witnessed at last night s town hall. many of you have expressed deep anger and disappointment. many of you are upset that someone who attempted to destroy our democracy was invited to sit on a stage in front of a crowd of republican voters to answer questions, and predictably, continued to spew lie after lie after lie. and i get it. it was disturbing. it was disturbing to see and hear that person refer to a black law enforcement officer as a thug, an adjective he used many times to describe black men and called kaitlan collins, the moderator nasty, which is what he calls any woman who stands up to him. it was disturbing to hear him speak to shyly of qanon conspirators who assaulted officers on january 6th. and it was awful to hear him spread lies about the election. and young and old, fellow citizens, people who love their kids and go to church, laugh and applaud his lies and his continued defamation of woman who according to a jury of his peers he sexually abused and defamed
will to the wear linen, it feels great. lisa: it looks great, joey. will: in italy pope francis delivers his easter blessing from the balcony of st. peter s basilica. he hasp given his easter mass sunday this sun, but he plan this sunday, but he plans to give the blessing at any moment, and you will listen in live to that message. in fact, let s take a moment right now as i think the pope is about to take to the podium. [background sounds] [no audio] [speaking in native tongue] translator: that means passage, for in jesus the decisive passage of humanity has been made, the passage from death to life, from sin to to the grace, from fear to confidence, from desolation to the communion. he is the lord of time and history. i d like to say to everyone with heartfelt joy, happy easter to everyone. people responding to the holy father who is seated today. [cheers and applause] [speaking in native tongue] translator: may this easter be for each of you, dear brothers a
social media platform and is being held in boston ahead of his next court appearance on wednesday. lucas tomlinson s life at the white house with more, lucas wicks jon, president biden spoke about the leak before leaving ireland. he did not appear to concerned. i have instructed the department to make sure they get to the root of why he had access in the first place, number one. number two, to focus extensively on the extent to which all occurred. biden secretary of state spoke in vietnam. i have not heard anything that would affect our cooperation with allies and partners. now more of the classified information have been discovered washington post reporting taiwan is unlikely to stop a chinese invasion not only because of beijing missile superiority but china s use of civilian transport ships to hide a pending investigation to be too many for appearing american something to sink u.s. intelligence agencies were aware of up to four additional chinese spy balloons i
possible explosives to deflate the balloon. gillian: in a moment, karine jean-pierre will be asked questions why the president waited nearly a week to shoot it down. john: we will bring you the white house briefing when it begins. john roberts in washington, good to kick the week off with you. gillian: you, too, john. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. the president said ordered the military to take out the balloon after it had been drifting for days. they say the military should have listened. he projected weakness at this moment. i think the administration lacks urgency. became a situation of argument and everybody wondering what is the administration doing. this is a wake-up call for the country. gillian: john kirby pushed back, said it gave the u.s. time to study the balloon, as well as chinese s motives. john: seems clear china s motive is to replace the united states as the leading superpower. a list of how china has provoked and escalated tension
medicare. done. well this is cnn. the world s news network. top of the hour on this monday morning. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean. good to have you, jessica. i m jim sciutto. today a new york grand jury is reconvening as it continues to weigh potential charges against former president trump. might be seen indictment today. cnn is outside the courthouse. plus this happening right now. massive protests in israel not just protests, crippling union strikes, store and restaurant closures, even hunger strikes by several israeli mayors. all of this over prime minister benjamin netanyahu s planned overhaul of the judicial system , his firing of the country s defense minister for opposing him in that plan. is the u. s s closest ally in the region, moving further away from democratic principles. israelis fear so we re going to the latest from jerusalem. also today, another round of severe weather is expected to strike the southeast after devastating tornadoes ripped through the region