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U.K. Royals Began their State Visit in the United States, King Charles to Deliver Before the Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress Today; Trump Dislikes Iran's Latest Proposal to End the War; Elon Musk and Sam Altman Face Off in the OpenAI Trial. Aired 3-4a ET

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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world, I'm Rosemary Church. Just ahead.

Good but not good enough, that is the word on the U.S. reaction to Iran's latest proposal to end the war.

King Charles and Queen Camilla get a warm welcome in Washington as he tries to repair U.K.-U.S. relations strained by the war with Iran.

And Musk versus Altman, Elon Musk's lawsuit against his former partner over OpenAI pits the world's richest man against one of the most popular artificial intelligence programs.

UNKNOWN (voice-over): Live from Atlanta, this is "CNN Newsroom" with Rosemary Church.

CHURCH: Good to have you with us.

Well 250 years after the American colonies declared independence from Britain under King George III, his descendant is in Washington DC.

In just a few hours from now, King Charles III will begin day two of his historic diplomatic state visit to the U.S. He is scheduled to address a joint meeting of Congress but behind the scenes his visit is bridging the divide between the U.S. and the U.K. after tensions arose over the Iran war.

CNN's Royal Correspondent Max Foster has more.

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MAX FOSTER, CNN ROYAL CORRESPONDENT: The King and Queen arrived in the United States at a particularly bad time for U.K.-U.S. relations but the President has a fondness of King Charles and they obviously have a very close relationship and you saw that on display at the White House as the First Lady and the President welcomed the King and Queen to the United States. The big formal welcome will be Tuesday but this was day one and the

King and Queen moved on from the White House here to the U.K. Embassy and a garden party, typically British, in the U.K. Ambassador's Garden. There were salmon sandwiches available, there were cups of tea, it was a typically British event and the first group that the couple met were a group of bipartisan American politicians. You had the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Nancy Pelosi from the Democrats, Scott Bessent from the Cabinet and then they moved through and met high profile names in sport and in show business and high- profile business figures.

This is all about showing that there are deep ties, deep cultural business, intelligence ties, security ties between these two countries and that was a visual expression of that and the couple clearly enjoyed that experience and a lot of people invited really enjoyed it as well. The Queen making particular time for a group of charities that represent survivors of domestic violence.

This is a cause close to our heart and when one of those charity heads was asked what they thought about the fact that the King won't be addressing the Epstein scandal in any way, they actually said they respect that but certainly part of the optics there was that the King can't speak to a live investigation but the King and Queen can show that survivors always come first in all types of violence.

The big moment really of this four-day visit will be on Tuesday and the King's address to the Joint Chambers of Congress and I understand that the King will start off that speech talking about Saturday night and the attack on the White House Correspondents dinner and how the King being here is showing that these are two nations shoulder to shoulder, something that has been reflected throughout history since the War of Independence. He will talk about what he thinks has come out of that deep relationship so working together in World War II and the post-war institutions that came out of that and the King will point to the United Nations and NATO as key achievements of that relationship.

Some in the administration may not see the positives of that post-war era but it's certainly something the King is going to lean in hard on and how this is an address to the people of America and the peoples of America coming together with the peoples of the United Kingdom.

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And actually this visit transcends actually anyone that's the current occupant of the White House and this is about uniting joint histories really.

Max Foster, CNN, Washington D.C.

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CHURCH: CNN's Jake Tapper spoke with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper about the importance of the King's visit. She says despite any disagreements between the countries it's important to strengthen the bond between the world powers. Here's part of their conversation. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR, "THE LEAD": I don't think I'm breaking any news to you when I tell you that there are senior political figures in the U.K. who didn't think the King should go through with this visit for any number of reasons including the personal insults that the President has been throwing at the Prime Minister.

You asked the King to not heed that advice. You wanted him to come. Why?

YVETTE COOPER, BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY: Yes, look this is really important to as much to the King but it's really important to the U.K. It's really important I think for our relationship, the U.K.-U.S. relationship. We're here because this is the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence and it is, I think, really symbolic of the strength of our relationship through very many generations that we want in the U.K. to celebrate a 250th anniversary of what was effectively our defeat but we still think this is something that is a celebration.

TAPPER: Is it weird at all that you're celebrating 250 years since we beat you?

COOPER: Yes I know exactly but that in itself that it I think really shows the strength and the richness of the U.S.-U.K. relationship that goes back through so many generations and you know whether it's on trade on security but also those people-to-people links.

