And a new warns from Al Qaeda terrorists. A very good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. It is friday, friday, april 30th. Thats what they told me when i came in. Its true. Rudy giuliani is on the ropes and is speaking out for the first time. The former new York Mayor appeared on fox to proclaim his innocence. His team expects to announce a Court Fight over this Raid And Theyll claim Attorney Client Privilege involving Rudy Giulianis work for former President Trump. The fbi warned Rudy Giuliani he was the target of a russian influence operation. The russians were trying to damage then candidate Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election. Joining us now, cnn senior Law Enforcement Analyst and former Fbi Deputy director andy mccabe. Andy, these defensive intelligence briefings that were given to Rudy Giuliani and then ron johnson, how big of a deal is this . What does it tell you . Giuliani and johnson are trying to dismiss it as not a thing. It is a thing. One,
ammunition the united states just sent there. now the state department has ordered non-emergency diplomatic employees from that same embassy to leave the country. in fact, any americans there are being warned to get out, quote, now. president biden is weighing some heavy options on how to handle this crisis. we have new nbc reporting on what it could mean for the movement of our troops. also, back here any second in minnesota, opening statements set to get under way in the federal trial of three former minneapolis officers charged with violating george floyd s civil rights. they were on the scene of his killing back in 2020. and a phrase no one wants to hear, it s officially tax season, folks. and if you were hoping it would be easier than past years perhaps because of the pandemic, think again. why things may be even slower this year than you re used to. and also some breaking news from the supreme court. in just the last 90 minutes, the high court has decided to take up a c
reports in washington. the omicron wave is putting pressure on hospitals, schools and businesses to stay open. with millions of new positive coronavirus cases in recent weeks, and the 7-day average for covid related deaths the highest in three months. the president making the case in georgia tomorrow in georgia on voting rights. i ll speak this hour with the president of the naacp. a new york city community is reeling after a devastating sunday fire in the bronx. killing at least 19 people including nine children and sending dozens more to the hospital. fdny officials believe a malfunctioning space heater was the cause of one of the city s worst fires in decades. a similar fire killed 12 people including eight children in philadelphia last week. and u.s. and russian diplomats have laid out the dramatically different positions. u.s. officials are openly skeptical of russia s desire to find compromises and russian officials are bristling at what they say is a lack of und
a very good day to all of you from world headquarters in new york. here s what s happening a bit past 2:00 p.m. in the east. this breaking news in new york city. it s pretty dramatic. hundreds of crews are on the scene of a devastating five-alarm fire in the bronx. people have been forced to jump from the windows of a 19-story building to escape the blaze. the fire commissioner reports at least 60 people, the latest i believe is 63, have been injured, 32 of whom have been taken to hospitals and we are hearing from the commissioner that he expects numerous fatalities. mayor eric adams spoke a short time ago about this. let s take a listen. this is a horrific, horrific, painful moment for the city of new york. the impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of just pain and despair in our city. the numbers are horrific. in fact, our nbc station here in new york, wnbc, is reporting this may be the city s worst fire disaster in more than 30 years. of course what happ
dr. fauci warned while the case numbers are concerning, the hospitalization rates are the real reminder we re not yet out of the woods. we re still getting increases in hospitalizations so we d better be careful we don t jump the gun and think we re in good shape when we need to be extremely careful getting people vaccinated. getting people boosted, making sure we wear masks. we re in a tough situation with omicron. it s not something to be taken lightly. let s check in with our correspondents across the country. covid cases and testing demand keep climbing. we have mike memoli with the president. gary is in new jersey as they break covid case records. alison barber is in new york square as new york city takes testing to the subways. and we also are at la guardia airport. the president talked about omicron earlier today. what s the latest from the white house? when we heard from the president at the start of this month talking about an expected surge of cases largely at