reporter evan gorski fish has filed an appeal to his arrest. herskovits faces up to 20 years in prison after being arrested. they re last week. he is the first u. s journalist. to be obtained by moscow on espionage charges since the cold war. secretary of state antony blinken spoke with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov to demand his release. lavrov blame washington and the western press for politicizing the arrest and said the fate of herskovitz would be determined by a russian court secretary of state. blinken also called for the release of paul whelan, who is serving a 16 year sentence for espionage. which, of course , whelan and the u. s disputes blinking and lavrov have only spoken three times since russia. hated ukraine. each of those calls. focused on trying to free detained americans, sarah here in america. fast food giant mcdonald s is the latest big company to cut jobs coming up their message to corporate employees ahead of planned layoffs, plus the l s u women s bas
have more in the background, so they feel that they are ready now. there s always the surprise scenario, you know that is built into the plan b the plan c and having the bomb squad standing by over here, having hazmat standing by over there having counter sniper teams in place. that s part of the larger package. but that is, you know, for the unlikely scenario, but being ready for the unlikely scenarios part of the game part of the game. it s great to see you guys thank you for being here. sarah. well we ve got a brand new poll for you. how do american voters feel about this indictment? the poll was just released moments ago with some really revealing details. we are lucky to be joined by cnn political director david chalian . so happy to have you here in person to be here. alright brand new poll. what does it tell us when it comes to the majority of americans? the majority of americans approve of the indictment against donald trump 60% approved sarah 40% disapprove. let s look at that
yes, politics is playing some role. so you say, well, what is that? well americans can hold two things together two different thoughts. they approve of the indictment, but they see politics at play here. and if you look at this, how big a role , even a majority 52% of americans say politics is playing a major role in this case, 23% minor role only 14% say, no role at all. and look at this by party 83% of republicans, of course. or c politics at play here, 52% of independence say politics plays a major role. even a quarter of democrats say that has trump s standing changed at all. as a result of this indictment. not so much. sarah, take a look here . this is his favorable unfavorable rating now 34% favorable 58% unfavorable that is about where it was in january, so it hasn t moved much. and if you look at it again by party, you see, he s at 72% favorability with
the residents of wynne, arkansas , through little rock northward into the greater chicago suburbs. just incredible to see what is coming once again, kate incredible in the worst sense, derek. thank you so much. oh it s a they re just went through it and some of these very same communities or have to hunker down again. this many this strong and a heck of a long time . thank you, kate, now from the justice department investigation into classified documents found at former president trump s mar-a-lago home, y federal investigators believe trump himself may have gone through the classified materials. after he was subpoenaed to return them and secretary of state antony blinken is making a direct appeal to moscow for the release of american journalist evan gersh covic the conversation he had with russia s foreign minister about detained americans. eras. new toasted
approval by party breakdown, as you might imagine. 94% of democrats approved 62% of independence approved even one in five republicans approve of the indictment. we also asked, though, is there something illegal or unethical going on here and take a look at these results? 37% of americans in this poll say donald trump did something illegal. another third say he did something unethical, not illegal, so that is the broad majority there. only 10% of americans say donald trump did nothing wrong at all. 20% not sure. look at this by party 69% of democrats think donald trump did something illegal 31% of independence, say so, and only 8% of republicans really interesting kind of going through how americans are feeling. what are the politics, though at play here because this is all about politics, and we asked, folks, do you think politics is playing a role in this? obviously that s donald trump s big talking point at the moment. 76% of americans think