we ve been rocking out out here all morning long. we ought to keep them here every weekend. joey: it makes it hard to concentrate op on politics in the commercial break, but i m not all that upset by that. will: we ve been rock aring for several weeks now as part of this faith and friends concert series. st the really fun. that will be, i believe, in the final hour of our show. we wake up at 5 a.m. to a rock concert every sunday morning. [laughter] we ll bring it to you in just a few hours, but now to our top story, former president trump attends a college wrestling match in tulsa, oklahoma, yesterday after saying he would be arrested on tuesday. his potential arrest, it s related to a $13 if 0,000 amendment 130,000 payment to stormy daniels. joey: manhattan d.a. alvin bragg told his staff in an e-mail attain the by politico, quote, we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in new york. rachel: house speaker kevin mccarthy is directing
state showdown. we begin with the fox news alert and we are awaiting the white house briefing next hour where karine jean-pierre will be pressed for the president s massive $6.8 trillion tax and spend budget plan. a lot to unpack in america reports in the next two hours. i m john roberts in washington and, s sandra, weather correspondent made it to washington. i m sandra smith, glad to be with you, john. this massive new tax and spend plan as inflation remains stubbornly high and as a brand new jobs report is just released by the labor department. it did show payrolls rising by 311,000 last month. that was higher than expected and as the wall street journal references what they see as evidence of resilient economic economy. the unemployment rate meanwhile ticked up to 3.6%, that s from the record low in january. but there s still a big question on what s coming down the pike as more rate hikes could be on the horizon. so with that in mind, let s get right to it wi
toxic train disaster. all i know is our town needs help. how did a train derailment in ohio become america s latest political flash point? you were met with indifference and betrayal. the same people who want to play political games are the same people who sided with industry again and again and again. tim scott edges closer to a presidential bid. i see kids ought the abcs, not crt. will the message on race resonat with gop voters? march ri taylor greene has a radical plan to fix the union. dissolve. the last thing i want to see in america is a civil war but we have to do something about it. welcome to inside politic sunday. it s been 23 days since a train carrying hazardous materials went off the rails in ohio. 23 days of dread for the nearly 5,000 americans asking whether the air is safe to breathe and the water is safe to drink. like so much else in america, this environmental disaster quickly divided the country. former president trump led that charge
when. they re working hard to make this happen. president xi will sit down with vladimir putin as well. so what does this mean? where are we headed in all of this? serious times. serious questions ahead as putin and the u.s. dig in on both sides of ukraine. mike gallagher, chair of the house committee on china and dan hoffman, former cia station chief in moscow standing by. first, to chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin with the latest from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. hi, martha. senior u.s. defense officials believe putin s threat to pull out of the new start treaty is another example of nuclear saber rattling designed to spook the u.s. from supporting ukraine. any reaction to putin pulling out of new start? new start is the last remaining post cold war u.s.-russia arm control treaty. it s been on life support for some time giving u.s. inspectors limited visibility to russia s arsenal. both sides have accused each other of violating the treaty, which
we ll hear from both sides of the legal debate. he s the failed republican candidate accused of orchestrating the shootings at the homes of democrats, now investigators are looking into whether solomon pena s campaign was funded by fentanyl. also, this a massive loss for music. david crosby dying at 81. we ll speak live with one of his best friends. cnn this morning starts right now. to all of those stories in just a moment, but first we need to talk about ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, making a desperate plea for more weapons before it is too late. there are signs that russia is regrouping and preparing to launch a major offensive. and cnn has learned cia director bill burns personally flew to kyiv for a secret meeting with zelenskyy to brief him on vladimir putin s plans. this morning, the defense secretary, lloyd austin, is at ram stein air base in germany to huddle with western allies. president zelenskyy spoke virtually at the meeting. the war st