tornado outbreak wreaking havoc across much of the midwest and south friday. there are now at least 50 preliminary tornado reports in seven states. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others are injured. most of the deaths are in arkansas, where the damage is catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes there. governor sarah huckabee sanders , declaring a state of emergency and activating the national guard. as the storms gutted entire communities. she's expected to give an update on the storm damage at any moment now and the hardest hit areas of arkansas. that was the town of when. we don't know what's left . all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city's mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating . i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relates to the emergency response from that standpoint, but just to see the devastation of the impact of the flattening of homes, the flattening of businesses and a matter of minutes. and more devastation in several other states, including indiana and illinois. people are waking up this morning to their homes and businesses destroyed their neighborhoods littered with debris. but the threat is far from over. some 70 million americans are now bracing for more severe storms. today cnn has teams tracking the latest from the of these powerful destructive storms. let's begin with adrian. broadest live in northern illinois. adrian, what are you seeing there? take a look behind us. fred. this is what is known in this city of belvedere as the apollo theater . people were here for a concert last night when the roof collapsed, injuring 28 people killing at least one. i want to take you inside so you can see what it looks like from above. among the 28 who were injured. officials tell us at least five of those had what they describe as severe injuries. 18 others had moderate injuries again. those folks were here for a concert last night when the roof collapsed, bringing down on the sign in front of the apollo theater were being kept away for obvious reasons by this fence and the barricade that is here in place, but it's easy to see if you're standing here on the ground. there are bricks scattered throughout the street. there's shattered glass around the neighborhood. you can see for trees that have fallen. there's some trees on top of homes here in the community. it's unclear if a tornado touched down in this city, but across the state. there were multiple confirmed tornadoes in illinois, fred. all right. thank you so much. adrian we'll check back with you. let's go now to cnn meteorologist. brightly ritz. so brightly. um we're not done with these severe storms. no, ma'am, we are watching them across the northeast and across the southeast later this afternoon, although we are now tracking a few severe storms across parts of the ohio valley around that area of low pressure . it's a pretty massive system. we get down to the southeast. no severe thunderstorm warnings at the moment, but strong storms nonetheless, with winds gusting over 40 mph in some cases. there's some small hail as well . severe thunderstorm warnings now issued for parts of ohio back up into southeast michigan , so we'll watch those closely. those are producing winds over 50 mph inhale as well that will all track farther east. that's the start of a line that will develop later this afternoon and into the early parts of the evening to the northeast. new york, syracuse, pittsburgh, philadelphia, dover all included . these are areas that are likely to be dealing with a few tornadoes and damaging winds and inhale. those are our biggest concerns down through the southeast as well. places like tallahassee on up into savannah and columbus will be dealing with the same concerns. just not as likely, so there's the system moving through. watch the time frame here. there's three o'clock in the afternoon across the southeast east. storms really take on the energy of the afternoon and start to fire up. once we get into the evening, we lose the heat of the day and we lose the threat for storms. it pushes back off into the atlantic, but the northeast syria are two o'clock in the afternoon. there are the storms, really starting to ramp up and watch this bow out. we move into the afternoon. there it is. that's the wind threat that i'm starting to talk about here where we can have winds over 60 70 even 80 mph, and then it moves out throughout the evening saturday, and it's cold enough to produce snow. so here we are, with 57 tornado reports over the last 24 hours, we'll watch these continue on possibly rise. we are already over 150% of average or tornado reports, and we're not even to peak season yet peak season typically happens april through tune oh, my goodness. all right. wow. what a cycle. thank you so much to both of you. briefly, ritz. adrian brought us appreciate it. former president donald trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, where he will then voluntarily surrender on tuesday to the manhattan district attorney's office and be arraigned. trump's indictment will mark the first time in us history that a current or former president has been criminally charged. sources say trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud. cnn's katelyn polantz joining us right now, caitlin, help us understand all that, you know about what's about to happen. well on tuesday when donald trump has his day in court for the first time facing the criminal justice system after being charged with a crime , we know that there's going to be quite intense amount of security around him a lot of attention on him cameras in the hallways of the courtroom a lot of lockdown inside of that courthouse, but what