Someone tells you, thanks for joining us. The news continues right here on cnn its friday, april 12, right now on cnn this morning, the white house sending as president Kamala Harris, to arizona to front their fight for reproductive rights. The challenge facing potential jurors in Donald Trumps Hush Money The Trial next week and House Speaker mike johnson at maralago today for a joint News Conference with donald trump more on what they plan to talk about. All right. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington. So live. Look at chicago so brightly lit up on this friday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its friday. We made it. Its wonderful to have you with Us Donald Trump did this. Thats the message that Vice President Kamala Harris is going to take to tucson, arizona today where she headlines a rally focused on Abortion Rights just days after the Arizona Supreme Court court upheld a law from 18, 64, bringing a near total ban on abortion. There democrats will be linking donald trump to
Enforcement agencies all over Fulton County to then make sure that these grand jurors are safe. So i think one consideration the court also needs to make in allowing this is the safety of these grand jurors and their concerns that have already been voiced. But ill just say the Georgia Supreme Court observed the grand jury as a Public Institution serving the community might suffer if those testifying today knew that the secrecy of their testimony would be lifted tomorrow. The indispensable secrecy must not be broken except where theres a compelling necessity. Theres been no compelling necessity raised by this defense to pierce this veil of secrecy of the grand jury. What was the cite for that, the last one . Sorry, judge. Where is that coming from . Kessler, judge. Can you spell that one for me . You have that case, judge. In my stack. Can we just pause one moment . Sure. And then the state talked about this, but i wanted to point out, talking about deliberations and the fact it should
a surprise visit and a major show of support. secretary of state tony blinken on the ground in ukraine and meeting with president zelenskyy. blinken s message for ukraine and also for americans back home. we are burning up. this summer we re experiencing the hottest temperatures ever recorded in human history. is this the new normal? i m sara sidner with the masterful kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. later today a historic first in the various criminal cases against donald trump. cameras will be on in the courtroom. so we can all see the proceedings inside and that means voters can see. this will be in georgia where a judge will hear arguments about whether a trial should start as soon as next month, october 23rd, and whether trump s case should be severed from some or all of his 18 co-defendants. that s what trump wants, along with a much later trial as speculation swirls over whether any of his co-defendants might turn on him. with us now cnn
putin, zelenskyy on his way to the u.s. to make a last-ditch appeal for aid as putin s top critic is now missing. what happened to him and what could new billboards popping up have to do with his disappearance. the supreme court moving fast after the special counsel asked the justices to rule on one of trump s main defenses. a hypocrite? reporting reveals audio of the house speaker slamming the same impeachment strategy he is now pursuing against biden. crucial vote is scheduled for tomorrow. let s go out front. good evening. outfront tonight, russia is celebrating, laughing at the united states, putin is watching the united states fight over funding ukraine and just look at russian state television to see the celebration. what s happening in the u.s., is beneficial for us. ukraine is losing, russia is winning. this is it. they are funding and weapons came to an end. well done, republicans, they are standing firm, that s good for us. even mitch mcconnell, well don
won t say. but we will just blame the lawyers. now not you, charles coleman. you are good lawyer [laughs] ! have some fun this. morning thanks, katie. always good to see you! good morning. it is saturday november 25th, you are watching velshi on msnbc. i m charles coleman junior filling in this weekend for my friend and colleague, ali velshi. we have got a lot to talk about. first off, we are following breaking news this morning on day two of our fragile pause in the war between israel and hamas. nbc news is reporting 13 more israeli hostages are expected to be released today by hamas. 42 palestinian prisoners are also expected to be released as well according to israel channel 13. we are awaiting word on when this exchange is actually going to happen. if it is successful, it will be the second batch of hostages and prisoners released by the two countries as part of a deal that involves a four-day pause in fighting. over the course of these four days, hamas has a agreed t