TAPPER: From the failure of the U.K. to fight the Iran war I know you're contributing in other ways airspace and bases but also North Sea oil drilling the tariffs there was a lot of tension in the tariffs. How did the special relationship get this bad? It's not as bad as it was in 1812 when you were torching our White House but it's not good. Can it be repaired?

COOPER: So I think it is the of course when you've got a strong relationship the depth richness of the one that we have going back so many years of course there are always going to be things that we disagree about and things that we agree about.

There will be things where we take different views but also things where we work immensely closely together and the first time that I came to set visits for example with the NSA or the CIA and to see the work of the Pentagon some of that joint working on security and intelligence between our countries was more than 25 years ago. As a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee then I could see how closely.

TAPPER: Is it still that close? Is Five Eyes?

Five Eyes for people who don't know it's the U.K. and New Zealand and Australia and Canada the United States intelligence agencies all working together. Is that as close now as it always as it ever has been?

COOPER: So I think that the security intelligence cooperation that Five Eyes work the way in which we share intelligence. I would say it has got stronger and deeper in the 25 years since I first had meetings on this.

And that's partly because we have the shared technology and the interaction and but also the work between teams between people, and that I think really in the end is what this visit comes down to it's why it's important for His Majesty the King is because it's those people to people links that are so deep and also have so many consequences.

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CHURCH: Turning to the Middle East now where a new peace plan has been submitted by Iran. Sources tell CNN U.S. President Donald Trump appears unlikely to accept the proposal. Tehran's plan would reopen the Strait of Hormuz but leave questions about its nuclear program for later negotiations.

The U.S. Secretary of State says the proposal is better than expected but reiterates that the Strait must be fully and freely open. This as Tehran's top diplomat met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. The Iranian Foreign Minister says their meeting included discussions on the war and the aggression by the U.S. and Israel.

CNN's Paula Hancocks joins us now live from Abu Dhabi with the latest. So Paula according to CNN sources President Trump is unlikely to accept Iran's latest proposal. So what happens next and what more are you learning about all of this?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So Rosemary this was within a national security meeting in Washington on Monday where Trump was meeting with his top national security officials discussing the war in Iran and how they are going to push diplomacy forward.

Now these sources say that Trump was signaling that he's unlikely to accept this particular version of the proposal but they also say that there wasn't any clear road forward as to what position he would take in the immediate term.

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So this proposal according to sources familiar with what has been suggested by Tehran through mediators is that the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened and that the very thorny and difficult issues of the nuclear program would be left for a later date.

Now we've heard from U.S. officials that opening the Strait of Hormuz without dealing with the stockpile that Iran has of highly enriched uranium or Iran's right to enrich uranium in the future by lifting the Strait of Hormuz by lifting the U.S. naval blockade on that waterway at this point would really dilute a very key piece of leverage that the United States have in these talks, so it's not a surprise that that this potentially would not get the green light immediately.

We're also hearing from the U.S. side that they are still concerned about who exactly is calling the shots in Iran. They're concerned about divisions that they see within the leadership, something which we've heard from the Iranian leadership and officials saying that it's simply not true.

But we heard from the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking to Fox News. I want to read you part of what he said on this. He said quote "One of the impediments here is that our negotiators aren't just negotiating with Iranians; those Iranians then have to negotiate with other Iranians in order to figure out what they can agree to, what they can offer, what they're willing to do, even who they're willing to meet with."

So really highlighting what the White House sees as this fracture within the Iranian regime. He also says that the U.S. has indications that the supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive but Secretary Rubio says that there are questions as to whether he has the clerical credentials to actually act as supreme leader.

Now as I said Tehran is pushing back strongly against these accusations and these claims of fracture within their regime. So we have been seeing Iran's foreign minister Abbas Aragchi on a diplomatic tour to Pakistan then Amman back to Pakistan and to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin. The Russian President now while he was there he did discuss the war and also said that Iran is reassessing how to proceed with diplomacy at this point, Rosemary.

CHURCH: Our thanks to Paula Hancocks bring us that live report from Abu Dhabi, I appreciate it.

Well joining me now is Ali Vaez, Iran project director of the international crisis group, and he comes to us live from Geneva, Switzerland. I appreciate you joining us.

I can't hear you at this point. I just want to double check, maybe if we can make that happen that's we've got you.