will happen inside the court? the courtroom itself is what is very important , but it's also going to be pretty procedural. we know that donald trump will be read the charge. urges that he faces at this time. we believe it's 30 or more, at least one felony. some pretty serious counts there that he is going to be contesting. we know he'll have the opportunity to enter a plea. so it's fully expected. he will say he is not guilty. and then the judge will also be able to consider how this case is going to move forward to a trial. it's the first time that donald trump is facing this judge. maybe the judge will consider putting potentially some restrictions on him. we don't know yet what the prosecutors are going to ask for, but this is a judge that donald trump has already been out there publicly criticizing on truth social saying that the judge hates him that this judge was handpicked by the prosecutor. is alleging that although last night one of donald trump's defense attorneys , tim parla, torrey was on cnn, speaking to katelyn polantz and caitlin asked him isn't anyone counseling donald trump that it might not be the best idea to go and criticize this judge is going to be appearing before in two days. this is what donald trump's attorney, tim parlor, tory responded. well you know, here's the problem. you have a client who is also a presidential candidate. and so it's not like a normal situation. where you tell the client hey, don't say anything. don't talk about anything because the case is the single most important thing in their life. judge martian. i've tried a case in front of him before he can be tough. i don't think that it's necessarily going to be something that's going to change his ability to evaluate the facts and the law in this case. so there's donald trump's attorney, toning down the rhetoric a bit around the judge , but we are going to be watching how this case unfolds, and especially what the judge will want to talk about and say on tuesday because this judge will be in control of the case moving forward and whether or not it even goes to trial. if the law is sound, fredricka alright, lots of complexities are beginning monday. katelyn polantz thanks so much. alright ahead of former president trump's voluntary surrender on tuesday. new york city is ramping up security measures right now, a memo from the nypd told officers to be in uniform and prepared for deployment and we're now learning that trump is expected to walk in view of cameras before entering the courtroom for his arraignment. let's check in now with cnn's polo sandoval, who is live outside the manhattan criminal court house. so polo what kind of measures are in place? um the mayor's office apparently is commenting about whether there are any credible threats to the city. tell us more about all the ground work that has been laid. fred the building that you see behind me, it has been and will continue to be in a constant state of vigilance. some of the officers that you just mentioned you see them at their post right now, and this is what we continue what we expect to continue into monday and definitely into tuesday with major logistical and security considerations. let's talk security for a second nypd has established at least they've set up temporary surveillance cameras, temporary lights as well, in part outside of the building to make sure that it remains secure. you also have, of course, that increased police presence as well as court officers that will be working through the weekend to make sure that facility remains safe. and also those measures that you're not seeing the behind the scenes intelligence effort right now by officials to monitor social media for any potential organized protests that we should mention even weeks after the former president called for protests, i think major has really materialized here in lower manhattan. but what if is what has officials in a constant state of vigilance, so we should also mention that the mayor's office and say as recently as yesterday that they do not know of any credible threats, but the logistics that we just heard about right now, fred like nypd secret service, they have worked hand in hand to move former presidents in and out of the in and out of new york city. but the unprecedented nature here will make this anything but normal ahead of monday his arrival into new york city donald trump's of course. and then when he comes here downtown manhattan to face those charges that we learned about on thursday, fred all right, polo sandoval. we'll check back with you. thank you so much. alright with me now to discuss all this jennifer rogers. she is a former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst. jennifer good to see you so sources say the former president faces more than 30 charges related to business fraud. um, what does that say to you? well, it's hard to say fred at this point, because often when fraud is charged, you could charge for each individual instance of fraud. so here it is falsification of business records, but it may be that they have charged as an individual account, as is routinely done each individual entry in the ledgers that is false, so the fact that there are potentially north of 30. charges here does not necessarily mean that it's a vastly broader indictment than what folks. gatien going on. so it's also possible that there are different charges in there as well. so in this case, if there are, you know, reportedly more than 30 charges. what does this tell you about how the information will be relayed to the court? i've heard terminology. like what is it a talking indictment that there's a story might be told. what are your expectations? well it's so it's called a speaking indictment and complicated