i m john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. new developments in the cases against donald trump. top trump aides tell a federal grand jury about the former president s plan to seize voting machines and there s new fallout from the 34 felony count new york indictment. trump attacks the prosecutor and the judge in that case now on a parallel path with the 2024 nominating calendar, plus two big middle election, middle america elections in chicago. a progressive wins at chicago mayor s race dominated by crime and by schools and this wisconsin blockbuster democrats seizing control of the state supreme court that giant proof of the power of the abortion issue, and today the speaker of the house plays host to taiwan s president. beijing reacts angrily even though this meeting is a compromise of sorts of first for us next steps in the 34 felony count new york case against donald trump and some important exclusive new cnn reporting about one of two federal inv
they criticize me as being ableist. wokeness is a virus more dangerous than any pandemic hands down. i am going to be introducing my bill, the protect children s innocence act, that will make it a felony to perform anything to do with gender affirming care on children. we either get this government back on our side or we defund and get rid of, abolish, the fbi, cdc, atf. doj, every last one of them. all right, plus this hour, president biden gets his first democratic challenger of the 2020 presidential race and he has even said he is definitely running it. we are following the backlash from a major decision by walgreens that will keep the abortion pill away from millions of women across this country. and then, next hour a heartwarming story. and april boy who went above and beyond to help out the wager at his favorite restaurant, in an effort that has gone far beyond what either of them imagined. i will speak to kids in martin and devoun take gardiner ahead today, as
good morning, everybody. i m bianna golodryga. and i m john berman. this morning a critical moment in the war in ukraine and a standoff at this moment over sending tanks to the battlefield. a short time ago president zelenskyy of ukraine said he is grateful for the support so far, but, quote, hundreds of thank you s are not hundreds of tanks. there are new developments in the last few minutes about whether ukraine will get those tanks it says it needs for its survival. also back here at home, president biden in his first public remarks since classified documents were found at his home and office says that he has no regrets. the president will appear this afternoon at the white house with u.s. mayors, so will he answer more questions about the documents? we re following it all for you. we are going to begin, though, with this controversy over getting tanks into ukraine. cnn s natasha bertrand is at the white house and chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in
wrapping up his first term in office with a tradition that goes back decades, hosting the previous president for the unveiling of his official presidential portrait. on that day, in may of 2012. obama made this statement about the point of these portraits, as an enduring member of the presidents temporary time in office serving the people. now the white house is many things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep and tell our lease runs out. but we also leave a police of ourself in this place. we are renters here. charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. in 2012, we did not know how precious those remarks wer
things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep and tell our lease runs out. but we also leave a police of ourself in this place. we are renters here. charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. in 2012, we did not know how precious those remarks were. there was no president biden fighting for the soul of this nation. there was no president trump fighting to stay in office, no insurrectionists storming the capitol. no top secret classified records taken from the white house and stored in a florida closet. none of that had happened yet. in fact, we wouldn t see an official white house portrait unveiling again for an