everyone. it is tuesday, april 25th. welcome to cnn this morning. we re so glad you re with us. we do begin, though, with news about this show. as you may have heard yesterday, cnn parted ways with anchor don lemon. a statement, chris licht thanked don for his contributions over the 17 years. writing in part, don will forever be a part of the cnn family. we wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future ende endeavors. he was one of the first anchors to have me on his show. that s something i ll obviously never forget. we wish him the best. we certainly do. don was one of my first friends at cnn. i m so thankful to worked alongside him and for his support for nearly 15 years here and i wish him all good things ahead. we re really proud of this show. we re so proud of the dedicated team that works around the clock to bring you the news every morning and our priority is you, the viewer. we re grateful you welcome us into your home each morning. absolutely. of c
the window and goes! one of the all-time great lebron performances. 22 points, 20 rebounds and 7 assists. miami has won it and goes up three games to one! jimmy butler with the fourth most individual points in playoff game history. you denied it before. playoff jimmy, are you ready to it s not a thing. it s not. i just be hooping. good morning, everyone. especially to jimmy butler, unreal performance by him. i just couldn t even bereave that. but also that is not the breaking news this morning. we do have real breaking news this morning. as president biden is officially announcing he is running for re-election. the president launched his campaign with a video that took aim at republicans over abortion, social security and culture wars. around the country maga extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms. cutting social security that you paid for your entire life while cutting taxes from the very wealthy. dictating what healthcare decisions women ca
d.a. when she will announce criminal indictments against trump and his allies. these letters show she really does have the former president set in her sights. the sheriff s office in kentucky has hired the officer who fired the fatal bullet that killed breonna taylor. his entire life has been up ended as well, not to take anything away from the tragedy that happened here. to think that another department would even want this guy just angers me. a new three-day cease fire between sudan s war and factions is currently in effect. this latest pause was brokered by the u.s. secretary of state is also working with regional partners to implement a permanent end to the fighting. a cease fire just got announced is a good sign. we ll see where it goes. lakers down two, james a off