white collar cases. prosecutors do it this way in order to kind of educate anyone reading the indictment about the scheme itself. that's not as typical in state court as it is in federal court, but in a case like this with this much scrutiny on it, i do expect that prosecutors will take the opportunity in the indictment to lay out the scheme a bit to explain how it all came about because usually when you see an indictment, frankly, it's pretty much just the statutory language and the allegations about who they're charging, and over what dates and that sort of thing. so this will be a chance so that we all reading, it can understand exactly the scheme that they're charging here. so i do expect to see that in this case. ah obviously, this is unchartered territory. it's unprecedented for a former president to be indicted. so given that is it your feeling that the bar was set much higher about what kind of evidence there is. what kind of testimony documents there might be to substantiate charges. i do think so. i mean, you know, listen, it's kind of a double edged sword on the one hand in terms of accountability and the rule of law. you want to treat donald trump like you would any other defendant? if anyone else would be charged with this? he ought to be charged with this that said, the level of scrutiny on this is such that you certainly would want to have all of your ducks in a row. right every t crossed every i dotted. you want to make sure all of your evidence is solid before you proceed with something this historic and so i fully believe that alvin bragg and his team have done that in this case. so being charged with or even convicted of a crime does not disqualify. you know, former president trump or anybody else for that matter from running for president, come 2024, but what kind of impact do you believe it might make that there is a grand jury indictment here. well, it's hard to say politically what potential voters will think. but logistically it's going to be complicated for the former president because he's going to want to be crisscrossing the country appearing at rallies meeting with donors, i mean all the sorts of things that candidates do. and yet he's got this criminal case happening in manhattan, which means we'll have to be in court periodically, but also he'll have to be working very closely with his defense team. it's a really big burden to face a criminal offense, probably more than he realizes at this point. and it takes a lot of time and takes just a lot of brain space , so i think it's gonna be hard for him to do it. and also fred coming down the pike. i think very likely at least two, maybe three more criminal charges, which is just going to complicate matters more so i think it's going to be a real challenge right in all their maybe four cases. so what about the coordination of his attorneys, different attorneys, different cases, but like you mentioned for someone who is running for president. he is going to be crisscrossing the country. he's going to be called , you know to do and you know different things for all of these cases. so what about the coordination between his variety of defense attorneys? yeah, they're going to have to be in close touch. for sure. i mean, not only on this pacific scheduling issues, but strategic issues as well. of course, they wouldn't want to be talking about a plea in one case if the other team is decided that they want to take it across the board, aggressive approach that there will be no plea. you know, all those sorts of things i think will be talked about at great length among the lawyers and, of course with the client, donald trump to it's uncharted for them as well. i mean, i don't know that a team of defense lawyers will have had to face this sort of situation before either with cases going on in multiple jurisdictions at one time, so a challenge for everyone all around and it's going to be interesting to watch for sure, and with a high profile client to boot jennifer rogers thanks so much. right, fred? still ahead funerals for two of the covenant school shooting victims will be held today. just as new, heartbreaking 911 calls from that day are being released. we're live from nashville next, plus ukrainian president zelensky visits buca. marking a somber anniversary one year since the town was liberated from russia and some of the darkest atrocities of putin's war were revealed a live report from ukraine straight ahead. the new chasining business from mere cacard is made for people like m who make everyday products design smartrter, smart coffee grinder, fresh beans for you, genius. for more breakthroughs like that. i need a breakthrough card like ours. 0.5% cash back on purchases of $5000 or more unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases and with greater spending potential, keep making smart ideas. brilliant reality. the new business premier card from chase for business make more of what's yours. out here you're more than st a landowner. you're a gardener. landscape er hunter. because you didn't settle for ordinary same goes for your equipment. versatile powerful durable taboada equipment. more goes into it, so you get more out of it. when i was young, my father said, always be excellent. no one may take down an excellent fringe meat. quite a remarkable man. antoinette queen of france point you, chevalier, your place. choice fight is yours. one day whole world. chevallier told true story. 13 having diabetes can raise a lot of questions like my morning ride. will it help? 