joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company coming up here on cnn newsroom, the young u. s airman accused of leaking highly classified documents online, formally charged with violating the espionage act. we ll have an update just ahead. victory in court for french president emmanuel macron on pension reform, but at what political costs as the protests continue. and in california, winter of torrential rain and snowfall is revived a long dead lake and in the process destroyed vast stretches of farmland will take you to the scene of a climate catastrophe. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. the us government moving quickly with its prosecution of that suspected leaker of classified documents. one day after his arrest, 21 year old air national guardsman jack teixeira, formally charged under the espionage act, the leaks exposed to a wide range of highly classified information, including eavesd
our viewers watching here in the united states and around the world. i m leila rock ahead on cnn newsroom, the air national guardsman charged with leaking classified documents had access to some of the united states most sensitive intelligence how we got such high level clearance. panic and chaos at a political event in japan, while the prime minister rushed to a safe location and pension reform is now law in france, less than a day after the country s constitutional council weeks of protests and approved the plan to raise the retirement age from 62. to 64. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with leila harrack. the man accused of leaking us classified documents has now been charged under the espionage act, the 21 year old air national guardsman jack to sarah made his first appearance in federal court on friday, a day after being arrested while the classified documents were posted in at least two different discord, chat rooms and included detailed intelligence assessments.
morning it is saturday. april 15th. i m aymara walker. i m victor blackwell. it is so good to be with you on this saturday morning. we got a lot going on today. it s been a very busy last several days. indeed. here s what we re watching for you. president biden is weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to an abortion drug while it considers the case. the next steps in the process, and why next wednesday could be a pivotal day in the abortion fight. this is not just about taking home documents. a 21 year old airman 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 questions being raised about who should have access to classified information yourself, florida are drying out, or at least draining out now after the floods this week with some areas they got nearly two ft of rain. we ll talk about where the recovery efforts stand and where we re seeing the
paul , he will be here stabbed with more on his staffer who isn brutally stabbed on the streets in washington, d.c.. wil and straight ahead, jim jordanl ,he will also join us ongeting the very highly unusual irs house call targeting the reporter who helped expose the far left political bias. the twitte r and , of course, the fbi s role in the twenty twenty election. but first, we turn to nashville, tennessee, where six innocent people, including e three nine year old little a kids, were murdered by ary sch christian at a christian elementary schooool by an evil twenty eight year old transgender person. with a manifesto and a lot of plans made befor pe the attack. by the way, our prayers arevictm with all the victims, all their familiess, familie, everyw the covenant school tonight.e we re alsoteful grateful for the very quick the heroic response from the nashvill nashi metropolitan police department. they eliminated the shooter ine1 less than 15 minutes after receiving the 91
noem and the person that should be the governor of new york , i lee zeldin. tonight.e is the okay. but tonight we begin with the washington swamp where biden s balloon saga, it is now on weekr noree an bd is getting nuttier by the day. now, today s tod developmentayse far more questions than you can ever imagine. now, earlier, your president, joey, the president of final the united states , finally said something about the other three objects besides a chinese spy balloon that he decidederic to shoot down over northr america airspace last week with four hundred thousand400,00 dollar missiles that you paid for. but don t expect any clarity from joe biden. now, here is the trulyning frightening part. joe has absolutely no idea. we told us today, none at all whatsoever. what. these objects were, e they came from, what they were doing. t he he has no idea what he ordered. our military to shoot down. i am not making this up. this is what he said earlier today. take a look. we