The family of travis king is speaking out. The american soldier who ran across the dmz into north korea and still being detained there. His family is pushing back on statements that he defected to the north korean army. This is cnn news central. Keep your eyes on this courthouse in washington d. C. Today. It now becomes the center of the legal and political universe really in some sense hours from now, donald trump will come here and once he steps inside, he will again be under arrest. Under arrest for the third time in four months as he faces a new round of criminal charges. At this courthouse, donald trump is expected to be fingerprinted. Not expected to have a mug shot taken, he is to face a Magistrate Judge and all indications hell plead not guilty to all four counts. New details on how his lawyers plan to defend him coming in, planning to argue the lies about the 2020 election are protected speech under the First Amendment and theyre trying to prove that trump new the claims. But
the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start a busy morning. we begin with breaking news. a short time ago, a federal appeals court took action to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the market. the court blocked the parts of a texas judge order that would have suspended fda approval of the drug. now the fda approval will stay in effect, while the court considers an expedited appeal. but important here, the fifth circuit appeals court is leaving in place parts of the ruling that will, in effect, make the pill harder to get. the fda tried to ease access in recent years by allowing the drug to be mailed and by approving a generic version. for now, those changes that make it easier for people to get the drug. those changes remain suspended. this medication has been approved as safe and effective for uses an abortion pill for more than two decades. but it s possible removal from pharmacies could affect every american senior medical correspo
we believe the former president will be entering. the other thing really significant here this morning, we re not seeing the number of people we have seen previously when trump has appeared in court. certainly not to the level we saw in florida and certainly not to the level we saw in new york city. so we re not seeing those groups, those crowds yesterday. it s early, right. he happens not here until 4:00. but for now law enforcement taking every precaution getting ready, getting their people in place, getting equipment in place. as they await his arrival here sometime around 4:00, john. i m fascinating by the snowplows. those are actual snowplows not because they expect snow but because they are using these big trucks to block the road. reporter: yeah that s what they re using. not clear why it s over here specifically and what their
fifth more than 400 times. it s unclear whether he will be more cooperative today. president biden has a busy day ahead in dublin. he ll be meeting with ireland s president and prime minister, delivering remarks to the irish parliament and attending a banquet at dublin castle international diplomatic editor nick robbie robertson live for us in dublin following the president s trip. sounds like a relaxing schedule nick allott to do yesterday he was in a northern ireland today. he s in the republic of ireland. different country different mission. you know, i think yes, definitely a different mission. i mean, here, it s about roots. it s about his connection. the united states connection to those roots in ireland, and i think we ve seen the president be a little bit more relaxed. a lot of people here picking up on a small gaffe that he made meeting the crowds yesterday, visiting the some of his family roots, mentioning the black and tans when he meant the all blacks rugby rugby team, the
themselves. now all eyes look on the eyes of the military. when i buzzed crowds of protesters some people felt panicked because they felt they were about to be bombed. mohammed elbaradei is emerging. the name might found family. he used to head up the u.n. nuclear watchdog agency. he joined the crowds yesterday, a move that energized many of those protesters. our fred pliken was right there. plight again. there is but certainly that s something that s being discussed and is the talk of the town. that could spur new unrest, because it was the heavyhandedness of the police that caused the riot last