into the impact the supreme court s abortion decision could have on the november midterms. congressional democrats grow more optimistic about their chances to hold the majority. next hour, former president barack obama returns to the white house joined by michelle obama, her first trip back to the white house since she left there in 2017. it s the official unveiling of their white house portraits. we begin with justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, paul charlton and tracy wallner. ken, to you out of the gate. this is a significant development. walk us through what new we are learning. pete he , the post is saying there was a document referencing nuclear capabilities. they are aren t saying whether it s classified. no criticism. these are hard details. it s hard to know from this article how significant this document actually is. there are think tank reports that discussion countries nuclear defenses. the story goes into what we knew about the sensitivity
americans keep following through, even as we see high indicate counts, whether it s dealt ade or a different variant, the best thing to do is get the boosters. for young people who are eligible, the 5 to 11 years old should we have just learned that we have a omicron case in philadelphia, so this expands the number of states. i have to be clear here. that s now unexpected, right? that s not necessarily surprising information. this is something, it seems, from talk to go public health experts, we need was sort of inevitable. is that a fair ceasement? that s a very fair assessment. i predicted we would see at least 50 or more countries and most of the states. this virus is here.
out and are going to speak to us. i will be lynched by the photographers if hype in their shot. we certainly don t want that. max, we ll check back in with you then and hope they come out and speak to the cameras. thank you so much. victoria, thank you for offering your unique perspective. here are some other stories were following this morning. al qaeda has reportedly taken responsibility for a late-night jailbreak at two prisons in iraq, one at abu ghraib. militants attacked with mortars and grenades while inmates set fires on the inside. 21 inmates and 8 guards were killed, more than 500 escaped. edward snowden does not have the so-called security crown jewels, according to an official familiar with an ceasement of what the admitted leaker got his hands on. snowden faces charges in the
trouble? i think he has a good shot at that. even the testimony this week he didn t look like he knew what was going on when police confronted him. he said he was the joker. that goes into he s having a hard time telling what the reality is even though he knows he s about to do something pwaed can t stobad, he can t stop himself. i think he will prevail in that. i think that will stop him from getting the death penalty, which is the ultimate goal, not getting him off, but to stop him from getting the death penalty. martha: we will be watching the court appearance coming up in under an hour from now. thanks to you both. bill: jon scott rolls your way in 13 minutes happening now. what is going on, jon. jon: happy friday to you mr. hemmer. that deadly flu outbreak sweepingcross the country, you know it is bad. the centers for disease control out of a new ceasement. the new numbers for you. plus, new guidelines on the strength of sleeping pills that americans rely onto get their z s. are