feel any significant relief at the grocery store or gas pump. fuel costs just hit another new high, $4.40 a gallon on average for the first time ever. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is traveling with the president. jeremy, the president gave a speech about inflation yesterday. today it s supposed to be more about food supply. what can we expect? reporter: yeah, victor, but inflation will still be very much top of mind for the president as he addresses this dueling issue of rising food prices, as well as this global food shortage. part of it sparked by the war in ukraine. ukraine/russia, key suppliers of wheat around the world. we ll hear the president address both of those. and the fact that he s talking about inflation for the second day in a row, a reflection of the extent to which he s facing serious political pressure on this issue, a top issue for voters heading into the midterms. today we ll hear the president announce several new steps to help farmers
woman s lacrosse team from a historically black college said it was racially profiled during a traffic stop in georgia. the case now capturing the attention of capitol hill. welcome to the lead i m jake taper. we start with politics lead as what is soon to be a bipartisan rejection of the bill aimed at preserving abortion rights nationwide. the senate is voting on the women s health protection act. but the bill was widely con condemned by republicans, even who support abortion rights and democratic senator joe manchin, because the three say it went further than codifying roe v. wade. it would eliminate any states preexisting restrictions on abortion. senator manchin explained his no vote to cnn earlier today. the bill we have today to vote on, i respect people who support, but make no mistake, it is roe v. wade codification. it s an expansion. it wipes 500 state laws off the books. it expands abortion. and with that, that s not what we are to do. democratic leaders admi
Morning joe starts right now. And good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is tuesday april 2nd. We have a lot to get to this morning, including the expanded gag order in Donald Trumps jonathan, just have a seat may as well put my lipstick on. Someone is passing notes. Just getting set from the show. I had to mov from over here to over there. I had to put stuff down. Right behind willie. Sorry. Have a seat. Are you ready for us to begin the class . Yes, lets do it. I know its your first day. Queue it up her name is mika. Welcome everyone to morning joe. Thats a beautiful shot. If we still even have you. Thank you for joining us. I think its tuesday, everybody is in their seats and well get to all thats going on this morning. The expanded gag order in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case comes as the former president came up with the cash needed to appeal for his Civil Fraud Judgment. Well talk about that. On wall street, truth social looks more like a meme stock with shares lower im not sure
The governments proposed order specifies that such statements would include, a, statements regarding the identity, testimony, or credibility of prospect of witnesses. We, statements about any party, witness, attorney, Court Personnel or potential jurors that are disparaging and inflammatory or intimidating, and quote. Its no secret that long before donald trump entered politics and long before the invention of, twitter he has abused various forms of media to attack celebrities. Politicians, others with whom he disagrees or thinks of scoring ten. The practice persisted through his presidency. He use social media and other platforms to Ridicule Members of his own cabinet among many others. The behavior has continued over the past few months. The criminal indictments piled up across four different jurisdictions around the country. Hes made numerous disparaging comments about the prosecutors who brought the cases against him. The judges who are randomly assigned to those cases as well as p
Water slamming against the windows, debris flying everywhere. Uhoh. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Oh norah good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We are coming on the air tonight with more than 25 million americans in the path of severe and dangerous storms across the south and the ohio river valley. Thunderstorms, torrential rains, lifethreatening flooding, and tornadoes are impacting states across the gulf coast. An ef2 tornado hit the city of port arthur, texas, Destroying Homes and a church. There is catastrophic damage in louisiana after a suspected tornado ripped the roof off an Apartment Building outside new orleans. And in mississippi, dozens of homes were hit and one person was killed when storms slammed the magnolia state. Tonight, Tornado Watches are in effect across the region. Cbss Mark Strassmann will start us off tonight from a new orleans suburb that took a direct hit. Wow reporter as many as three tornadoes may have touched down in a