Voting machines. Bornean. Top of the hour this friday morning. So glad youre with us on ccnn this morning. What a week it has been. And so much more to come. Thats exactly right. This is going to be a very intense, very consequential months, years. Many years. Sawyer, dejected, defiant. Donald trumps mood, State Of Mind after his third arraignment in four months. Trump, for his part, proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. And indianas neartotal abortion ban appears to be underway. Some clinics in the state have already stopped taking appointments, forcing women to seek outofstate options. We will talk to illinois governor j. B. Pritzker. Also, the jops report, we will get an example of the economy in general after a pretty shaky week for u. S. Markets. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we begin this morning. Former President Trump back in new jersey after pleading not guilty to his arraignment in the past
What do they want to hear . Or is it potentially that they just want to be the ones to hear it. The lead on writing a definitive ruling on something as foundational as whether this president , any president , is above the law. But you cant separate that motivation from the timing. Why did it take so long for the justices to decide to hear it . And why will it take so long for them to actually hear it. The court has worked faster before, including on Hearing Arguments regarding the colorado ballot. Again, the timing here matters. Not just for this case, which is now unlikely to be tried before election day, but Donald Trumps other cases as well. The classified documents at maralago, maybe even georgia, if that case ever even gets off the ground. Or the arguments regarding the colorado decision to remove trump from the ballot. Theres so much to consider. The motivation, the political effect on november, and the future of the court itself. How much public trust can it stand to lose before
After trump trounced haley in her home state of South Carolina. But the latest primary results holds some Warning Signs for the republican president ial front runner. Asa hutchinson, the former president ial candidate, is here to discuss the election, in the future of the gop. Which he says trump is turning into a pro putin party of grievance. The toll of war. Ukraines president says 31,000 ukrainian troops have been killed since the russian invasion began two years ago yesterday. As republicans continue to block much needed military aid, we will take a closer look at potential backup plans to get ukraine the help it desperately needs. And, the maga agenda, from abortion to immigration. We will dive into how donald trump and his allies are planning extreme policies, for a possible second trump term. I am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. With the South Carolina republican president ial primary in the rearview mirror, all of the attention has turned to michigan. On tuesday, vo
this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares
the dignified transfer on friday. to the families of the fallen, we are so so sorry [crying] for your loss, and we are forever grateful, for your sacrifice. and on that very sad note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see with the end of tomorrow. tomorrow the matchup of the year is set, and it s a rematch of 2020, the same thing even, the red team versus the other red team. that s right. the kansas city chiefs are set to face off yet again against the san francisco 49ers in super bowl 58. okay. all right. if you thought that was a wind up to the likely battle between president biden donald trump in 2024, it is also that as well. and that is because, bear with me here, a segment of right-wing media is convinced of the kansas city chiefs qualifying for the super bowl this year is actually a vast left wing conspiracy. this plot all centers around the relationship between kansas city tight