Just check that I can hear you, still having problems there. All right, we'll come back, we'll figure that out and we'll come back.

So the man accused of opening fire outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner has now been charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, that's one of three federal charges filed against 31-year old Cole Thomas Allen who made his first court appearance on Monday. He's also charged with discharging a firearm during a violent crime and transporting a firearm across state lines with the intent to commit a felony. One official said additional charges are likely.

The incident has sparked security concerns. But the acting attorney general who was among the guests at Saturday night's dinner defended the Secret Service.

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TODD BLANCHE, U.S. ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL: Law enforcement did not fail; they did exactly what they are trained to do. This was not an accident, it was the result as we know now of preparation. What is clear from the complaint and from what we have so far is he

was targeting President Trump. He described that in his manifesto, he was targeting administration officials, he described that. But as far as us understanding additional motivation, that's for the FBI and law enforcement.

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CHURCH: CNN's Sherrell Hubbard has more details.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JEANINE PIRRO, U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Make no mistake, this was an attempted assassination of the President of the United States.

SHERRELL HUBBARD, CNN CONTRIBUTOR (voice-over): Suspect Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year old part-time teacher from California, appeared in federal court Monday. Allen is charged with attempting to assassinate the President, transportation of a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence. Surveillance video from the Washington Hilton Saturday night shows the incident.

BLANCHE: He ran through the magnetometer holding a long gun as he did so U.S. Secret Service personnel assigned to the checkpoint heard a loud gunshot.

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HUBBARD (voice-over): Authorities say Allen was a guest at the hotel and that he traveled by train from California to Washington D.C. They say Saturday night he was the floor above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents' Dinner was taking place filled with journalists and high-profile politicians.

BLANCHE: He was targeting President Trump, he described that in his manifesto. He was targeting administration officials.

HUBBARD (voice-over): Officials say one secret service agent was shot in the chest but was wearing a ballistic vest that saved him. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro says Allen is likely to face more charges as the investigation continues as indicated.

PIRRO: These are the weapons that the defendant had on his person, you can see that's a 12-gauge pump action Mossberg shotgun, the 38 semi- automatic, he had at least three knives, and all kinds of paraphernalia.

HUBBARD (voice-over): I'm Sherrell Hubbard, reporting

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CHURCH: Still to come, How Palestinian schools and school children have become the latest target of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. That and more in just a moment.

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CHURCH: Welcome back everyone.

CHURCH: Well for the latest on the U.S. war with Iran, let's bring in Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, he comes to us live from Geneva, Switzerland. I appreciate you being with us.

ALI VAEZ, IRAN PROJECT DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: Good to see you, Rosemary.

CHURCH: So President Trump isn't happy with Iran's new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, particularly the suggestion that Tehran would charge a toll for access through that critical waterway and put nuclear negotiations on hold until a later stage. And sources tell CNN the U.S. President is unlikely to accept the proposal. So where do you see this going from here?

VAEZ: Well President Trump seems to believe that the blockade that the U.S. blockade on Iran is working and will bring Iran to its knees in the coming days if not weeks and therefore he can finally get Iran to surrender to his terms. Now this has been an elusive objective for President Trump ever since his first term in office he's always relied on pressure thinking that economic pressure or military pressure.

Well now the blockade could bring Iran to its knees, and Rosemary, every time it has rendered Iran's position harder rather than softer.

CHURCH: And as diplomatic efforts between the U.S. and Iran stall Iran's foreign minister Abbas Aragchi has been meeting in Russia with President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict after his meetings over the weekend with key mediators in Pakistan and Oman. What does his meeting with Putin signal to you?

VAEZ: Well Russia can help Iran in both scenarios of a return to conflict or a deal if there is resumption of the war because both sides can't find a way forward and that could very well happen deliberately or even inadvertently because of some sort of incident at sea, or because the war in Lebanon escalates to a degree that drags both sides in.

But in that scenario Russia has proven very useful to Iran because it has provided Iran with intelligence, electronic warfare, even man pads for shooting down fighter jets and drones and so on. But if there is a deal Russia could also play a role Iran wants a new framework in the Strait of Hormuz as you mentioned in order to be able to charge transit fees, and in order to make that legitimate it might need a security council resolution.

And therefore Russia as a permanent member can play an important role, and also if there is an agreement about what to do with Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium which is a contentious issue between Iran and the U.S. One option that we know Putin had put on the table for a while was for Iran to shift the material to Russia and so that might have been another subject of discussion.

