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good morning. it is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. to the central swathes of the uk. to the south of that mostly dry and mild. in the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, 13th march. rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the conservative party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. the prime minister called the comments racist and wrong. our political correspondent hannah miller has more. hello, rishi. how are you? very nice to see you. when rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his helicopter ride had been provided by one of his party s biggest donors, frank hester, who last year donated £10 million to the conservative party, now alleged ....
that, in fact, donald trump did attempt to hold up a constitutional proceeding. yeah. he admitted that last week. yesterday, he admitted that he violated the constitution of the united states. just a technical violation of the united states constitution. pretty bizarre. he violated the constitution. i mean, the admissions keep rolling. yeah. keep him was this a full ginsberg? he was on a lot of the sunday shows trying to own the narrative. meanwhile, the former president himself spent the weekend raging on social media, and this could get interesting, with posts that could defy the judge s orders. remember the directions the judge gave him at his arraignment? we ll get legal analysis on that new development. also ahead, one of trump s allies in the senate makes light of the humiliating nature of his relationship with the former president. plus, republican senator tommy tuberville has held up crucial military promotions since february over the penta ....
top military brass and a briefing from the pentagon officials are not helping the lone senator from holding it up, and even senator tammy duckworth is speaking up about senator tuberville s moves. what officials are saying about the nation s drug shortage. we are following major stories and more kcome into san antonio spurs. coming into cnn news central. will the former president of the united states be the first to be criminally indicted for the third time. right now grand jury will be meeting in this washington, d.c. and they would be the ones to turn in a criminal indictment for his efforts to overturn the last election. and today is the last day for the former president to voluntarily testify before the grand jury and that is least likely to happen, but now he is expanding the criminal team and adding john lauro to the team, and this man, special assistant to donald trump will testify to the grand jury for the third time today. cnn katelyn polantz and paula re ....
even the kremlin calling this situation larming. what we re seeing as a completely new phase alaunching it in russia. we re very clear with the ukrainian that s we do not support attacks inside russia. the 2024 gop presidential race is about to get more crowded. mike pence will throw his hat into the ring. chris christie feels he s the only candidate that is willing to take on donald trump directly head-to-head. are they going to get in the race and tactually say somethin about him, to him? it s a difficulty. and the guide saved a climber s life hauling him down mt. everest for six hours. it was important for us to rescue him. we saved his life by coming down the summit. good morning, everyone. miracles do happen. i love that story. we ll get much more of that ahead. happy to be joined by erica hill. good morning. nice to be with you this morning. p. nice to have you. we start here. federal prosecutors obtained a recording of donald trump say ....
for abortion rights. and to witness the states democratic governor, roy cooper veto the 12-week abortion ban that the republican-controlled state legislature passed in the first week of may. now north carolina republicans claim that the bill was, quote, a mainstream approach to regulating abortion, but critics say it is full of hidden restrictions and medically unnecessary obstacles that take in together were we dramatically reduce access to abortion and cause women s health clinics across the state to shut down. but the fact that republicans are trying to market this extreme abortion ban as reasonable and mainstream is important. it s part of a larger national effort will cancel determine unacceptable abortion ban standard that they could enact without politically backfiring on them. for the most, where they ve been unsuccessful in this regard. again, the majority of americans support abortion rights. opposed this is importing the criminalization of women and their d ....