writing, alvin bragg is trying to turn this into a federal felony, the stormy daniels case is to convince that it is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman, here to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president donald trump. he could surrender by tuesday. investigating trump for hush money payments made. one was to stormy daniels and one to former model karen mcdougle. we contacted mr. trump to coordinate arraignment on supreme court indictment, which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when selected. the former president says this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. manhattan da alvin bragg is a disgrace, doing joe biden s dirty work and america realizes what democrats are doing here. people in florida are rallying around the former president protesting in front of his home at mar-a-lago as ron desantis says he will not assist alvin
todd: brooke singman with the latest on this morning s hearing. brooke. brooke: a number of key witnesses will testify at this morning s field hearing on violent crime. madeline brame, will testify this morning, along with victims rights new york founder jennifer harrison. we will hear from democratic city councilman robert holden and president of the endowment association. the star witness is jose alba, the former bodega worker charged with murder after stabbing each witness is expected to testify about district attorney alvin bragg s policies, how he enforces the law in new york city and how it impacted their lives. felony convictions are down from three years before alvin bragg took office and the da declined to prosecute 1200 felony cases last year. despite figures, democrats say crime is not an issue in new york city. mayor eric adams insists the big apple is the safest big city in the country. listen. we should be clear, new york city is the safest big city in a
democrats colluded with the fbi, cia, and big tech to censor us and hijack elections. the two journalists who broke the story testified in front of congress today. twitter, facebook, google and other companies developed a formal system for taking in moderation requests from every corner of government from the fbi, the dhs, even the cia is making lists of people whose opinions, beliefs, associations or sympathies are deemed misinformation, disinformation, or mall information. as someone who grew up a traditional aclu liberal, this mechanism for punishment and deprivation without due process is horrifying. the censorship industrial complex combines established methods of psychological manipulation some developed by the u.s. military during the global war on terror with highly sophisticated stools science artificial intelligence. federal government officials, agencies and contractors have gone from fighting isis recruiters and russian bots to censoring and deplatforming ordi
pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court. attorney general america ireland last night that the government is going to app
i m john roberts in washington and she goes by the nickname the python huntress and it s an interview you ll only see all new at 2:00. sandra: it is a busy friday here and we have a lot of news to get to and the white house is facing questions this hour after the president rolled out that plan to hike taxes 4 trillion for the $4 trillion and imposing more spend during the inflationary times. john: we start with stunning results of a vote on capitol hill and the house voted eunanimously and covid-19 and te vote was 419-0, which means every democrat that was president voted yes. sandra: this is happening exactly three years to the day, john, after the world health organization declared covid-19 a global pandemic and setting off a series of decisions to shut down the world and leaving the big question where did this virus come from? john: for years there s been an unwillingness by media and many democrats to look at theories beyond the narrative that came from the to