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you know, fred, this has been a really hard week here in nashville in the community as a whole. both those who knew the six victims and those who did not are continuing to come out here to the school to the church and pay their respects. stuffed animals flowers, putting them at those photos of those six victims. and it is a reminder that how young just three of them only nine years old and one of them will be laid. to rest this afternoon. nine year old holly scruggs, who describes her as incredibly smart, feisty enough to keep up with her three brothers and her aunts, four boys with a love for life that kept her smi always on the go. her father, pastor scruggs is the lead pastor here at covenant presbyterian church. a little earlier before hallie has laid to rest 61 year old cynthia peak. her funeral will also take place here in nashville at a separate church. she was called cindy by her friends. she was close friends with the first lady of tennessee, maria lee and the governor, who said that they were supposed to have dinner with cindy peak on monday night . of course, she was killed by that shooter in her school as she was a substitute teacher, a close friend from childhood. a state representative in louisiana, said her entire hometown of leesville, louisiana. is grieving cindy saying that she was a dear friend and a good person, fred. the funerals do continue throughout the weekend and into next week as nashville continues to come to grips with what happened here at the covenant school and continues grieving all six of those victims. yeah grieving and what will be a very long road. diane gallagher, thanks so much. the wall street journal editor is vowing to do everything in her power to bring detained journalists. evan herskovitz, home from russia. as president. biden demands the kremlin. let him go. we'll discuss the ongoing situation next. with the allegra. we live life our way. allergies. don't hold u us back. starts working o times faster than claritin. and unlike zyrtec, it won't make us drowsy. allegra lasts all day, up to six times longer than benadryl. allegra gives you the fastest 24 hour allergy relief so you can live your greatness. okay everyone. our mison is complete. balanced nutrition gether, we provide nutrients to support immunemuscle boom and heart health, 25 vitamins and minerals and ensure complete with 30 g of protein. sail through the heart of historic cities and unforgettable scenery . with viking unpack once and get closer to iconic landmarks, local life and cultural treasures, because when you experience europe on a viking long ship, you'll spend less time getting there and more time being there. viking exploring the world in comfort. the majority of my patients with sensitivity. i see irritated gums and weak enamel sensodyne, sensitivity gum and enamel relief sensitivity helps restore gum health and re hardens enamel . i'm a big advocate of recommending things that i know work. life doesn't stop for diabetes. be ready for every moment with glue. sarna it's the number one doctor recommended brand that's scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar. live every moment loose, erna. they say seeing is believing. but with stearns and foster that's only part of the story. we handcraft every stearns and foster using the finest materials like indulgent memory foam ultra conforming in tele coils for a beautiful mattress and indescribable comfort every single night. foster what comfort should be. for a limited time. bring home incredible comfort with $300 in savings on select mattresses. learn more at stearns and foster .com. is this a call to fiber heard, but yes, it is. by killing themselves. they ensured. their immortality. it's called. i mean, it's the cult of cults. heaven's gate tomorrow at 10 on cnn. good morning, everyone we do begin with breaking news. joining us now are two lawmakers from different sides of the aisle in ukraine, sanjay gupta [ ominous music playing ] here we go! level up your speed. mario! yea! [ screaming ] introducing the xfinity 10g network. super fast internet today. with even faster speeds tomorrow. woo-hoo! frame is perfectly designed for how you live today and in the future cr entire family of furniture at home .com. melanie's nana and washington and this is cnn. closed captioning brought to you by meso book .com. we offer a free book on mesothelioma call for the free book and receive so much more call 1 808 31 37 100. overnight arkansas was hard hit by a string of tornadoes here is arkansas governor sarah huckabee . sanders moments ago on this update suffered serious damage over the course of the last 24 hours. um and i'm unbelievably thankful for the incredible partnership that we have with both the mayor and members of our legislature from around this area. ah this group represents all of central arkansas in little rock, this area that was hit so hard and very thankful for their willingness and the cooperation that we've had. certainly farb station that is behind us has suffered just an unbelievable amount of damage. but i think the real story here is it the damage that happened, but it's the heroes that were born out of the tragedy. and the fact that we have firefighters who despite the fact that they had a tornado literally coming through their station, we're worried about the community that tells you who they are, and it tells you i think a lot about our state and i'm so thankful and so proud of the heroic efforts of the fires firemen that are located here at this station. who has the tornado came through work to protect and bring members of the community into a safe space and as soon as it passed immediately went to work caring for our community that tells you who little rock is. that tells you who arkansas is why i know and have every confidence that we will be back on our feet better and stronger than we ever have in quick fashion. i