house speaker nancy pelosi. paul pelosi sought of the hospital. neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta joins us to talk about what mr. pelosi s recovery from a skull fracture bhmight look like. also the president and two former presidents helping races for congress, not just within grabs, but within reach for either party. we begin with breaking news on cnn reporting on how the justice department could proceed with cases against former president trump if he decides to run. this as surrogates are again loudly hinting for president again. cnn s sara murray has the breaking news. she joins us now. what are you learning? anderson, our sources are telling our team that the justice department is considering whether a special counsel might be necessary to oversee the investigation surrounding donald trump if he decides to run for president in 2024, which as you ve mentioned is a thing his allies are talking about, a thing that could be potentially an imminent announcement. and so they re l
i m christine romans along with my friend, carol costello. happy day before friday. up first this hour, iraqi officials honoring the service and sacrifice of u.s. and coalition troops as well as their own. special ceremony at camp victory overnight. vice president biden was on hand. the event coming just weeks before american troops complete their withdrawal from iraq. cnn s martin savidge live in baghdad. we were hoping you could attend that ceremony but you could not. reporter: good morning to you, carol. you are right. we were told about 12 hours before that ceremony was to begin that members of the media were not allowed to attend. even though the buildup a week and a half we were told absolutely we would be there. the explanation that was given was security. does not appear we were the primary security threat but the concern was that they honl limited space. this is going to be held indoors for security reasons at a palace out there at camp victory because they neede