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and pentagon concerning the russian downing of a u.s. drone. new video shows when a pair of russian fighter jets approached the drone and brought it down. let s bring in oren liebermann and jeremy diamond. let s start with what the pentagon is saying about this new video. reporter: the video itself is pretty incredible. a close look at what happened early tuesday morning over the black sea. there are essentially two pieces to it. in the first one, a russian fighter jet makes a pass at a u.s. mq-9 reaper drone, dumping jet fuel. you see the drone itself is still operating. the propeller spinning, in the second clip of the video or the later part of the video, you see a russian fighter jet make another pass. you see the same dumping of jet fuel and this is where the russian jet collides with the u.s. drone, damaging its propeller and forcing it down. it s critical because this is what backs up the u.s. account of how this all played out over the course of 30 to 40 minutes o
you know, generally i think it s a bad idea to go on the stand, and i think it s a particularly bad idea for trump because he lacks self-control, and it would be very difficult to prepare him and keep him testifying in a prudent fashion. that s former attorne general bill barr with some legal advice for donald trump s attorneys. we ll have a live report from outside mar-a-lago as the former president prepares to head to new york today ahead of his historic arraignment. meanwhile, his legal troubles also seem to be a money-maker we veal a look at the campaign cash trump s made since the announcement of the indictment and it all comes as there s another challenger for the 2024 republican nominee, and he s calling on trump to drop out of the race good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, april 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, your week with us, what will be a historic week. and we begin in new york city where donald trump is
americas remain in mexico a silent policy and whether high school football coach can be fired for praying on the field. trace: progressives are urging the president and his party to dramatically reshape the court, even if it means using extreme measures like killing the filibuster or impeaching conservative justices. dana: on deck with a let s begin on capitol hill as this all settles in. good morning to you both. emotions as we sat are still running high on the hill even though congress is out this week. plenty of democrats have been on the airwaves talking about how they feel about this ruling. most of them are still trying to encourage voters to get out the vote this november. others are taking it much further. saying that the g.o.p. is going to rig the election. they are calling to abolish the filibuster. they re even raising this question about whether or not it s time to impeach the justices. watch. you think lying in a confirmation hearing is an impeachable off
found brittney griner guilty as she was led away in handcuffs. britntney, how do you feel? i love my family. we start with fred pleitgen. what happens now? where do we go? hi, erica. essentially the court sentenced her to nine years in the penal colony. if she would send her, the fields are very far away from the russian capital. they re usually tough places as well. our understanding is that because her legal team say they re going to appeal this verdict, for now she s going to remain in the same detention facility outside of moscow that she has been insofar as long as an appeals process would take place. brittney griner, of course, was essentially appealing to the judge for leniency in a very long speech to the judge asking for leniency. let s listen to some of what she had to say. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics, but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. again, i had no intent on breaking any russian laws. i had no intent. i