Welcome back, everyone. Top of the hour here On Cnn this morning, youre looking at a live picture from st louis. Thank you so much for joining us for this Special Edition of cnn this morning. Yes, i am not victor blackwell. None of us are im Amara Walker alongside danny freeman, Allison Chinchar, of course. Andy scholes of victor is off. First of all, will be back on october 5th. It really feels like the Holiday Season is applied i dont say that all is that what you made in terms that will that to one person is taken off now, but like halloween and you go to the source any already . And i was like Christmas Decor its our its going to feel a lot more like fall real soon for some places i hope it has said so holding on to summer as long as we can. No. No, not here all right. Well, were glad to have you with us. Heres whats going on today former President Donald Trump takes his message to the critical Battleground State of North Carolina. The visit comes as the republican going back candi
our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn news room former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on thursday for more than five hours. latest numbers show that the u.s. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of 2023. never in a million years did i imagine that as american citizens my parents would be left to fend for themselves in a warzone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, april 28, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where it is another first for donald trump. like most of the others, it is not a good one. never before in more than history has a vice president been compelled to testify about direct conversations with the president he served. that is the situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury. katelyn polantz has the details. reporter: former vice president mike pe
Morning to you, todd. Were coming were putting our Pumpkin Carving Skills to a test with a competition out there. Thats the proper way to clean out a pumpkin. Thats how its done. Our reigning champ, Lawrence Jones, will try to he defend his title. He won last year. We brought him in because of that. Todd what is that dance . I dont remember winning it. Rachel yeah, you did. He wins so much, he forgets. Todd what was your approach . I havent done this before. What mental approach would you take in . I dont remember winning it. They told me i need to defend my belt. I didnt know about it. I remember doing the dance. They put it in the commercial now. [laughter] rachel when you dance that well, you know. Anyway, im glad you got to see the power tool, cleaning it out. Will rachels been talking about it all morning long. This is her jam. She wants to help the American People scoop out their pumpkins this holiday season. Will youre dressed like a duke boy. You look like bo and luke duke righ
morning to you, todd. we re coming we re putting our pumpkin carving skills to a test with a competition out there. that s the proper way to clean out a pumpkin. that s how it s done. our reigning champ, lawrence jones, will try to he defend his title. he won last year. we brought him in because of that. todd: what is that dance? i don t remember winning it. rachel: yeah, you did. he wins so much, he forgets. todd: what was your approach? i haven t done this before. what mental approach would you take in? i don t remember winning it. they told me i need to defend my belt. i didn t know about it. i remember doing the dance. they put it in the commercial now. [laughter] rachel: when you dance that well, you know. anyway, i m glad you got to see the power tool, cleaning it out. will: rachel s been talking about it all morning long. this is her jam. she wants to help the american people scoop out their pumpkins this holiday season. will: you re dressed like a duke boy. you
with stress. rachel: it s called cow therapy. it s cow therapy. yes, to rower your low lower your heart rate. i don t know how we all feel right now, but i will, i will say that, you know, it was really fun. and, by the way, i got to feed two of the cows simultaneously. so i guess that s what it feels like to have twins. will: they say the cow s heart rate is lower than ours, so our heart rate will match theirs or slow down. i think their brain waves are also a little slower rachel: do you not love cows? will: i like cows. yeah, i like cows. rachel: and he were rescued from possibly becoming veal. pete: they ve lost their biggest upside. if you had twins, you normally don t slaughter them when they re big and fat and juicy rachel: babies too. pete: these were saved from veal farms, i think, so hair life their life is a little bit better, but they will never be as tasty. [laughter] will: just feels weird. pete: for now, we cuddle with them. rachel: we had goat yoga, an