The Story Is

Watch “The Story Is with Elex Michaelson” weeknights on CNN at 9p PT / 12a ET

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

.@Rachel__Nichols says @KingJames to @sixers is good for the @NBA's bottom line.

She says having him on the East Coast playing in 7pm Eastern time game will mean higher ratings across the country.

Nichols says being on Philadelphia is renewing James' sense of purpose: playing for a title.

Via @cnnthestoryis

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

Was Pres. Trump funny at the White House Correspondents' Dinner?

On @CNNTheStoryIs, our guests @ElishaKrauss, Will Rollins and @jeffmason1 break down the best & worst moments.

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

Thanks for the support Jeff! Very kind!

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

CA Governor candidate @SteveHiltonx is showcasing AI-generated ads created by @charliebcurran.

I ask him respond to critics from Hollywood productions who are fighting against AI...concerned it will disincentivize shooting here?

"We can live side by side...real people are making those ads..."

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

What does LeBron’s move to the 76ers mean for television?

@Rachel__Nichols weighs in during a discussion with @Elex_Michaelson

#lebronjames #lakers @sixers

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

Is @KingJames ring chasing?

“The idea that this is a team that wasn’t even talked about as being in championship contention until he went there today,” @Rachel__Nichols said to @Elex_Michaelson

“that’s not ring chasing. That’s ring elevating."

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

What was it like inside the room at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner?

@jeffmason1 shares his experience and describes to @Elex_Michaelson which part he thinks was “uplifting."

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

What would an Iranian escalation look like?

On Iran - @ArezouRezvani tells @Elex_Michaelson what she’s hearing from former Pentagon and State Dept. officials

“They haven’t seen a lot of activity on the cyber front”
“They haven’t yet seen the proxies activated”

Plus more...

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

In the last few days “you’ve had B1 bombers moving…fighter jets, F-16s and F-35s moving into the Middle East, so that would be an indicator that you are preparing for something and getting ready to possibly conduct offensive operations,” - @CedricLeighton to @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

Did Barack Obama making fun of Donald Trump during a WHCD inspire Trump to run for president?

Trump debunks the claim

--
@ElishaKrauss : “...in Trump’s defense, he’s kind of used to everybody hating him and he’s like, why do I got to be nice to you guys?”

w/ @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

On Trump & WH Correspondents’ Dinner

“…lines that should write themselves that could have been delivered that I feel he kind of missed out on" - @ElishaKrauss

“He can dish it out but he just can’t take it" - Will Rollins

And, they discuss a RFK Jr. joke

w @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

“Look, the word loser is right. It’s just that Trump is applying it to the wrong person. He ought to be looking in a mirror"- @BobShrum

@melmason - “There are quite a few senators right now who don’t feel like they owe very much to Donald Trump."

w/ @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

Re: AI ad that CA gov. candidate Steve Hilton released slamming Xavier Becerra -

“There’s a question of if content like this is actually reaching voters who are going to decide the election" @melmason

@BobShrum weighs in & shares his election prediction

w @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

“Nothing is going to shake him from tariffs,” @melmason said about President Donald Trump.

“It’s idiotic, to put it bluntly,” @BobShrum

“It’s going to add to inflationary pressures,” Shrum said. “Presidents don’t do this.”

LIVE panel tonight w/ @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

“Is the Iran war challenging that premise, that folks in Trump’s orbit may lose but Trump keeps winning?”

@Elex_Michaelson asks @StCollinson

Collinson: “It’s absolutely endemic to President Trump’s image that he is the ultimate winner.”

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

“What’s important here is that now this stipulation that Saudi Arabia should join the Abraham Accords is in place…it basically puts the deal on hold...” - @StCollinson

He explains why to @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

An OpenAI test model escaped & broke into a real company’s servers

“Well, one of the things these models decided is in order to achieve the objective it needed to break out of its sandbox, hack this other company and evaluate its cybersecurity benchmark..." - @chrismattmann

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

“...it’s obvious that there are many people who don’t like President Trump. But the decisions we make here, to make our state a place where you can run a business, where you can make a living...I’m a pragmatic problem-solving changemaker" - @SteveHiltonx to @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

“I’m going to sit down with the people who run these businesses and really understand what are the risks that we face" - @SteveHiltonx on regulating AI.

The CA Gov. candidate named 2 areas:

“risk to children" and “how AI affects our creative industries"

w @Elex_Michaelson

[The Story Is @CNNTheStoryIs]

“I don’t actually think that it’s a choice between clean energy and lower gas prices,” @SteveHiltonx said.

He elaborates in a discussion w/ @Elex_Michaelson