CHURCH: And during his weekend trip to Pakistan Iran's foreign minister gave mediators a list of Iran's red lines to be conveyed to the U.S. including nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz. Clearly it all comes down to who has the greater leverage. So in the end will the U.S. naval blockade be enough leverage up against Iran's clear control over the Strait of Hormuz?

VAEZ: But my view is that that leverage could really start sharpening the pain on Iran but in two to three months and by that point the U.S. economy would also be suffering a lot and the world economy and a lot of people in the global south who would be facing a food shortage as a result of fertilizer being blocked in the Strait of Hormuz.

So this would be a disaster for everyone and at the end of the day even once they get to the negotiating table, they would have to compromise and make concessions that are painful. So why go through this dangerous and futile exercise to get there.

CHURCH: So is there any room for compromise on the Strait of Hormuz or on nuclear issues at this juncture and you know we were talking about the enrichment of uranium. I mean is there a way to bring that you've got the U.S. wanting 20 years putting it on hold and then Iran saying five, is there room for compromise there? Is there a place for that compromise right now, it seems they've hit a wall?

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VAEZ: There is always a room for compromise and in this case, yes it would be Iran limiting its nuclear program for a long period of time without really giving up on its right to enrichment in the U.S. Recognizing that right, but also basically rewarding Iran for not exercising that right in the short term.

And that reward would have to be in form of meaningful and concrete and significant sanctions relief because Iran would have to recover from this war. And the more, Rosemary, sanctions relief is provided to Iran the less Iran would need to straight to foremost as a source of revenue for reconstruction. But there could also be arrangements that both sides could come up with that would be mutually beneficial not just for Iran but for the other literal states in the Persian Gulf who also have to recover from this war and no one is going to pay reparations to them.

CHURCH: Ali Vaez, many thanks for joining us. I appreciate your perspective on the issue.

VAEZ: Pleasure.

CHURCH: Israel's defense minister has told the U.N. special coordinator for Lebanon that Hezbollah is quote "playing with fire." Israel Katz warns the whole country will burn if the Lebanese government does nothing to stop the Iran-backed militant group. The shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has been extended

until mid-May but has not stopped the fighting, both sides accuse each other of violations. On Monday, smoke was spotted over parts of southern Lebanon, and sirens bled in northern Israel after what the military called a hostile aircraft alert. The Israeli army says it will keep operating in southern Lebanon to prevent incoming threats.

Well Israeli settlers have set up razor wire near a village in the West Bank that's been subjected to repeated attacks and land grabs and the settlers have effectively blocked Palestinian children from going to school for weeks.

CNN's Abeer Salman has the details.

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HUDA, PALESTINIAN CHILD (translated): They don't want me to learn like other children around the world.

ABEER SALMAN, CNN JERUSALEM PRODUCER AND REPORTER (voice-over): These Palestinian children have been demonstrating every day for two weeks all they want to do is go to school. But razor wire is blocking their way, rolled out by Israeli settlers from a nearby settlement in a deliberate move to stop them. 11-year old Huda struggles to hold back tears.

HUDA (translated): They don't want me to learn like other children around the world. They don't want to learn, because I will grow up to be a lawyer and defend the Palestinian land.

SALMAN (voice-over): Some of the kids here in Umm al-Khair, the occupied West Bank are as young as five years old along with their books and their backpacks they carry signs and hold them up so settlers can see them, as soldiers look on at the top of the hill.

When settlers initially blocked the road, video shared with CNN showed soldiers with what appeared to be tear gas blowing around them. The children scream and run away.

This striking image was widely shared online even capturing the attention of NBA star Kyrie Irving who made his profile picture on Instagram and the kids took notice. Umm al-Khair is not unique, in fact the U.N. says there are 12 more Palestinian Communities in this small corner of the West Bank facing imminent threat of forcible transfer, that's 500 children and their families. Israel may reject the description but a local leader is clear in how he sees things.

EID SULEIMAN, UMM AL-KHAIR COMMUNITY LEADER: And the occupation mostly based on apartheid system which give all the privileges to the settlers to prevent Palestinians from have any kind of right. Even right to education and access their school safely, all the kids in Palestine suffer, they want to just live their life normally but they pay the price.

