this breaking overnight, at least three people are dead after two helicopters collided mid air while fighting a fire in california. details still coming in at this hour. breaking overnight, ukraine has arrested a woman in connection with a plot to assassinate president zelenskyy. she was allegedly preparing an air strike on the southern port region of mykolaiv while zelenskyy visited. 11 hours and counting. that s how much time donald trump has left to respond to the special counsel s legal filing. mat the heart of it, what trump s legal team can and cannot do with the evidence shared with the january 6th case. today is one of the most significant changes in blood banking history. the red cross now dropping those blanket restrictions based on sexual orientation, clearing the way for more gay men to donate blood. and barbie the billionaire. just crossed the $1 million threshold, historic feat for a solo female director. cnn this morning starts right now. we re go
prosecutors have invited trump to testify next week before a grand jury. it s a move that typically indicates an investigation is nearing its end and that an indictment could be mimminent. the former president is at the center of many criminal investigations but this grand jury is looking into the hush money payments to adult film star stormy damages during the 2016 presidential campaign. while president mr. trump was asked about the payment and he denied making it and directed questions to his then personal lawyer, michael cohen. less than a year later, cohen testified to congress. watch. did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? no, no. why did michael cohen well, you ll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney. you ll have to ask michael cohen. i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017, when he was president of the united states. the president of
at this hour stock sell-off. the u.s. market sharply lower at this hour because of worries about a europe-based bank. what s happening and why republicans hold a hearing with the border patrol chief at the texas border but all 15 democrats on the committee skipped it the latest sign of the immigration divide also in texas new details from inside that courtroom where a trump-appointed judge is hearing arguments over whether to pull an abortion pill off the market nationwide. presidential prescription. president biden in las vegas about to push his administration s new plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs. we ll bring you his remarks as soon as they start our reporters are fanned out all across the country following the latest developments. but we begin in the battleground state of nevada where any minute now president biden will speak about his plan to lower prescription drug prices mike memoli is traveling with the president. i think that state has one of or the
hello, everyone. welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m john berman. victor is off this froop. and we begin with president biden s dramatic overnight move to dparnguarantee the money is e bank. this comes after the failure of two banks. today the president announced regulators are taking them over, but unlike what was seen in 2008 the u.s. will cover only bank customers not bank investors. all customers who had deposits in these banks can rest assured that we protect it, and they ll have access to their money as of today. that includes small businesses across the country that bank there and need to make payroll, pay their bills and stay open for business. investors in the banks will not be protected. they knowingly took a risk, and when the risk didn t pay off, investors lose their money. that s how capitalism works. svb s small businesses are thankthal for president biden s decision. i am quite relieved from what i heard from president biden. i think the administration h
letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy monday. hi, noig nicolle. thank you so much. the first vote of this new congress under this new speaker is slated for this hour. it s the rules package for the 118th congress. a rules vote is not typically coveraged but assist last week showed washington is not taking typical for granted under speaker kevin mccarthy, who begins the job in a diminished posture as it took 15 ballots over four days, or five if you count saturday at 12:00 a.m. to even get the votes from his own party. it s a public squabble we all witnessed. no speaker has had to go through anything like that since 1819. as we track the rules vote, we begin with something special i want to show you, if unusual bruising way we got here. a speaker has not been elected. this dramatic day that is not turning out remotely the way kevin mccarthy had hoped. a speaker has not baske