morning. it is april 15th. i m victor blackwell. merrill walker. thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. um how s it going? move here . you know what i have in my mind right now is when we re getting that invite to your place once your bar is all built out, is being built out. the bottles have not yet arrived from storage. but it s coming. it s coming. haven t arrived yet. no invitation just come and look at the shelves. okay it s coming. sure i m sure the shelves are beautiful. here s what we re watching this morning. this is not just about taking home documents. a 21 year old air man charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday . what we re learning about him and the questions being raised about who should have access to classified information. president biden is weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to an abortion drug while it considers the case the next steps in
off a furious weeklong scramble to find the source of the leak. it also raises questions about who should be able to get access to classified documents. cnn senior national security correspondent alex marquardt joining us now from washington. hi alex. what more are you learning about jack teixeira? good morning, andrea and victor. well airman, first class jack to share as you say, 21 years old. he enlisted in the air national guard back in 2019 surround four years ago, and for the past two years he has held top secret security clearance. now, according to this unsealed affidavit that was unsealed in court yesterday, he has been posting classified information online. since december. at first it was just text that he was posting. but then, a month later in january, he started according to the fbi, posting photographs of these classified documents that we have now seen. so these hundreds of documents have been online for months before they really came to light that was back on a
had with the former president, leading up to that day when he and his family were forced to flee a mob demanding he be hanged. today former vice president pence dropped his appeal of the federal court decision ordering his testimony . this would be the first time that a former vice president testifies about his former boss and a criminal investigation. in this case, the boss who according to testimony before the january, 6th select committee, said he deserved to be hanged. you. if i were you, i would still be livid. with donald trump. i would be so furious. and i know you re a measured man. um but are you still angry? well i must tell you the president s words and tweet that day. we re reckless. endangered my family and all the people at the capitol. and i was angry. but you know, my christian faith tells me to be quick to listen. slow to speak and slow to become angry. and then the christian faith. forgiveness is not optional. forgiving is one thing for getting another. we l
continues. cnn primetime special inside the trump investigation starts now. a surreal moment. history made former president trump arrested and arraign cannot and will not normalized serious criminal conduct. 34 felony counts tied to alleged hush money payments felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are tonight, fact checking the former president s grievances. only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it, comparing his charges to another infamous campaign finance case and answer the biggest questions. what s next for the manhattan case? this case is going to fall on its merits. well, before we get to a jury. what role does politics play in this prosecution as a nominee? would be much more difficult for a prosecutor to then go to trial and convict him and which of the other probes could imperil the former president? next this is the least of the legal troubles. we re seeing the special counsel making real strid
by invent help. call 1 807 100020 invention idea but don t know what to do. next call invent help today they can help you get started with your idea. call now. 807 100020. good evening more than 24 hours after the former president was arraigned tonight. new trouble for him. former vice president mike pence, no longer fighting in court now willing to testify before a grand jury in the department of justice s investigation to january 6th about direct conversations he had with the former president, leading up to that day when he and his family were forced to flee a mob demanding he be hanged. today former vice president pence dropped his appeal of the federal court decision ordering his testimony . this would be the first time that a former vice president testifies about his former boss and a criminal investigation. in this case, the boss who according to testimony before the january 6th select committee , said he deserved to be hanged. you. if i were you, i would still be livid