Michigan primary. With President Biden facing the possibility of a significant protest vote over the situation in gaza and nikki haley hoping for something, anything positive with donald trump expected to easily win the republican primary and the nomination. Well get to all of that shortly. But first, we want to set the stage Just A Little Bit for where things stand when we talk about the Republican Party. So we begin the reidout tonight with the freak show. The weekend was the annual conservative Political Action conference, cpac, a showcase of just how extreme the once grand old party has become. How extreme, you ask, well, as nbc news is reporting, nazis mingled openly at cpac, spreading antisemitic Conspiracy Theories and finding allies. Yes, you did hear me say nazis. Nbc news noted in previous years, conference organizers have ejected well known nazis and White Supremacists such as nick fuentes from cpac. This year, racist Conspiracy Theorists didnt meet any perceptive resistance
of a major american city, as san francisco pays the price for its struggle over the city s identity. miguel almaguer, nbc news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, treacherous storms are raging across the south. heavy winds, hail and tornadoes knocking out power for tens of thousands of people as the state of alabama warns residents they could see severe weather through the weekend. new economic numbers, u.s. retail sales rising in may. a sign consumers are still fueling the country s economy despite pressures of inflation. new details on the cyber attack, what the u.s. government knows after several federal agencies were hit in the u.s. and the powerful message from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with nbc news. his new details on the fierce counter offensive from his country s military, and the stakes for russia in the latest battle. our nbc news reporters are fo
the coverage. and i m jose diaz-balart. and today new fallout in the light of donald trump s historic indictment. we ll dive into new details about his ladies and gentlemen legal strategy and how it is shaping the race for the white house. and another florida republican launches his presidential bid. and also new this morning, richard engel s exclusive interview with volodymyr zelenskyy. and in new york a grand jury indicts does an yell penny, the man putting neely in a chokehold. we ll have the latest. and today is the 11th anniversary of deferred action for childhood arrivals known as dhaka. daca. a allows hundreds of thousands to live here without fear of deportation. we ll speak to a recipient about her hopes for the future.live h deportation. we ll speak to a recipient about her hopes for the future. from the u.s. supreme court court, last hour the justices rejected a challenge to a federal law aimed at protecting native american children in the adoption process
weekend. steve: that s right. and today is easter monday. historically down at the white house they do the easter egg roll and we are going to have the first ever in studio, fox & friends easter egg roll live within 10 minutes. brian: i don t even know the rules. i thought you pick it up and run with it. lisa: i thought so too. steve: the way they do it at the white house. you have got to scoop it. it s an easter egg roll it s not easter egg carry. lisa: hopefully none of us have to get manhandled like joe biden by the easter bunny. steve: that was last year when a reporter asked the president about afghanistan and then the bunny goes come on, mr. lisa: which makes she suspicious the easter bunny was a press secretary. steve: absolutely was. that s what you do. and by the way, they use actual hard boiled eggs. we, in the interest of keeping the studio tiedy, are going to be using plastic eggs. lisa: i m 38, i don t know if i can that looks very involved.
fox news top of the hour, three big stories topping the news. china s military carrying out massive blockade drills around taiwan today. china announced three days of drills on saturday after taiwan s president met in california with house speaker kevin mccarthy. protests expected in tennessee today where the state legislature is back in session for the first time since it voted to expel two democrats for their role in a chaotic gun control protest. a at the detention of erin gershkovitch. more on those stories throughout the hour. first. someone got shot. dana: the army sergeant convicted in the death of a black lives protestors in 2020 says it is self-defense but facing a possible sentence of life in prison. texas governor abbott is calling for the state to grant a pardon. that is developing now. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i know you had a good weekend. excellent. great easter weekend, thank you. i m bill hemmer