have had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas needs. they have assured us that those resources will be here and on the ground, and we really appreciate their willingness to help arkansas out from a city, county, state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we're going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. mayor would you like to tell anything real quick? thank you. governor standards again. i would just see here today is communication across state federal local all working on one accord and our response recovery for little rock, central arkansas and, of course, the entire state. we continue to ask that everyone remain prayerful. we know faith without works is dead, and so there's going to be a lot of work and going on between now and then, and we ask that everyone be patient. as we're working to respond as quickly as possible to all the needs as we move forward together again, we're grateful for the federal government also was able to visit with mr president biden and he's assured little rock will have all the resources needed in addition to, of course, the entire state of arkansas as he's been directly communicating with governor sanders and do appreciate everyone clearly. when you see all of our little rock legislators here today with us, it shows the unity that we have as a state's capital city, but the unity of our entire state as we know, we work together on one accord for the best of all our kansas thank you. you guys have any questions? all right. that was a little rock. arkansas mayor frank scott, along with the arkansas governor, sarah huckabee sanders on the devastation the damage caused by a string of tornadoes overnight in arkansas. alright now to ukraine, where more russian shelling has turned deadly this morning. ukrainian official says at least two people were killed , including a five month old baby as russians. russian rounds hit a town in the eastern donetsk region. the relentless attacks come as ukraine marks the one year anniversary since the liberation of buca and the discovery of the brutal massacre there. cnn's david mckenzie is in key for us. so david i mean the images of the atrocities that happened in buka. are haunting. i mean it was one year year ago, but those images are kind of seared in everyone's memory. that's right, fred. and it was a solemn moment that president zelensky commemorated the one year anniversary of the liberation of that zone of kiev to the northwest of where i'm standing, and as you say. it is cnn. many of our memory the awful scenes as that area was cleared out of russian forces and cnn was one of the first teams on the ground there when they did that, and you saw the evidence that accumulated of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in that area, including murder and sexual violence and torture. all of these awful things that happened during about a month of occupation by russian forces. president zelensky gave out medals. he also gave an inspirational message to those assembled. russian evil will collapse right here in ukraine and will never be able to rise again. humanity will prevail. illusionist. and certainly that is that is a message for ukrainians from zelinsky on the somber moment, the fighting continues all across the frontline, fred, especially in the eastern zone of mahmoud, i want to show you this video coming from a telegram channel associated with the vagner mercenary group. it shows a the trademark black flag right in the center of that town on a high rise building. now, this doesn't mean necessarily. that they have taken over that city. but what it does mean based on our geolocation is that they are making some progress. they had a very heavy cost. based on all accounts, that city has been fought over. it's largely depopulated for many, many months. now it's become a symbolic fulcrum of this content . this this conflict i should say in the east, the ukrainians maintain they still control a large part of the urban center of what's left of it of mahmoud and as you say, even as they fight over that city, there are still civilians killed and almost daily basis from shelling , rocket attacks and missile attacks from russian forces. fred alright david mckenzie, thanks so much for that update. the wall street journal's editor in chief, is vowing to do everything in their power to secure the release of evan ceviche, the journalist who is being held in russia on spy charges. this has president biden demands herskovits release . upper right now, as they're detaining the russia they're detaining the wall street journal reporter go. the journal says the white house needs to expel the russian ambassador and russian journalists from the us something the president says he has no immediate plans to do. but leaders of more than 30 news organizations around the world signed a letter to russia demanding his release. the kremlin says accredited foreign journalists can work safely in russia. let's bring in bill browder. he is the ceo of hermitage capital management, and he's also the author of two books, a red notice and, more recently freezing order based on his experiences in russia and becoming a target of vladimir putin himself. alright so good to see you again, so can can you help people understand why this time this american journalist is targeted? but it's pretty straightforward that this is hostage taking plain and simple. putin wants to have a high value american hostage by taking a wall street journal reporter accomplishes that. why does he want hostage because he wants to use that hostage use evan as a trading chip. um for other russian people who have been arrested, there's been a number of russian spies and other um, money launderers and