battlefield, it looks more like this. the heart-stopping will to live. one russian soldier begs a drone to spare his life. it has caught the attention of our nation. this reporting coming from the wall street journal. this is the soldier. look into his eyes. he s a liquor store manager. he was drafted in to this war against his will. he had no interest in fighting on the front lines. never thought he would be here. he was basically told you re going to fight or you re going to prison. he left home early the morning that he had to report. his wife and his 3-year-old at home sound asleep. 6 months later, this extraordinary war-time video. look at these soldiers as they race away out of the way of drones. this is bakhmut, which you ve heard so much about. this is the front lines. this is the human experience that so many soldiers around the world in so many wars know and understand. but in this case, this man is being hunted by a ukrainian drone that is pinpointing his locatio
what s moved this needle with the media? absolutely. absolutely. there s no question. you look at the polling and right now donald trump is seven point ahead of joe biden and trending upward. joe biden is trending downward. another republican says the quiet part out loud, brazenly admitting that his party s anti-biden crusade is nothing more than a time wasting political stunt to help trump. jamie raskin joins me to respond. as governor, high school teacher and author. wait until you see some of the things he wrote in a little noticed 2011 book on the founding fathers and president obama. and later, a san francisco journalist goes under cover to give us a rare behind the scenes look inside the republican party s anti-trans agenda. we begin tonight with the return of the twice-impeached, criminally indicted former president in a new york criminal courtroom today. it was donald trump s first appearance in this case, though he did so virtually from florida since he pleaded n
good morning to you. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, may 14th. i m victor blackwell. happy mother s day to you. thank you. happy mother s day s to everyone. i m amara walker. thank you for joining us this morning. here s what we are watching for you. moving along. hard to tell. president biden and republican leaders are expected to meet this week as they rush to avoid an unprecedented debt default. the warning coming from the white house as that crucial june 1st date inches closer. ukraine s president says the country s counteroffensive against russia will begin soon as he meets with countries supplying billions of dollars in aid. what that looks like on the battlefield and the report that zelenskyy could be planning attacks inside russia. gone through a fiscal crisis, a pandemic, and a horrific tragedy that could shatter any community, but did not here. four university of idaho students fatally stabbed in their off campus apartments six months ag
jesse: nancy pelosi thinks her boogie man will disappear if we stop talking about him. at the direction of donald trump. yeah. a very sick person. i think that we spend too much time talking about him because this was a real taint on our democracy to have that person there. but we cannot keep giving him all the press he wants. jesse: this is coming from the lady that impeached trump twice. ignore trump and he will just go away. obama didn t get that message. barry and michelle took a private jet down to australia this week. michelle looked miserable. what does she have to be so sad about? her husband is making millions in australia. people are paying $900 a ticket just to hear him talk? now, obama met australia s prime minister. look how happy they are. they didn t even need the marine to hold the umbrella. obama greeted by indigenous elder anti-joy murphy. elder ante only comes out for the big shots. and when you go to melbourne, she gives you a welcome bush.
officials telling nbc news the goal of the president s address tonight is to affirm the core promises of his 2020 presidential campaign. restoring the soul of the nation. tonight s critical address as the polling shows the president faces growing dissatisfaction at home. the administration is not taking care of our own people. you have to get these old guys out. i will be joined by chris jansing and katy tur. plus, looming large. the diplomatic fallout from shooting down the 200-foot tall chinese spy balloon over the atlanta expected to play heavily into tonight s address. some of the lines of the speech referring to china were being edited in the wake of the military operation. how hard will the president go against china tonight? death toll rising. more than 5,100 people dead after two powerful earthquakes striking we were hearing voices, messages from under the rubble. we couldn t do anything. good morning, everyone. i am andrea mitchell in washington. this