source tonight s substance and stammered out. we have no reporting on the final phase of president biden s preparations as trump world is doubling down on a ridiculous accusation 48, hours away from the historic debate right here on cnn, house speaker mike johnson will join me live. plus the polls have just close in the most expensive house primary ever. a member of the so-called squad is fighting for his political life. and it s also judgment time for republican lauren boebert, bu for members switch districts when it looked like her congressional career was about to go up in smoke. and i m brand new reporting breaking here at nine on steve bannon and a notable change and the judge for his upcoming fraud trial i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source the polls are in a dead heat and the insults or flying expectations are being gamed. and the accusations about getting juiced up on drugs are frankly ridiculous and getting out of hand. that all means that one of the mos
thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. so grateful. have a great weekend. always so good to see you. have a great show. and welcome to the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. trump s legal woes moved to florida in a most recent attempt to get this classified documents case dismissed. holding a multihour hearing. trump s lawyers arguing jack smith s appointment of special counsel is uns constitutional claims a special counsel must be appointed categorized unprincipled author and contending that the attorney general s ability to appoint a special counsel with the authority of a u.s. attorney is like appointing a shadow government. the judge appeared skeptical of the argument pushing back saying, is that really a realistic risk,s when there are well-defined statutes regarding the attorney general s appointment authority ? special counsel refuting the arguments says it disregards precedent and would have a pernicious consequen
over 100 million vaccines delivered so far. we are at a critical time. stunning images of crowds flocking for spring break. the other surge raising major concerns this morning is the growing crisis at the u.s. mexico border. right now, more than 4,000 unaccompanied migrant children, that s children without their parents are in border patrol custody. we are following all these headlines, first, cnn jeremy dimons is at the white house with more on the cross-country tour touting his relief package, it s interesting during trump presidency, we talk about campaign-style presidents. i wonder if you see this at a campaign event? reporter: from is no question president biden and vice president harris are talking about the american rescue plan. that coronavirus relief package you signed in law last week. a part is political. it s about preparing for the mid-terms. every democrat up and down the ticket will be running on this plan. particularly throws members of congress and senators
you know, being first, everyone focused on iowa. roe will be a big conversation on that stage tonight, and i think that what we see the biden campaign doing, taking advantage of that to get his message across to his voters, to his base, and frankly, when it comes to roe in particular, there are republican voters, we know, who were moved by that issue in the midterms who will continue to be moved by that issue in the presidential election. i think it s smart, i think it was a smart move. jennifer horn, andrew yang, got to leave it there, thank you both so much. and tune in tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern to watch rachel maddow, joy reid, nicolle wallace and company all giving their analysis following the debate. next on ana cabrera reports, heat wave in the heartland. the dangerously high temperatures hitting the midwest. plus, growing fears and frustration in maui in the aftermath of the wildfires.
the barriers. you do everybody a great favor by supporting the economy, the community that lives here and works here. 99% of maui that is still pristine. and john, the locals and business owners that we have been talking to say they re very upset with any message that was sent that maui is closed. they are encouraging us to relay the message that you can visit maui with respect right now, john. john: yeah, i was wondering about that. isn t there a campaign doing done by some celebrities that say stay away from maui? it would seem to me that, you know, lahaina obviously tremendous devastation there. there s so many other areas of the beautiful island that are probably open for business to bring tourism back there and inject money in to the economy would be a positive thing. yeah, john. there was an official that after the disaster, you know, advised not to come. there was a celebrity on social