are you listening to what i m saying? children are dying. 9-year-old children. the solution is not to arm the teachers. have you ever worked in a school? tense moments on capitol hill yesterday. as democrats demand action on gun legislation following the deadly school shooting in nashville. we ll have more of that heated exchange and the latest from tennessee in just a moment. meanwhile, donald trump is fighting a judge s order to force some of his former staff and aides to testify about january 6th. we ll go through the legal precedent that is not on the former president s side. and also ahead, some new reporting on how top republican donors are feeling about a third option in the 2024 presidential race. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 30th. opening day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we begin this morning with new details about what we learned about the suspect and investigation into this week s deadly school
made in october ridiculing her. the case is set to go to trial next month. well thank you so much for watching tonight. cnn tonight with alison camerata starts now. good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight. we re learning more about the latest deadly school shooting. we ve gotten the body, the police body cam video. we re going to show that to you, and we re going to try to have a different conversation about guns with a longtime gun enthusiasts about what he thinks the solution could be plus another legal defeat for donald trump and a big win for special counsel jack smith, a federal judge ruling today that former vice president mike pence must testify to a grand jury. about what he what the then president told him leading up to january 6th. we re currently reviewing. but look, let me be clear. i have nothing to hide. well, obviously, this would be historic, a former vice president forced to give what could be damaging testimony against the preside
brutal beating what the story tells us about policing and crime in america. nichols never should have died. for those of us who are rightly concerned about what we may call government overreach it is the worst kind taking life without any care of due process and man who did it we cannot even call them police officers insult the hundreds of thousands of brave officers who put their lives on the line to protect every day we saw and is visited videos is murderous thugs and savages. that these events bring the same toxic debate all police are demonized because some abuse their power as a result america s police are undermined. the conversation about the cops. and of course this is a tragedy and they should be prosecuted but if we don t have some level realize it s not white cop or black cop but a cop who is under stress and underpaid a cup semi district they are only paid $14 an hour. steve: exactly on top of all of that defined the police and every police department and office
form vice president mike pence has to sit for the counsel. a federal judge in washington, d.c. most of pence s argument to avoid testifying. the speech and debate clause shielded him in his role as president of the senate. we re going to explain what the judge said about alleged illegality on the part of donald trump and what it means for pence in a moment. also, what the judge conceded to pence s team. we also have breaking news on the trump hush money case. we re going to explain that so don t go anywhere. joining me now, laura jarrett. from west palm beach near mar-a-lago, and former chief attorney also here in new york, garrett haake for the reporting. all right, laura. i m going to begin with you. let s talk about what you ve learned about former vice president mike pence. what did the judge say about why he is compelling him and ordering him to testify? the headline is that pence will have to testify in front of the special counsel grand jury there in washington, d.
mississippi picking up the pieces after devastating storms over the weekend left over two dozen people dead and prince harry, elton john, and others take their fight against the british tabloids to a london courtroom. this is what we re watching at this hour. and thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in israel, which is paralyzed right now by protests over benjamin netanyahu s plan to overhaul the country s judicial system. take a look at this video right now of protesters blocking a highway in television. police tried to disperse them by blasting them with water cannons. and while israelis take to the streets in protest, a historic general strike is also bringing the country. to a standstill all flights at israel s main airport were grounded for several hours , but they have now resumed now this is all happening just hours after netanyahu fired his own defense minister who had called for a pause in the government s judicial reform effort