hello and welcome to the cnn newsroom. boris sanchez, everyone boris great to be with you. i m jessica dean and we begin with breaking details another major legal blow to former president donald trump. on the day his attorney had to testify before a federal grand jury. in one case. we re learning. in a separate case, his former top administration aides have now been ordered to testify, and that includes his past white house chief of staff mark meadows. this specific investigation is the federal criminal. probe into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election loss. cnn senior crime and justice reporter caitlin poland s is with us live standing outside of the department of justice on a rainy day. caitlin tell us so much about this development, the claim of executive privilege by the former president thrown out by this judge. right so this is another attempt where donald trump was coming into court secretly behind closed doors and trying to say that people around him sh
Plane crash. Boeing facing serious safety questions following the second crash of a new 737 in the last five months. All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight died sunday morning when the plane went down shortly after takeoff. The pilot had reported technical difficulties. 189 lives were also lost when a lion air crashed in late october. Both involved brand new 737 max 8 airplanes. There is no evidence that the two incidents are linked, but if one issue caused both disasters, boeing might have to quickly have modifications to their planes. American and southwest operate dozens of them. This morning Ethiopian Airlines is grounding all bowing 737 max 8s. So is caymans airlines. Chinas Civil Aviation authority is suspended all flights using the max 8. Boeing delaying plans to unveil its huge new jetliner this week. And eight americans were among the 157 killed. 19 of the dead were United Nations staff members. We dont know the cause of the accident. We will comply with all the
And Jeanine Pirro questioned whether a persons belief opposed the constitution. And a soccer fan in england sucker punches a player in the head. Wait until you see how they responded. Welcome to early start. Im jessica dean. Happy monday. That is a scary incident there in soccer. Im dave briggs. It is march 11, 4 00 a. M. Boeing facing serious safety questions following the second crash of a new 737 in the last five months. All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight died sunday morning when the plane went down shortly after takeoff. 189 lives were also lost when a lion air crashed in late october. Both involved brand new 737 max 8 airplanes. There is no evidence that the fwro two incidents are i think willed, but if one issue caused both disasters, boeing might have to quickly have modifications to their planes. This morning Ethiopian Airlines is grounding all bowing 737 max 8s. So is caymans airlines. Boeing delaying plans to unveil its huge new jetliner this week. And eight
getting more details and reporting as the hours go by caitlin poland s thanks so much and joining us now is cnn legal analyst elliot williams, who helped lead the justice department as deputy assistant attorney general elliot it s great to see you. there are so many cases right now, and it s hard for all of us to keep straight. i can t imagine if you re watching. it s hard for you to keep straight. but elliot, let s start first with the first one. we were talking about this breaking news that we just got that in this january 6th investigation that all of these top aides, including former president trump s chief of staff, mark meadows will be compelled to testify. what do you make of that development? also significant development jessica so the way executive privilege operates and works is that the senior aides to the president and the president ought to be entitled to protection around conversations they have with the president when they re doing their jobs now, the problem and i think
these negotiations continue. if we do not come to an agreement, you could see a no other strike . of course, that s not something they necessarily want . and of course, a lot of the parents here do not want another strike. they were already suffering this week and are very thankful to have these children back in school. here are some of those moms. i m really excited. they re back. struggled i struggled bad, but, um, you know, we got through. we pulled through so over being gone now we re back. now both sides say that this is going to be historic if and when they come to an agreement, the superintendent saying that this is going to be an example for many across the country when it comes to these contract negotiations and the union saying that this should be a wake up call for many others to invest in education because they say that once you invest in these workers, you are going to have better schools and better education. jessica boris right more to come. camilo bernal in los angeles