for the latest ceasefire and hostage release deal stall. Columbia University is cancelling its main commencement ceremony. Some people born with inherited blindness can now see things they’ve never seen before – we'll tell you how. Plus, the Met Gala is set to take place tonight.

Episode Transcript
Krista Bo (host)
00:00:01
Hey there. From CNN, I'm Krista Bo with the five things you need to know for Monday, May 6th.
00:00:07
The judge overseeing the criminal hush money trial against Donald Trump found the former president in contempt for again violating the gag order, banning him from criticizing jurors or expected trial witnesses. He said if Trump does it again, he'll put him in jail, adding it's the last thing he wants to do. This is the 10th time this has happened where Trump's been fined $1,000 for each violation. The judge specifically called out these comments Trump made last month on right wing outlet Real America's Voice, about the makeup of the jury as a violation of the gag order.
Fmr. President Donald Trump
00:00:39
That year, he was picked so fast, 95% Democrats, the areas mostly all Democrat. You think of it as a just a purely Democrat area. It's a very unfair situation that I can tell you.
Krista Bo (host)
00:00:53
Witness testimony continues today in the case where Trump White House aides, Trump Organization employees Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen are still on deck for prosecutors to call.
00:01:02
Evacuate immediately. That's what the Israeli military is asking. Roughly 100,000 people living in eastern Rafah to do as a ground operation in the southern Gaza City is looming. They've been told to reach what the Israeli army calls a humanitarian zone in a nearby coastal town, although Unwra says the area is not suitable for meeting basic needs for some of those residents, this is also not the first time they've had to move the letter.
Palestinian
00:01:30
The Israeli occupation told people to go to Rafah and that it is a safe area. Today they're telling us to get out of where will the people go?
Krista Bo (host)
00:01:38
The announcement comes as negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza hit another snag this weekend, as Israel and Hamas failed to agree on the framework presented by Egypt last week. CNN's Jeremy Diamond has more.
Jeremy Diamond (correspondent)
00:01:51
Two Israeli sources telling me that the talks are now stalled over what the major sticking point, which is Hamas's continued demands that any cease fire agreement must include an Israeli commitment to end the war in Gaza altogether. That is something that the Israeli prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has refused to agree to so far. And so for now, those talks stalled. Although not dead altogether, the CIA director, Bill Burns, is indeed in Doha, Qatar, this week, and those negotiations are still ongoing.
Krista Bo (host)
00:02:22
'Columbia's canceling the university wide commencement ceremony planned for next week. It comes after the campus became the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests against the war in Gaza, with dozens arrested when Columbia officials called in the NYPD to remove their encampment. University official tells CNN that today's decision to scale back the main ceremony comes mainly because of security concerns. Colombia says it will be holding school level ceremonies instead, where students will be honored individually.
00:02:51
Some people born with inherited blindness can now see things they've never seen before. CNN's Jacqueline Howard explains how.
Jacqueline Howard (correspondent)
00:02:59
'So, Krista, a new study shows that a CRISPR based gene therapy was safe and efficacious in improving vision for some patients with inherited retinal disorders. And the way the therapy works is this CRISPR-based medicine was injected under the retina of these patients eyes. And CRISPR itself is a powerful machinery that can edit genomes. So once injected, this gene editing therapy cut out a mutation from the patient's genomes that was linked to their impaired vision. And this editing was done inside their retinal cells. Now, the study itself, it's a proof of concept and shows this approach works, but more research is needed to see its long term effects.
Krista Bo (host)
00:03:47
Coming up. It's the first Monday in May. That means it's time for fashion's annual soiree.
00:03:55
'The Met Gala, set to take place tonight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This year's theme is The Garden of Time, which promises fantastical fashion inspired by nature and technology. The star studded event is co-chaired by Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth. But above all, it's a fundraiser for the museum. The five figure tickets raise millions of dollars for the museum each year.
00:04:20
All right, that's all for now. I'm Krista Bo, and our next episode drops at 3 p.m. eastern. Till next time.