ahead. it was a busy night and you are waking up to history. america waking up to the historic news that president donald j. trump has been indicted. he is the very first president. we ve never seen this before in history. so here s the latest on this friday, march, 31st 2023 sources tell cnn trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud. this case prosecuted by the manhattan district attorney centers around the accounting of hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels. as of now, this is how it s supposed to go down because multiple sources say trump will turn himself in next tuesday. he is expected to appear in court for his arraignment in new york. the nypd getting ready for any sign of trouble. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform people prepared for deployment today. meanwhile republicans in the house senate and even some 2024 rivals are rushing to trump s defense, calling the case political and outrage and even one of them
by catering to the hard right. conduct like theirs is just asking for another january 6th to happen. that s of course chuck schumer, but it s not just democrats who are calling out fox news for trying to down play the violence of january 6th. some republican senators did not hold back their criticism either. we ll have their comments straight ahead. speaker mccarthy making no apologies for his role in all of this. we ll tell you how he is justifying handing over thousands of hours of security video. also ahead, the latest on the kidnapping in mexico that ended with two americans dead and two others in the hospital. plus, federal investigators digging deeper into norfolk southern s safety culture following two train derailments in ohio and a deadly collision yesterday morning in cleveland. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, march 8th. it is international women s day, and mika is getting ready for her big event in our next hour, including a conversatio
is used in more than half of all abortions in the us. this decision is a victory supporters of abortion rights, as it defends broad acces to this pill. and a victory for the biden administration. president biden has responded: our correspondent jess parker has more. with me is our correspondentjess parker. jess what does this ruling say? it means nothing changes for an hour on women s access to mifepristone. kawann uses a two drug regiment in more than half of abortions across america so thatis of abortions across america so that is highly significant. what had happened, as you were just mentioning, a judge in texas had halted potential approval of mifepristone so we could not be available but that decision was stayed for seven days and an appeals court said, no, we will restrict it, lower the amount of time women can take it to when they are pregnant down from ten weeks to seven weeks and you will not be able to order it by mail either. the supreme court has said none of tha
tensions in the skies, a russian fighter jet forcing a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force calling the encounter reckless and unprofessional. it s at a potentially dangerous escalation at a crucial time in russia s war against ukraine. joining me now from the magic wall is cnn military analyst, retired air force colonel cedric leighton. i m so glad you re here to help us unpack. what happened in this moment? now, colonel, officials are saying that this drone was over international waters on the black sea when a russian jet dumped fuel on them and bumped into the drone? i mean, it sounds incredibly dangerous. yeah, it really is, laura. and it s good to be with you tonight. and where this happened is probably about in this area right here. so, all of this is international waters that you see right here, just off the crimean coast. and of course, the southern coast of ukraine. so, this area is one in which the united states of course has a lot of interest in tr