judge blocks the fda approval of a key abortion medication. how the biden administration is planning to respond and china simulating strikes against taiwan after the nation s president visited the us we re live in beijing as tensions escalate. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start this morning. justice department officials are racing to find out how top secret u. s military documents were leaked online. the information is intended only for those with the highest levels of us security clearance documents cover a wide range of topics from assessments of ukraine s military strength and casualty figures to intelligence on american allies like israel and south korea. the documents will reportedly first posted on obscure internet gaming sites. but have now turned up on twitter and youtube in recent weeks, democratic congressman ruben gallego, raising concerns that this leak could jeopardize sources and
have a good one on friday? great one party. you are matching the mood. your name and the spring poppies. great we re so glad you re with us. i m clearly in a great mood. good morning, everyone. hopefully that goes for all of us started. i m gonna make it. so let s get started with five things to know for this monday, april 10th 2023. the department of justice has appealed a federal judge s ruling halting the fda approval of a widely used abortion pill. this case will likely head now soon to the supreme court. also, the pentagon is now investigating a leak of what appears to be classified intelligence. when it comes to russia in the war in ukraine, the alleged documents reveal spying efforts on russia and us allies. also today nationals city council is set to hold a meeting to discuss potentially reappointing justin jones to his house seat. jones and his colleague justin pearson, were expelled last week for breaking rules during a gun protest first for rutgers university facul
numbers and weaknesses as they gear up for a major counter. offensive. a source close to the ukrainian president vladimir zelensky, telling cnn that ukraine has already altered some of its military plans because of this leak. another source says that the crumpled documents that look like they were shoved in somebody s pocket and removed from a secure location. just department has now launched an investigation. there is major concern that america s intelligence sources deep inside the russian government. might be in danger or cut off because of the leak. serious implications here. cnn s chief law enforcement and intelligence analysts is mr john miller. he joins us now, john. good morning to you. morning how does it leak like this happened? what happened? i mean in the intelligence community, and i remember this when i was in the director of national intelligence office, you know you go into your morning cash in the emails and to get up to date just the way we do. there s a lot
happy holiday. my first time seeing you. i m fredricka whitfield. it s official. after a grueling 15 rounds of voting, the house speaker has a new speaker. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after four days of voting. the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite the sometimes c contentious days of negotiations, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. i make this promise. i ll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting for. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. cnn s eve a mckenna is live on capitol hill. good to see you. happy holiday. what a way to begin the new year, right? i mean, how did you know, what
circle. and i didn t do it, be if it did happen, there s nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the washington post, eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan lemire is with us this morning. mika, we were going to get into the news i just saw ed there. i saw a little smirk on ed s face. and i just have to talk about it. you know, ed, we have an expression, we ve always had an expression when people have congratulated me for anything i ve done, i go, well, i m the tallest building in schenectady. your headline, i love this, america is history s most successful failing state, i would define what you re describing here, i m an upstate new york guy