morning joe. it is wednesday, march 29th. we have a lot to get to this hour, including a major development in the investigation into former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. a federal judge has ordered mike pence to give testimony. meanwhile former trump ally chris christie appears to be willing to play the anti-trump role if he gets into the 2024 race. we ll have more on that new reporting. and we re still on so called indictment watch since the president announced, the former president, that he was going to be arrested. we ll have the latest on the manhattan grand jury s investigation into the hush money payments to a porn star. plus, an update on the continuing protests in israel, and what president biden is saying about meeting with the country s leader, along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, just ran over. how does he do that? and member of
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. across the globe, major landmarks are lighting up in the colors of ukraine as the war there enters its second year. it s a stunning milestone for a battle many thought would end with a quick defeat by russia s powerful military. as vladimir putin s tanks rolled across the border last february. there was little hope that kyiv would be able to stand up to moscow for very long, but ukraine has shocked the world and perhaps russia most of all with its strength and determination. that defiance has come at a heavy price for the country and its people. the u.n. estimates have come up and they say more than 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed since the war began, a number that is likely much higher. some 8 million ukrainians have fled the country, many not knowing if they ll ever return. yet despite the cruel challenges his country has faced, president volodymyr zelenskyy is optimistic about the future. we st
good tuesday morning, i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. some major news just in on your money. new key inflation data finds that americans overall are paying less for items. still, however, some sticker shock out there. will the fed now pause its ongoing rate hikes? we re also closely watching bank crisis fears following the sudden collapse of two regional banks. markets open soon. we will look at where things stand today. plus, loyalty loss. former president trump taking his first stage in iowa since announcing his third bid for the white house, sharpening his 2024 attacks. why he says he regrets ever endorsing florida governor ron desantis. and state of emergency in parts of new england this morning. a dangerous nor easter slamming the region with heavy snow, coastal flooding, powerful winds possible. boy, looks dangerous. that is one big storm. we do want to begin with your money. banking concerns across the nation, we have priscilla alvarez, lauren fox and chri
revealing interview, and confesses to being, quote, a terrible liar. and the latest on jimmy carter. i ll speak to one of his top white house advisers who helped engineer his rise from governor to president. let s go outfront. good evening. i m pamela brown in for erin burnett tonight. welcome to a special edition of outfront. and tonight, ready for anything, ukraine s military preparing for provocative acts by rucha to mark the one-year anniversary of its invasion. the warning as president biden made an unprecedented surprise visit to kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy, sending a painful reminder to putin of how his invasion plans have failed. the visit also stinging russian troops already dealing with major morale issues. a telegram account managed by russian military bloggers noting biden has done something putin has not, saying, quote, almost a year after the beginning of the special military operation, we are waiting in the russian city of kyiv for the preside
john king in washington. that sadly, the sound of violence visiting yet another american city, louisville, police say a shooter killed at least four people eight more to the hospital after a morning assault at a downtown bank. kentucky s governor, choking back tears, says that s his bank. this is awful. i have a very close friend that didn t make it today. and i have another close friend who didn t either and one who s at the hospital. but i hope is going to make it through. so when we talk about praying, i hope people will plus the ruling with implications everywhere. federal judge tries to take abortion pills approved by the fda off the market, the biden white house now grappling with how to respond, some democrats argue the white house should simply ignore the court. and a whodunit with global implications. some of america s most sensitive secrets wind up on the internet and they give the world a peek at ukraine s battlefield. it s faltering air defenses and yes how the un