(END VIDEOTAPE) CHURCH: Still to come, the latest remarks from late night host Jimmy Kimmel after his recent joke about the first lady reignited his feud with President Trump. Back with that and more in just a moment.

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CHURCH: Welcome back to "CNN Newsroom," I'm Rosemary Church. Let's check today's top stories.

U.S. President Donald Trump does not appear open to Iran's latest proposal to end the war. That is according to sources who said President Trump conveyed his views during a Monday meeting with top national security officials. Tehran's proposal includes reopening the strait without resolving questions on its nuclear program.

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla are in Washington, D.C. for a four-day state visit, they're marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence from British rule. The royal couple met with President Trump and the First Lady for tea on Monday and attended a garden party. The King is scheduled to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress today.

31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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Allen made his first court appearance on Monday, he's also facing federal firearms charges. Prosecutors accused the California man of running through a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton Hotel with a shotgun, a pistol and knives before he was arrested.

Well the unity that President Trump called for in the hours after the incident at the Correspondents' Dinner may be waning. On Monday, his Press Secretary accused Democrats of inspiring violence.

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KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The left-wing cult of hatred against the President and all of those who support him and work for him has gotten multiple people hurt and killed.

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CHURCH: A visibly angry Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the House Democrats, lashed out in response.

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REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY), U.S. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: The so-called White House Press Secretary, who's a disgrace, she's a stone-cold liar, had the nerve to stand up there and read talking points, being critical of statements all taken out of context that Democrats have made and didn't have a word to say about anything that MAGA extremists have said or done, including providing aid and comfort to violent insurrectionists here at this Capitol on January 6th who brutally beat police officers.

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CHURCH: More now from CNN Senior White House Correspondent Kristen Holmes.

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KRISTEN HOLMES, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday blamed the rhetoric from Democrats and the media for leading to this would-be assassin coming to the White House Correspondents' Dinner. She unsurprisingly did not mention any of President Trump's own incendiary rhetoric during this briefing, but she also called on Democrats to pass funding for the Department of Homeland Security, saying that it was a national scandal.

And while she continued to praise the Secret Service and the job they did with security and stopping that gunman at Saturday's dinner, she also left the door open for some systemic changes.

Is that out of the question, changing any additional security protocols when it comes to how the President does these events that are outside of the White House?

LEAVITT: I definitely wouldn't say changes are out of the question. I think, again, that it's up to the White House here, and we view it as a great responsibility to ensure the maximum safety of the President and the Vice President and the entire Cabinet. And so we're always looking for ways to improve security.

HOLMES: And Tuesday, Sean Curran, the head of the Secret Service, who used to be the head of President Trump's personal detail, had a meeting with Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in which they debriefed the events of Saturday night.

Neither Curran or Wiles were there. They went through the protocol and the security, but I am told there are going to be a number of meetings in the future about these large-scale events, about what security looks like and about the kind of officials that are at these events. Karoline Leavitt seemed to say that there was no issue, they didn't need a designated survivor, because there were some Cabinet officials who were not invited to Saturday's dinner.

But there have been a lot of questions about having all of these high- ranking Cabinet officials, the President and the Vice President in one place, particularly if this is not a designated national security event. So we'll see how those conversations progress, but clearly they want to be moving forward in a way that keeps both the President safe, the Cabinet officials, but also the American public, as we are looking at a year of very public events for President Trump, celebrating America 250.

Kristen Holmes, CNN, the White House.

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CHURCH: The simmering feud between President Trump and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is starting to flare up again. Just two days before the incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Kimmel opened his show by pretending to be the comedic host of the upcoming event, which is known for taunting attendees in the crowd. But one joke about the First Lady is sparking renewed controversy.

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JIMMY KIMMEL, HOST, "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE": Of course, our First Lady Melania is here. Look at her, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.

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CHURCH: On Monday, the First Lady posted on X that Kimmel's monologue deepens the political sickness within America. Over on Truth Social, President Trump called for Disney and ABC to fire Kimmel over the joke, describing it as a despicable call to violence.

Well, just a short time ago, during the latest episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live", the late-night host addressed the controversy head-on.

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KIMMEL: You know how sometimes you wake up in the morning and the First Lady puts out a statement demanding you be fired from your job? We've all been there, right?

It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am. It was not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination, and they know that.

I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject. I do, and I think a great place to start, to dial that back, would be to have a conversation with your husband about it.

