welcome to the programme. iraq s president has said an early election could resolve the political unrest gripping the country. to those who have taken their eye off iraq, the violence that broke out in baghdad yesterday, might have looked like a sudden eruption of rage. in fact, the sectarian anger has been simmering for years. the country is riddled with corruption, it has not had a functioning government since the october elections and the spiralling cost of living is pushing iraq towards an existential crisis. the spark that ignited these protests yesterday was the sudden announcement by the shia cleric, muqtadr al sadr, that he was withdrawing from political life. sadr has been a major player in iraq since 2003, when his supporters known then as the mehdi army, began attacks on coalition troops. in october, the sadrists won the most seats in parliament but refused to form a coalition with the mostly shi ite iran backed parties. injune, sadr asked all of his mps to resign
to review documents for attorney/client privilege. is this sort of telling us what they re finding now? exactly. this is the status report of what that team this team, this filter team, that s what they re called, was involved with from the beginning when the search warrant was executed at mar-a-lago. former president trump s lawyers want a special master, an independent person to conduct the review. the judge told doj tell us what you ve done so far, it s been three weeks since you ve had these documents. that s what the new filing says, it s identified a limited set of materials that could possibly be covered by attorney/client privilege. they said they completed this review and have begun the process of going over anything where there could be a dispute. the search warrant lays out different ways that they were planning to handle a dispute, possibly going to the judge in private and saying, judge, do you think this could be covered by attorney/client privilege? setting
house to keep roe v. wade the law of the land and president might be ready to cave any day. todd: supreme court justices are still the main brett kavanaugh was confronted at a dc restaurant, still no condemnation from democrats. keep up the information on what is happening and keep up the outrage for what it means for women and pregnant people across this country. todd: you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. ashley strohmier is live with new words of encouragement coming from the president himself. good morning. ashley: president biden is throwing support behind abortion activists saying he may declare a listen. president biden: keep protesting and making your point. we can do a lot of things to accommodate the rights of women in the meantime, but fundamentally, the only thing that will change this is a national law. ashley: progressives, including alexandria ocasio-cortez and elizabeth warren and former members
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukraine s president will be appealing for more international aid this week when the ukraine recovery conference gets under way in switzerland. he urged his fellow ukrainians to stay optimistic. here he is. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow. and tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible for this. russia s relentless rampage in ukraine is now most heavily focused on the key city of lysychansk, one of the few places still under ukrainian control in the donbas. a local ukrainian military official says the city is on fire. meanwhile days after russian forces abandoned snake island in the black sea, ukraine s military is claiming it destroyed some of the equipment russians left behind. as they put it, russian spirit does not stink there anymore. scott mclean is joins us live from the ukrai
good morning and welcome to your new day. i m kristin fisher. good morning, kristin. i m boris sanchez. the city of akron, ohio, is on edge, because later today police are going to release body cam footage showing the shooting death of jayland walker after his encounter with officers. we re going to show you what we know about the case, and we re going to hear from someone close to the family. and air travel is surging to prepandemic levels this weekend, but with that comes headaches for airlines and passengers. where we could see travel issues today and what airlines are doing to stave off future pilot shortages. plus, some democratic attorney general candidates in crucial battleground states say they will not enforce abortion bans if they re elected to office this november. we re going to be joined live by one of them. and fourth of july fizzle? why the skies over some cities will remain dark this independence day. it is sunday, july 3rd. thank you for waking up