others who have been arrested in the in by the united states and around the world, and putin wants to restock his supply of hostages if you remember the there was a previous hostage swap of the basketball player, and now that that she's home? yeah brittney griner now now they need another one. and so that's what this is all about. it also serves a second purpose, which is very important, which is that this is a red line it even the soviets during like stalin didn't cross it. you don't arrest western journalists and by doing so, um , if you're the editor of any other newspaper, and you have somebody on the ground in russia, you're probably going to ask them to leave right now. and so putin doesn't like accurate reporting of what's going on in his country, and there's no better way to get rid of all the journalists, then to terrorize one and let everyone else scramble across the border. and you mentioned brittany grinder. no wonder, um, since she was the most recent taken and then released. do you see that? gersh cavett's journey? his experience is going to be very similar, or do you see that russia will treat him his case differently? um that negotiations or even demands would be played out differently. well i think he's a higher value hostage. i mean, she you know, he's a journalist . um you know, it's it doesn't require a campaign for anyone to understand that how important he is, he is. he is somebody who, um, you know, works for the wall street journal immediately, the president says, let him out. and so i would imagine that. that that from the russians perspective this is this is somebody really important that they can do a lot with, but the one thing i would say is that i've seen these things play out and they take a long time and we shouldn't expect anything to happen very quickly. the russians will want to convict him in their accord for espionage. they want to give him a very long sentence you want. they want us all to squirm and feel terrible about it. and at the point of maximum pain for the west. then they'll offer some type of hostage exchange. but that's not gonna happen very quickly. and in my prediction, um in the last year, many news organizations, american news organizations pulled a lot of their journalists out of moscow out of russia. anticipating that you know there would be a real crackdown because there were threats against journalists who are going to say anything to report anything that was um, yeah, antithetical to what vladimir putin would want publicized and now recently, white house spokesperson john kirby said yesterday that americans need to get out of russia because, as we see now there have been many who have returned or many who have stayed . uh, what are your thoughts about western journalists as a whole who are inside russia? and particularly now that gert devic has been detained. what do you advise them to do? well sadly, i would advise them to leave the country there's really not much that that one can do if putin decides to take more hostages, all it does is it just exacerbates the problem as much as we'd like to have accurate reporting for every single person out there? they're human beings with their you know, wanting freedom and having families and so on and so forth, and i don't think that anyone should be put in harm's way, and it's clear. putin is not playing by any set of rules. they're just all rule books have been torn up. you don't arrest western journalists. even stalin didn't and here we have putin doing it without any shame. bill browder. thank you so much. we'll leave it there for now. coming up. a flurry of republican lawmakers were quick to line up behind former president trump after he was indicted, but there are some top party members who have yet to defend him. that's next. next on behind t the series. let me tell you about the greatest roster ever assssembled monster the outlaw and you can't forget about the boss. sometimes you just want to eat your heroes subway series greatest menuf all time. check that. that's pretty good. yes cryg. are you taking tt? 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and what are they saying? puerto rica immediately after news of the indictment broke on thursday, we saw republicans in congress as well as nearly all of donald trump's potential 2024 arrivals rally around him and come to his defense. we saw florida governor ron desantis seen as his top 2024 arrival right on twitter that he thought this was politically motivated and said that florida would not participate in an extradition request of donald trump of that were to come. we also heard from vice president mike pence. he told cnn on thursday that the indictment was an outrage and that he thinks it's politically motivated. and, of course, vice president mike pence on shaky ground with donald trump ever since january 6th but having very strong words and defense of him and his former president ah to cnn on thursday. okay sorry about my mic wasn't on so you couldn't hear me ask a question . all right. so what are we hearing now in other ways on capitol hill? well republicans from rank and file members to republican leaders on capitol hill also very strongly coming forward to defend for the former president. we heard house speaker kevin mccarthy say that he will hold the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, accountable. we also heard other members like congressman barry moore really doubled down on their defense of donald trump and push that this is politically motivated. of course , even though we have not seen the charges that are included in this indictment. here's what right barrymore had to say to our colleague manu raju. so are you. are you jumping the gun on this? no it looks pretty