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CHURCH: The shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner unfolded live on television. Journalists who were attending the gala were right there, gathering information and delivering it to viewers in real time. Despite that, conspiracy theories are thriving online, including posts suggesting the whole thing was staged.

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan has more.

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KEITH OLBERMANN, PODCAST HOST, "THE COUNTDOWN": Just because Trump and his filth have lied to you about everything, every day, for 11 years, that's no reason for you to get cynical and think that was staged.

DONIE O'SULLIVAN, CNN SR. CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As soon as gunshots were heard at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, conspiracy theories started spreading online. Posts like this one, with no evidence claiming it was staged. A Fox News clip of the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, also went viral.

LEAVITT: It'll be funny, it'll be entertaining. There will be some shots fired tonight in the room. So everyone should tune in, it's going to be really great, I'm looking forward to hearing it.

O'SULLIVAN (voice-over): This was to be President Trump's first time addressing the Correspondents' Dinner. Traditionally, at the event, Presidents spoke fun at themselves and at the press. These jokes and jabs are clearly what Leavitt was referring to when she said shots fired.

TRUMP: I didn't want to say this, but this is why we have to have all of the attributes of what we're planning at the White House. We need the ballroom, that's why Secret Service, that's why the military are demanding it.

O'SULLIVAN (voice-over): This statement from Trump, along with a bunch of posts online, had some people speculating that the whole thing had been a set-up to justify the building of Trump's controversial ballroom on the White House complex. There is zero evidence to support this.

TIM DILLON, PODCAST HOST, "THE TIM DILLON SHOW": Just admit you staged it in Butler.

O'SULLIVAN (voice-over): Saturday's attack came on the heels of renewed skepticism among some former Trump supporters about the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

HOLMES: I have obtained a copy of this so-called manifesto. It says administration officials are targets prioritized from highest ranking to lowest.

O'SULLIVAN (voice-over): Marjorie Taylor Greene took to social media Sunday, writing, "I want to know why the Trump admin released Cole Allen's manifesto immediately, but they still keep a tight lid on Thomas Crooks."

The FBI, under both Biden and Trump, has repeatedly said Crooks has acted alone and has released information about Crooks, including his online search history. On Monday, Press Secretary Leavitt was asked about the widespread misinformation.

LEAVITT: It's very important to us that we get the truth and the facts about this case, and any case out there, as quickly as possible, to dispel some of that crazy nonsense that you do see running rampant online.

O'SULLIVAN: And we see this all the time now, particularly here in the United States, with virtually every major breaking news story, whereas journalists and law enforcement and authorities try to gather the facts before that information can get out, we have people jumping to conclusions online, some of them with hundreds of thousands or sometimes even millions of followers. It is just part of the modern day information ecosystem and a reason to always be careful on what you read online.

Back to you.

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CHURCH: A legal battle is underway between two of the biggest names in A.I., Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Details on their courtroom showdown that's being called a tech soap opera.

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CHURCH: Welcome back everyone. Here's a look at your business headlines.

Oil prices hit a three-week high on Monday amid the stalled peace talks between the U.S. and Iran. The global benchmark Brent crude peaked at nearly $108 a barrel, while WTI climbed back above $96.

Shares of Adidas jumped on Monday after a record-breaking sweep at the London Marathon. The top runners crossed the finish line in Adidas' latest performance shoe, boosting its credibility and giving the brand a high-profile win over Nike in the highly competitive running market.

Taylor Swift has filed trademark applications to reportedly protect her voice and likeness from being used in videos and audio created by A.I. Swift's management company is listed as the owner of two audio clips and one image of herself filed in the applications. A trademark attorney suggests it will give the superstar another layer of protection against A.I., but it has not been tested yet in court.

Well two tech billionaires are locked in a landmark trial that could have huge ramifications for the future of A.I. The case pits Tesla tycoon Elon Musk against Sam Altman and other leaders of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. And a jury has now been sworn in. CNN's Hadass Gold reports from Oakland.

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HADASS GOLD, CNN A.I. CORRESPONDENT: If Elon Musk is successful in this trial, then the landscape for A.I. will change dramatically, and especially for the ChatGPT maker, OpenAI. Because Elon Musk is alleging in this lawsuit that OpenAI and its executives, like CEO Sam Altman, essentially deceived him when they changed their non-profit company into having a for-profit subsidiary.

