the terrifying shooting spree, but the gun violence this weekend was not limited to philadelphia. three people were killed in fort worth, texas, another lost their lives in shreveport, louisiana, and nine were injured in a drive-by shooting in our nation s capital. we re live from philadelphia. this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous peoples hands. also this hour, a scorching day for most of the country after the world marked the unofficial hottest day on record yesterday. and later, suspected cocaine in the white house, the new steps in the investigation on how exactly the illegal drug ended up inside the west wing. we re going to begin this morning with the devastating outbreak of gun violence and the frantic search for answers in multiple communities including philadelphia, where the suspected philadelphia mass shooter appeared in court for the first time since five people were gunned down. no cameras or phones wer
returns to the granite state tonight, he is taking her on. this hour, president biden ramps up the abortion debate at the start of the election year tied to monday s 51st anniversary of roe v. wade. the annual anti-abortion march in washington, blocks from the supreme court, expected to rule soon on what could be another landmark decision, a pending case to outlaw the abortion pill nationwide. the head of u.s. cybersecurity will join me on their critical effort to keep the 2024 election secure from foreign and domestic online interference, as artificial intelligence sparks new threats. u.s. strikes against houthi rebels failed to stop new waves of the red sea attacks. netanyahu s speech flatly rejecting a palestinian state and u.s. peace plan causes new friction with washington, europe, and arab neighbors. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. live free or die, that s the state motto in new hampshire, fully embraced there, especially by the state s
the last day or so has seen an extraordinary turn of events in russia. the russian president vladimir putin has survived an immediate threat to his power after the leader of the wagner mercenary group agreed to end his mutiny against the russian army. yevgeny prigozhin called off his wagner troops march to moscow late saturday night after negotiations with putin s ally and belarus leader alexander lukashenko. he also agreed to leave russia for belarus, and the kremlin has said it will not pursue punishment against him or wagnerfighters. but there are many questions unanswered about what s happened. to help unpack some of these i m joined now by a panel of experts. joining me live are vitaly shevchenko, who is from bbc monitoring, jade mcglynn is a researcher at the war studies department at king 5 college london. she s also the author of memory makers: the politics of the past in russia and russia 5 war. she joins us from oxfordshire. justin crump is a military veteran and
martha: i love the live shots of beautiful iowa this afternoon. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. great to have you with us. today it is caucus day. it is subzero. doesn t seem to be bothering many people out there. the final few hours before iowans file in to their voting precincts, we wait to see what will happen, what it will mean for the election and ultimately for the country. we tune out the noise of the politicians and we raise the voices of americans that say we want a better day. the country needs a fresh face. i d like a strg woman. we feel fantastic. we re going to shock the world and looking forward to see the media s reaction. doesn t matter about the weather. we re here to support somebody that will make a difference in our country. i m running on your issues and your families issues. that s the only thing we re doing. why ron desantis? why is he your guy? if you don t have the ability to persuade people in the general election, you have a lo
head to newjersey later on today where he will immediately begin gathering support and donations. towards his campaign off of the back of what has happened here today. i think we can cross live now to miami. live now to miami and our correspondent nomia iqbal. talk us through what exactly the process is today for donald trump. when trump arrived he was arraigned before he was processed so he went into the courthouse some 14 story glass building and you the charges laid out to him, there with his legal team, entered a plea of not guilty and then he was booked, fingerprints taken, no mug shot, another picture of him will be uploaded and release but it will not be a mug shot. then there were some rumours that he might do a walkabout because there are a lot of supporters there but i do not think that will materialise. i will mention that he will then leave to go to maturity. the former president of the us is under arrest which is quite immature and anything to say but it is becau