hush money scheme. it may very well also be a court appearance that proceeds an indictment of a former president of these united states michael cohen, donald trump s former attorney and fixer went before a grand jury in manhattan today in what may be alvin bragg s end game a years-long investigation based on hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels payments made nearly seven years ago. here s what cohen had to say earlier today before he went in for his grand jury testimony this is not revenge, right? what is this is about accountability i don t want to see anyone, including donald trump, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. new york times reports this, quote, the manhattan d.a. s office has already questioned at least seven other people before the grand jury, hearing evidence about the hush money deal that s accor
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Support ukraine in whatever shape or form it can while avoiding escalation. and ron, president biden of course has to be said is struggling right now with an approval rating at 41%. that is according to the latest cnn poll. the polls. how convincing was he that he understands the polite of most americans and is equipped to turn their economic woes around with inflation at record highs, gas up 40%. did he successfully set the course for the midterm election in november, do you think? he got breadcrumbs about where he is going on the midterm election. as you pointed out, he is really at a low ebb, 40% or so in job approval is a number that strikes fear in the hearts of democratic candidates because as we in the last 20 years or so, we ve gotten to a point where something like 85 or 90% of voters who disapprove of a president vote against his party s candidates in the midterm election. so democrats clearly need some
Hello, everyone. i m michael holmes coming to you live from lviv, ukraine. ahead this hour, premeditated and unprovoked. president biden calls out russian aggression and sends a warning to vladimir putin as bombs continue to drop and fighting rages on throughout ukraine. and i m rosemary church live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. mr. biden also used his state of the union address to pitch his stalled domestic agenda and address the economy, telling americans we re going to be okay. this is cnn breaking news. well, the u.s. president immediately went after russia during his first state of the union address, tearing into the russian president vladimir putin
Putin s premeditated and unprovoked war. but he also addressed america s record inflation, surging gas prices, and the covid pandemic. did he successfully strike a balance between global concerns for ukraine and the grave concerns that americans have right now about the economy? yeah, by and large, i think he did. he probably spoke a little less about ukraine, even though he placed it at the front end of the speech than i think some people expected and pivoted back to his domestic agenda. but i guess i was struck, rosemary, by one insistent thread through the speech is that biden tried to blend together ideas that are often thought of as incompatible in american politics. i mean he was both conciliatory and confrontational towards republicans at various points. he took credit for the gains the economy has made to this point. but also was very clear in trying to signal concern for