welcome back to cnn this morning. it is 07:00 a.m. eastern. i ve amara walker alongside viktor blackwell. thank you so much for joining us on this easter sunday morning. here is what s going on this morning. the pope just finished presiding over mass at the vatican. just a couple of days after pulling out of good friday event, his message should have fateful this easter sunday. and these are live pictures from winsor working charles just attended easter services. it is his most significant appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. we will take you there, but pictures out of baltimore here where crews have started going to remove the first parts of the francis scott key bridge, the latest on the cleanup effort and the search for those still missing. that s coming up. well as the superbloom is back in in california, is covered in flowers. this spectacular sights and what s causing them just ahead and we begin this morning with breaking news out of indianapolis l
where you came from thanks s much for j joining the news continues on cnn happening. now, american journalist evan gershkovich is marking one full year of imprisonment in russia the us condemning is wrongful detention while offering hope for his release. that is our two of gershkovich s closest friends join us to share a new details on how he is enduring their own rahm motions right now. also tonight, breaking news donald trump just appeal the judge s ruling, allowing district attorney fani willis to remain on the georgia election, subversion case. his lawyers are now arguing that willis s entire office should be disqualified, plus an in-depth look at the unfolding crisis at the busiest migrant crossing at the southern border where families, including children are living in makeshift camps and facing off in dire and dangerous conditions welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer a year in the situation room our top story, the sou
his memory be a busing she room the newest continues on cnn right now for our next breaking news prompt, appealing the judge s decision to keep fani willis on the georgia case. this is we re learning about new developments in the manhattan hush money case is prompt about to face and even stricter gaggle. plus putin jailing more americans using them as bargaining chips as evan gershkovich marks, one year in prison today and paul whelan, his in his fifth year, we ll talk to their friends and family and america s top hostage negotiator and biden on offense mocking trump, targeting republican voters and raising massive amounts of cash. is this attorney thank point in his campaign. let s go out front good evening. i m brianna keilar in for erin burnett outfront tonight. breaking news, there are major developments in two of trump s high-profile trials. first, at late filing by trump s team to reverse a judge s decision. the left fulton county da fani willis to sta
get you are in the cnn newsroom. i m alison camerota in new york right now, a tough day already underway for recovery teams in baltimore at the site of that collapsed, francis scott key bridge, the six missing construction workers who were on the bridge when a container ships slammed into one of its support columns are now presumed dead. dive crews are back in the water this morning and investigators from the national transportation safety board will return to the ship. they went on board the ship briefly late last night. and here s what we just heard from the chair of the ntsb right now, we do have the data recorder, which is essentially the black box. we ve sent that back to our lab to evaluate and begin to develop a timeline of events that led up to the strike on the bridge and we hope to have that information to share with the public later today okay, so let s go to the scene right now. we have cnn s gabe cohen reporting for us. so gabe, what is going to happen toda
s 1800851177. call now i melanie zanona on capitol hill. and this is cnn a long road to recovery baltimore faces challenge are reopening the port, which is the economic heart of the city and crucial for american commerce while divers tried to find the remains of the six missing workers who are presumed to died in the bridge collapse. we expect to hear from transportation secretary pete buttigieg, and a key coast guard official at the white house this hour and desperation in gaza so as palestinians drown, trying to recover food, aid dropped in the ocean, the latest tragedy underscoring the threat of starvation, even as talks over a these fire have ground to a halt. plus running out of time, the melting ice caps at the north and south poles aren t only an environmental concern, they could would actually be changing how we measure time itself. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central today the search for