our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn news room former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on thursday for more than five hours. latest numbers show that the u.s. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of 2023. never in a million years did i imagine that as american citizens my parents would be left to fend for themselves in a warzone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, april 28, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where it is another first for donald trump. like most of the others, it is not a good one. never before in more than history has a vice president been compelled to testify about direct conversations with the president he served. that is the situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury. katelyn polantz has the details. reporter: former vice president mike pe
pennsylvania after taking classes remotely. david gives a lot of credit to his favorite teachers. both of david s parents have advanced degrees. but raising someone as gifted as david is challenging. he said because he knows and understands concepts that are, quote, sometimes beyond my understanding. now that he is graduated, david apparently has his futuremap to. i want to be an astrophysicist. and i wanted to study black holes. and supernova. i am not even sure what they are exactly. but i have no doubt he will do. that david s parents say they are looking at colleges right now. in the meantime, david is working on his black belt in much lower. we wish him the best. news continues, erin burnett out front starts now. and now, especially titian about race against time to find survivors in the earthquake that has killed more than 38 hours for at least search for survivors. the death toll is rising and we have a live report from just a moment. plus, desantis versus disney.
heartbreaking images continuing to come out of turkey and syria this morning. rescuers there doing their best to dig through tons of debris hoping, looking for survivors after monday s massive 7.8 earthquake and the number of incredibly strong aftershocks. i wanted to warn you, and we have shown you them before, but the images that you are about to see are disturbing. as of this moment, at least 5,000 people that we know of have been killed, including this 15-year-old, and her father sitting distraught clutching her hand after she was crushed under layers of rubble. that poor man and little girl and did not survive with conditions brutal and stuck outside under freezing temperatures and waiting for some help to come. translator: i have two nephews in the wreckage behind me, and at 2:00 yesterday, building collapsed and hundreds more buildings like this, and thousands under the rubble, and the turkish authorities won t let them save us by our means, but they won t send any
all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim bruun huber ahead on cnn newsroom, we re getting a better look at the case against the air national guardsman who is accused of leaking classified pentagon documents and the charges he s facing republican hopefuls for president climb over each other to show who has the most support for gun rights at the annual nra convention. and an explosion leads to the japanese prime minister being evacuated from the place where he was giving a speech at what was behind the incident. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. u s government is moving quickly with its prosecution of the suspected leaker of classified documents that included detailed intelligence assessments of allies and adversaries alike. 21 year old air national guardsman jack to share a has now been formally charged under the espionage act. jason carroll has the latest on the charges and the continuing fallout fr
morning it is saturday. april 15th. i m aymara walker. i m victor blackwell. it is so good to be with you on this saturday morning. we got a lot going on today. it s been a very busy last several days. indeed. here s what we re watching for you. president biden is weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to an abortion drug while it considers the case. the next steps in the process, and why next wednesday could be a pivotal day in the abortion fight. this is not just about taking home documents. a 21 year old airman charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday. what we re learning about him and the questions being raised about who should have access to classified information yourself, florida are drying out, or at least draining out now after the floods this week with some areas they got nearly two ft of rain. we ll talk about where the recovery efforts stand and where we re seeing the