within the republican party. he is the loan. black republican senator in congress at this moment, and in his announcement launch, he really leaned into his own personal history. that s something that people close to him believe is something that will be a big selling point with people. the son of a single mother who grew up in poverty, and he really emphasized that as he tried to talk about what he can offer to the american people, but also offer some type of connections with them as well. should we listen to it did okay, so let s listen to a little bit of how he was introducing himself. i was raised by a single mother and poverty, the spoons in our apartment. plastic not silver, but we had faith. we put in the work and we had an unwavering belief that we, too, could live the american dream. i know america is a land of opportunity , not a land of oppression. i know it because i ve lived it. that s why it pains my soul to see the biden liberals attacking every wrong of the lad
a.m. our good morning, everyone caitlin s on assignment today and breaking overnight really significant. the washington post has apparently discovered who leaked hundreds of classified u. s documents. a young gun enthusiast. that s how he s described shared secrets with fellow video gamers online and also breaking overnight new restrictions on widely used abortion pill and cnn is on the ground in paris. hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets for 1/12 straight day of protest over plans to raise the retirement age. there s lots to get to first of this breaking news overnight. it looks like the washington post. they have figured out who leaked hundreds of highly classified pentagon documents. yep, it s the lead there. it s a huge story really excellent. reporting by the post post reports the alleged leaker. posted these classified documents in a private group online on discord. it s a platform used by video gamers. the post interviewed one of his online friends, he says
major protests happening right now in france and a final decision on french president macron s pension reform plan is expected tomorrow live in paris, with the latest breaking overnight an appeals court rules an abortion pill will remain available, but adds new restrictions on who can get them and how it is being described as a one in 1000 year event. catastrophic flash flooding drenching parts of florida some areas recording an estimated 20 plus inches of rain. it s closed and international airport, the broward county mayor says it s the most severe flooding he s ever seen. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. happening right now. in france. what you see right here. protesters setting fire to dumpsters in the city of ren, and we want to show you what s also been happening in paris demonstrators storming the headquarters of louisville thanh all leading up to one critical moment. a final decision on whethe
former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnn s joanie o sullivan. who as we far as we know, is not form or anything, um okay, guys, great to have you all here. jonathan tell us about secret service and what? how they re preparing tonight and how they can possibly be everywhere and cover this unprecedented event. tomorrow we ll listen to secret service tomorrow plays an interesting role. it s not what we typically see them playing. they re not playing the lead role. the nypd is the lead organizing entity for the security operation tomorrow. the secret service is keenly focused only on donald trump getting him safely from trump tower down to the courthouse and then whether it s back to trump tower or to the airport safely and efficiently, but they re not taking that coordinating role. and there s a reason why here alison because the secret service has to show that they are
going to be arrested, which, obviously we know did not happen at the time. there had been this idea of maybe having trump speak outside the courthouse after that arraignment happens in just a few hours from now. that idea was scuttled for security reasons. there were concerns about that and those considerations. but now i am told that trump is eager to speak. he hasn t done so since he arrived here in new york. we just saw him going in. behind closed doors at trump tower last night, so remains to be seen. because what we do know is that in hours trump is going to be here in this building behind me. that is where he is going to be a turning himself in here in manhattan, the first ex president in our nation s history to face criminal charges right now he is at trump tower is don was noting, preparing for this unprecedented arrangement, and we are expecting him to appear in court as a criminal defendant in the two p.m. hour today. after that, as we noted trump is going to return