significant step that he has decided not to appeal. they are now willing to put mike pence before a federal grand jury. trump is nervous. he thinks that the special counsel here may know quite a lot. take our support for the people of taiwan. seriously, we are not isolated and we are not alone. it s gonna be weeks upon months to be able to recover. you can see all the way back in the woods. that s the roof of the building. live from london. this is cnn newsroom. max foster and bianca nobilo. this thursday, april 6th nine am here in london , four am on the u. s east coast. we begin with another blow to form president trump. mike pence says he ll testify to the grand jury of the special counsel investigating the january 6th capital riots. the former vice president has signaled that he won t appeal a federal court ruling ordering him to testify under oath about trump s actions leading up to january 6th. but there are some limits to what pence may be willing to discuss. cnn s kat
huber ahead on cnn newsroom a temporary victory for abortion rights supporters as the u. s. supreme court says mifepristone can still be prescribed. for now we ll take a look at the legal and medical fallout from this decision, plus a tentative ceasefire maybe holding in sudan , while the u. s state department has a message for americans hoping to get out of the country. and later, but the kremlin is saying about the bomb dropped on the russian city of belgorod. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. in a move that s being celebrated as a victory for the biden administration and abortion rights supporters across the u. s supreme court has taken steps to protect access to mifepristone and abortion medication that s been commonly used by women for decades are jessica schneider has more on the ruling and what comes next in the fight over the drug? the supreme court, stepping in to protect full access to the abortion pill mifepristone while the appeals proce
lot going on. we re glad you re with us. let s get started with the five things to know for this wednesday, april 5th 2023 donald trump defiant after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during a speech last night, he vowed to fight the charges and railed against the prosecutors and the judge. i ll let that sink in. what you just said is a lot and look at that. so their celebration, at least in chicago , there s a new mayor in the windy city senior projects that progressive brandon johnson has won the runoff in chicago. he s going to join us live right here on cnn this morning, eight o clock hour 88 a. m eastern time a seat change for wisconsin cnn projects, liberals will now hold the majority on the state supreme court. that is a significant flip that could have major implications for abortion rights and future elections. also house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to meet with the president of taiwan in california. today it s a rare meeting on
hello i m abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us. today we begin with the deadly storms ripping across parts of the midwest. the destructive system spawned at least 11 reports of tornadoes. now, take a look at this. this is video of missouri, where at least four people are now confirmed dead and several others may be hurt. missouri s governor, mike parson, has activated the national guard to assist with the storm recovery and is expected to go on a tour of that area soon, and this is the scene in neighboring illinois. you can see straight into that building after storms ripped off the roof and the danger is not over. yet more than 60 million people remain under the threat of severe storms. meteorologist jennifer gray is tracking that from the cnn weather center for us, but let s begin with cnn s adrian broadus, who is on the ground and kelowna, illinois. adrian i know that you have been speaking to some of these individuals who have lived through the storm and a
jordan and saudi arabia have denounced israel for what happened, the jordanian foreign minister, saying the world must clearly condemned the attack. shortly after the raid rockets were fired from gaza into israel , the militant group hamas, saying israel s actions in jerusalem wouldn t go unanswered. the israeli military said it had struck hamas weapons sites in gaza in response. and the u. s officer. palestinian affairs says that violence has no place in a holy site and during the holy season calling for restraint and de escalation , guys, there s a lot of concern. this will spiral even further in just the last few minutes. the idea of says two more rockets were actually attempted fire from gaza into israel. they didn t cross the border. but as we speak, we can say that it is calm at the al aqsa mosque compound where islamic authorities say 20,000 worshippers. are praying at this very moment, guys. i had asked gold. appreciate it. thank you. this is cnn breaking news. it is