Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News in former president Donald Trumps legal troubles. Just in last hour, the new York Court of appeals rejected trumps efforts to overturn the Gag Order in his hushmoney criminal case. Joining us now, msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben. Good morning. What more do we know about the Courts Decision . Reporter you know, sometimes when a court acts we see an entire opinion. Other times when they reject an application we can see as little ads one word, the word rejected or denied. This is more in that latter category. All we know that the court has said is that former President Trumps application for them to hear an appeal on the Gag Order before his sentencing was rejected because in the courts view there was no substantial constitutional question directly involved. And i want to pause there on the word directly. That may be the Court Signaling that they understand that, for example, the entire case does present a v
Voting machines. Bornean. Top of the hour this friday morning. So glad youre with us on ccnn this morning. What a week it has been. And so much more to come. Thats exactly right. This is going to be a very intense, very consequential months, years. Many years. Sawyer, dejected, defiant. Donald trumps mood, State Of Mind after his third arraignment in four months. Trump, for his part, proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. And indianas neartotal abortion ban appears to be underway. Some clinics in the state have already stopped taking appointments, forcing women to seek outofstate options. We will talk to illinois governor j. B. Pritzker. Also, the jops report, we will get an example of the economy in general after a pretty shaky week for u. S. Markets. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we begin this morning. Former President Trump back in new jersey after pleading not guilty to his arraignment in the past
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. we begin at the far north end of the texas panhandle. tornado on the ground. national weather service confirming a tornado strike in perr perryton texas. the fire chief confirming at least three deaths and damage to at least 200 homes. there were collapsed lungs, head injuries and broken bones. cleanup is already under way. congressman ronny jackson is asking people in the area to help any way they can. want to bring in derek van dam in the cnn weather center. this was just one of seven tornados reported thursday along with nearly 200 storms. are we looking at anything like this for today? up fortunately we have another active day ahead of us. the tornados in texas absolutely devastating to see. let s focus on the more immediate threat, what is happening now. we have severe thunderstorm watches stretching from texas through louisiana and the gulf coast. there
see how streaming changed the music industry in a new episode of the cnn original series the 2 2010. i m alex marquardt. we begin this hour with ongoing and escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in the gaza strip. the israeli air force atting thatting sites they say belong to the militant group islamic jihad ongoing since tuesday after palestinian militants launched rockets in the occupied west bank. at least two palestinian men were killed in a clash with israeli troops in the occupied west bank today. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far. that s both militants and civilians. ben wedeman is live for us near gaza. you re seeing rocket fire going on right above you as we speak. reporter: yeah. just seconds ago while you were starting the show we saw right behind me three separate volleys of rockets being fired from gaza. that s the northern end of the strip. they basically came just above us. you can probably still see the
and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. it was june of 2022, and the venue for the conservative political action conference, cpac. the venue was packed. hundreds of far-right politicians and activists gathered to claim election fraud, to launch attacks against the press, donald trump was one of the main speakers, and he was slated to give a talk on chinese election interference. jason miller was there, trump s senior campaign advisor, and now the ceo of the conservative twitter clown getter. also in attendance, republican mark, green a far-right congressman who voted against the certification of joe biden as president. in a lot of ways, this was just another cpac conference. the main difference was that this one was happening in brazil. months before that country s presidential election. all of the false claims about election fraud, they were dubbed in portuguese. this is the extent to which the maga movement embedded itself in brazilian politics. a relationshi