good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 9th. i m amarillo walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your easter sunday with us. i don t i don t really remember the easter speeches from childhood. i just know i gave a lot of them. did you used to speeches? i remember that some of that may be in a break. all right. here s what we re watching this morning a weekend of religious celebrations, but also escalating tensions in the middle east. the israeli military has carried out retaliatory attacks in syria, and we re live in jerusalem, with the latest on that happening now. pope francis delivering his easter message after presiding over mass at the vatican, his message to the world is coming up. the department of justice is investigating after trove of apparent u. s intelligence documents were posted on social media. what the documents show and the potential implications for the u. s and its allies. we got a chance. and oklaho
good morning. hopefully you re awake. making breakfast having your coffee coffee? welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. i hope you re not drinking coffee? actually me just coffee it off because you don t drink coffee. you don t want anyone else to do it right. morning. tea would be nice, right? i don t like taste. there we are. i m victor blackwell. thanks so much for spending part of your easter sunday. what? what would you recommend? just a nice green tea. maybe an earl gray something with cinnamon. maybe. i ve got something. my office. maybe i ll swing by the wild. it s okay. it s all right. here s what we re watching this morning. top democrats are vowing to make abortion a central issue in the lead up to the 2024 election after a judge ordered the suspension of a drug used in medication abortions. what senate majority leader chuck schumer is telling his caucus about the fight ahead a weekend of religious celebrations and escalating tensions in the mideast. the israe
joey jackson, he says, do it close to being this is vindication, according talking about alec baldwin being adamant, as you just heard that he did not pull the tree. bigger and just hours from now. a prosecutor is set to drop charges against him for the deadly shooting on the rust movie set coming up the new evidence that came to light plus plus, we are now learning that the mass shooter who killed five workers at a bank in louisville apparently wanted to show how easy it was for a mentally ill person to buy an assault rifle in america. and the legal nightmare is not over from fox news. smartmatic is demanding an even bigger payout. dominions historic $787 million settlement for spreading election lies coming up smart maddox lawyer joins us live but let s begin with president biden. he was getting ready to officially announced he s running for reelection. sources tell cnn his team is planning to release a campaign style video announcement on tuesday. tuesday is the four year
and bring on the good stuff. liver health journey today is gps, the global public square. welcome i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york today on the program the fallout continues from thursday nights, tough debate for the president he is the worst in history by far. i ll get insights on next moves for biden. and the democratic party i ll get the global reaction from the financial times is edouard louis then israeli prime minister netanyahu said last week that the intense phase of the war will soon in but key questions remain. what comes after what about science? signs of a new war with hezbollah in the north i ll ask israel s former prime minister ehud olmert and i ve talked a rabbi, sharon browse about american jews sentiments towards israel, and a growing generational divide later in the show. i bring you my take a case for optimism despite all the worries people have these days. but first to the fallout from thursday s presidential debate it was a moment
welcome back everyone to cnn this morning, it is almost 7:00 a.m. here in our atlanta studios in amara walker with blackwell coy wire, derek van dam, amara walker flanked by some really dapper looking then this morning you go clean up pretty well sometime it sometime sometimes a little hagari here are there for you a state of emergency is in effect in atlanta after water main breaks said, guys there s a water gushing into the streets, cutting off water for homes and businesses, even forcing some hospitals to evacuate patients. what the mayor is saying about the problem in california, a fast moving fired doubled in size yesterday and is now forcing some people out of their homes more on what we re learning about injuries and what s fueling the fire can t stop, won t stop another round of severe weather possible today across the central and northern plains. i ll highlight exactly what we re coming up later in the show in the florida panthers are headed to the stanley cup fi