Trial. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. Also ahead, the end of an era for Senate Republicans. The partys longest Serving Leader in the Upper Chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. Well take a look at Mitch Mcconnell legacy and who could replace him. And that comes as congressional leaders now have a deal to fund part of the government for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers a little more time to get a lot done. O get a lot done good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 29th, a weekday, just what we needed this year to be a little longer. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And we begin with some massive news that broke late yesterday. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider former President Trumps claim of president ial immunity in his federal election interference case. The conservative courts decision to hear the case will further delay a potential trial. The high court has scheduled argument
the breaking news of this historic and quite frankly damning indictment released to the public today. laying out the special counsel s case against donald trump and his gross mishandling of classified documents. given that this is the first time such actions are being taken against a former president, the special counsel made sure he came prepared with the receipts. and they could not be any more incriminating. in all, the special counsel is charging trump with 37 counts. 31 of them have to do with trump s willful retention of national defense information. otherwise known as the espionage act. these are charges related to false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding and corruptly concealing documents, as well as scheming to conceal. included in some of the charges is one of trump s closest aides, walt nada, who was also indicted. also today, we heard for the tir time from the man leading the special counsel investigation, jack smith. our laws that protect n
ukrainian tactics designed to make every step forward come at a heavy price. despite the battle nearby, this sol soldier is certain of how the war will end. to be honest, in the first days i had some doubts, because according to the news, russia has the strongest army, he says. but since we pushed them back from kyiv and kharkiv, i m confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months it s like this, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, paulina said her family is leaving. the soldiers are surrounded, she tells me. my sister, who is pregnant, decided to leave, so we ll follow her. late afternoon and ukrainian marines prepare a prefresh salvf rockets. the battle for soledar is not over yet. and for an army that s on the defensive, what we saw was that the ukrainian troops are pretty well dug in, pretty well organized and morale surprisingly high. now, it seems the russians are r
We begin in morocco where were starting to understand the scope of a devastating earthquake where 2000 people are dead after 6. 8 magnitude earthquake rocked the country late friday. Another 2000 people are hurt. The u. S. Geological survey says that the earthquake was in americas high atlas mountains, about 50 miles southwest of marrakech. Meanwhile, its still very early and its not hard to see that the city has been left in shambles. Extensive damage, morocco today announcing three days of National Mourning. Adam parson of sky news is in marrakech with the latest. Here in marrakech, theyre having to come to terms with this burden of grief and the chaos that has followed this natural disaster. There is still real fear about what could happen. Heres a very good example of that nervousness. This restaurant behind me was badly damaged by the earthquake on friday, but it only actually collapsed hours, and hours later. And it is that nervousness thats affecting so many people here. Its wha
We begin in morocco where were starting to understand the scope of a devastating earthquake where the 2000 people are dead after 6. 8 magnitude earthquake rocked the country late friday. Another 2000 people are hurt. The u. S. Geological survey says that the earthquake was in americas high atlas mountains, about southwest of marrakech. Meanwhile, its still very early and its not hard to see that the city has been left in shambles. Extensive damage, morocco today announcing three days of National Mourning. Adam person of sky news is in marrakech with the latest. Here in marrakech, theyre having to come to terms with this burden of grief and the chaos that has followed this natural disaster. There is still real fear about what could happen. Heres a very good example of that nervousness. This restaurant behind me was badly damaged by the earthquake on friday, but it only actually collapsed hours, and hours later. And it is that nervousness thats affecting so many people here. Its what you