politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us today an abortion case with implications everywhere. a texas trump-appointed judge will determine if pregnancy pills should be pull ed off the shelf from coast to coast. plus more economic turbulence as american markets tumble on fears a global bank mugt go over the edge. and wrong, disturbed, the chamberlain approach. washington say the florida governor is way off target to suggest the united states should forget about ukraine. up first this hour, a texas classroom that may echo in w women s lives no matter where you live. the case, the alliance of hippocratic medicine versus is the fda. the plaintiffs are five out of state antiabortion groups. the argument that the fda put it ahead of science two decades ago ignoring evidence and safety rules when to go on the market. it s one of two drugs used to terminate pregnancies. it s as important or important than the specific legal arguments. today s h
major protests happening right now in france and a final decision on french president macron s pension reform plan is expected tomorrow live in paris, with the latest breaking overnight an appeals court rules an abortion pill will remain available, but adds new restrictions on who can get them and how it is being described as a one in 1000 year event. catastrophic flash flooding drenching parts of florida some areas recording an estimated 20 plus inches of rain. it s closed and international airport, the broward county mayor says it s the most severe flooding he s ever seen. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. happening right now. in france. what you see right here. protesters setting fire to dumpsters in the city of ren, and we want to show you what s also been happening in paris demonstrators storming the headquarters of louisville thanh all leading up to one critical moment. a final decision on whethe
wrote, i purchase a horse, that s inaccurate. that s a lie maybe, but there s no crime there because this filing was not for the purpose of influencing an election it wasn t something hidden there was no obligation to disclose this to an election campaign committee at all. the lawyer representing donald trumpin the stormy daniels hush money case presenting a defense for why the former president did not break campaign finance laws that payment. we re going to have much more from this heated interview straight ahead meanwhile ron desantis is facing criticism from some members of his own party after he called russia s invasion of ukraine a territorial dispute. and that comes as russia makes an aggressive move with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ll break down what happened and the possible fallout good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 15th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning on capitol hil
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
here in new york by all appearances it looks like da alvin brag is wrapping up his investigation into potential hush money payments before the 2016 election. and there is a chance that criminal charges could be filed against donald trump a chance his former attorney, michael cohen, who served time for violating campaign finance rules when he paid porn star stormy daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about the affair she said she has with donald trump is testifying before a grand jury as we speak. michael cohen is he said that donald trump knew what he was paying for and knew that michael cohen, his lawyer, was doing it on his behalf we ll get into the evidence he could be presenting to the jury in a moment. we also have an answer from donald trump s lawyers about whether he, donald trump, will accept his own invitation from da alvin bragg to also sit for the grand jury. we have no plans on participating in that proceeding it s a decision that needs to be made still, no deadline h