political. so without seeing the indictment without knowing anything behind it. the motivation was there long before the evidence was so, fredricka. i will point out, though, that not all of the republican response to this, and republicans in congress are responding the same way. i think it's very notable that the top two senate republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell , as well as senate minority whip john thune, have been silent ever since the news of the indictment broke, so there is some division among what we're hearing from republicans, but by and large, really strong defense of the former president , and this is exactly what donald trump and his team was hoping for. donald trump does not want to be indicted. this is something that his advisors have told me privately over the past several weeks, but they do think that this could have the impact of potentially being a political benefit to him. and so we're going to continue to see how this plays out in the coming weeks, and if he can continue to enjoy this rallying around. already he's used it as a pretty good fundraiser. so in some respects, it's working out for the former president. alright elena train. thank you so much. alright now to an update on the health of pennsylvania senator john fetterman, his office says he has now been discharged from walter reed medical center, where he was receiving treatment for clinical depression. in a statement, federman says he wants everyone to know that depression is treatable and treatment works. he also posted this picture on twitter. federman is expected to return to the senate when it reconvenes april 17th. alright still ahead . we're live in rome, where the pope was just released from the hospital and joked with reporters on the way out. we'll bring that to you next. no, no, no. yes, yes. think about the best night's sleep you've ever had a temper, pedic. we're dedicated to helping you sleep like that, with breakthrough solutions that help relieve pressure and pains. keep you cool if you sleep hot and even automatically detect and respond to snoring, so you get the deep , comfortable, undisturbed. rest you deserve for a limited time. save $300 on select temper pedic mattresses and experience your best sleep every night. learn more at temper pedic t com. these used carsook the same. but how can you tell which one is the better deal? 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how is he doing? what did you all talk about? hmm. well listen, federica. the pope's surprised us because he was leaving in the car from the hospital, and he stopped and he got out to thank journalists for their work. so obviously i asked him how he was feeling. here's what he said. desantis we both still alive. you know what comes to mind is something that wants an old man older than me. told me after a situation like this, father, i didn't see death. but i saw it coming. it's ugly, huh? still, we need and federica. you know, it's typical pope francis right to make a joke and deflect questions about his health. but as we were talking, then a couple came up. it was a couple who had just lost their daughter last night. their daughter, angelica, and the pope comforted them prayed with them. and so you see these poignant moments with francis and hats off to him that had to pivot from talking to journalists and asking questions about his health. two comforting grieving parents, as he did indeed, on friday in the hospital, the vatican told us he was at the pediatric oncology ward handing out rosaries and easter eggs to children on that ward and even managed to baptize a newborn baby boy, so you know, certainly not lying down, resting in his hospital bed. can you imagine? 86 years old, he had antibiotics given to him intravenously, but i can tell you he is back on his feet. he confirmed that he will be at tomorrow's mass. that doesn't mean he'll be saying the mass because, of course, he has a knee problem. so for some time now, the pope hasn't been able to stand up for long periods of time. so he sits down. the cardinal says the mask, but he will be speaking. and that's important federica because obviously his voice is very soft because of the bronchitis, and so we'll be monitoring. now. this has put his health back in the spotlight will be monitoring this whole coming week he's got a number of public events at the vatican leading up to easter. so we'll be seeing how he's doing, but certainly from today i can tell you he looked pretty good. wow remarkable rebound and recovery of from the pontiff there. delia gallagher, thank you so much glad you were able to have that chat with him and we got to see his funny side too. thank you. alright quick programming note tomorrow at a new time eva longoria's culinary adventure continues in the yucatan peninsula of mexico don't miss the new episode of the cnn original series. longoria searching for mexico. that's tomorrow at nine. p.m. eastern time. coming up. we're live from arkansas and illinois after massive deadly storms tore across those states will bring in the latest next. next on behind the series performance was legendadary. . t piled it onon roast beef, ham on roasted turkey all on the subway truck. repeat that's great three meat. that's epic subway series , the greatest menu of all me with alleg allergies. don't hold us back. allegra starts working two times faster than claritin. and unlikzyrtec, it won't make us drowsy. legra gives you the fastest non drowsy 24 hour allergy beliefs so you can live your greatness in this market, you'll find fisher investments is different than other money managers different. how aren't we all just looking for the hottest stocks? 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