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with breaking news this morning. in the balance of the supreme court considers a challenge to abortion medication. out of there. man. more states, making it harder for women to get abortions do democrats have a plan to respond? speak with democratic senator kirsten gillibrand next? and secrets out the intelligence community and us allies shaken at the scope of classified material leaked by a 21 year old junior airman is the u. s doing enough to keep it secret? safe plus, don t get distracted. we ve never been in such danger. as we are right now . the gop works on its message and its messenger for 2024 gop governor who overcame donald trump s attacks and one in a purple state lays out his vision for how his party can win back. the white house. georgia governor brian kemp joins me ahead. hello i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is compromised. president biden is back in the u. s. after a deeply personal diplomatic visit to ireland, but he returns to face
stories this morning. first in nashville. new details about the shooter who killed six people at a christian elementary school. and we ve determined that audrey about seven firearms. from five different local gun stores here legally. ah they were legally purchased. three of those weapons were used yesterday, but parents felt that she should not own weapons. they were under the impression that was when she sold the one weapon that she did not own any more. i said thursday. of course it s wednesday. the parents of audrey hill hill also gave critical insight into hail state of mind will be live in nashville with details just ahead. plus an unprecedented ruling and a new setback for trump s legal team. a judge has ordered former president vice president mike pence to testify. federal grand jury is now getting a chance to ask pence about his conversations with the former president. in the days leading up to january, 6th. we begin this morning, though, in nashville, where cnn s car
breaking news. hello i m alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we do begin with breaking news in the donald trump hush money investigation. we re learning that the manhattan grand jury that has been hearing the case is set to take a break for up to a month and may not hear evidence again until the end of april. let s get straight to cnn s caress canal in new york, keira. this comes after the former president. he predicted that he was gonna be indicted last week. but now, if that indictment comes, it may not be for several more weeks. alex. so we re learning from a court administration source that the grand jury has a scheduled break for the holidays and that they will be breaking after april 5th. that s next wednesday and they would return later in the month of april. what is not clear is whether this grand jury which normally sits on mondays, wednesdays and thursdays, will hear evidence about the trump case before they take that break. they ar
freeze a lower court s ruling that placed restrictions on the drug mifepristone pill is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s. but now that decision sets up the most consequential abortion related disputes since the overturning of roe v. wade another appeals court is scheduled to take up the case. it is made. cnn s jessica schneider has more. the supreme court, stepping in to protect full access to the abortion pill mifepristone while this appeals process plays out, that means it will be status quo for the administration of this drug woman can continue to take it up to 10 weeks pregnant, they can continue to receive it by mail and via telehealth visits with their health care providers, and the generic version will remain widely available. this is exactly what the biden administration and the fda what they were asking for. they warned that if there were restrictions imposed on this drug at any point, there would be confusion and chaos. now this chaos has re