everyone. it s a busy one. such a busy week. this is something the top headline that people in d.c. were talking about on friday. there was speculation about gary coc coc he could cohen. let s get start ond may 1st. breaking overnight, regulators seizing control of first republic bank and striking a deal to sell most assets to jpmorgan chase. this is the second largest bank failure in u.s. history. also this morning, zero leads as fbi agents in texas say they do not know where a mass shooting suspect is and right now have no leads. they re now offering an $80,000 reward for a man that killed five people and a 9-year-old boy. american citizens are getting help escaping out of sudan. also, the clock is ticking in hollywood f a new contract deal is not reached by midnight, the writer s gild of america will walk off the job. and steph curry scored 50 points, most ever in a game seven. warriors advancing to take on the lakers. cnn this morning starts right now. this
you know, drink to a little bit done. great assignment, don have fun this morning continues right now. mike pence, headed to the witness stand and the boj s january 6th investigation. this would be the first time that a former vice president testifies about his former boss and criminal investigation. do you think that there will be more than he can shed light on, particularly when it comes to his conversations with the former president, having the vice president of united states with a special counsel under oath, i think adds enormous value. take our support for the people of taiwan seriously, the white house has tried to downplay the historic nature of the meeting, trying not to overreact, threatening to fight back of violation of its sovereignty. the speaker of the house, there is no place that china is going to tell me where i can go or who i can speak to. concern is mounting in the middle east after israeli police and palestinians clashed at one of islam s holiest sites d
valencia. thanks so much. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield. a new legal battle is taking shape after the u. s supreme court issues a last minute order to protect a common abortion drug court deciding last night to freeze a lower court s ruling that place restrictions on the drug press town, the pill is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s. but now that decision sets up the most consequential abortion related dispute since the overturning of roe v. wade another appeals court is scheduled to take up the case, meaning it could be weeks or months before a final decision is made. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue has more. fredricka the biden administration is relieved lower courts had put significant restrictions on this key abortion drug. the government and manufacturers had raced to the supreme court, asking the justices to put those rulings on hold. while the appeals process plays out, which co
former president donald trump has to new york to face criminal charges, plus a top pro war military blogger killed in moscow will have a live report and later to women arrested in iran for not wearing a hijab, their attack, going viral and sparking condemnation. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with laila harre. we begin here in the united states in the coming hours, former u. s president donald trump will head to new york for a moment we ve never seen before. sources tell cnn. he is expected to appear in court tuesday afternoon. his legal team says trump will voluntarily surrender but plans to file substantial legal challenges. meanwhile trump has been lashing out at the judge who will preside over his hearings claiming that quote he hates me. the former president has also attacked manhattan district attorney alvin bragg for the indictment after his arraignment. mr trump plans to deliver remarks tuesday night. cnn s cnn s katelyn polantz has more. donald trump is still
to remove her from the key foreign affairs committee. the democrat calling it an act of revenge by republicans. speaker mccarthy is denying any parti partisan tit for tat and new questions into the beats of tyre nichols after the d.a. told me up to 20 hours of footage is yet to be released. i ll talk with the nichols family attorney, ben crump. welcome to our viewers here in the yunited states and around te world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the the situation roo tonight, ukraine s warnings are growing more ominous and putin s forces unleash new attacks targeting ukrainian civilian areas. fred and sam are on the ground for us in ukraine with firsthand reporting on these new russian strikes. first to you, fred. you and your crew had a very, very close call. walk us through what happened and the current fighting unfolding there in the east. firstly, we certainly did have a very close call. essentially what happened, the night before, there had been a big air strike on a bui