we made it. can you tell, we re happy for the weekend. but thanks for being with us today and all week. we re so happy to have you here. it s good to be here. it will be a fun day. five things to know for this friday. former vice president mike pence testified in jack smith s january 6th investigation. we re told that pence testified before that federal grand jury for more than five hours. new overnight, two apache helicopter helicopters crashing in alaska during a training mission. three army pilots are dead. one was injured in the crash. also today, the fed s preferred measure of inflation set to be released. data could be critical in determining what the fed does next with rate hikes. also, tributes and reflections are pouring in for jerry springer. the legendary talk show host lost his battle to cancer at the age of 79. also this morning, roll tide! so happy to say that. so happy to watch this last night. the carolina panthers selected alabama quarterback
engin jerry was the most influential man in my life. everything i have in my life i owe to him. cnn this morning continues now. the first time in modern history a vice president is compelled to testify about the president he served beside. mike pence has likely provided intricate, direct, first-person testimony. this lasted for five hours. gives you an indication of the painstaking detail that prosecutors want to get into. let s keep in mind, there is no other witnesses to these conversations. prosecutors say teixeira could still be a threat. he may still have more classified information. authorities say he had an arsenal of weapons just feet from his bed. court documents mention his social media post. if i had my way, i d kill a ton of people. i think he s a danger to the country and a danger to himself. on the third day, her civil battery and defamation lawsuit, e. jean carroll grilled on her allegations that donald trump raped her. the most intense mo
about half firearms. about half of all u.s. households have at least lea one gun at home, and many have. much more than that. plus, they have ammo, billions and billions of rounds of it. those are all real numbers, butg they are hardly an argument forn gun control. they re an argument, in fact, against ask yourself what would it require to confiscate allmmuo those guns and all that ammunition in turn, the united states into disarmed nation like turkmenistan or north korea? wellrea., it would take a police state and it would end in civil war. nono sam sane person wants eithr one of those things. but thankfully, we don t neehinn the fact that so manyirearm americans have a firearm withi n reach but never commit violence that gtbe that guns are no the problem. just as we can this country can be trusted with an ar-15, just as we can be trusted with cars and light aircraft t in andand electricity, basebaw and insecticide and chainsaws and pruning shearsct and countless other objec
nald truht aheadwe have a lightr with the former president is pretty interesting. etg and a and a lot of fun. here s a preview. kim jong un again got alongt. with him. rpeopa eople don t want to hea thatlot a lot. wh people say that s terrible to get along with him. great. when somebody has nuclear weapons that can an blow e to get blow up the world. it s nice to get along. i got along with him. great mullahs of iran difference. i ask about bill clinton, sea hillary, my little pumpkin, hillary, hillary clinton. othat abi ask about barack and e obama and a lot of other peopleh .e intervie straight ahead, we ll have more of that interview coming up. but first,w let us turn to the left. repulsive response to monday s shooting at the school in nashville, tennessee, becaus te this was a christian schooler targeted by a transgender killer. artfelt remarks thoughtful, heartfelt remarks from democrats in the media mob . they have been few betweehey have been far between. some ar
blackhawk helicopters. the collision took place northwest of el campobell. transport helicopters are used in special operations. the two blackhawk helicopters were conducting a training exercise at 10 p.m. last night when the crashes occur. status of the crew members is unknown. emergency medical personnel frod to the crash site, which is between bobby light and lan caster road. kentucky governor releasing the following statement on twitter. we ve got tough news out of fort campbell, fatalities are expected, kentucky state police and medical personnel are responding. please pray for those affected. we re expecting a press conference from fortcampbell at 10 a.m. todd: lucas tomlinsons, thank you. we know the covenant school shooter s manifesto will be made public, it is just a matter of when. police are searching for a motive for the massacre by hale. last night many gathered for a vigil. two days ago was our worst day. our police officers are crying with national and the