become the first former president ever to be criminally indicted. ahead why his former lawyer, michael cohen might play a key role. in california residents are preparing for another round of severe weather including excessive rainfall, official from monterey county joins me in a few minutes and a shock and outrage in germany after a deadly attack on a jehovah s witness church. . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. it s been more than six years since $130,000 in hush money was paid to porn star stormy daniels to keep her from going public about an alleged affair with donald trump, that payment was made days before the 2016 presidential election, now, the new york times reports the trump has been offered a chance to testify next week before the grand jury that s been hearing evidence in that case. cnn evan paris tells us what it might mean for the former president. reporter: we know that they met with trump team recently and time says that
just ahead on cnn newsroom mr. president a decision on whether to seek an indictment is very close at hand and frankly it is quite likely here. we re not out of the woods with the winter storms and this is a big one. we re looking at this as a big event. all four of the americans who were kidnapped are back on u.s. soil. we heard gunshots and there were 12 continuous shots. we saw people being taken away in black bags. liver from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, march 10. this 4:00 a.m. in new york where donald trump may be just a short time away to become the first former president ever to be criminally indicted. the district attorney s office recently offered him one final chance to testify next week. that would be before the grand jury hearing evidence in the stormy daniels hush money case. according to the ti times, in almost always indicates an indictment is close. the investigation centers on $130,0
people that they are trafficking into america, how they enslave them in the sex trade and how the treat these people and leave them for dead in the deserts. we need to pick up the pieces of those families who lose loved ones to fentanyl poisoning. dana: mexico s president obrador rejecting claims that mexican drug traffickers are responsible for the fentanyl in the u.s. and saying it is u.s. problem. not mexico s. bill: bill melugin back at his post in brownsville, texas, where he has been most of the week. hello. good morning to you. it is well established fact that fentanyl is mass-produced in mexico by mexican drug cartels in their labs using chemicals imported from china. mexico s president said they have nothing to do with that and it s all the u.s. s problem. he said take a look. here we do not produce fentanyl and we do not have the consumption of fentanyl. why don t they, the united states, take care of their problem of social decay? fentanyl is pouring into the
state showdown. we begin with the fox news alert and we are awaiting the white house briefing next hour where karine jean-pierre will be pressed for the president s massive $6.8 trillion tax and spend budget plan. a lot to unpack in america reports in the next two hours. i m john roberts in washington and, s sandra, weather correspondent made it to washington. i m sandra smith, glad to be with you, john. this massive new tax and spend plan as inflation remains stubbornly high and as a brand new jobs report is just released by the labor department. it did show payrolls rising by 311,000 last month. that was higher than expected and as the wall street journal references what they see as evidence of resilient economic economy. the unemployment rate meanwhile ticked up to 3.6%, that s from the record low in january. but there s still a big question on what s coming down the pike as more rate hikes could be on the horizon. so with that in mind, let s get right to it wi
pretty much a crime. amazing. thank you so much for joining us. 3 60 begins now. moments ago , a vigil for the three adults and 39 year olds who were murdered at the covenant school two days ago ended in nashville. a city still in mourning. tonight was a moment for people to gather to console and to remember. first lady jill biden was in nashville tonight. earlier she placed flowers at the memorial for the six who were killed three children, all nine years old ali scruggs, the daughter of covenant presbyterian churches, senior pastor evelyn dick house and william kinney and the adults the head of the school. katherine coons. age 80. excuse me, 60 mike hill, who s 61, the school custodian. and cynthia peak, who was also 61, a substitute teacher. a city councilman now says he believes that koons may have died trying to protect the children. he says a witness told him kunz was on a zoom call, heard the shots and then abruptly ended the call and left the office. nashville s polic