[03:50:00] You see, Elon Musk helped co-found OpenAI in 2015. He gave tens of millions of dollars to the non-profit and was very much involved until 2018 when he left after a power struggle.

Now he is saying that he was deceived that OpenAI did a breach of charitable trust, that they unjustly enriched themselves as a result of his donations. He is seeking some pretty drastic remedies, among them he wants OpenAI to revert back to its entire non-profit status.

That will obviously affect OpenAI's possible IPO that's expected later this year. He wants Sam Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman to lose their positions on the board. And he says that there is something like $130 billion that he has owed that he wants to go back into OpenAI's non-profit.

OpenAI, for their part, they say that Elon Musk always knew about the potential plan for a for-profit subsidiary, that he was supportive of moves that would help OpenAI be competitive against the likes of Google. And they're saying this is just a case of Elon Musk trying to bring a competitor down a peg because Musk has his own AI company called X A.I. Now this case is being held in front of a jury of regular citizens who will then give a decision on an advisory basis to a judge on whether Elon Musk has a case, and then the judge will make the ultimate decision on the remedies.

But we are expecting to hear from some of the most powerful, biggest names in tech. Not only Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, but also Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are all expected to take the stand in this case that will take place over the next few weeks.

Hadass Gold, CNN, Oakland.

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CHURCH: We'll be back in just a moment, stay with us.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone.

Well, as the world feels the ever-increasing impacts of climate change, wildfires are becoming more frequent and harder to control. Experts say response strategies are falling short and they're calling for a new approach centered on prevention. CNN's Stefano Pozzebon has more.

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STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR (voice-over): In a matter of minutes, Carmen Castro's home was reduced to ashes. A resident of the central Chilean city of Concepcion, her single-story house was one of thousands of buildings incinerated by catastrophic wildfires in January. Hours later, what was left was dust and despair.

CLAUDIA CASTRO, WILDFIRE SURVIVOR (through translator): I am speaking to you and my mind goes through my home. Open the door, I go through the room where I have lived so many nice and sad moments.

POZZEBON (voice-over): The Concepcion fires killed 21 people and shocked Chile. Not for their scale, but because of how fast they spread.

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The flames developed in woods to the east of the city. Castro's home was on the front line and was not spared.

CASTRO (through translator): It was the longest night of my life. We looked like zombies, walking here, walking there, not knowing what to find.

POZZEBON (voice-over): Flight data analyzed by CNN and interviews with firefighters and survivors show aircraft and engines were no match for the blaze. By the time the government declared a state of catastrophe, 30,000 hectares of wild and urban areas had been devoured.

Because of the brutality of fires like Chile's, Los Angeles and the state of Georgia in recent months, experts are calling for a new approach to firefighting. It's called integrated fire management, and it switches the focus from response to prevention and risk reduction.

We joined a training day in the Colombian forest. Participants learn to evaluate the fire risks and what areas are most exposed.

POZZEBON: Today we have firefighters receiving this training, but also forest engineers, the civil protection services for example, and people from other countries, Colombia of course, but also Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Spain. The idea is of course to create synergies and to share knowledge, because the issue of catastrophic fires is touching us all.

POZZEBON (voice-over): Brazil was the first country to pass specific fire management legislation to stop the Amazon forest from going up in smoke every year. Colombia and Chile are now discussing similar laws.

In the U.S., the Trump administration has cut funds to the emergency response and to the forest service. A decision many believe will cost even more, as fires are becoming more common.

UNKNOWN (through translator): Some authors call it the age of fire, because it's like we're entering a different era, where fire is going to dominate what shapes the ecosystem.

POZZEBON: And that is a consequence of human activities.

UNKNOWN (through translator): That is a consequence of human activities and exacerbated by climate change.

POZZEBON (voice-over): Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

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CHURCH: A nine-day, non-stop YouTube live stream in Poland has shattered charity donation records.

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Influencer Piotr Hancke, also known as Latwogang, raised over $69 million for children with cancer. With the help of musicians, celebrities and sports stars, the proceeds more than tripled the previous Guinness World Record for live stream fundraiser. The Cancer Fighters Foundation, which received the donations, says their goal is to help the innocent children who fight the hardest battles every day. A great cause there.

I want to thank you so much for your company, I'm Rosemary Church. Have yourselves a wonderful day. "Amanpour" is coming up next, then stay tuned for "Early Start" with Brian Abel at 5:00 a.m. in New York, 10:00 a.m. in London.

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