solve the problem of million of moms out there with the lack of affordable child care. how businesses may be part of the solution coming up. but we begin with the battle for the soul of the republican party amid new signs of momentum for ron desantis. his book, hitting number one just hours after going on sale, but also new signs of the challenge he and the rest of the potential republican field face. a poll out showing donald trump holding a 20-point lead. all of that coming ahead of two conservative events that will demonstrate the choice the party has ahead of it. one for cpac bound tightly to the maga crowd and the club for growth which mostly severed ties with the former president. while trump headlines cpac in d.c. nearly every republican hopeful will be at the donor retreat in florida, ron desantis, mike pence, estimate cot, trump very pointedly wasn t even invited there. but anyone ready to declare the end of the trump era needs to take a look at this new morning po
it is the top of a very busy friday afternoon on cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. the enter national criminal court issued an arrest warrant for vladamir putin today. the charge, related to deporting thousands of ukrainian children from occupied territories of ukraine into russia. a warrant is also out for the official under putin who is believed to have led to the forced adoptions, you see her in this photo with putin. ukraine reports at least 16,000 children have been forced to live in russia since putin s war in ukraine began. the kremlin calls the warrant outrageous and unacceptable, volodymyr zelenskyy says this will lead to historic responsibility. joining us now is the president of the international criminal court, judge piotr hofmanski. judge, thank you for joining us today. so i want to read from the icc statement here in your ruling. it states that there are reasonable grounds to believe that mr. putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementione
schultz. on putin s war in ukraine, on whether ukraine and russia should start talking about a peace deal and about the future of europe itself. and chevron ceo mike worth on the present and future of oil which still powers our world. also, just where did covid come from? the so-called lab leak theory just got new life this week. we ll follow the facts with dr. lena wynn. but first, here s my take. we are often told that america is deeply divided, that polarization makes it impossible for us to make any progress in policy, that our country is so internally conflicted it cannot project unity and strength to the world, but on the most important policy issue confronting policymaker, the problem is closer to the opposite. washington has embraced a wide-ranging consensus on china that has turned into a classic example of group think. to watch tuesday s hearing held by the new house select committee on china was to be transported back to the 1950s. members of both partie
lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for abortion those groups today asked a judge to order a stop to the use of an abortion pill as their case makes its way through the courts it s reported at the hearing the judge, quote, asked government lawyers on wednesday about what he characterized as an accelerated process for approving one of two drugs used in most pregnancy terminations nationwide in response the justice department lawyer said there s tremendous evidence showing this pill as safe, even when a doctor does not administer it it s
peru s president, dina boluartay, has called for a national truce, after clashes between police and protesters led to 50 deaths. now on bbc news, it s time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re asking is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreement to help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe? that s global question sri lanka: surviving climate change. applause. welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful tropical island as it marks 75 years of