the 2024 road show has begun. the lead starts right now. president biden leaving the beltway. taking the state of the union message to voters in some key battleground states. will he get cheers or jeers from the american people? then, more than 12,000 people now have been killed. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria continuing to rise to staggering heights as hope fades of finding survivors left in the rubble. and a passenger s battery catching on fire mid flight, forcing a plane to make an emergency landing and sending four people to the hospital. what you need to know about flying with potentially dangerous electronic devices. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the scene after the state of the union address looks like the campaign trail. president biden is in the crucial swing state of wisconsin, where he is talk ja jobs and the economy. echoing the themes of last night. kamala harris is in georgia, another key battleground state, that you mig
tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury, investigating the former presidents actions surrounding the january six riot and an attempts to overturn the 2020 election election. i am john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whether a president, his running mate, illegally tried to overturn an election. so much has happened in the last few years, it s easy to get numb to the mind bending is historical explosions taking place. it s the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside, and add to that, he might run against trump in 2024. it s also the first time that this vice president has testified under oath about the today we are rioters were seen yelling, hang mike pence at the capitol, as well as personal interactions with trump and the events leading up to that day. he previous
new york grand jury has voted to indict the former president of the united states. donald trump. this is the first time in us history the first time in us history that criminal charges have been filed against anyone who has served as president of the united states. the charges coming after the investigation of hush money paid to former adult film star stormy daniels to cover up her alleged affair with trump. this has huge implications not only for trump but also for the nation as the former president makes another run for the white house right now, our correspondents, analysts and contributors are all standing by as we cover this breaking story and what comes next paris canal is on the scene for us. let s go to your first year there in new york. you re watching all of this unfold. tell our viewers what else you re learning. well, that s right. we learned that in manhattan grand jury has returned an indictment against former president donald trump. as you said, the first time
hello and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, april 15th emerald walker. victor blackwell. thank you for being with us this morning. we were just watching a bit of eva longoria and what she s eating, and we ve just been talking about food during the break. yes talking about specific pizza. carmela favorite. what s your favorite anchovies or caramelized onions? i m with you on the caramelized onions that s sweet together. not together, not anchovies. no, no, no, no. here s what we re watching. thing for you today. president biden weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to and abortion drug while it considers the case the next steps in the process and why next wednesday could prove to be a pivotal day in the abortion fight. this is not just about taking home documents. 21 year old airmen charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday. what we re learning about him and the question
and a train derailment in eastern ohio. what it is showing about the uncertainty that residents are feeling. and president zelensky says there can be no letting up on vladimir putin. we go live to the war center. we begin in shreveport, louisiana, where an officer is facing charges for the shooting death of an unarmed black man. the footage was released on thursday. some may find the video disturbing. reporter: the entire incident took less than two minutes. two officers arrived a the home of alonso bagley. his wife made complaints he was threatening her and her daughter. can you step outside? no. i have dogs. come on in, sir. he is disturbing the peace. i m going to put my dogs in. let her come here. come here. put my dogs up. she can put the dog up. reporter: the first officer follows bagley down the hallway as he says he is going to put his dogs away, and his wife continues to yell in the background. the officer realizes bagley is heading out the do