minister. this has multiple implications and curious to see how this plays out as wagner appears to be moving slowly toward moscow. neil: welcome back, everybody. moving slowly toward moscow in a surreal situation where the country would be under siege right now and its capital could be the next target. this of course, courtesy of the wagner group, a group of mercenary soldiers, paid by russia to do russia s bidding in countries all over the world and sometimes russia itself to put down protests and that sort of thing. and i say paid by russia, no longer as this group turns on russia. this happened about 18 hours ago when a fed-op, and prigozhin, the leader this have group often fought and criticized with generals and leaders back home at the defense ministry said enough is enough and making his fight in eastern ukraine in particular around the area that the russians on and off have control of, that might be in doubt given this craziness, but in part of the real nature of thi
contractor was killed and five u. s service members injured when an iranian made drone struck a base in northeastern syria. the us then retaliated with an air strike to the south. this is video posted online that reportedly captures the strike on one facility linked to iran s revolutionary guard in syria. cnn s natasha bertrand is at the pentagon for us, natasha what more are you learning? brianna will we are learning that those wounded u. s service members are now in stable condition and we are told that this drone the suspected iranian drone that targeted that coalition military base in northeastern syria, it was a quote suicide drone. it was used as a one and done type drone just to attack and then depart. and we are told that the us did retaliate. of course they did target facilities inside syria that they believe that the iranian proxy groups were using in order to store munitions as well as gather intelligence. and this is not the first time that the us has targeted ira
senator david perdue. the winner will face stacey abrams in november. she s running for her party s nomination. carley: marianne rafferty has the latest from the campaign trail. good morning. good morning, carley and todd. the rates for georgia governor is taking center stage. brian kemp, endorsed by mike pence, against trump-back david perdue. president trump eager to see him acid for efforts to block the 2022 election. the future of the g.o.p. this raises bigger than me and brian kemp. it s about the future of our country. if we want a republican conservative back in the white house in 24 and a senate majority back this year, we have to win the governor s race in georgia. he has divided our party and he cannot beat stacey abrams. meanwhile, stacey abrams raising eyebrows and she appeared to disparage the state she hopes to lead as governor. i m tired of being the best state to do business when we are the worst one to live. and herschel walker hitting back at ab
president biden: no. todd: griff jenkins is in washington with the latest from the president s trip. griff. griff: good morning, carley and todd. joe biden s first trip to asia ends just moments from now. you are looking live at air force one, waiting to get wheels up from tokyo, just after 6 p.m. there. caps swing through south korea and japan intended to highlight a new economic pact. as you saw, the president leaves major questions looming over the u.s. policy toward taiwan, which the white house was forced to walk back in a statement and defense secretary austin tried to clean up yesterday. our one china policy has not changed. he reiterated that policy and our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. griff: not the first time the white house has had to clarify for the president, drawing harsh criticism from china s leaders and earlier this morning in one of the president s last public events, biden was hammered with questions over whether he
Someone tells you, thanks for joining us. The news continues right here on cnn its friday, april 12, right now on cnn this morning, the white house sending as president Kamala Harris, to arizona to front their fight for reproductive rights. The challenge facing potential jurors in Donald Trumps Hush Money The Trial next week and House Speaker mike johnson at maralago today for a joint News Conference with donald trump more on what they plan to talk about. All right. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington. So live. Look at chicago so brightly lit up on this friday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its friday. We made it. Its wonderful to have you with Us Donald Trump did this. Thats the message that Vice President Kamala Harris is going to take to tucson, arizona today where she headlines a rally focused on Abortion Rights just days after the Arizona Supreme Court court upheld a law from 18, 64, bringing a near total ban on abortion. There democrats will be linking donald trump to